Owner and managing director of IUVENTAS INVEST Ltd.

Professional profile

A lawyer, political scientist and real-estate expert working across four mutually reinforcing fields: legal and transaction advisory; the application of advanced technologies (artificial intelligence, network science, smart city) in public service; process and organisational development; and investment promotion together with settlement and regional development. His particular strengths are the rapid grasp of contractual and regulatory questions, the legal-and-business interpretation of complex transaction and investment situations, and the structured support of negotiations involving many stakeholders.

Artificial intelligence, network science, smart city. As a senior technology and public-service expert at Neumann Nonprofit Ltd. he coordinates network-science and data-driven programmes: he contributed to the National Network Research Strategy, to the project management of the Data-Driven Healthcare Programme of the RRF National Laboratory for Health Security, and to the groundwork of public-health research based on network-science methods. He coordinates an adult-training programme on artificial intelligence and has worked on the Neumann Technology Platform, the Student City programme and the “PilotInnCities” Interreg Danube Region project. He knows the smart-city approach as delivered practice, not theory: as mayor of Monor the town became Hungary’s first smart city financed from state funds, with several innovative technologies deployed simultaneously and in an integrated way.

Process and organisational development in public administration. Since 2010 he has continuously provided organisational, operational and process-development consultancy to the public and private sectors, pioneering the application of Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen and other modern process-development methodologies and management techniques in public service. In the KÖFOP-2.1.2-VEKOP-15 “Good State” project he examined how modern process-development tools, artificial intelligence and network research can be applied in public administration.

Investment promotion and site selection. As mayor he ran an investment-promotion programme: in cooperation with the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA) he brought multinational manufacturing and R&D&I companies to the town (Shinheung SEC EU, Ceva-Phylaxia) and secured domestic business expansion (Airvent Hungary); local business tax receipts rose by 74.1% between 2014 and 2019. This practice rests on the theory of site selection, enterprise development and settlement, micro-regional and regional development: as a micro-regional development commissioner of the Prime Minister’s Office he coordinated development policy for the settlements of the Monor micro-region, while his degree in political science and his municipal advisory career provide the methodology of development planning. His own development is the koltozzunkvidekre.hu portal, which links state and municipal databases in a searchable form to support careful choices of home and business location and well-informed investment decisions.

Real-estate law and transaction advisory for multinational clients. As a legal expert on property development and investment projects he handled real-estate legal work in connection with several dozen developments of billion-forint scale: from the selection of sites for super- and hypermarkets, shopping centres, bank branches and drugstores through market research and sale-and-purchase agreements to the final occupancy permit. His principal clients were Spar Hungary Ltd., Tesco-Global Stores Plc., OTP Bank Plc. and Rossmann Hungary Plc. His fields: real-estate law, construction law, and the norms and regulations relating to investments.

His experience covers real-estate legal work, the preparation of investments, decision support for development and acquisition projects, the review of legal and business documentation, and cooperation with partners in both the public and the private sector as well as with cross-border and international consortia.

He has led IUVENTAS INVEST Ltd. since 2009: the company lets its own properties in Budapest, Monor and Keszthely and operates private accommodation. The portfolio follows the same logic as the professional career — precise documentation, predictable operation and long-term tenant relationships.

Core competencies

Broad practice in legal and regulatory environments; legal and public-administration analysis
Drafting and reviewing contracts, agreements and legal documents; legal opinions
Support of real-estate and investment transactions; transaction-minded decision preparation
Identification and structured management of legal and business risks
Investment promotion and economic development
Strategic and development-policy planning, decision preparation
Municipal and institutional leadership
Building partnerships between the public and the private sector
Project and programme management and coordination
Network-science and data-driven approach
Organisational and process development: Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen
Coordination of artificial intelligence and network-science programmes
Experience in cross-border and international cooperation

Education and qualifications

1998 – 2003: University of Szeged, Faculty of Law — law degree, cum laude
1995 – 2000: University of Miskolc, Faculty of Arts — degree in political science
2009: Hungarian bar examination (jogi szakvizsga)
2006: Certified real-estate valuer — national vocational examination, Füti Omega Ltd.
2016: Certified farmer (“Aranykalászos Gazda”) — national vocational qualification
2022 – 2023: Hungarian Writers’ Academy — courses in prose, short story and literary writing

Integrated strategic vision and delivery

Strategic leadership portfolio

Two decades of leadership experience connecting the procedural order of public administration with the investment-driving dynamism of the private sector and the latest innovations in network science and artificial intelligence.

