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EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Nógrád Youth for the Future
Egyesek Youth Association
Budapest

The number of youth is permanently decreasing in Nógrád County. 30-50% graduates in secondary schools, only 15% of them get diploma and the rest of them are unemployed, inactive and depend on their families. 10% of the inhabitants are Roma who live mostly in villages. The educational system does not consider the needs of the age group and uses ineffective methods. The objective of the project is to adopt new methods that are flexible according to the learning styles, interests and specialties of individuals and groups. The competencies of participants will be developed, they will have suitable network and resources, and also they will be able to realize initiatives. The project aims to train the members of the organizations to be coaches, develop online training modules, realize campaigns and job shadowing programs. The participants will have the chance to realize initiations based on their own ideas. The project involves about 5000 youth from Balassagyarmat, Salgótarján and Szécsény subregion.

69 983 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Clear source only – Model program about drinking water protection with the involvement of the citizens
Reflex Environmental Association
Győr

Groundwater and public debate was pushed into the background at the programs being implemented based on EU's Water Framework Directive and the related decree of the Parlament. Reflex wants to reach the local protection of groundwaters and ecological farming in Lower-Szigetköz and the Pápa microregion. Thus they initiate networking among the settlements of these regions and involve them in the preparation of the second River Basin Management Plan. They also organize conferences and fora about water, collects ownership, environmental and legal data, give trainings for stakeholders and create films and publications and implement local actions.

45 203 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Lysistrate Art Project at Zsámbék Military Base
Zsambek-basin Tourism Association
Zsámbék

A local association organizes a tematic female art action program at the old military base of Zsámbék which symbolzes masculine power. The association aims to feminise the place making it more comfortable and more equal for the creators and the audience. They show the woman-face of the surrounding antidemocratic tendencies and actual civil wars and the provide alternatives for microcommunities for women to exercise preassure on power by way of shaping consciousness and creating alliances. For this the organizers collect the stories of local women, turn them into theater performances and play them during a one week action program. This one week program will be accompanied by mini projects of local people (amateur art activities, lifestyle and health education programs, hikings, psychodrama, exhibition, etc.)

19 999 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Organisational support network for persons with Down-syndrome in Hungary
Down Association
Nyíregyháza

There are approximately 10.000 people with Down-syndrome living in Hungary. The organisations representing them and their families are individually too weak to represent their interests. The goal of the project is to build a country-wide network by strengthening the relationship between the organisations. The network is built on common experiences and lobby power, thus it can effectively advocate for the interests of people with Down syndrome and their families. The project is built on the cooperation of the involved civil organisations and informal parents’ groups, who are essential in making the network efficient.

61 611 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Gypsy networking in Western Transdanubia
Panna Czinka Roma Cultural Association
Győr

In Hungary just few Roma NGO are operating, thus the advocacy power of Roma civil society is weak. Due to their vulnerable situation Roma people are often victims of the increasing extremity, hate speech and atrocities. There is a need for cooperation between the Roma NGOs, but they cannot realize it in an institutionalized form. The objective is to increase the defense of Roma society against extremities. The project aims to support Roma civic organizations by transferring knowledge about sustainability. Organizations will be able to maintain themselves and realize a cooperative network with an active community. They will be able to share their experience, support each other and continuously learn. They will establish a Regional Coordinating Office and an informative portal, plan the steps of development, hold trainings, workshops and conferences thus their network will be up-to-date, they will be able to apply to tenders and implement projects. The project involves about 178 Roma communities and approx. 30 organizations in Western Transdanubia.

56 569 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Community leadership training trough mentoring perfoming art groups in disadvantaged, significantly Roma inhabited settlements
Specstreet Theatre
Budapest

There is a lack of effective policy on the integration problems of Roma youth in Hungary. The school system faces a complex task with the Roma students, because of the failure caused by the frontal school system the Roma students cannot keep up the syllabus thus they lose their ability to proactively participate in activities. The goal of the organization is to increase the socialization and attention sőan of children. Verbal skills will be developed and perspective thinking method will be evolved. The participating schools and the minority organizations will be able to implement the projects. The cooperation between communities and schools will provide the background of sustainability. The planned activities are mentoring - skill and competency development with drama pedagogy methods -, leadership-training weekends, summer-time art camp and trainings. The target group is youth in ten disadvantaged small towns, teachers who feel affinity for art education: approx. 35-40 persons. The youth of Miskolc who have desire for change (200-250 persons), as well as representatives of active minority communities who are prepared to operate amateur art groups (35-40 persons).

67 982 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Creating social farms in Hungary
Symbiosis Foundation
Miskolc

There is no legal and financial structure or sustainable solution for development of socially disadvantaged groups. Small civil initiatives are not able to reach sustainability by themselves. In the past few decades social farms were set up in some countries as successful links between social and agriculture areas. Norway was the first to develop strategies for social farms. Symbiosis now wants to adapt good practices and develop the legal and financial support structure of Hungarian social farms in the civil sector. The organizers involved several partners from different fields and they aim to activate local organizations through regional workshops. They also develop a website (www.szocialisfarm.hu) to share knowledge; set up the national Social Farm Association; develop educational material on social farming; organize two trainings for 30 people and a country-level conference; start intensive dialogue with ministries so as to launch legislation procedure for social farms.

55 996 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
ReThinking the World
Humusz Waste Prevention Alliance
Budapest

The goal of this project is to support the dissemination of waste-poor practices, environmentally and socially conscious lifestyle. The association aims to reach these goals through local actions (zero waste actions, garage sales), with an info-database for citizens, developing civil capacity, participation in local and national decision-making and implementation and through involving educational institutions.

66 045 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Private fundraising: a key to independency – Development of CSO fundraising in Hungary
Nonprofit Information and Training Centre Foundation
Budapest

In order to strengthen the social base of NGOs, we believe they should significantly increase their public awareness and the involvement of private donors in their activities. Adjukössze is a tool, which has already proven its worth. NIOK's website has been successfully used by NGOs, who were open for new tools and ready to involve communities. However, most organizations need to be mentored, trained and receive communication support to be able to use this tool. In cooperation with NGOs and experts, NIOK has implemented campaigns and developed a practical communication and fundraising toolkit to support their work. NIOK's goal is that the majority of NGOs using the website to be grass root organizations and those working with socially excluded people that have not had success in fundraising before. They also involve the NGOs that have already been successful in campaigns before in the knowledge transfer, which will give organizations a highly developed toolkit.

48 438 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Database, portal and community page of educational theatre programmes: szinhazineveles.hu
production organization \"Independently Together\" (FÜGE)
Székesfehérvár

According to recent researches more than 100.000 children and young people are taken to educational theatre programmes in Hungary every year (programs that offer discussion or dramatic games before, after or during the theatrical performance). Teachers and parents can choose from more than 170 different programss and they do not have too much support in that. FÜGE wants to develop a community based webpage where the creators of educational theatre programmes can update the description of their programs regularly; children and youth, parents, teachers and professionals can comment and peer-evaluate these. This would help the parents and teachers in responsible decision making. The webpage would be a hybrid of a professional portal and a community page, which connects some 150 theatres with participants, their parents and teachers.

18 911 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Civilians for children - "prevention in 7 steps" program
Home inside of Soul Foundation
Budapest

The latency of child sexual abuse is huge in Hungary. The social welfare system focuses on the problems and doesn't do prevention at all. The organization wants to adapt a succesful Icelandic child protection program. It is based on civilians, involves parents, teachers and social professionals and supports them to detect the physical and psychological signs of child sexual abuse and teach them how they can react and take prevention steps. This program enchances trust among teachers, parents and social workers and strengthens awareness about prevention. 10 volunteers will be trained to be trainers who will educate 150 adults in 15 groups focusing on teachers, parents in 50 schools around the country. This action will strenghten the bilateral cooperation among civilians and child protection services.

73 679 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Professional Support for Social Workers in relation to Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Cases
Union of the Social Professional Organisations
Budapest

The alliance wants to provide support for social workers in handling domestic violence and child abuse cases. They need an unequivocal guide about the procedure they have to follow when recognizing such cases and support from the ethical point of view. These would help the situation of the clients as well as the social workers who are also vulnerable themselves. The main activities: renewing the social workers’ Code of Ethics; organizing seminars; editing a methodological guidance for social workers working for family help care centers or children’s welfare services. At SocExpo they will summarize and exchange the results of the project and an online exchange-of-experience forum will be maintained as well.

17 853 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Cooperation, effectiveness, strong rights protection
Másság Foundation Legal Defence Bureau for National and Ethnic Minorities
Budapest

The project’s aim is to prepare Roma NGOs to use basic legal aid tools so they can respond to infringements against their community and advance their interests more efficiently. As a result of a more conscious approach towards infringements, increased legal aid capacities and their widespread communication, these NGOs will become important factors locally. The attitudes of those responsible for committing violations will also change and infringements will decrease. During the project training moduls and practical guides are compiled for local legal aid activities and 10 local legal aid activists are trained and mentored. The organizers respond to infringements against local communities in partnership with these activists. The project will directly reach 10 local Roma NGOs but its methodology and results will be useful for the nearly 300 other Roma NGOs in Hungary as well as organizations working with other vulnerable groups.

67 347 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
NÓRA-BASE - Labour market equality and advocacy of women who are mothers of children with disabilties
Motivation Foundation
Budapest

The foundation explores the labour market difficulties of women raising children with disabilities. Based on the survey the organizers develop integrative labour market services by focusing on individual support and career-guidance. They involve professional organizations, employers, decision makers and stakeholders in creating the integrative labour-market service modell. They exchange know-how on a network level with organizations of the NÓRA-NETWORK. Communication, social media and advocacy trainings will be organized as well for the active communities of the target group.

62 548 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
House of Children’s Dreams – in black and white
Habitat for Humanity Hungary Foundation
Budapest

In Hungary an extreme number of children live in bad housing conditions that affects their health as well. The number of these children is growing year by year, and their living conditions are getting worse and worse.
The 3 days long action presents an installation in Budapest, which displays the living conditions of the children living in housing poverty. The goal iwa to raise awareness and influence the decision makers to create effective policies. During the 3 days several thousands of people saw the installation, where decision makers and celebrities were invited and through a Facebook app the online audience was involved as well.

3 869 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Formation of Regional Pro Bono Platforms Supporting Civil Society beyond Budapest
PILnet Foundation
Budapest

The majority of rural civic organizations cannot satisfy their own and their clients’ legal needs. Without legal support they can their advocacy capacity remains weak, they can not follow the fast changing legal environment and so on. Based on the Pro Bono center in Budapest PILnet now creates four regional pro bono platform to serve the needs of rural NGOs. They want to connect the lawyers, las firms and las schools/students with the rural NGOs. With the help of the Hungarian Bar Association rural lawyers are going to be activated as well. PILnet will also mobilize it's corporate relationships from Budapest to support regional human right and Community law issues.

67 067 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Training on democracy and responsible citizenship among Roma youth
Romaversitas Foundation
Budapest

Because of the ineffectiveness of the Roma advocacy it is very important for the Roma youth to become active, democratic citizens who are responsible for themselves and their community. The key element for development is education, which help Roma youth to gain knowledge and tools – such as a diploma. 30 secondary school Roma students will take part in the development in the project. The young Roma are mentored by Roma university students, who share their own examples and provide personal support to the mentored. This will help the secondary school students to study further after completing secondary education and become conscious, active citizens. The program is built on the cooperation and activity of the young people. The participation of the youth, besides the development, will also be important in the communication of the initiative (writing of news and summaries, making of videos), since they are the people who are best suited to convey their message about themselves and their work to the mainstream society and the civil sector.

63 403 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
There is no cap on!
Romani Press Centre
Budapest

Due to the juidical and police data the strict regulation and the change of the law became the tools to punish poor people. Several reports confirmed that mainly roma families, whom living in deep poverty is punished by the authorities the most. Roma Press Center (RPC) and the partners of RPC (HCLU, CFCF, Helsinki Committee) get several news and stories about this phenomenon: for example- while poor people collecting twig or wood in the forest during winter time, the police arrest them and take them into prison for weeks. In the next months, it is very sure, that this method will be more intensive. The aim of this project is to draw the attention of the public and the decision makers that there is no financial or social-economic sense in separating poor families. The organizors want to show that deep poverty is not a criminal case, rather a social issue. During the project they will keep watching the most affected settlements and they will collect the information and stories in a database.

