In the framework of the EQUAL program, all Development Associations had the opportunity to find international partners and enter into international collaboration agreements. In this project, the Development Association of "Hernád Valley" could join an international partnership called FACETS. The FACETS partnership was established by English, Danish, Portuguese, Italian, German and Austrian development associations with the key purpose of learning and adopting various anti-discrimination practices applied in the labour market environment.
In this program part the staff of the Hungarian Foundation for Self-Reliance continuously attended the meetings of the work group of this international partnership. In the summer of 2003, the of representatives of one of the Portuguese partner organizations (TERRAS DENTRO- Associaçao para o Desenvolvimento Integrado de Micro-Regioes Rura ) taking part in the collaboration visited the program in Borsod. The leaders of the Roma organizations were given the opportunity to return the visit in Alentejo in February 2004. In the course of their visit they became familiar with the European Union programs managed by the host organization (LEADER, EQUAL), and met the local Roma communities. In May 2004, the Roma referees working in the program took part in a study trip in London. They mainly visited labour market programs and organizations carrying out such programs, and they studied the opportunities and responsibilities set forth in the Ethnic and Minority Laws in force in Great Britain as well as the civil monitoring of such laws.

The national and international recognition of the program is proved by the fact that it was included in the Pink Book, which contains the most promising projects of the EQUAL program.