20+

years

of leadership and strategy in both the public and the private sector

3

sectors

public administration, private business and R&D&I integrated in one career

2 degrees

+ bar examination

with postgraduate programmes: qualified lawyer (cum laude), political scientist, real-estate expert

Cross-sector synergies

Public sector and leadership

Mayoral leadership, development policy and confident navigation of regulatory and bureaucratic processes.

Business development and law

Real-estate investment, attracting foreign direct investment, contractual structures and process optimisation.

Innovation and technology

Network science, artificial-intelligence programmes, smart-city concepts and futures research.

Integrated value creation: de-risked and accelerated delivery of complex mega-projects involving many stakeholders.

Strategic milestones

1998 – 2009
Legal and public-affairs foundations
Law degree with cum laude classification, work as parliamentary press officer and secretary, trainee-lawyer years on the legal matters of international retail chains and a major bank.
2005 –
Business and process optimisation
Founding of HumánSwot Consulting Plc. and SWOT Hungary Ltd. Introduction of Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen methods into the public sector. Building the property portfolio of IUVENTAS INVEST.
2014 – 2019
City leadership and investment promotion
Mayor of the town of Monor. Attracting multinational capital, large-scale infrastructure development and launching the first state-funded smart-city programme in Hungary.
2024 –
Futures research and artificial intelligence
Professional support for the Neumann Technology Platform, the national network-research strategy and the Student City programme.

Administrative innovation and investment promotion

Results as mayor of the town of Monor, 2014–2019

The development model of the mayoral term: strategic partnership with the state and its agencies, the simultaneous and integrated deployment of innovative technologies, the arrival of R&D&I and multinational capital, and the reinvestment of growing tax revenues into the next development phase. The tables below show the town’s closing-account and report data, HCSO figures and the investments published in official municipal announcements.

Results as mayor of the town of Monor, 2014–2019

Foreign direct investment: In cooperation with the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA): the HUF 8 billion plant of Shinheung SEC EU Ltd., built with HUF 769 million of state support, and the veterinary investment of Ceva-Phylaxia Plc. worth almost HUF 10 billion (HUF 8.17 billion corporate investment + HUF 1.63 billion support).
Domestic business expansion: Establishment of the Monor site of Airvent Hungary Ltd.: founded in Nyáregyháza in 2013, the company manufactures pneumatic actuators for commercial-vehicle seat systems and belongs to the AUNDE group (AUNDE, ISRINGHAUSEN, FEHRER), which employs some 24,000 people worldwide. According to the September 2025 record of the Céginformáció.hu company database, the site at 8 Ipar Street, 2200 Monor employs 85 people, and the company’s annual net revenue was HUF 2.76 billion according to the 2025 figures.
Job creation: Production started at the Monor plant of Shinheung SEC EU Ltd. on 26 March 2018; according to the company’s own information, close to 2,000 people now work at the Monor plant, the group’s first European facility. The number of registered jobseekers in the town fell from 609 to 276, by 54.7%, between 2014 and 2019.
Fiscal impact: Local business tax receipts rose from HUF 337.1 million in 2014 to HUF 587.0 million in 2019 (+74.1%) and total public-power revenues from HUF 497.0 million to HUF 751.0 million (+51.1%); building tax grew from HUF 93.1 million to HUF 102.1 million (+9.7%).
Infrastructure: A new sports hall, traffic-education park, kindergarten and crèche.
Recognition: “Cycling-friendly Municipality”, “Humanitarian Municipality”, “Website of the Year”.

Foreign direct investment

No major foreign investor came to the town before 2014, so no state investment support reached Monor either: up to 2017 the series runs flat along the zero line. The two large projects prepared in cooperation with the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA) broke that line.

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The HUF 8 billion plant of Shinheung SEC EU Ltd. was built with HUF 769 million of state support; construction took place in 2017 and 2018 and production started on 26 March 2018, which is why the column appears at 2018. The veterinary investment of Ceva-Phylaxia Plc. consisted of HUF 8.17 billion of corporate investment and HUF 1.63 billion of state support. Source: the official announcements of the Municipality of Monor and the situation analysis of Monor's smart-city strategy.