The tools of the campaign are:


A common database about the punishments and infographics
Cost effectiveness analyses
Watch-dog activity- reports on the most absurd cases
Prize for the most absurd local law makers
Collecting the good practises

2 841 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
We are here!
Romani Press Centre
Budapest

The campaign aimed to reduce the support of extremist ideas among ordinary people, by overshadowing the one-dimensional thinking about the Roma population. It is well known that the image of the Roma population in the mainstream media is distorted: focused to the poverty and the crime, on the “positive” side there are only pop musicians. This image is affect not only the majority but the Roma population itself who socialised by the same mainstream media. The lack of positive image inhibits the paths of personal success as well as obstruct the emergence of a strong Roma movement too.

During our 6 months long campaign the organizers want to show that:

1.Despite slipping to the periphery for 25 years, the Roma population is still an integral part of the Hungarian society.
2.Living in poorness is not equal to waiting for the benefits. There are several survivor technics which help the Roma people to generate a daily income for their family.
In the campaing ordinary and extraordinary Roma people were introduced who are successful in their profession, for example: baker, bus driver, factory director, etc.

4 989 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
SYSTEMATIC REINFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEMOCRACY IN HUNGARY THROUGH THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CIVIL SECTOR AND LOC
Environmental Management and Law Association
Budapest

The public has little influence on land use plans. Public participation in the adoption procedures is formal, legal remedies are not developed. Civil society does not have appropriate knowledge and capacities, local attorneys often refuse to help. The project seeks to make NGOs and private persons capable of participating in land use and permitting procedures as well as public participation to become an essential part of the local decision-making. In terms of activities and outputs the project promoter will collect and analyze local conflicts, provide legal consultancy service, reconciliate between the parties, organize legal advocacy days for the public on relevant spots, compile a handbook/guide in the relevant procedures, set up an interactive webpage with all materials, as well as submit proposals to the legislator and decision-makers of the municipalities and state bodies.

19 715 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
CommunitySpace – meeting and dating for elderly and people living with diasabilities
AfterNoon Foundation
Budapest

There is a very large group of lonely people above 40 years old and single-living disabled people. According to data from 2011, there are more than one million people aged over 40, living alone. 16.6% of the population have chronic diseases, 70% of them are aged over 50. The Afternoon Association operates an anonym help-line, targeting the above social groups. Their problems are mainly due to painful loneliness and their desire for social and love relationships.
The aim of the project is to ease the isolation and painful loneliness of the target group, therefore improving the quality of their life.
The creation of a dating website will offer free, secure, interactive meeting opportunities with additional functions (phone help-line, personal meeting space) that supports the creation of social bonds.
The project offers professional development opportunity for the volunteers of the Afternoon Association, while partnering organizations will be able to offer a new service needed by many of their members as well.

15 906 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Tenement-theater
Cylinder Theatre and School Foundation
Budapest

Districts of Budapest VIII.-IX. are the districts of underprivileged Roma children with the problem of social exclusion, racial discrimination, and unequal opportunities. The Theatre aims to help local roma talents and also to increase the roma social integration and equal opportunities. Target groups are the child actors of the TEÁT-ROM and their family members, indirectly relatives, and the audience of the plays. The project increases motivation, interpersonal and communication skills and the roma identity of the group and cooperation in families. It is also expected that prejudice will decrease and solidarity increases.

17 281 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Strong Network - Efficient Advocacy
Hungarian Anti-Poverty Foundation
Budapest

The goal of the project is to improves advocacy work through common national campaigns and through strengthening the Hungarian Anti Poverty Network(HAPN). The organizers also introduce community organizing based on the involvement of the poor people. The activities are mobilization of the professional and activist resources of the organizations in and around HAPN in order to have a wide basis for further actions. The involved organizations will participate on trainings, study trips and through a pilot project to learn the community organizing approach. Complex campaigns will be organized as well around the topic of employment and minimum wage with participation of the involved organizations. 100 people will be involved directly and at least 1000 indirectly through other organizations.
The target group is those 20 communities/organizations who are interested in advocacy community work (half of them are HAPN members). Our partner is the EAPN Norway.

72 981 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
„Your Vote = My Vote / 2”\",
Hungarian Civil Liberties Union
Budapest
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The most recent changes in the system of municipal representation in Budapest, resulting in the inequality of the vote, make the project necessary; municipal elections taking place in October guarantee its timeliness. elements of the campaign were an interactive launch event, an ironic campaign homepage directing users to a call for action, a complaint template addressed and sent to the ombudsman, fb-games and offline materials, dissipation of outcomes to the target group and beyond.
The primary goal was to mobilize young voters of Budapest against the inequal voting rights. This goal was fulfilled bexond expectations: 168 complaints were sent to the ombdsman through the call-to-action website. Another goals was to promote other forms of political participation (institution of complaint) beyond voting that was also fulfilled.

4 295 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Do we know each other? - Interactive awareness-raising for more open school communities
Foundation for Africa Hungary
Budapest

The foundation promotes tolerance and reduces the conflicts and hate speech in 3 primary schools in lagging towns, inhabited by a large number of Roma people. The participating students will be active participants in an art performance they create, they take part in interactive lectures and a two-day cultural event and they will learn from each other and help each other in the activities. The methodology can easily be passed to local schools, and it can be extended to national level as well.

18 900 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
I'm a Roma not a lifestyle!
Chance for Children Foundation (CFCF)
Budapest

Racist hate speech has become widespread and has even creeped into the courtrooms in Hungary. The immediate urgency of the project was spurred by the judgement of the Békés County Court of March 27 2014, which condoned the the anti-Roma hate speech according to which there is "Gypsy criminality." The objective of the project is to facilitate active citizenship, that is, active speaking out against hate speech, raising public awareness, and exercising public pressure for concrete political measures.

Participants of the actions sent postcards and e-cards to Erika Mucsi judge, Viktor Orbán prime minister, Zoltán Balog and Tibor Navracsics ministers. The cards called on the judge to publicly apologize from her Roma compatriots and asked the representatives of the government to step up against hate speech and not to tolerate hate speech among officials who exercise public authority.

1 462 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Volunteering against exclusion
Chance for Children Foundation (CFCF)
Budapest

Segregation of Roma children is widespread in Hungary, desegregation is based on either a court decision or a political will, there is no example for widespread local civil support of integration. CFCF will build the capacity of 4 local communities consisting of Roma and nonRoma parents who are willing to speak up and enforce their rights through community actions (transferring to integrated schools,petition for schoolbus) or with the help of a probono lawyer launch lawsuits against segregation. The goal is to develop a model program and disseminate it among NGOs and to increase the number of Roma students taking part in integrated education.The target groups are Roma students, their parents non roma students, lawyers and students willing to volunteer for a common cause, the general public, local and central stakeholders in education.

66 191 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
For the understanding and friendly society!
Children, families Association
Nyíregyháza

In Nyíregyhaza several public building is not accessible with baby stroller or wheelchair. The supported organization aims to support the daily routine of mothers and disabled people by promoting the accessible buildings. Hopefully it will be a prestige to become accessible and that will inspire others to improve their buildings and become barrier-free. The organizors also want to encourage barrier-free buildings improve their service, thus becoming more suitable for those who want to use it.
The target groups are institutions, shops, which doesn't have suitable access yet, especially customer service offices with many visitors.

3 096 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Assistance dog tells the tale - socialization of children and social integration of disabled begins in kindergarten
NEO Hungarian Assistance Dogs Association
Budapest

The association puts great emphasis on supporting the interest representation and social integration of people with disabilities, as well as on forming social attitudes. Educating children for being tolerant and the better social integration of people with disabilities are two goals that reinforce each other. Kindergarten children experience empathy at an early age through tale therapy and the presence of assistance dogs. Volunteers of the association show the everyday life of hearing, visually, mentally impaired or handicapped people or people living with autism. They organise a conference on assistance dogs and social integration for experts in the field. They form the attitudes of the broader society by involving media, creating a website and a film. They cooperate with ELTE Bárczy Gusztáv Faculty of Special Education, with kindergartens and other assistance dog organisations in implementing programs.

11 401 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Law enforcement initiative for the development of hate incidents' treatment and prevention
Fraternal Association of European Roma Law Enforcement Officers (FAERLEO)
Budapest

There has been an increasing tendency of hate incidents in Hungary with the intensifying activity of radical movements. The actions are against local Roma people in most of the cases. This project prepares the police commanders to treat ethnical conflicts or provocation properly. It also sends a positive message about the engagement of Roma people in society as law enforcement workers.
The organizers elaborate the methods of the special training and protocol with the contribution of the Hungarian National Police and the experts of the Norwegian Police. The campaign part og the project communicates that many Roma people have been serving for the law enforcement agencies and the police encourages Roma youth to join the police. At the end of the project it is expected that the Hungarian Police will be much more prepared for professional treatment of hate incidents and the picture about Romas in society will be better as well.

60 108 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Is it our place?
Foundation of the Parish-Charity at Kecskemét
Kecskemét

In Kecskemét there are several community places operating, where socially underpriviliged children and young people can go. These places offer a wide variety of programs free of charge, they are easily accessible. Two of these places has reported problems that the young visitors are loosing motivation and act deviant. Karitasz Foundation will organize interactive workshops, peer helper trainings and other programs to enable the young visitors of the places in solving their communities' problems.

5 751 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Interactive Workshop of INOKA
Interactive Education Foundation (INOKA Foundation)
Budapest

The aim of the organisation is to improve the employment chances of people living with autism by trainings, employment and the production of high quality products. Within the project young people with autism will receive practical training. They learn individual crafts and the production of artefacts with 3D technology. The long term goal of the project is to employ young people with autism in the framework of a social entrepreneurship and to focus attention on the employment of people with disabilities.

17 994 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Promoting active citizenship through enhancing democracy in associations – the development of the new membership model of Messzelátó Association and it’s dissemination as good practice
Messzelátó Association
Budapest

The association wants to introduce a new membership model and to develop the organization. They would like to achieve that the members become active participants, organizors and decision makers of the association. Also the new members will be able to organize events ion their neighborhood on their own. The project consists of membership programs, research and the development of 10 other associations and the association itself.

18 401 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Wide spread familiarization with the problem of light pollution, and preparation of Starry Sky Park nomination package for the Bükk National Park
Kaptárkő Association for Nature Conservation and Cultural Heritage
Eger

Light pollutative lamps has been placed in a huge amount in cities and settlements. The National Park of Bükk is the most diverse national park of Hungary, covered almost 100% with forests. The association aims to reduce light pollution in order to protect the natural values, specially the animals in this area. The main target groups are decision makers, settlement leaders and opinion leaders as they don1t know about the problem. Thus the association measures the light pollution and the light pollutants in the settlements of Bükk and they will organize awarreness raising night astronomy presentations. The collected data is being presented through fora and other channels to the public and the decision makers thus intitating dialogue about the topic.

9 036 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Village in the town 2014
Ironcrow Conservation Foundation
Kiskunhalas

The consumer society lifestyle and supply system produce more and more unhealthier, alienated families, living in extreme situations. The goal is to create a 100-family cooperative community as a sample, which combines the traditional values of the village lifestyle with novel environmental and health aspects. In the project a ‘Kindness Circle’ is created for friendly exchange of tools and sparetime capacity, supported by a web interface. The swap of equipments and free time will motivate the personal relationship-building. The virtual accounts (‘suska’) ensure the fairness and sustainability of the system. Authentic human relationships are created within the community, generating further cooperation and strengthening social safety net (integration), approaching self-supporting, ‘greener’ lifestyle.

10 824 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
To Be Able'
Real Pearl Foundation
Berettyóújfalu

Told - where the project is taking place - is one of the least developed villages in Hungary. The people here, regardless they are Roma or not, have hardly any opportunity to find a job, or become successful citizens. They need to become the members of a community, which starts to do something to develop their life. The foundation has been working with them for some years in order to empower them in the different fields of life. In the local community the women have key role in the surging community. The project wants to help them to be more conscious and effective in their life. They ensure trainings and community events, which focus on main issues in the lives of these women: household, economic planning, domestic violence, handling of conflicts and conscious family planning. During the project 30 Roma and non Roma women's skills, self-conscious and their community is developed. They organize events and excursions and they communicate about their life and points of views through the channels of the citizen's media. They can prove themselves their family and the wider society, that their activity can shape our future.

