ABSTRACT
This chapter presents networks within local communities and institutions of territorial development in two Hungarian micro-regions. Similarly to other European countries, the role of the different development institutions has changed in recent decades, as a result of social, economic changes and European Union (EU) accession. Traditionally most of the development policy regulations were created at the national level. These policy-regulations were delegated to the supra-national level on the one hand, while, on the other hand, management and planning activity was delegated to the local level. Another relevant field of the literature on project proliferation analyses the role of intermediate actors. The professional work of the Foundation for Welfare Services on the Ridge (FWS) is highly valued by the central institutions and accepted by the local governances as well, but which has not helped the management to solve problems related to project financing.