Job creation — the human side of investment promotion

The number of registered jobseekers fell from 609 to 276, by 54.7%, during the mayoral term. Production started at the Monor plant of Shinheung SEC EU Ltd. on 26 March 2018; according to the company's own information, close to 2,000 people now work at the plant, the group's first European facility.

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Fiscal impact — results in the town's finances

Investment promotion also showed up in the town's own revenues: local business tax receipts rose by 74.1%, total public-power revenues by 51.1% and building tax by 9.7% between 2014 and 2019.

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Tax revenues of Monor according to the closing accounts, 2014–2020

Actual (performance) figures, HUF
Year	Local business tax	Building tax	Total public-power revenues	Source
2014	337 102 000 Ft	93 134 000 Ft	497 002 000 Ft	2014. closing accounts
2015	400 567 000 Ft	91 298 000 Ft	558 980 000 Ft	2015. closing accounts
2016	369 504 804 Ft	97 063 367 Ft	527 306 850 Ft	2016. report
2017	424 195 230 Ft	92 637 963 Ft	578 688 120 Ft	2017. report
2018	451 968 079 Ft	92 476 560 Ft	604 343 927 Ft	2018. report
2019	586 970 606 Ft	102 149 094 Ft	751 035 934 Ft	2019. report
2020	594 898 948 Ft	104 095 803 Ft	704 819 367 Ft	2020. report

The 2014 and 2015 figures come from the annexes to the closing-account decrees of the Municipality of Monor (decrees 11/2015 (1 June) and 14/2016 (30 May)); the 2016–2020 figures come from the performance column of the municipality’s annual budget reports (lines B351, B34 and B3). The public-power revenue line also contains items other than local taxes.

Change during the 2014–2019 mayoral term

Local business tax: 337 102 000 Ft → 586 970 606 Ft (+74.1%)
Building tax: 93 134 000 Ft → 102 149 094 Ft (+9.7%)
Total public-power revenues: 497 002 000 Ft → 751 035 934 Ft (+51.1%)

Employment situation in Monor, 2014–2020

KSH T-STAR
Year	Resident population	Registered jobseekers
2014	17 796	609
2015	17 892	509
2016	18 038	441
2017	17 973	323
2018	17 996	306
2019	18 302	276
2020	18 350	345

Source: HCSO T-STAR municipal database (the number of registered jobseekers is a National Employment Service figure). An annual municipal time series for the “number of employed persons” is not publicly available, so only jobseeker and population data are shown here.

Major investments and job creation

Shinheung SEC EU Ltd. (2017–2018) — A HUF 8 billion plant with HUF 769 million of state support; production started on 26 March 2018. According to the company’s own information, close to 2,000 people now work at the Monor plant, the group’s first European facility. source
Ceva-Phylaxia Plc. (2019) — A veterinary investment of almost HUF 10 billion in Monor: HUF 8.17 billion of corporate investment and HUF 1.63 billion of state support, with 20 new jobs according to the investment announcement. source
Airvent Hungary Ltd. (2014–2019) — Domestic business expansion: establishment of the company’s Monor site. Founded in Nyáregyháza in 2013 and manufacturing pneumatic actuators for commercial-vehicle seat systems, the company belongs to the AUNDE group; its Monor site employed 85 people according to the September 2025 record of Céginformáció.hu. source