69 995 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Community Art-therapy
Retextil Foundation
Pécs

Appropriate therapeutic methods are often not available for children with disabilities and their families that could ensure the development of the young people – due to either geographical or financial reasons, or because it does not fit into the everyday lives of the families. In the frame of the project therapeutic products will be created from used textiles and distributed among disadvantaged children with disabilities and their parents, which can be easily used and remade, even at the home of the families and is cost efficient. During the project, they will provide services for 100 involved persons and 40 families, and will provide further knowledge related to the therapeutic tools and methodology to 13 organisations. Several activities will be realised in small settlements of Baranya County, where similar services are not available to the locals. The methods and the results will be disseminated to the general public as well as to specialists through a national media campaign.

48 989 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
*Local communities for sustainability*
Hungarian Climate Alliance
Győr

The Climate Alliance has two levels of cooperation: besides the national networking activities the local community groups are essential where the member NGOs cooperate with local municipalities. The goal of CA is to establish the local autonomy of municipal communities and decrease their environmental pollution with the help pf local NGOs. In this project local community circles are developed with 6 member NGOs and at least 12 municipalities. The circles create their own practical strategy and implement it in small steps. The local decision makers and multiplicators are trained as well in theory and in practice and the tree of the year will be planted in 20 member municipalities’ territory.

18 493 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Aborturism
Studio of Young Artists' Association
Budapest

Abortion tourism is already an existing phenomena, but its presence reveals the political currents of the right-to-bodily-autonomy of citizens from different states. Unlike other kinds of health tourism driven by economic reasons, abortion tourism is about politics, caused by particular modes of governance having an impact on health policy. In Hungary medical interventions and monitoring are pushed on healthy women, despite scientific evidence, and ignoring the right for informed consent. Abortion is legal, but not the abortion pill, so women often choose to become abortion tourists- if they have the necessary capital to do so.

The organization establishes novel encounters and pathways, where information can be transmitted via novel use of existing media, in order to bypass preconceptions. They do not aim to do political lobbying, they want to reach the citizens themselves via online media and public events, to share information without dictating a new set of norms.

3 931 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
\"BLIND FRIENDLY STORES\" (Introduction of a Complex Classification System)
Vakok és Gyengénlátók Csongrád Megyei Egyesülete
Szeged

The initative aims to enhance the blind-friendly accessibility of shops in Csongrád county. The organizers develop and introduce a "Blind friendly store" classification system. By granting the certificate vulnerability of visually impaired customers will be reduced and consumer safety will be significantly increased. The members of the association will be prepared to do the classification and they will visit the shops. Those which pass will receive a certification. It is also planned to extend the certification on a national level.

19 902 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
FRUITFUL FRUIT GROWING
Ormánság Foundation
Drávafok

By building a fruit processing plant and organizing programs about fruit farming and processing the foundation wants to develop fruit farming in four villages of the Ormánság.Tthe foundation has good contacts with other organizations in the topic of adaptive fruit farming. The target group of the project are 25-30 poor families (half of them Roma) of the four villages. They cooperate with the Carpathian Orcharding Network, with local NGOs and municipalities.

57 020 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Drug consultation center in Esztergom
Healthy Spirit, Healthy Living Foundation
Esztergom

There is no survey in Esztergom to assess drug consumption in the city and its neighbourhood. The 2013 report of the National Drug Focus Point shows the highest ratio of crime related to of drug abuse in this County. However the city did not have drug ambulance or other assistances, such as community based or low-threshold services. The aim of the project is to fill this gap at least partly, and provide addiction consultancy services in Esztergom.

19 998 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Enforcement of democratic values in connection with the construction of the new nuclear blocks of Paks
Energiaklub Climate Policy Institute Applied Communications Association
Budapest

The project targets both the enforcement of democratic values (transparency, participation, accountability) and the environmental and social sustainability, and the development of the civil sector. The new Paks nuclear block is a significant national issue, in which collaboration, capacity building and networking is a priority in order to enforce democratic rights and sustainability. Therefore the major target group is the environmental and youth organizations, through whom the civic activity can increase. The general public has no information about the Paks issue, they have been excluded from decision-making, thus the Energy Club will request data and reviews the decision-making process through national and international legal forums. The acquired information will be disseminated nationally and on EU level, by cooperating with NGOs, and by organizing forums and campaigns. The NGOs will be trained in their participatory skills, and they will be able to increase citizens' interest in public affairs.

62 515 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
\"Norwegian pattern\" on sundays for single mothers
Fleece Foundation
Budapest

The primary focus of the foundation is to offer therapy for children with special and additional needs. Recently, however, several victims of domestic violence who are single mothers of children with special needs asked help from the foundation. Violence makes a lasting impact on women: they are often faced with the struggles of financial difficulties, low self-esteem, legal misinformation and gender inequality. Inspired by the Norwegian MARTE program, the foundation aims to provide assistance for divorced women who were touched by the painful legacy of domestic violence. Beyond the legal, financial and psychological aspects of advising, the foundation is also dedicated to raising public awareness of common misconceptions about domestic violence. The applied methods of the program are community building, thematic weekends and self-help groups. The organizors built the training programs and database in co-operation with several professional associations.

17 799 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Projectivity
Tilos Cultural Foundation
Budapest

Radio Tilos has created a new program called Civilisation to provide opportunity for less visible NGOs and programs to introduce themselves. They invited program makers on eight week rotation basis who can regularly work with the organizations of a given sector. An important goal of the show is to convince the listeners: it is good to be civil! The radio promotes the program on several platforms, they have created mobil app as well. Besides the regular program all NGOs are invited to have a booth at the fundraising festival of Tilos.

18 061 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Experience Fund
Revita Foundation
Debrecen

The possibilities to spend free time together for people living with disabilities and the healthy are very limited. The reason is partly the isolated lifestyle of disabled people. In this campaign leisure activities are collected - based on the offers of communities and individuals - where healthy and disabled people can take part together. Thus the participants can enjoy experiences which they would not be able to do usually.

4 999 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Uccu Pécs Branch
Uccu Roma Informal Educational Foundation
Budapest

The formal education system provides only few opportunities for open debates, personal meetings with people from different social backgrounds and learning about alternative viewpoints and values. Uccu’s Roma volunteers have been organizing forums for years in schools, where the students can discuss issues related to the Roma without taboos and have a personal meeting opportunity with the Roma trainers. The association will establish a new group in Pécs, whose members will be trained and then will organise activities for a thousand students in the neighbouring schools. The 10 new volunteers will take part in regular monthly workshops and team building events, which will serve the professional training of the youth and the development of the community. The personal meetings with the volunteers and the honest discussions with them, along with numerous playful exercises will contribute to the improvement of the knowledge of the students about the Roma and reduction of their prejudices.

15 526 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Gay Men, Straight Dictatorships: Oral History Research, Video Archive and Anthology of Interviews
Civil Works Association
Budapest

This initiative reveals personal stories of the recent past that have not yet been told publicly. It also helps the LGBT community and majority society to process these stories and construct dialogue. A large part of these stories is exactly an account of the clashes with and fear from the world outside the closet. Up to today this oppression impacts not only the victims but also the perpetrator or indifferent majority. The creators record, edit, and publish 12 video interviews on the project’s blog and social media sites and archive them. Furthermore, a photo-anthology of interviews will bepublished in 500 copies, which will be presented in the capital and in five cities in the countryside, in conjunction with personal and organizational meetings within the LGBT community. The organizers also aim to encourage elder gay people to tell their stories and share their experiences.

19 290 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Let's ride toghether
Cyclists Sport Club at Komlóstető
Miskolc

Miskolc is a city where poverty and unemployment is high and the number of underprivileged people is still growing. The stiuation endangers children and young people the most. They are more isolated during the summer, having no opportunity to go on holiday.
The club raised attention on these problems at several events, where people could ride fixed bikes and give donations. The action reached 3-5 thosand people and a hundred gave donations. The collected donations were given to the local Child Home.

3 679 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Exploration and presentation the hidden treasures of Tótkomlós
Association for the Nature research and Environment Protection around the Száraz-ér
Tótkomlós

Smaller settlements can't afford to care about local natural treasures. In Tótkomlós the supported association is working to protect and conservethe local nature for several years. They collect data about plants, birds and mammals and they found several rare and important species around the town which are not protected. It's their goal to achieve local protection in order to preserve them for the future. They also construct a full information system (with information boards and nature trail) about these treasures and they plan to make trips, open bird ringing and special lessons for the local school's children. It's important to show the local people how rich the natural environment they have, and how important it is to care about it. The organizors also hope that during the project they can help the local council, the schools, and the local people, and involve new young members in the work of the organization as well.

2 057 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
My town's Jewish history
Centropa Foundation - Hungary
Budapest

The goal of Centropa to motivate teachers and students to learn about and understand the history of Judaism. Thus they will give seminars for teachers and with their involvement a student contest will be organized. Within the contest the participants have to create videos in which they present the history if jews in their own locality, district or settlement.

12 735 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Autistic Art Program II.
Mosoly Otthon Alapítvány (Smile Home Foundation)
Budapest

In Hungary, there are tens of thousands of people living in residences that are practically invisible to the majority of society. Many of these people are living with autism, who are unable to live an independent life, however their creativity capacity is unquestioned. The residences do not have the appropriate resources to develop the creativity of the talented youth. By the project, the interested participants can take part in art therapy and in a development process so they can create works of art that have a place in the art market. Therefore, besides the focus on therapy and art, the initiative has effects on the contemporary art scene and on social awareness. The income gained from the sale of the art works will be a source of revenue for the residencies with financial problems. Currently 12 institutions and 200 involved people receive support in the framework of the project; there will be weekly art activities in seven residences, with the regular and active participation of 60 people living with autism. The result of this will be a unique, gradually enriching collection of thousands of drawings from autistic people, a selection of which will appear on the autisticart.hu and autisticart.eu web pages. In Hungary, this organisation is the only one that provides artistic activities with a modern art approach – that ensures much more success for autistic people than the traditional creative expressions. Several of the young participants have gone through an impressive development. There are some who have become great artists while they still do not speak, another member already opened his own exhibition. Furthermore, by the support of the grant and in cooperation with designers, the prominent art works will appear in the foundation’s design brand, the Autistic Art, created in 2013, on shawls, notebooks, wallets and pullovers. The products that receive great commercial success and publicity bring attention to the issue of autism and the people living with autism and help social acceptance. Through the income gained by the sale of the products the foundation will finance the residences and sustain the art activities.

65 034 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Foundation of Bibó István College of Law and Political Sciences for the Responseible Intellectuals
Foundation of Bibó István College of Law and Political Sciences for the Responseible Intellectuals
Budapest

The lack of civi education is decade long problem of Hungarian society and several coexistence problems are rooted in this deficit. The 50 kids attending the citizenship camp of Bibó Special College will learn about civil and political rights, state institutions, EU and financial literacy for five days in playful forms. The students of the Bibó College will organize the camp and teach the children, and an illustrated workbook is also being developed for the curriculum.

6 011 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
„Nora’s answer” – Action campaign against domestic violence and gender inequality
SzínMűhely Foundation
Budapest

95% of the victims of domestic violence are women and the reason behind is the gender inequality. To solve the problem, we have to be familiar with the exact definition, which is not widely known. There are solutions and helper organisations providing psychological, technical and legal support, but only a small percentage of the victims and the witnesses ask for their help and most of these people do nothing.
The campaign aims to raise awareness on the activity of the helper organisations and about the definiton and on the solutions of the problem. The campaigners want to activate the victims and the witnesses and confront the potential perpetrators with the nature of their act, and show them solutions.

4 938 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Restart - community network development for homeless people
Green Spider Foundation
Budapest

The aim of the project is to dismantle prejudices against homelessness, and to test community funding as a means of fundraising and a solidarity practice in social care. The program is especially relevant because of the policies of the past few years which mean that authorities can now sanction people for being poor. In the present project they would like to carry out a model program of a new type of individual support system - by investing into things (training, tools, etc.) through community funding to enable the homeless to do something for their own better circumstances. A successful community fundraising and its publicity can strengthen solidarity, it can make the methodology of the Van Esély Foundation accepted, the Város Mindenkié can reach its target audience with a much deeper and more detailed message and Zöld Pók Foundation can get more practice in community funding.

