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About us

FRIGO is the abbreviation of the name of our association: Friss Gondolat Egyesület - Fresh Thought Association.

The members and partners of FRIGO are idealists: we believe that we can make our world - or at least our own environment - a better place to live. We don’t only believe in this, but do volunteer work for a better world since 2002.

As one of the first LGBTQ sport clubs in Hungary FRIGO applied for hosting EuroGames in Budapest at the annual general assembly of the European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF). Our joint application with EuroGames 2011 Rotterdam was supported by most of the delegates.

With hosting the EuroGames in Budapest we would like to improve the reputation of Hungary as an open minded country with a tradition of hospitality and to support the Hungarian LGBTQ community. As the first bigger international LGBTQ sport event in Eastern Central Europe, EuroGames in Budapest would support the LGBTQ communities and their initiatives in the neighboring countries and in the region.

We would also like to build bridges between the Hungarian LGBTQ community and the majority of the society and to improve the level of tolerance. FRIGO and the EuroGames is giving the chance for many amateur and professional athletes to live a healthy life while training for the competition and participating in it.

The EuroGames is open for all regardless of one’s knowledge and level of sport, nationality, age, sexual orientation and gender identity.

EuroGames 2012 Budapest

Date: 27th of June – 1st of July, 2012
Location: Budapest, Hungary

In numbers

  • 4+1 days of sport: 14 sports, 3800 athletes, 2200 supporters, 4000 visitors
  • 4+1 days of tourism and culture
  • 5 days conferences: human rights, minority issues, equal representation and business opportunities

 

The social objectives of the EuroGames 2012 Budapest

The event is:

  • improving the reputation of Hungary as a leading country of democratic values in the region
  • supporting the Hungarian candidacy to host the Summer Olympic Games in 2020
  • supporting the local community with guests in local hotel, restaurants, shops etc.
  • promoting healthy life and sports with a special emphasis on amateur sports
  • showing the power of volunteering and equality in sports
  • giving a new chance for tourism in Budapest to win a new group of the LGBTQ community as future clients
  • giving a good example to the other countries in the region, regaining the sympathy of the socially and economically more developed part of Europe

 

The economical objectives of the EuroGames 2012 Budapest

  • An average tourist spends usually 2.4 days in Budapest - EuroGames guests stay at least 1 or 2 nights longer.
  • An average tourist spends usually 12,400 HUF (ca. 47 EUR) a day in Budapest (though EuroGames guests tend to spend more). If we count only with the average spending, 5 days and 10,000 participants, we get 10,000 x 5 x 12,400 = 620,000,000 HUF (ca. 2,339,620 EUR).
  • An average tourist pays 14,500 HUF (ca. 55 EUR) per night in Budapest for accommodation. If we count with this average, the income for hotels in Budapest will be 14,500 x 10.000 x 5 = 725,000,000 HUF (ca. 2,735,850 EUR).

 

With all the other spending of our guests we count with a total income of 1,500,000,000 – 1,800,000,000 (ca. 5,660,380 – 6,792,000 EUR) in Budapest during the EuroGames.