Municipal investments completed in Monor between 2014 and 2020

Photo	Investment	Amount	Completion	Source
not published	Tavas park megújítása	közel 130 millió Ft (a forrás megfogalmazása)	2014	source
	Ivóvízminőség javítása Monoron	nettó 653 717 116 Ft megítélt támogatás	2015 ősz (a 2016. március 3-i közlemény szerint)	source
	Monor Város Önkormányzatának energetikai korszerűsítése	149 993 086 Ft támogatás (100% támogatási intenzitás)	2015 (a pontos átadási dátum nincs közölve)	source
	Balassi Bálint utca új szakaszának kiépítése	közel 70 millió Ft támogatás (a forrás megfogalmazása)	2017. december	source
	Monor Városi Sportcsarnok építése	1 500 000 000 Ft kormányzati támogatás (250 millió Ft előkészítés + 1 250 millió Ft kivitelezés)	2018. január	source
not published	Közvilágítás fejlesztése	1 341 347 Ft	2018. november (külön átadási dátum nincs közölve)	source
	Majori út és Dr. Csanády György utca külterületi útfelújítása	78 022 589 Ft támogatás	2019. július	source
	Kistemplom utca felújítása	nincs közölt adat (a 129 988 189 Ft támogatás a négy utcát érintő közös projektre vonatkozik)	2019. augusztus	source
	Acsádi utca fontos szakaszának felújítása	nincs közölt adat	2019. augusztus	source
	Jókai utca és környéke csapadékvíz-elvezetésének fejlesztése	119 999 439 Ft támogatás	2019. október	source
	Tankerületi Központ épületének kialakítása a Péterffy-házban	nincs közölt adat	2019. június 5.	source
	Mesevár Óvoda építése	300 000 000 Ft támogatás	2020. január 24.	source
	Városi Piac felújítása	100 000 000 Ft támogatás	2020. augusztus (a 2020. augusztus 4-i közlemény szerint)	source
	Monori középületek energetikai korszerűsítése – Ady Úti Általános Iskola és JAG Petőfi utcai épülete	249 708 069 Ft támogatás	2020. július	source
	M4 gyorsforgalmi út Üllő–Albertirsa közötti, Monort elkerülő szakasza	nettó 52 143 121 938 Ft (az Üllő–Albertirsa I. építési szakasz szerződéses értéke)	2020. február 7.	source

The table is based on the official announcements of the Municipality of Monor (monor.hu) and Monori Városfejlesztő Ltd. (monorivarosfejleszto.hu). Where an announcement did not state an exact amount or completion date, this is indicated; the photos come from the referenced official announcements. The Monor bypass section of the M4 expressway is a state investment, listed because of its impact on the town’s transport situation.

Source: leadership portfolio and professional curriculum vitae of dr. László Krisztián Zsombok (September 2026).

1999 – 2026

Career

2025. 07 –
Seven Borders Cross-Border Municipal Alliance in the Carpathian Basin (HÉT HATÁR / HHÖSZ)

President
- Promoting cooperation between Hungarian-speaking local governments across the Carpathian Basin, strengthening cross-border relations and supporting regional development, equal opportunity and competitiveness objectives.
- The alliance acts as a central coordination forum: information flow between members, liaison with Hungarian organisations beyond the borders and with EU and European institutional actors.
- Organising training courses, conferences and professional events; coordinating domestic and international projects — with a focus on digital transformation, municipal and public-service development, and knowledge sharing.
2024. 11 –
Neumann Nonprofit Ltd. — Project Directorate, International Programmes Office

Lead technology and public-service expert
- Lead expert of the “PilotInnCities” Interreg Danube Region Programme.
- Coordination of an adult-education programme on artificial intelligence.
- Project management tasks of the RRF National Laboratory for Health, Data-Driven Healthcare Programme.
- Preparation of the complete application dossier for the NovaSpace “CASSINI SPACE CAMPS 2026” call, complex management of the Hungarian space camp planned with ten consortium members, and design of the multi-round local organiser programme of the international camp for 14–18-year-olds.
- Analytical and coordination work in data-driven and innovation projects, in national and international programmes.
2024. 06 – 2025. 10
Tudás-Tér Foundation

Development expert
- Development of the Student City (Diákváros) dormitory programme in university cooperation; planning of dormitory development and student welfare services.
2009. 10 –
IUVENTAS INVEST Ltd.

Owner and managing director
- Property utilisation, letting of wholly owned real estate and operation of private accommodation — in Budapest, Monor and Keszthely.
2005. 12 –
HumánSwot Consulting Plc. · SWOT Hungary Consulting Ltd.

