“Protected buildings in the service of handicapped persons”
Program-organiser: dr. Balázs SZIGETHY / ICOMOS HUNGARY
Aim of the conference: learning about the legal context and prescriptions deadline
with accessibility and deadlines in connection of their mandatory applications; studying
possibilities, tools and means in order to reach accessibility in different kind of disability,
detect exigencies of interested and concerned civic organisations, NGO-s and individuals;
evaluate the level of technical and architectural training of experts; taking account of
possibilities and difficulties assuring accessibility of buildings, and especially of protected
ones; how to define the optimal level of interventions for; which are the possibilities to
harmonise Acts and other legal tools of different sectors of human and economic life; and
finally: elaborate a common document for future actions and for a more efficient cooperation.
Preliminary draft of the conference program:
Opening remarks:
Dr. Gergely NAGY President
ICOMOS HUNGARY
Moderator:
Dr. Tamás FEJÉRDY Secretary General
ICOMOS HUNGARY
Ministry of Human Resources – State Secretariat of the Social and Family Affairs
Attila FÜLÖP Vice-Secretary of State in responsibility for families and creating opportunities
(to be confirmed)
topic: legal context, prescriptions, requirements, deadlines
Ministry of Interior – Deputy State Secretariat for Area Management and Construction,
Cultural Heritage Department
Dr. Bálint OROSZ Head of Department
(to be confirmed)
topic: about changes in the regulations concerning building-activities and Heritage affaires
Equal Opportunities of Persons with Disabilities non-profit Ltd.
Miklós SZENTKATOLNAY Project-leader
(title of presentation is under discussion )
topic: buildings at the service of handicapped persons – requirements and prescriptions
Association of Blind and Visually Impaired persons in the Central-Region of Hungary
Orsolya NÉMETH Vice President, professional leader
“Visible and invisible barriers – physical and ICT accessibility from the angle of the blind
and visually impaired peoples”
Budapest University of Technology – Faculty of Architecture
(to be confirmed)
topic: accessibility – training possibilities, the future generation
District Office at Győr of Government Office of Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Building
and Cultural Heritage Office
Dr. András VEÖREÖS architect, inspector of Historic Monuments
“May or may not be? Should or should not? – accessibility of protected buildings, historic
monuments”
Government Office of Pest County – Construction and Heritage Division
Péter KLANICZAY architect, inspector of Historic Monuments
(to be confirmed)
Invited practicing architects
topic: accessibility in the practice, concerning especially protected buildings
Bendegúz NAGY architect, specialised professional on the field of Rehabilitation
Foundation “De Jure”
“Historic monuments for everybody – accessibility as added value for Historic Monuments”
Rudolf FEHÉRVÁRY
(to be confirmed)
II. session
Round Table discussion: with invited representatives, leaders – questions and answers
involving whole audience
Moderator-animator:
Dr. Gergely NAGY President
ICOMOS HUNGARY
III. session
Possibilities of harmonisation of legal regulations of the different sectors; elaboration of
a common document for future actions and for a more efficient cooperation and mutual
exchange of information
Redaction and adoption of the text concerning future tasks and actions to be realised in a large
cooperation
Closing remarks
Chairman:
Dr. Gergely NAGY President
ICOMOS HUNGARY
Secretary:
Annamária KELLER or Ibolya PAKULÁR, ICOMOS HUNGARY
Scheduled timing:
In order to have necessary time for understanding and discussing topics it is foreseen as a one
day long conference.
The morning sessions: Greetings and presentation, 25 min is given to each of them, which
makes 4 hours altogether (with a coffee break) from 9 am to 1.30 pm. Buffet lunch organised
on the place from 1.30 pm to 2.30 pm.
The last sessions of the afternoon (without break) from 2.30 pm to 4.30 – two hours for
finalising achievements of discussions.
Participation – audience:
Interested professionals, handicapped persons and their associations, administrations, local
government and municipality peoples: from 100-150 participants. Pre-registration is needed.
The conference, having its goals of awareness-raising, is open and free for everybody.
Hungary, at The Károlyi manor-house, in Fehérvárcsurgó, using its accessible rooms and
Friday, 18 October 2013
Related program:
Guided visit of the Castle (manor house) built in 1844, in neoclassical-style.