65 352 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
BE the change YOURSELF
Academy of Experience
Budapest

The youth living in Roma settlements often have integration and self-assessment problems. They do not believe that they can have a successful life and that they can make a difference in the life of their community. Without effective help, this negative perspective will turn into reality, and they will become isolated. However, if they receive support in order to appreciate their own values, they recognize new alternatives to shape their own lives as well as that of the community. The goal of the project is to create positive contemporary role models out of the 26 youth living in 5 Roma settlements through trainings, and thus improve the confidence of the Roma youth, their capacity to advocate for themselves and their chances for equal treatment. In the long term, the goal is to build a peer self-help network, to spread peaceful handling of conflicts, and to improve the recognition and integration of the Roma people. In the framework of the initiative, a group of young trainers (6 young Roma from the Roma settlements) will take part in a training that empowers them to make their compatriots more active. Through these activities, 20 young Roma from the Roma settlements will plan and execute two volunteer actions around a goal defined by themselves, with the involvement of a further 100-150 persons. Since the details of these actions will be planned by the youth themselves, they will own the methods and results of the projects too. Through this their self-assessment and responsibility will be strengthened, and their successes can be shown to the mainstream society.

19 999 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Leaving the nest” programme to support the more independent life of youth living with Williams Syndrome or other rare disease
Hungarian Williams Syndrome Association
Budapest

The conditions for mentally challenged people to live autonomously and their opportunities for jobs are rather poor in Hungary that is a serious burden on their families. An earlier project of the Foundation successfully strengthened the need of the mentally challenged people for autonomy from their parents and their search for employment. Now they want to prepare them (especially those affected with Williams syndrome and other rare diseases) for an autonomous life through work and trainings, that meet their needs and their personalities. During work, the participants gain experience in organising events and a non-profit initiative could be started that might even turn into a for-profit enterprise on the long run. The events will fit the needs of the people involved, since they themselves take part in the organisation. Other, similar initiatives could use the knowledge and experience gained from the project. Besides these activities, the participants will organise four events, - ranging from one-day to two-week long – in the framework of a training led by specialists. The professional work will be implemented with the cooperation of the Norwegian Frambu and the ELTE BGGYK. The results and methods of the project will be available to the interested institutions and persons through broad professional communication.

49 522 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Excels in class, pulls tricks on the grass!
BAGazs Public Association
Budapest

The children living in the Roma settlement of Bag are going through a series of failures at school, partly due to their underdeveloped skills and the lack of a supporting community. The majority of these children cannot study further and have no chance to get out of the settlement’s enclosure. The goal of the project is to provide support for 80 children living in the settlement, through skills and emotional development and by the community of the football team. High school and university students have a special role in this work, who will organise activities for the children on a weekly basis. The involvement of the local inhabitants and the regular contact with the local institutions and the families contribute to the emphasise put on the needs and role of the people involved and ensures that the activities of the project are beneficial on their lives. Besides developing the disadvantaged children and their families, as well as organising the community, one of the goals of the initiative is to increase the sensitivity of the majority society to the situation of Bag and other settlements and to communicate the results of the activities of the community in Bag. This goal will be reached by the communication of the project and the participating volunteers. On the basis of the experiences, a methodological collection and a short films will be made, which could be a useful starting point for other specialists and civil organisations.

19 892 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
\"Rebuilding family relationships\" - methodological development
Give me your hand assisting in the creation of equal opportunities in education and the labor market non-profit Association
Tiszavasvári

The inmates and their family members have to deal with numerous difficulties and rejection from the institutions and the society in general during the enforcement of sentences and even after. These people and their children can only move on if they are given opportunities for quality changes in their life and society does not give up on them. 15 female prisoners and their family members take part in story telling therapy, family development and several other interconnected services. The constant support and development services provided for these women and children and the opportunities to meet each other in events rich in emotions lead to the improvement of their self-assessment, their family relations and their ability to take responsibilities. Thanks to the methods of the project, the inmates and their children will have more success, which is essential for their proper self-assessment, relationships and plans for their life after prison. The goal of the initiative is to disseminate the method in several correctional institutes in Hungary and to communicate the project’s main goals and results to the mainstream society with numerous communication tools, such as a documentary.

69 923 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
\"No matter ?\"
Drog Stop Budapest Egyesület Assotiation
Budapest
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Several initiatives worke with mentally challenged people and numerous organisations provide services for drug users. At the same time, the issue of mentally challenged drug users was an unknown field in the sector until recently, though mentally challenged people often use drugs (mostly alcohol and pharmaceutics), which is a double challenge for the people involved and the specialists taking care of these people. The fact that the issue is most often a taboo only makes the solution of this problem more difficult. This project focuses on raising awareness on this phenomenon to open a dialogue on potential solutions. The goal of the group activities is to improve the quality of life of the institutionalised mentally challenged people through mutual discussions and practical solutions. The results and methods of this initiative will be available for the specialists and the general public.

62 519 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Advocacy Poster Campaign for the Homeless
Krétakör Foundation
Budapest

As Hungary today is facing a housing crisis, this year's Free School program of Krétakör entitled HOME examined the issue of housing poverty together with the target group of secondary school students. In the beginning of December 2014, a poster campaign was launched. 90 posters were designed by the students, raising awareness on prejudice against homelessness and exclusion of homeless people. When preparing for the campaign, students collaborated with homeless activists from The City is for All group. In the process, participating students became more sensitive and conscious regarding homelessness while the participating homeless people become more aware of how to control the discourse about them and gain hands-on experience in advocacy from an aesthetic approach. The posters were displayed in public places and received huge media coverage.

4 977 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
ÜVEGFALU (Glassvillage) - and widespread across the country
eDemocracy Workshop Society
Kerepes – Szilasliget

Glassvillage is an innovative project that aims to achieve complete financial transparency within Hungarian municipalities. As a pilot project, the program would first apply its guidelines on a small town called Pázmánd, before it could become widespread across the country. By organizing so-called transparency trainings, 75 different NGOs will be prepared to be able to pressure local municipalities to have more financial transparency. In short, the project involves the municipality, local NGOs and the citizens of Pázmánd. Additionally, the program should also embrace NGOs from the whole country that wish to promote freedom of information and which are interested in the trainings and conferences of the eDemocracy Association. The project also includes a research on local municipalities; transparency, as well as a sophisticated rating system.

19 949 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Together for each other
Contrast Workshop
Budapest

Students living in children home have a very difficult life after they leave the home: they can hardly fit into society. The children livin the Tata boarding school are specially disadvantaged; many of them with special needs, learning or intellectual disabilities, autism. Contrast Workshop gives the residents a chance for a full life and to become useful members of their community. To this end they organize three camps, afternoon workshops and volunteer programs for students using the methods of experiental and drama pedagogy and they also offer workshops for the teachers. At the end the artworks created in the last camp will be presented as well as a publication for the staff of the school summarizing the observations, to be published on the internet too. The workshops also enrich the methodological culture of the institution.

6 438 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
March for Life 2014.
Help for Life Foundation
Vác

In recent years the level of racist discrimination, exclusion and nationalistic tendencies have increased dramatically. This manifests in the appearance of these views in the political arena, but also in the media and in much broader sections of society. In recent years violent acts motiated by such mentality, and militant groups appeared. March for Life is a demonstrative action on the 70th anniversary of the deportations of Hungarian Jews an mass. The participants walk the routes of the "former" death marches on foot, in the form of a pilgrimage. Hungarians join a large group of German youth who are direct descendants of former nazi perpetrators. The Hungarians join them in their message regarding the vital necessity of telling the truth about the past actions of former generations, and express apology where it is due. The participants are Holocaust surviors and their descendants, school students from secondary schools, Hungarian civil and Christian church communities.

3 211 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Passage
Focus Workshop Theatre and Contemporary-Art Foundation of Szeged
Szeged

The topic of the project is the issue of minority: the question of the relationship between the Roma and non-Roma people. The aim is to create a more sincere social communication with the juxtaposition of real, personal and documented experiences, opinions and points of view. The project has several components: social research experiences, plays and a situations based forum theater and concert. The target audience is young adults, but older people can also be involved. The project is not biased in the direction of either. The purpose is not to find a solution to the problems, merely to create an honest communication.

10 654 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Civil advocacy for local sustainable transport
Hungarian Traffic Club
Budapest

In Heves and Kunhegyes district the modal-split of public transport and cycling is decreasing. People without car have no chance to go work. Local developments are aiming at cars while community and bike transport is neglected. Based on traveller's fora the organizers make recommendations on a realistic time schedule. Through local campaigns and dialogue with the municipality they aim to develop bike transport as well.

15 054 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Rehabilitation services to people with aphasie
APHASIE Hungary
Budapest

Aphasia is speech disorder that occurs due to stroke, accidents or other brain damages. People with aphasia can think and feel normally but they are unable to communicate their thoughts and feelings. According to the report of the Hungarian Ombudsman „presently there is no proper support, care and rehabilitation system in Hungary for people with aphasia”. The aim of the project is to improve the communication and speech skills of patients with aphasia, strengthen their interest representation, and decrease social marginalisation. The direct target group is people with aphasia living in or near Budapest, some of them having additional disabilities. Participants receive individualized, complex support, by various therapeutic methods and counselling. Project results improve their social situation and quality of life, while decreasing their social exclusion.

19 293 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Just go as the judges
Via Viridis Association
Kistarcsa

The number of homeless people in Hungary is very high. Unfortunately, politics don’t support the solution of the problem with appropriate tools on the contrary criminalisation is typical. Society is characterised by enstrangement, most people are insensitive to their fellows’ problems. Instead of solving the problems, people consider hiding the problem is a good solution The long term goal of the campaign is to strengthen social acceptance, reduce the negative attitude against homeless people and make the society more sensitive to problems. The specific goal is to raise awareness about the criminalisation of homeless people with peaceful actions. In short online videos they show homeless and ordinary people and set parallels of the stereotypes which are typical for different social groups. Each video ends with thought-provoking questions. With the campaign the organization wants to show a way to pay attention to each other, to behave more emphatically in order to make this world more liveable together. They hope to reach the mainstream society through the media so the negative attitude decreased, people donate more and the social responsibility is increased. With the help of the action the constitution of the organization will also grow, more regular supporter and volunteers will join the actions of the organizors.

3 406 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Coalition Against Hate Violence
Ebony African Cultural, Arts and Human Rights Organization
Budapest

The number of hate crimes grew in the last years in Hungary. Victims don't receive enough help, they don't trust authorities where the workers are prejudicial as wel. Ebony now wants to develop effective mechanisms to deal with hate violence, to support the victims of hate crimes, to launch a dialogue between NGO-s and governmental bodies, to transfer international good practices, to prepare relevant materials which can be used in the long term, to increase the number of documented hate crimes
They prepare educational materials, leaflets, action kit and recommendations, they organize 5 round-table discussions, and create of a joint declaration. They also want to document hate crime cases, create a website and impelemnt guerilla and flash mob actions.

50 197 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Easily from school to work - Youth Competency Centre
Artemisszio Foundation
Budapest

The youth unemployment rate is really high in Hungary. In general fewer young people applies for jobs with less success. The high rate and the reproduction of unemployment deepens the inequality, the structural discrimination and social dissatisfaction. The problem is known, many NGOs, but they don't have a good network that would make their work more efficient. The goal of the project is to realize an adoptable complex program that is based on non-formal learning methods and to create a network of experts in order to decrease the number of unemployed youth and to ease the transition from schools to the labour market. It aims to develop different competencies of disadvantaged youth and inform them about opportunities. During the project there will be workshops and trainings where the developed model program and methods will be delivered. Beside the several media appearance an informative video will be published as well. The target groups are the disadvantaged youth studying in vocational schools, the representatives of civic sector, social and educational professionals.

63 605 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
The statue - Theatre in Education in the service of renewing the spaces and techniques of remembrance
Káva Drama / Theatre in Education Association
Bdapest

The action reflects on the remembrance – to be more exact, the absence of remembrance - of the series of murders against Romas in 2008/2009 with the tools of theater in education. During the preparation for the action the participants work with the topic of Roma and non-Roma coexistence. Five complex Theater in Education performances and street performance is created in the action, about these topics. The action helps to think through together if we need to remember somebody, if he became a victim only because of his origin, and also, how (or do we) have any responsibility in somebody’s death whom we never met?

