The grant application entitled “Strengthening local identity and cohesion in the Sásd region” is carried out in a consortium of 6 municipalities with the help of Baranya County Municipality as consortium leader. The municipalities involved are: Municipality of Varga (number of inhabitants: 82 persons) Municipality of Felsőegerszeg (number of inhabitants: 123 persons) Mindszentgodisa Municipality (number of inhabitants: 836 persons) Municipality of Baranyajenő (number of inhabitants: 417 persons) Municipality of Gödre (number of inhabitants: 844 persons) Municipality of Szágy Municipality (number of inhabitants of the village: 134 people) The total population of the municipalities involved in the project is therefore: 2436 people. The main objective of the project is the development of local communities. The action involves the implementation of community development processes and community-participating planning practices, recreational, crime prevention, public safety and road safety programmes, strengthening community-based local identity. As a result of the interventions the members of the community develop their sense of responsibility towards each other, and the strengthening of local civil society helps to resolve local community conflicts and strengthen the capacity to act independently, to strengthen civic activity, to develop and strengthen the necessary competences, volunteering, local identity and attachment to settlements, parts of settlements and regions. The aim of the development is in line with the Local Equal Opportunities Programme of the settlements. The project, as defined in the county ITP, is composed of the following elements and activities: A) Initiation and implementation of Community development processes for self-eligible activities 1. Survey and planning with the participation of the Communities 2. Historical exploration of community activity and making it accessible to the public 3. Implementation of community actions, activities, events, programmes, processes 4. Review and renewal of defining documents 5. Establishment of a Community Information Point for information on the community development process 6. Ensuring the professional quality of the community development process B) Optional, ineligible, ineligible activities 1. Programmes to help prevent crime and improve public safety 2. Road safety programmes 3. Purchase of equipment (C) Compulsory ineligible activities 1. ICT accessibility 2. Publicity (D) Other 1. Project management The technical-professional content of the project was compiled on the basis of point 3.4 of the Call. The project meets the substantive assessment criteria. The project complies with the assessment criteria set out in the area-specific annex. The community development process will be implemented following the methodology of the priority project “Communities in Action” and with the professional support of the community development mentor. The project will be implemented in 6 municipalities in the less developed South Transdanubia region. The community development process concerns a clearly delimited geographical area, settlements with a population of up to 500 inhabitants and no more than 15,000 inhabitants. The implementation period of the project is 40 months, of which 36 months are the implementation period available for the implementation of the programmes.