Owner and managing director
- Organisational, operational and process development consultancy for the public and private sectors.
- As a pioneering initiative, the continuous application of Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen and other modern process-development methodologies in public service since 2010.
2014. 10 – 2019. 10
Municipality of Monor

Mayor
- Under his leadership and investment-promotion programme the local economy was revitalised: multinational manufacturing and R&D&I companies settled in the town, several hundred new jobs were created and local tax revenues multiplied.
- In cooperation with HIPA, preparation and support of the major Monor investments of Shinheung Sec EU Ltd. and CEVA-Phylaxia Vaccine Manufacturing Plc.; attracting Airvent Hungary Ltd. to Monor.
- On his initiative and with the support of the Ministry of the Interior, Monor became Hungary’s first state-financed “smart city”, with the simultaneous, integrated deployment of several innovative technologies.
- Member of the Project Steering Committee of the Ferihegy express rail project.
- Concept and delivery of major investments: a new sports hall, a new kindergarten, a crèche, a traffic-education park, renewed public spaces and playgrounds.
- Recognitions: “Bicycle-friendly settlement” award, the “Humanitarian Settlement” award of the Hungarian Red Cross, and the “Website of the Year” quality award of the Hungarian Marketing Association.
- Municipal operations, organisation of public services, institutional maintenance, planning and management of investments, asset management, budgeting, community building.
2014. 06 – 2014. 10

Municipality of Monor

Deputy mayor — vested with mayoral powers
2004. 03 – 2005. 12
Law firm, Budapest

Trainee lawyer, attorney-at-law
- Real-estate legal work for the expansion of international retail chains: from site selection for supermarkets, hypermarkets and shopping centres through purchase agreements and market research to final occupancy permits.
- Main clients: Spar Hungary, Tesco-Global, OTP Bank, Rossmann Hungary. Fields: real-estate law, construction law, investment-related regulation.
2002 – 2006
Parliament of Hungary

Secretary to a Member of Parliament
- Programme organisation, speech writing, management of constituency-related tasks.
2000 – 2002
Prime Minister’s Office

Micro-regional development commissioner
- Development-policy coordination for the settlements of the Monor micro-region; generating settlement, regional and territorial development project ideas.
2000 – 2001

Armed forces of the Republic of Hungary

Commissioned officer
1999 – 2001
Parliament of Hungary, Members’ Office Building

Press officer
- Editing the website of a parliamentary group, writing press releases and speeches for state officials.

Supporting documents

Qualifications and certificates

The certificates and diplomas below evidence the qualifications listed in the professional profile. Each document can be opened and downloaded as a PDF.

Law degree — doctoral certificate

Issued byUniversity of Szeged, Faculty of Law

Place and date of issueSzeged, 29 June 2003

Classification: cum laude. Confers the doctoral title and the right to use the designation “dr. jur.”

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Political scientist — university degree

Issued byUniversity of Miskolc, Faculty of Arts

Place and date of issueMiskolc, 31 May 2000

Political science programme, from the 1995/96 to the 1999/2000 academic year. Classification: good.

Open document (PDF)

Hungarian bar examination

Issued byBar Examination Committee (Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement)

Place and date of issueBudapest, 15 April 2009

The Hungarian bar examination is the entry requirement for most legal professions — attorney, judge, prosecutor and notary.

Open document (PDF)

Real-estate agent and property valuer

Issued byFÜTI OMEGA Training Ltd., professional examination board

Place and date of issueBudapest, 31 March 2006

National vocational qualification 52 3439 02. Theory: excellent (5), practice: satisfactory (3). Entitles the holder to act as a property agent and to carry out related valuations.

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Certified farmer (“Aranykalászos Gazda”)

Issued byKecskemét College, professional examination board

Place and date of issueKecskemét, 24 June 2016

Partial vocational qualification 31 621 02 in agricultural production and land use. Examination result: excellent (5).

Open document (PDF)

German state language examination — intermediate, type “C”

Issued byState Language Examination Board

Place and date of issueBudapest, 18 September 1999

Intermediate type “C” (written and oral) state examination in German. Partial results: type “A” 70%, type “B” 67%.

Open document (PDF)

Privacy redaction: on the copies published here the document serial numbers, register numbers, place and date of birth and the holder’s mother’s maiden name have been irreversibly redacted, as these are identifiers open to misuse. The redaction does not affect the substance or evidential value of the qualification; a certified, unredacted copy can be presented on written request where there is a legitimate interest. These are the holder’s own documents, published for information purposes without certification. Any use of the documents — including further transfer, publication or reproduction after download — is permitted only with prior written consent; infringement carries the civil and criminal consequences set out in the legal notice.