4 989 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Plant-control: Complex public-program for the healthy air of an Industrial city
Environmental Association of Dorog
Dorog

Dorog is one of the most air polluted cities in Hungary. The organizastion's goals is to reduce environmental pollution of industrial plants through social control of the industrial plants. The main target groups are the inhabitants of Dorog. The association arrange visitations to the plants with the involvement of inhabitants, companies, NGOs and media and mediate the residential expectations towards the company. They also write articles about these plant visitations and publish them in the association's newspaper. Altogether 22 plant visitations, 5 residential forums, 4 waste collections, 10 edited newspapers, 2 publications, the plantcontrol.hu + dangerouswastecollection.hu websites and training for 24 NGOs will be implemented in the project.

19 995 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Our stories are common – playback for reduction of prejudice
Perspectiva Nova Association
Budapest

The storytelling theater sheds light on a problem from many perspectives thus increase the viewers (who play active part) empathy and tolerance of others. The association will teach people learning/working in the field of humanities, who want to learn and apply the method of playback. They also aim to establish a playback group after the training.

8 225 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Human Voice Foundation
Human Voice Foundation
Érd

The role of the Dr Dizseri Tamás Rehabilitation Center is to educate children and youth living with disabilities. Their method is based on special education principles and takes into consideration individual needs, aiming at establishing basic daily routines and community activities, as well as organizing therapeutic session according to the health and mental status of the children. The Foundation had been established by parents to support the functioning of the Rehabilitation Center and its clients.
The aim of the project is to decrease the disadvantages of people living with disabilities in Érd, to promote their equal chances and to form the opinion of the local community.
They organize special theater plays with the participation or disabled and healthy youth, using tools of music, theater and circus. The play will be staged by the disabled children of the Rehabilitation Center, the student of the Mora Ferenc primary school, with less serious disabilities, the students of the Acrobat school, volunteers of the Vörösmarty Mihály secondary school, and the members or the Bolyki Soul Gospel choir.
The exhibition and programs running parallel to the theater play presents the development work of the Center and the Foundation and the institution the Center is cooperating with. The audience can have a glimpse on the everyday life of youth living with various degrees of disability and can see that they can also produce tangible values.
The play and the preparation process will be filmed, that can be used for sensitizing members of the mainstream society.

4 472 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Respect-Life in virtual world
\"Cherry Blossom\" Mental Health Assosiation of Eger
Eger

The goal of the project is to direct attention to the problems created by the virtual, especially to the phenomena of addiction and cyber-bullying. The organizations will establish a college student group (from the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of Eszterházy Károly College) that will assist the nearby highschools in this topic based on their contemporary interest and peer knowledge. Besides training college students and inviting new professionals into the collaboration, the target group that is about 2000 students will be reached through a campaign as well. The activities are: training for college students, camps and workshops with ongoing campaigning for high-school students and clubs about respect and acceptance.

14 693 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Playground cavalcade
Home-Start Hungary, Székesfehérvár
Székesfehérvár

The organization aims to involve families in the community life through programs organized at playgrounds. During the program simple games will be organized and taught to the families. The goal is integration and community building, the involvement of Roma families.

14 700 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Culture and Commerce in order to support Social Inclusion
Work-shop Cultural Association
Budapest

The project will create a multi-functional web page, which will contain a cultural institution with art materials, photos and documents, a contemporary photo site with socially sensitive portfolios and series, an e-book publishing house, an interview page with short films on local heroes, a database with a map of social innovation projects, and a fair-market web shop. The materials that will be put on the web pages will be related to the lives and cultures of different communities and artists with diverse background and identity. The mission of the organization is to use the tool of culture and trade, along with the possibilities given by the network society for social inclusion. Our goal is that professional and public discourse about culture and art is not affected by economic and power interests dressed as aesthetic aspects and to remove this theme out of the forcefully ethicized thematic ghetto it is currently in, where it is unable to develop further.

19 986 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Joint action against workplace sexual harassment and mobbing with the NGO-s
Regional Safeguarding Foundation
Nyíregyháza

The project aims to degrading treatment in the workplace sexual harassment, degrading treatment of women and workplace mobbing reduction in Hungary. The target groups are victims of violence (mainly women), employers, and the problem, interested NGOs, national and two regions of the country. The project activities on the one hand provide immediate assistance to victims of violence, on the other hand, employers and the public shaping directed training and communication campaign, as well as by civil society, professionals are prepared for prevention, intervention and case management. The project is realized cooperationing RÉV Alapítvány (Nyíregyháza), HÍD Egyesület (Miskolc) and other NGOs. The project is a result of reduced workplace bullying and mobbing of events, an increase in the rejection, employers and civil society organizations are well prepared to address the problem,and prevention of the problems.

69 491 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Tordas Whisperer Programme: four-legged assistants open a new world
Tordas Animal Assisted Therapy and Educational Non-Profit Association
Gyúró

One of today’s main task is the social integration of children with disabilities. Their care is often done in special education institutions, where they are helped by various programs. One of these alternative program is dog assisted therapy.
The Tordasi whispering program provides therapeutic program in special education institutions and develops new, dog assisted complex therapeutic methodological games. The project is closed by a „Day of experiences” in the TordaZoo animal farm where the new, complex therapeutic games are presented. The event will create a platform for new cooperation and exchange of professional experiences.

12 014 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
\"Egersound\","
Agriart Youth, Musical and Cultural Association
Eger

In Eger the extreme ideas, exclusion of Roma people are strong, among the youth as well. The entertainment facilities are limited. The goals of the orgnizors is to involve (especially Roma) youngsters by playing music and other creative activities; to establish an opened youth community place; reduce conflicts between Roma and non-Roma youngsters. By the end of the project the community place becomes accepted; the attitudes of youngsters change; Roma youngsters become active, their self-confidence strengthens.

19 754 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Stay or go?
Prizma Collective
Budapest

The question of the whole event is whether we stay in our country or choose to leave. How democratic we feel, why do so many people leave? The basis of the project is a street circus-theater show about the topic complemented with an interview based documentary about the audience and NGOs and a sociology survey. The organizers want to ope a space for social street actions, raise questions about our own situation and give possibility for community thinking and show to the people where they can connect what possibilities they have.

19 796 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Patron Program Providing For Rett Syndrome Families
Hungarian Rett Syndrome Foundation
Budapest

Rett syndrome is a genetic disease that causes complex functional problems in the central nervous system. Its cause is a malfunctioning gene on the X chromosome, that manifests only in girls. Due to the abnormal development of the central nervous system the children need constant care, attention and help. The aim of the project is to maintain and improve the physical and mental state of the girls and to provide therapeutic and informational services, mental hygienic help for the parents and to improve their interest representation skills. The project is organised from the bottom-up, it tries to improve the efficiency of the cooperation between the specialized care system and the volunteer helpers from the side of the families. The goal is to establish a sustainable network that helps the communication of all the stakeholders (patients, their family members, experts, helpers), therefore improves the access to the services, presently meeting geographical obstacles. Trainings and development plans will be provided for experts who help the families locally.

14 940 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Stop for homofobic speach
FriGo
Budapest

Homophobic, rasist and anti-semitic views remain unanswered in the Hungarian public speech. FriGo aimet to tackle this problem and they decided to give fast, constructiv reactions on succh speech for a certain period. They also wanted to raise atetntion on the diversity of Hungarian society and that diverisity often means similarity as well. The proejct organizors reacted through online comments, through social media, posters and through the press on hate speech.

4 455 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Information Points Network
Hand is Hand Foundation
Budapest

People living with disabilities and their families often lack information about their rights in the health and social care system. One of the reasons is the lack of an information system that is easily available, effective and transparent for them. The Information Points Network to be created in the frame of the project will fill this deficit in disadvantaged micro-regions of five Counties. The collection and distribution of information and the development of the network will be efficient because every step is made with the involvement of the local NGOs and mentors. The participation of the civil organisations will ensure the synchronisation of viewpoints, information and needs that would have been neglected otherwise. The collected information will reach the involved families through the active participation of 25 mentors. The network will also develop the strength of the advocacy and the cooperation of individuals and the local NGOs, since the network can initiate changes that are beyond the capacities of individuals and separate organisations. The initiative will reach 5000 people who will access previously not available services and opportunities, therefore their quality of life improves.

53 583 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Dispute of Avas Hill – Communities for the historical Avas
Avas Winerout Assosiation
Miskolc

The Historic Avas is one of the most exciting value of Miskolc. However, the several hundred years old built and natural environment is declining. The abandoned buildings are slowly becoming ruins, the cellars are falling in. The organizers want to revive the Small- and Big Avas and make the the center of community life. The association aims to join the forces of locals and NGOs for the sake of these goals. Through workshops they want to create a development plan and implement community-cult programs which also aims to research and present their history.

19 935 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Did you know? - Briefly for tolerance
Utopia Civil Assosiation
Siófok

People have only few, distorted information about those living on the periphery of society. Today's political communication has questioned the existence of human rights NGOs. The initiative aims to spread information about issues represented by human rights NGOs through "Did you know" questions. The questions asked in a playful manner and disseminated through free channels like facebook. The campaign raises the prestige of human rights NGOs and raise awareness on how people can support them.

44 242 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Enhance self-interest assertion of cancer patients
Hungarian Hospice Foundation
Budapest

The tumour patients often do not receive appropriate information from the health service employees and in many cases their rights to dignity are violated. These factors have negative effects on the patients concerning their chances for recovery. The doctors are overburdened and are used to a hierarchized relationship system, which has a negative effect on the doctor-patient relations. One of the goals of the project is to improve the patients’ capacity to advocate for their interests. The other goal is to improve the communication of doctors and other health care workers with their patients and to build partnership. A study will be compiled based on the personal experiences, while the trainings will improve the advocacy skills of the patients and their families. The doctors and other health care workers trained in assertive communication will bring much needed help to other patients. Furthermore, media campaigns will help in the broader communication of information related to this topic. An important part of this campaign is the work of the MOME design students: following an “initiation” and sensitization to this topic, the students will work out and execute “social design” ideas appropriate to social communication targeting the broader society.

69 731 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
\"Open the world\" - Targeted activity for seriously disabled people at Presidium Public Benefit Association
Presidium Public Benefit Association
Dombóvár

The opportunities for social participation of people living with serious or special disabilities are weak, since accessible traffic infrastructure is underdeveloped.
The aim of the project is to “move out” people with movement disabilities in the neighbourhood of Dombóvár through experience therapy and by participating in sport and cultural programs. Social relations are broadened, physical and mental health is developed by improving their mobility. They develop living relationship with the inhabitants of the city that forms the attitudes of the mainstream society.
“Moving out” is achieved by city tours on special bicycles. That improves their access to transport, developing their self-management, independence and health, which also helps the life of their families.

17 582 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Developing the institutional background for media self-regulation and press complaints comission in Hungary
Editors' Forum Hungary
Budapest

Since 2010, media regulation in Hungary has been criticized at home and abroad for not adequately guaranteeing media pluralism and freedom. These laws were elaborated with no prior consultation with the professional communities and the public, thus they did not build on widely discussed drafts. The Center for Independent Journalism – with the Mérték Standards Media Monitor - facilitates a professional and social dialogue to contribute to a long-term, future media regulation based on strong legitimacy and the European standards of media freedom. Journalists, representatives of media organizations, companies, civil society organizations, researchers and lawyers will discuss draft concepts of key issues - the regulatory authority, regulation of the media market, media literacy and self-regulation, public service media - at public debates and via online forum from October 2013. Based on the conclusions of the closing conference in February 2014, a final concept will be elaborated.

52 361 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Community Radio in Miskolc
Fine Art Cultural Foundation
Miskolc

With a development of a community radio the foundation strenghtens the civil society and the social responsibility of youngsters as well in Miskolc. A community radio is a suitable tool to generate the critical thinking of young people and also to boost the residents' local activity. The organizers involve partners and local resources from various levels to create a Community Fund. With the involvement and extensive participation they can also ensure audience, as the target groups are students, local civil organisers and cultural creatives – they become editors and reporters and listeners too. The Community Fund will stand on three legs: voluntary working hours of youngsters, the activity of civil, committed broadcasters and the financial support of individuals and local enterprises. Through the Community Fund and the involvement of young people the radio can become sustainable.

67 651 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
LIFE-PATH-CHANCE - for accessible Szolnok
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County of the Blind and Partially Association
Szolnok

The project aims to help the public institutions of Szolnok in developing their accessibility. With the involvement of people living with disabilities the organizors visit all institutions and map their accessibility, they contact the responsible persons and initiate meetings with them. They also give advice on the cheapest and best solutions of the possible developments. A voice map is also created and published online about the accesibility of the institutions and the experiences will be published offline as well.

19 593 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Improved Organization - Developer Community
Pearl shell Association of Mental Disabilities
Iklad

As specific operation of the social sphere is no longer able to sustain the organization, the assocation needs to adapt to the changing circumstances. New sources of revenue have to be found in the for-profit sector. Thus the organization will go through organizational development, in order to teach the employees how to integrate the social values and economic approach. Benefits of the development will be that internal conflicts will be reduced, the operation will be more efficient and the service portfolio will be expanded. A model intersectoral cooperation will be developed as well (non-profit and the private sector).

17 873 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Do it Yourself! New Frameworks for a Democratic Culture
League of Independent Art Spaces
Budapest

Social and cultural spaces are shrinking, becoming overly controlled by the state, budget cuts, neglected professionalism, inactive civil cultural scene. The objective is to provide cultural and social agents with space and visibility, to raise issues marginalized by the government, a new network through collaboration, to foster self-governance, cultural and social understanding, and dialogue btw for- /non-profit sectors and with the international scene. To this end the supported foundation organizes a series of cultural events with more than 100 participants at local and foreign locations. The project will achieve capacity building of the contemporary art scene, extending networks and collaborations, learning from good practices, new financial structures, improving the visibility of the scene, thematizing social issues and loosen state-dependency. The project will addresse these challenges through: fosters collaborations, alternative economy, opens up space for capacity sharing, activates self-help and improves the diversification of the cultural and social scene. These will benefit from the project: artists, cultural workers, the civil sector, supporters and the wider public. It will be exchanging of good practices with partnership with Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen.

64 706 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
All Green matters! Edible Community Gardens in 3 cities of Békés County
Commun Point Association
Békéscsaba

The association took under to establish new garden communities and to start the organic cultivation of unused lands. Their goal is to create eatable gardens in 3 cities, in four family and two institutional gardens and to organize trainings and community programs for the participants. The garden communities help each other in planning, in buying the equipments that they will use together as well. The seedling of the vegetable plants and is implemented with the help of disadvantaged students of a local vocational school.

18 801 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Undisturbed
Alternatal Foundation
Budapest

A significant part of women do not know about the advantages and disadvantages of superfluous and necessary interventions that burden them, neither of the dangers of their incidental complications. Alternatal aims to inform about the latest scientific information on birthgiving and childcare; thus helping families to find the most secure obstetric service. They will organize trainings to prepare women for birthgiving, and they will make interviews with women who have given birth in- and outside of institutions, and they will initiate a dialogue with medical students on the occasion of Freedom for Birth documentary movie.

12 618 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Harm reductoin
Art Era Foundation
Budapest

A tenth of the adult population Hungary had used some type of drug. The early signal system reported 118 new type of drugs in 2009-2013. While earlier half of the clients of the needle exchange programs used intravenous heroin or amphetamine, in 2013 three quarter of them used some new psychoactive substance. The effect of the new substances are shorter, therefore users inject more often, increasing the risk of infectious diseases. The program is located in the 7th district of Budapest, targeting the health problems caused by intravenous substance use. They organize needle exchange and the collection of drug trash, decreasing the spread of HIV and hepatitis. Besides these low-threshold services, the organisation builds connections with the social and health service providers, informs the target group about the available services and motivates them to use these. One goal of the project is to decrease problems related to drug use, however the sensitization of the general society is also important. A help-line service is also operated which helps in the collection of drug trash and in reaching potential clients. A communication campaign is implemented as well to provide fact-based information.

20 000 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
The theatre pedagogy is the existing practice of the democratization
\"Lenszirom\" Theatre and Metological Cultural Public Utility Association
Nyírbátor

Lenszirom Theater aims to draw attention on coexistence of Roma and non-Roma people in the eastern part of Hungary, in Nyírbátor. They create a platform with the methods of drama pedagogy where the participant students can openly express their opinion. With the help of classroom-theater, discussion theatre and democracy games the students learn about their fundamental human rights and the concept of democracy as well.

6 405 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
My Chestnut
MAGAR Social Cooperative
Pécs

Unemployment is high in an outskirt of Pécs, there are only few community initiatives that could improve the self-assessment, cooperation skills or income generation potential of the inhabitants. The project organises agricultural training for 8 residents living in the disadvantaged area. The participants can immediately use the knowledge gained, since they will clean up two abandoned agricultural areas and start farming. Besides saving chestnut trees, which gave the name of this part of the town, other plants will be planted, as well as community activities organised, such as “Pécsbánya is covered with flowers” and the „Chestnut Festival”. These events will not only develop the local community, they will also sensitize and inform the larger society towards values and opportunities of the disadvantaged part of the town. Certain parts of the project will be planned and realized by the work groups of involved residents, which will benefit the community’s cooperation through the experience of shared work and success. The sale of the plants that are produced on the land will provide income for the locals on the long-term.

19 540 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Civil transit defense
Hungarian-Roma Association in Szomolya
Szomolya

The school system is not able to compensate the disadvantages of Roma children thus many of them become early school-leavers. The new Public Education Act has strengthened the problems as it has zero tolerance on children who do not follow school norms. It shuts those children out from a public service that should be available for everyone thus they lose the opportunity of social integration. The chances of youth on labour market are weak as they lack many competencies. Most of them dropped out of schools because they had financial or behavior problems; however they gladly help around the house and in different activities. The objective is to make the community more supportive, to develop the competencies of participants; make them more experienced and successful on labor market. Several trainings, workshops and community programs will be organized. The organization involves 30-40 youth between the age of 16 and 20 from each settlements (Sály and Szomolya), and 10-12 Roma civic organizations from North Hungary (especially Heves and Borsod Counties) in order to help them with elaborating similar programs. The organization will cooperate with 4 public institutions.

67 855 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Timeless slavery? Extensive education, awareness-raising about the contemporary slavery, focusing on the women’s and children’s
Anthropolis Anthropoligical Public Benefit Association
Budapest

Contemporary slavery is an existing phenomenon in Hungary, with estimated 34-38000 victims, mianly women, girls. The organization's objective is to expose the phenomenon of contemporary slavery in Hungary. The activities are expert forum about prevention; systematic formal and non-formal educational activities focusing on the rights of women and children; campaigning and advocacy. Thanks to the project experts and the larger public both will recognize that contemporary slavery is social problem. The project will addresses the challenges through adaptation of teaching material on contemporary slavery (b) Trainings for relevant NGO trainers and school teachers (c) Stakeholder forum for an effective prevention campaign (d) Short anonymous personal videos with victims using the digital storytelling method (e) Travelling exhibition involving photo journalists (f) Public awareness-raising campaign. NGOs, teachers, youth, victims, social workers, responsible bodies, reporters, wider public, will benefit from this.

69 995 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Green life
Fundation of Hajlek
Érd

The Foundation's aim to enhance the environmental sustainability of dwellings provided for mentally handicapped people. The primary target group of the project are the mentally handicapped people living in homes, secondly the experts, suppliers and local environment working with them. The main activities are ane asily understandable training, the creation of model gardens, exchanging and bartering with local people, and the introduction of the Green Dwelling logo, Green Dwelling workshop.

15 534 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Neighbours
Ars Omnis Cultural Association
Szeged

The aim of the project is to lower the prejudice against immigrants and to conduce the target group's social acceptance. Furthermore with their active involvement in a contemporary performance which will be widely supported and open to the crowd will help to reduce racism directed at immigrants. The participants are students and immigrants in Hungary. The project starts with a blog where the participating children can share their personal thoughts and experiences. The kids will be an essential part of the performance based on these stories and at the end they evaluate the effort within several Theater in Education sessions. Thanks to the short clips recorded during the project the even more people can learn about the topic.

17 532 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Children's stories and creative/developmental therapeutic sessions facilitating the psychological healing process following orga
Transplant Foundation for Renewed Lives
Budapest

Transplantation and the previous, often long illnesses cause serious traumas for the children, that leads to anxiety, depression, learning disorders. It is very important to strengthen the communication in the family, due to the less attention paid to the other sisters and brothers and the difficult life situation of the parents.
The main aim of the project is to provide support for 0-14 aged children after transplantation and for their families by tale therapy affecting their unconscious levels, helping to process the psychic trauma of transplantation and promoting the social reintegration of the children.

A supporting book of tales will also be developed to foster the effectiveness of the project, that will be used in the therapy as well. The developed method and the story book can be used by other organisation supporting the rehabilitation of children after transplantation.

11 710 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
School of Echo - Self-supporting mentor-network in children-care
National Association of General Group Homes for Children-care
Székesfehérvár

Children above age the age of 12 are less likely to be adopted thus they are the most vulnerable among the youth. The state schild protection network doesn't have the capacity to offer career modell or life planning advice for this target group. This project provides community-based development for children by establishing a peer mentor network, training mentors and creating a community space where community programs can be held and where children can get after school lessons. Beyond all these outdoor programs are organized where potential foster families can meet the children. The participating children receive a personal development plan as well to help them planning their career.

9 618 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
People First! Self-assertive programme of people living with disabilities.
Specoal Pécs for People With Disabilities Foundation
Pécs

This initiative aims to create a self-assertive group with the participation of socially active people coming from various groups of people living with disabilities. The members of the group learns to become experiential experts and learns to hold sensitizer trainings. They will clearly see their interests, their needs, and will be able to contact local governments operating in the target area, offices and institutions in order to have first hand information from credible sources. The group contacts the municipalities and institutions of Baranya and holds 60 training for the key figures of these. The project will be developed to serve as a model and be made available for other target groups as well.

19 629 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Parents in Union - Together with the Seriously Disabled
Association of Parents with Seriously Disabled Children
Szihalom

The representation of the parents with disabled children in Heves county are limited, the smaller community organizations do not have enough campaigning skills and have only a few active members. the organization now wants to enhance advocacy through strengthening the membership base and their advocacy and organizing skills, by continuing continue two campaigns, establishing a regional parental mentoring system and by monitoring the current desegration process of big care institutes in the county.

10 518 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Along the fur's nap – From the pasture close to nature to the woolen socks
VACKOR Environment and Nature Protection Association
Ópusztaszer

The mission of the project is to foster, or at least, add to the cultural and social paradigm shift that is to tackle nowadays’ environmental, economic and moral challenges, with a special focus on the problems and opportunities of vulnerable population of underdeveloped countryside areas imposed to the risks of unemployment, low income, poor living standards. On the local level it will carry out community and capacity building activities, develop a local community centre, it is also to connnect similiar but isolated sustainability initiatives and to create mutual learning opportunities for them. Outputs will also include the installation, operation and demonstration of a spinning room and a wool processing workshop, two community gardens, numerous community events combined with crafting workshops, ten short films documenting the events, study trips, a summer camp, 3 methodological forums as well as the development of a new production and its brand.

59 165 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Give me your hand
Abacus Association Workshop
Debrecen

Middle-class children, children who are raised outside of families and disadvantaged children rarely have occasions to personally meet and cooperate. At the same time, self-assessment, dealing with conflicts and finding our own place in society are key issues to every social groups. The goal of the initiative of the theatre workshop in Debrecen is to develop different children together through drama activities, to improve their self-assessment, their cooperation skills and provide opportunities for success. 90 children with different backgrounds take part in the series of workshop for more than a year and a half in the project. Besides the drama pedagogy activities, theatre training and the creation of new shows, there will be joint excursions and other events in order for the youth to create a real, active community.

19 999 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
"When I grow up I'll be a...." - Career guidance and orientation program for social mobility
Pro Talentis Foundation
Győr

The rate of early school leaving among 18-24 year old youth in Hungary is the double of the regional average. The impacts are poverty, social exclusion and rising inequalities. While public education institutions hardly equip the most disadvantaged with skills necessary for employment/continuation of studies, NGOs in this area lack the networking capacity. Thus their potentials remain unexploited. MC aims to help 52 disadvantaged students to continue studying/find jobs by developing their personal/ professional competencies in ways that boost democratic awareness and active citizenship as well. They do this by applying a novel integrated approach divided into 4 modules totalling 8-12 training days and holding a mini conference. Besides MC also launches a network of 35 NGOs and raise awareness among 100 schools on how to help their students in the future.

17 882 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Tinies and Grannies
Magosfa Foundation for Environmental Education and Ecotourism
Vác

While average age is getting higher in Europe elderly people get more and more lonely. Though, they would have an important role: to create a more sustainabile world not only new ideas and inventions but their knowledge is also needed. Thus the project aims to foster intergenerational learning between young and old people by the development of an appropriate model for that. In this phase 60 elderly and young people will be involved in different workshops from local schools and elderly homes, a special camp will be organized for them in the foundation’s education centre, and a sustainability idea collection will be compiled. For the dissemination of the developed model it will be adapted in 10 different venues and at least 10 other NGOs will be trained for its use.