Selected references

A selection of assignments delivered as managing director of HumánSwot Consulting Plc. and SWOT Hungary Consulting Ltd., and as a lead expert:

National Laboratory for Health Security (RRF-2.3.1-21-2022-00006), Data-Driven Health Division — research foundation on the relationship between public health, certain disease groups, risk factors and Hungarian food-consumption habits, based on network-science methods.
Contribution to the National Network Research Strategy commissioned by Neumann Nonprofit Ltd. and the Ministry of Technology and Industry.
Professional preparation of a government decision-support document on catering and food-service development in the health and social care system, commissioned by the Ministry of the Interior.
Establishment of Hungary’s first Network Science College for Advanced Studies, jointly with the University of Miskolc.
Concept and model of the Integrated Public Service Information System (IKIR) and contribution to the delivery of the full platform, commissioned by the Ministry of the Interior.
Research programmes with the Centre for Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the University of Public Service and the University of Miskolc.
In the University of Public Service project “Public service development underpinning good governance” (KÖFOP-2.1.2-VEKOP-15): examining the applicability of modern process-development tools, artificial intelligence and network research in public administration.
“Exploring the expected effects of competitiveness contracts” — expert services within the ÁROP-1.1.15 project of the Office of Public Administration and Justice.
Concept, business model and prototype of the Settlement and Investment Platform for the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of National Development — the portal developed by his company is available at koltozzunkvidekre.hu, promoting rural life, well-considered choices of home and business location, and informed investment decisions.

Public and civic roles

2025 –: President of the Seven Borders Cross-Border Municipal Alliance in the Carpathian Basin — hethatar.eu
2018 –: Board member of the Hungarian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation — hunrg.hu
2009 –: Founding member of CESCI — Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives
2016 – 2019: Chair of the Financial Control Committee of the DTKH Regional Waste Management Association
2014 – 2019: Chair of the Multi-Purpose Micro-Regional Association of Monor and its Region
2002 – 2014: Councillor for a single-member constituency, Municipality of Monor
1998 – 2014: Member, later chair of the Legal, Procedural and Public Safety Committee of Monor

Professional and advocacy alliance

The HÉT HATÁR Municipal Alliance

Since July 2025 dr. László Krisztián Zsombok has been president of the Seven Borders Cross-Border Municipal Alliance in the Carpathian Basin (HHÖSZ).

The Alliance supports cooperation between Hungarian-speaking local governments across the Carpathian Basin: it strengthens cross-border relations and supports regional development, equal opportunity and competitiveness objectives. As a municipal advocacy alliance it acts as a central coordination forum, facilitates the flow of information between members and maintains contact with Hungarian organisations beyond the borders as well as with EU and European institutional actors.

The value proposition adopted in September 2026 rests on five mutually reinforcing strategic pillars: eight municipal training programmes worked out by name, a European presence planned by delegation size and professional purpose, tangible membership services, local-history preservation (Living Memory) and regular professional forums. Each pillar has a defined programme, target group and launch sequence.

Training

Eight municipal training programmes worked out by name — from EGTC/ETT project management through smart small towns and crisis leadership to artificial intelligence in the town hall. Programmes P1, P3, P4 and P5 launch first, with certificates issued under adult-training registration; the remaining programmes follow step by step in 2026–2027.

International presence

A European event portfolio planned by delegation size and purpose: Smart City Expo World Congress (Barcelona), Smart Country Convention (Berlin) and the European Week of Regions and Cities (Brussels) form the proposed three-stop core programme.

Membership services

A fair membership-fee scale, fast onboarding, a digital member portal, an expert hotline and experience-exchange circle, a joint procurement club, a micro-grant programme and measurable advocacy — with benefits felt in the very first year.

Living Memory

Local-history preservation and community building at once: a programme recording the recollections of elderly residents in member settlements within a uniform legal and editorial-ethical framework, starting with pilot municipalities.

Professional forums

Events already delivered: a professional salon on municipal and public-service drone applications (19 February 2026), the EGTC/ETT István Pálfi Memorial Conference (5 March 2026) and a salon on the reform of municipal public-task delivery and the redistribution of state functions (24 March 2026). The continuation is planned as an annual flagship conference and regular salons.