76 566 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Mirkó Project - for the children of convicts
Tévelygőkért – Dunakanyar Region – Communications Foundation
Budapest

There are few initiatives focusing on the children of inmates in Hungary – who are often stigmatized and excluded from society, while they have difficulties even to keep in touch with their parents. The main goal of the project is to strengthen and nurture the parent-children relationship and to support the children. The secondary aim is to involve and activate the civil organisations and through this activity, the sensitization of society and the development of prejudice- and shame-free communication methods. The project involves inmates and their children, its immediate effect is to strengthen the relationsip of the children and their fathers. The performances of the storytelling father groups and other playful programs help the children in reducing their anxieties and stress, while it improves the self-assessment and responsibilities of the fathers. Several volunteers help the initiative, supporting the storytelling group and the everyday lives of the involved families. The methodology and the results will be available to the experts and the institutions, and the message will reach the mainstream society. It is our common responsibility what opportunities are given to the people who have committed crimes and their children, who are not responsible for their situation.

69 836 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Communal Creative Garden in Újlipótváros
Komp Complex Creative Arttheraphy Association
Budapest

Tutaj Project was established by the citizens of the 13th district to stop the construction of a new block with several hundreds of flats on the site of a closed kindergarten. However the democratic participation is weak in the district, there is a growing need for community activities and creative programs says the association's survey. At the same time the municipality is not opened to the needs of the community and the organization would like to channel the citizen's needs into the decision making. To reach these goals the proejct organizors want to create a community space and a community garden. They also want to take part in the municipality's decision making process through initiating personal meetings, public data requests and community planning.

Our aim is the creation of a community space, community garden on the site, to preserve local natural values, and to develop local community through encouraging active participation. The target groups of the project are the group of local habitants (approximately 10 thousand people), as well as local civil organizations, authorities and council.
Our main activites include development of advocacy skills, community building, event organization and the creation of the garden itself. Through the realization of the project, they aim to gain wide societal support for our goals, and to provide an example for creating gardens on both urban and national level.

15 364 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Nora's entreprise - development of ngo's and their clients
Hungarian Woman Entrepreneur Association
Kartal

The goals of the project is to strengthen the economic independence social participation of women. Thus the organization wants to raise the gender-awereness, and strengthen the advocacy capacities of women entrepreneurs. The target group of the proejct is the NGOs operating the Nora-hubs and the Nora network. The organization helps these to develop their business modell and provide training for mentors who will help women who want to become entrepreneurs. During the project they also organize inspirational, awareness raising and professional events, entrepreneurship trainings and provide communication tools and support on- and offline. They also encourage women entrepreneurs and job-seekers of Nora-NGO's to find each other and they conduct a niche research on specific motivations, situation and experiences of women entrepreneurs with the help of experts and Nora-hubs.

69 989 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
SOS Normafa
Society for the Budaregion Nature Park
Budakeszi

The main goal of the project is to alter the development plans of Normafa, a major natural heritage site of Budapest. A ski and outdoor sport centre is to be set up here with an easy access from the city center, however, plans (those few made public up to now) seriuously endanger valuable and identical natural and landscape values of this unique area. Target groups are civil society organizations, local citizens (especially those living in District 12 and the neigbouring Budakeszi) as well as local councils and authorities. Main activities include various advocacy activities, stakeholder involvement and community planning to develop an alternative commmunity based development plan, and a vast public campaign in order to engage the public and influence decision makers. The development of cooperation and stakeholder dialogue is an essential part of the project, that on the long run, can have an influence not only on the future of Normafa, but also on other development projects carried out in the agglomeration.

16 590 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
GreenBridge Project 2014-2015
Tavirózsa Association for Environmental Protection and Nature Conservation
Veresegyház

The project’s goal is to address the following general problems on the local level: lack of knowledge about natural values and factors that endanger them, the lack of knowledge on ecological processes and their socio-economical impacts, the lack of knowledge on everyday practices available for the reduction or management of environmental and nature protection problems. The grantee organizes and provides various formal and non-formal educative learning opportunities in Veresegyháza and in its surroundings for the general public with a special focus on kindergarden and primary school students in order to shape attitudes towards conservation issues, strengthen patriotism and social responsibility, and to improve environmental awareness of local society. Activities will include field excursions and games, publishing conservation brochures, lecturing and conducting a campaign via local communication channels (TV, newspapers, social media).

4 522 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Development of touring centers near Balaton for - and with - people living with disability
Lóczy Lajos Association
Balatonszabadi

The touristic routes and natural treasures around Balaton offer high quality leisure opportunities, however people with disabilities have limited access to these doe to the lack of sufficient information and infrastructure.
The aim of the project is to increase the access to these services and therefore improve the quality of life and integration of people with disabilities. Touristic centres are created around the Balaton with the participation of people with disabilities, involving them on the planning and the methodological development. Descriptions of touristic routes and maps are created for people with disabilities, published in the form of guide books and on the internet. A stone park will be created for visually impaired people. Guides will be trained to be able to meet the special needs of people and disabled-friendly services will also be collected (disabled-friendly restaurants, shops, other service providers). A long-term cooperation between the National Park, local students and civil organizations will be established.

16 566 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Democracy-Practices
Cinematography Art Cinema Foundation
Szeged

The goal of the project is to increase the social-political awareness of young people studying at high schools and at the University of Szeged. Through thee workshops, symposiums, film screenings, conversations anyone can join the project who is interested in these matters. A more indirect goal is to stimulate civil political activity and the practice of participatory democracy in Szeged. Besides theoretical courses the organizers plan workshops of “democracy-practices”, interactive events, thematic film clubs, creative courses of photography and filming.

18 877 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
MORE - Roma-Jewish Youth Leadership Training
Hungarian Jewish Social Support Foundation
Budapest

The Roma youth living in deep poverty can rarely make steps to strengthen their community and advocate for their interests. The project is organizing group sessions on identity, communication, community and organisation development to the 9-10 grade students in the Sajókaza Ámbédkar school. The members of the Jewish and Roma community, the organisations dealing with youth and community development have an important role in the development. These people also contribute to the establishment of a youth organisation by the end of the project by sharing their own examples and methods. For this purpose, the Sajókaza youth will participate in the organisation and realization of several community programs and a summer camp. The knowledge and community experiences gained from these activities will be an important basis for their independent initiatives later. The methods and results of the project will be available for the mainstream society and to the civil organisations through numerous communication tools.

57 654 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Community building at Majs
Hungarian-German Cultural Association of Majs
Majs

The social participation of younger generation is very weak at Majs while the leaders of NGOs are usually above 50. Thus the association compiled this program with the involvement of young people. They decided to create a community place by renovating an old storehouse, to renovate a firewall with the community, to establish community point and organize programs targeting the twenties - thirties age group.

18 031 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
\"Tell us!\" - Dialogue for tolerance
Beállítások Association
Budapest

Prejudice is spreading in Hungary, and naturally young are affected as well. It is the responsibility of the adults society to help children to dissolve borders between the own and the other groups. The organizers of the project want to generate dialogue between the youth of the minority and the majority, thus strengthening tolerance. The participant teenagers can put themselves in the role of excluded minorities. In the second part of the project Roma and non-Roma teens create a film about which a documentary will be shot as well that will be shown for the audience after the project.

9 778 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Inclusive Clubs with Nyborg's Concept Teaching Method
Foundation for Mediated Learning
Mogyoród

Inclusive pedagogy is an improved form of integrated education, that allows children with disabilities to be taught together with healthy children. The teachers of the integrating institution work according to the principles of development based on individual differentiation. It is very important to prevent all forms of exclusion and being excluded. Inclusive education is not widespread in Hungary, that might be partly due to the few practice-oriented teaching models known by the teachers.
The main aim of the project is to adapt the Norwegian Concept Teaching Model (CTM) in Hungary, to broaden the scope of available development programs and to provide a content-independent therapy for establishing inclusive groups. The Hungarian version of the CTM will be created, teachers and therapists will be trained to use the model. Inclusive pedagogy will be introduced in kindergartens and lower primary school. Children in these institution will attend Concept Teaching therapeutic groups on a weekly basis for half a year.

19 177 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Long-term sustainable agricultural and handcraft practices in Somogy county
Visnyeszéplak Association for Local Interest and Culture
Bárdudvarnok

The small villages struggle in Somogy county because of the lack of jobs, vanishing of the traditional handcrafts, and missing long-term possibilities. The main project objective is that the participants achieve practical knowledge and expertise in long-term sustainable handicraft and agriculture techniques. This knowledge gives them living opportunities and an every-day ecological view. The local youth get new chances for staying countryside so they will be able to give back to their land. The organizers hold handcraft courses, agriculture courses, summer camps for local people and youth and for people from the surrounding villages. Participants can develop their professional skills further after the end of the project.

19 719 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
JUMP UP MUM! - program: Setting up Nora-points and providing equal opportunities for women on the labour market in North-Balaton
Large Families Association of Balatonalmádi
Balatonalmádi

JUMP UP MUM! is a project with the objective to reduce the descrimination of women in labour market and to stop descrimination. It is a fact that those who would like two work besides family management are in a disadvantage in labour market. The organizors provide trainings in the field of antidiscrimination and labour market for 210 women and on line consultation possibility in the frame of Nora-Net. Women will be better in self-management, share tasks and responibilities in family and labour market positioning. The program is a part of a project with at least 10 national network points which is managed by Jól-Lét Foundation with the same aims as this project. The target group of the project are women on maternity leave who are willing to work or return to the labour market. The project organizors get in touch with employees to enhance setting up more family-friend workplace in the region.

17 582 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Choose a sport, choose a life – equality programme for ’tanyasi’ (farmer) children who live in Békés county
Kondorosi Handball Club
Kondoros

People living in homesteads are segregated, they lack community events, spaces and other government financed opportunities. This fact makes grass root, civic initiatives necessary. Children live in deep poverty in the homesteads in Békés County, who have very limited access to organised programs, community experiences for their age group.
Children are motivated to break out of exclusion by community sport activities, talent support and by strengthening their self-esteem. The common goal of the civil organizations and experts is to provide good examples and opportunities for breaking out for the children, according to their right for equal chances, joy, healthy life and sports. The direct target group is children aged 6-12, who can experience the joy of sports through the programs. The project is cooperating with 10 schools, the municipalities, sport clubs and associations of Békéscsaba, experts and volunteers.

16 187 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Saving natural spring waters
Association for Children of Nature
Budapest

Hungarian non-governmental organizations working on natural spring water conservation face administrative, official and professional problems in their work in general – e.g., they have weak lobby potential and low prestige as well as lack cooperation with each other. The project aims to work on and change this situation by establishing the Hungarian Spring Water Association organization that will provide a well-organized framework both for knowledge sharing and advocacy. In order to utilize good practices and knowledge on the field a model of spring water protection and care will be developed, and a national database of spring water resources will be also complied and published for such civil organizations interested in these questions. The general public will be also adressed through a “Spring-water International Day” event.

19 978 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Being a woman- acting as a woman
‘Civil values’ Nonprofit Advisory and Public Service Association
Eger

The number of women leaders in Eger' public life is really low while the leaders of NGOs are often women, however they are often close to the retirement age. Thus it is important to educate a new, younger generation to create a second line. The association aims to encourage women to take public roles and play an active role in the public life of Eger. They organize regular workshops for women who would take public roles and they build a strong public women network in the city.

9 521 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Community space and Donation Shop in a Shed
Földalatti Association
Miskolc

The assciation wants to stimulate local art initiatives by creating an irregular donation shop in the Miskolc subcultural life scene. The program's target group is the local amateur artists. It's activity goes on two different lines and supports the self fulfillment and the acting skills of the participants. One is to operate a shelter for the local subcultural life and ensure it's publicity. Another is to measure the adjectives, involve, strengthen, train them and find solutions for their employment as well as reinforce their abilities in activity and planning.