The eight programmes of the training portfolio

P1
EGTC/ETT project manager
Cross-border projects from A to Z — in hybrid form, alternating on both sides of the border, with an adult-education certificate.
P2
Carpathian Basin Municipal Benchmark
An online self-assessment tool, an on-site evaluation workshop and an annual comparative publication for mayors and chief officers.
P3
Smart small town and smart village
Five live webinars and an own municipal mini-project for leaders of settlements with 2,000–15,000 inhabitants.
P4
Leading in crisis
Municipal crisis management: simulation training with flood, energy, cyber and communication scenarios, plus a media-training module.
P5
AI in the town hall
Artificial intelligence for chief officers and case handlers — basic and advanced modules, with EU AI Act, data-protection and information-security requirements built in.
P6
Brussels funding directly
CERV, Erasmus+, LIFE and the Visegrad Fund: a certified course with on-site days, online consultations and individual application mentoring.
P7
Twin-town learning pair
Six to twelve months of structured peer learning: two study visits, moderated online sessions and a joint action plan.
P8
Minority and diaspora legal management
A separate module for each country on the legal environment of Hungarian-language public administration in Transylvania, Slovakia, Transcarpathia and the Vojvodina.

Planned professional presence

2026. 11. 03–05.: Smart City Expo World Congress
Barcelona
2026. 10. 13–15.: Smart Country Convention
Berlin
2026. 10. 12–14.: European Week of Regions and Cities
Brüsszel / Brussels
2027. 06. 08–10.: URBIS Smart City Fair
Brno
2027. 04. 13–16.: Urban Future Conference
Isztambul / Istanbul

The event portfolio is planned as a three-stop core programme composed by delegation size and professional purpose, with optional extensions. Dates follow the Alliance’s strategic summary of September 2026.

Website of the Alliance: hethatar.eu · Source: HHÖSZ Value Proposition – Strategic Summary (3 September 2026), a document of the Seven Borders Cross-Border Municipal Alliance in the Carpathian Basin. The cost ranges in that document are internal planning figures and are therefore not reproduced here.

Personal life and interests

He is married and is the father of five children — raising children appears on his list of hobbies, and not by accident.

In his free time he trains at the gym, plays the guitar and listens to progressive rock. Between 2022 and 2023 he completed the prose and short-story courses of the Hungarian Writers’ Academy; the writing that began there has produced a series of independent texts, collected on this site.

His interest in family history resulted in a genealogical study traced back to the middle of the 18th century by the genealogist Péter Bárdossy — a summary of it is also available here.

Gym, guitar, progressive rock — the list of hobbies at the end of the CV

Pictures from everyday life

Guitar and progressive rock — the longest-standing hobby

Was it KISS or Scorpions? — At a concert with the children, the taste for music is a family affair

The main stage at night — a Riverside concert selfie with a musician friend

Music and friends — outside the working week

A town festival in Monor, with a small companion

Evening strength training — part of the weekly routine

Camping at the festival — the start of a summer tradition

MUSIC

My favourite artists and songs

One hundred tracks by twenty-nine artists: progressive and classic rock, thrash and modern metal, alternative records, Hungarian classics, Nordic jazz and singer-songwriter albums. The whole list is visible at once: clicking any title starts that track in the player immediately, while the “Play the whole list” button plays the tracks one after another, continuously — including while you keep browsing the site.

Tord Gustavsen TrioMegadethBaby HueyHakenBruce DickinsonDream TheaterRainbowRushOpethPorcupine TreeTOOLSymphony XDeathIn FlamesFaith No MoreRemorseAnathemaAvenged SevenfoldFates WarningEastMiklós ZareczkyGéza PálvölgyiPéter MóczániLandLajos SarkoziOmenLászló NagyfiTamás SzekeresPaolo Nutini

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Pick a track by clicking any row of the list, or start the whole playlist.

All 100 tracks of the playlist

No Spotify account is required to listen; signed-in Spotify users hear the full tracks, everyone else hears previews. The player can be pinned to the corner of the page with the “Pin player” button, so it keeps playing while you read.

1730 – 1930

Descent of the Zsombok family

A seventy-two-page genealogical study by the genealogist and archivist-historian Péter Bárdossy: the male line traced to the middle of the 18th century and four grandparental branches back to the 1700s.

View the family tree

20 texts

Short stories

Seventeen prose texts from the writing workshop that began at the Hungarian Writers’ Academy — satire, grotesque, monologue and remembrance.

Read the short stories

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