19 969 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Let’s (hip-)hop to the sky! Carrier Orientation Support of Roma Young People with the Use of Music
Kék Vonal Child Crisis Foundation
Budapest

Disadvantaged young people in Kecskemét’s often do not complete their studies and do not feel that they could have an effect on their environment through their active participation. 45 young people will participate in a series of creative activities in the project – in video, music or dance groups. The three different trainings will run in parallel, so participants can choose their group according to their interests and skills. Besides the creative activities, the project will provide team building, community development, career orientation and tutoring, contributing to the successes of the participants in school and in their private lives, on an individual and on a team level. During the group activities, 15 artistic productions (dance performance, film, music) will be created. This will not only strengthen the teams, but it will also increase the sensitivity of the mainstream society about the values and themes of interest of the youth through the public shows. The high school volunteers have an important role in this project, since they can help as peers the youth participating in the program, and therefore will know them better, and will become more sensitive to their situation, their challenges and their successes.

18 011 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Free Women
Belvárosi Tanoda Foundation
Budapest

The project's professionals have been seeing an increasing number of not-assisted women who have suffered from violence in the family, from sexual or any other type of aggression, on- or offline molestation, or who are in danger of becoming prostitutes. The main goal is to create a complex service model which provides effective assistance to young women between 16-30, to strengthen these women in order to make them become balanced adults and active people in the society. The project provides mentoring, social and legal support, and helping groups for women. At-risk young people will be involved in educational and approach-forming programs as well. mentors will improve their professional knowledge in personal experience training. The publicity of the project will be provided by actions, professional workshop and online presence. Professional and social communication aims at spreading the information: Solving this problem is our mutual aim!

69 592 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
The Golem is coming!
Golem Theatre Association
Pilis

The goal is to improve the culture of remembrance, and to create opportunities a transparent dialog without fear, to think together about prejudices, to dissolve the misbeliefs. The primary target group: the population of the selected townships, where major jewish communities lived before 1944. With the communication of the results the observations of the project could be useful expansively. The central element of the project: the Scorn play which is suitable to create a good atmosphere for conversation. the organizers choose helpers from every settlement and organize a workshop for them. Important measurable element is the comparison of the answers before and after the performance, where the question is: „What comes to your mind when you hear the word Jew?“ Partners: Hungarian Jewish Archives directed by Zsuzsa Toronyi, the community of Frankel Synagogue and Hungarian Jewish Social Support Fund.

19 355 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Gentle words against hate – Development of a non-formal educational programme
Hope for Children Hungary
Budakalász

The project aims to contribute to the elimination of the online hate speech by the development of an effective, widely adoptable educational programme and to initiate cooperation between civil society and youth organisations and empower them to be able to take action jointly and achieve long-term results. The project is built on the partnership of civil society organisations which work with young people and the ones consisting of young people in order to reach these two target groups. Based on the international best practice the organizers will develop, test and follow-up an educational programmes tailored to the needs of the target groups. The association also supports the organization of local action plans.

68 234 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
RehabCritical Mass!
\"Let' step for their step!\" Non-profit Association
Piliscsaba

In Hungary, people living with disabilities are not granted many of their fundamental rights, most importantly, to live independently and participate fully in all aspects of life. Dispite the right (granted in CRPD) to have the opportunity to choose their place of residence, approx. 25,000 people with disabilities are segregated in large institutions. The accessibility, access to education on an equal basis (inclusive education), reasonable accommodation in the workplace (promote work experience in the open labour market) are problematic as well. The organizers tried to facilitate changes on numerous official fora, but their efforts have been unsuccessful so far. By organizing a street demonstration similar to the biker's critical mass the association hopes to raise awareness now with more success. During the campaign a petition is created as well with the involvement of all participant groups and stakeholders.

4 019 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Civil ABC in the Eger Region
Agria Geography Foundation of Public Utility for the Education, Research and Utilization of Geography
Eger

NGOs of the Eger micro region are not well-embedded in local society, consequently they can't represent local interests at regional level. The project aims to multiply the efficiency of the resources of the Foundation by an innovative development method (ABCD-asset based community development). Through ABCD they reveal local resources which can be the base of a broad community development process in the future. The adapted methodology will be available and free for other regions as well.
The main activities are the adaptation of the ABCD method and teaching it to a smaller target group. Fieldworks and the result of their results through local workshops are important too, such as the creation and support of a website to integrate regional civil activities.

13 491 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Civil society against stigmatization - HIV/AIDS campaign for the most vulnerable groups
Civil Aids Forum
Budapest

In Hungary, the number of people diagnosed with HIV has doubled in the last five years. Despite this, the support for the prevention is being reduced, and no sufficient emphasise is put on the screening of especially vulnerable groups (e.g..: homosexuals, sex workers, drug users). Volunteers and specialists work together in the project to have screening centres all over the country with no prejudices, where the members of the LGBT community, sex workers and drug users receive respectful services. Besides the screening centres, the workers will help the members of the vulnerable groups at community locations with advice on themes of prevention, screening and the management of life. The organisation plans to involve, train and put on the field 20 peer activists, besides providing services for 2000 people. Thanks to the project, the state services will be more sensitive to the needs of the vulnerable groups on one hand and the affected communities will be become more active in their advocacy for their interest and for the mutual help in the community. Finally, a health care policy suggestion will be compiled that could serve as the basis for a national AIDS strategy that takes into account the aspects of the vulnerable groups and is able to reduce the spread of the disease– which is everybody’s shared interest.

67 555 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Association for more liveable village
Cultural and Sports Association of Lispeszentadorján
Lispeszentadorján

The goal of the project is to strengthen the capacity of NGOs, end to help their development. The organizers also aim to develop dialogue between stakeholders an establish the conditions for cooperation for joint planning and cooperation. The target groups are all civil initiatives, women, children and the Roma community. The main activities are joint planning about the future of the village, models of sustainable living, charitable activites, organizing welfare services, and the creation of a community non-profit organization.

9 920 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Organization and community development model program for supporting the national networking of rural member organizations
Hungarian Autistic Society
Budapest

Families with autistic members face difficulties day by day. Social actors, service providers and the legal system are not ready for the active appearance of autistic people in the society. They are victims of discrimination and legal impairment. The objective is to evolve a strong, transparent, democratic and cooperative organization that aims to manage efficient communication in order to involve members and partners, and build a high quality service system on the real needs. It contributes to the formation of a reliable and professional background, and an up-to-date database. Advocacy will become organized and efficient when the institutions will realize autism-specific services in education, health care and public services. The discrimination and the number of legal impairment will decrease and the quality of life of families gets better. The activities will be legal counseling, organizational development trough trainings, networking and presentations. The project gives IT and communication support for organizations, and the target group contains organizations that were established in order to support people and families who face autism.

62 824 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Zsenibogár activity
Zsenibogár Association
Budapest

The association prepares 10-14 years old children to be active, responsible citizens. With the help of dramapedagogy, financial workshops and through teaching debating techniques 40-50 children will benefit from the program. The goals are to broaden the world of the kids, to develop their debating and logical skills thus helping them to express their views independently.

6 011 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
CSAVARÁZS reloaded
FIKSZ PONT Association
Hajdúhadház

At Hajdúhadház there is a strong need to have a complex program which improves the attitude towards children and having children. The association has been working for years to provide a social space where families and young people in similar situation can share their experiences. Fiksz pont wants to provide a complex service supporting families with children, teenagers and young people, which improves the social attitude towards children, families and having children, and helps young people to take responsibility. The organizers will provide clubs and services for different communitiesT to strengthen the unity of the families, encourage them to mobilise their resources and establish supportive small communities. The communities will be maintained even after the project is finished. Both communities will have a core team, which will continue working and the association will provide the space.

16 363 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
For me it does matter!
WWW-Literature Foundation
Budapest

It does Matter is a cultural campaign and movement for human rights and tolerancy. The goal is to help the youth (14-18 y) to express themselves through literary forms (short stories, poems, slam) about prejudice, racism, hate speech, xenophobia, etc. A call is published for individuals and creative groups (schools, libraries) to join the project with the help of their teachers. Ten popular and devoted Hungarian writers join the campaign as well, who come from the target regions of the country. They motivate the participants at local workshops and festivals as the tutors of the project. All the events are fully covered and published on the project site and at Facebook. By the end of the pilot period (16 months) each mentor will provide a story of a local hero as an example for further projects in the participating schools so they can establish an annual prize. Therefore It does Matter campaign will become a community movement in Hungary.

65 388 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
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Five Points Association
Miskolc

The association provides counselling and sport opportunities for disadvantaged young people in Miskolc. Now they want to extend their portfolio with mobil sport and advisory service. They bring these services to the community hot spots of of the city and organize the programizes regularly, minimum 96 times. They also recruit volunteers on these occasions and train 15 of them who will be partly involved in the mobil service and partly placed at other NGOs.

18 032 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Social Bike service Program
Youth Information Foundation
Budapest

Erzsébetváros is one of the inner districts of Budapest where the proportion of Roma is extremely high which indicates several social problems between the locals. The majority of young people haven't finished school, and have no jobs. This initiative aims to help disadvanted young people by creating a community bike repair service and train 6 young people to be bike mechanics. The participants will be mentored as well and they will be hired in the shop.

19 605 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
12+ : Measure by values!
Baltazar Theatre Foundation
Budapest

With this new initiative Baltazar Theater aims to encourage children growing up in the child protection system to participate in a creative campaign with the help of a poster designer contest. At the start 12 human values will be promoted on posters and the children will be asked to plan a 13th poster about a human value that is missing from the previous 12. Through personal meetings and events all child protection institutions, including the foster care network will actively be involved in the program.

19 435 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Cup-phonia
Spiritus Youth Theatre Association
Budapest

This campaign helped people living with disabilities to recognise themselves in a new role, develop new skills, and new opportunities open up for them. Through this they could project an image of their real self, their aims and abilities. The campaign brought together and prepared people living with different dissabilities to performe a street dance with music. The action raised awareness about the hidden forces of a community and collective creativity.

4 992 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Tell it by making short movies! - Film Workshop with young roma people
Meridian Foundation
Pécs

The disadvantaged Roma youth rarely have the opportunity to create communication materials in cooperation with their peers, based on their own ideas and themes in a way that is also recognised by the majority society. The initiative, which will involve 12-13 year-old youth in South Baranya, will help them make their own films through drama activities and media workshops. The communal creative work will develop the knowledge and cooperation skills of the youth. The films created will be shared by public screenings and on the net. It will give the experience of success for the young, while society will be sensitized and will open a dialogue. The 5 films made by the 23 young people will demonstrate that the Roma youth are interested in many issues, have opinion on the world they are living in and are capable of making a difference – just like any member of any other group.

8 039 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Screaming for Change
Hungarian Green Roots
Budapest

In the Hungarian society there are numerous music bands, which are based on exclusion and hatred. However, young people do not have a realistic alternative against these communities. This project aims is to establish a musical platform, where young people would have the chance to find opinions and attitudes in connection with social issues, in a safe, non-discriminatory way. Screaming For Change (SCF) is a musical, activist program, which combines the use of music on the Internet, with concerts and social matters. The program offers alternatives for secondary school and university students, against the excluding musical groups. The organizers aim to include musicians and young people who are interested in the topic, and with the help of music they will be encouraged to propose social questions and solutions.

3 573 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
PAPLAMENT
AndeJekh-Egyben Foundation
Budapest

PAPLAMENT deals with the criminalisation of homeless people and with the segregation and stigmatisation of the „ unworthy poor” in Hungary. This tendency has been growing since the system change, ending up in a number of discriminative laws in the past years (e.g. the culpability of street homelessness in the new Constitution) campaigns against homeless people on local and national level, illegal evacuation,s etc. The action counterattacks the simplifying public opinions and the mechanisms of representing homeless people in the mass media. In connection with the national and European elections and especially with the upcoming municipal election in October 2014 they organised a campaign together with the Budapest based open network Pneuma and with the German performance group Mobile Albania. They campaigned for an alternative mayor in the 8th district of Budapest. This district was one of the firsts to criminalise street homelessness. Coming from the short story of a homeless writer, Mókus Maxi (Maxi Squirrel) is a giant squirrel that has been constructed and filled with stories in the past years. Pneuma works with a growing network of inhabitants, homeless artists and activists. They create new forms of public sphere (street radio performances with Tilos Radio, a self-made local community newspaper, analogue news channels like „street chalk newspaper”) by inviting for common reflections on how the perspectives of the poor could be part of an open, inclusive society.

The video of NOLTV is available here: http://www.noltv.hu/video/5530.html

4 918 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
\"Hell Bell\"
Bread, Trade and Fair Wage
Edelény
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It is a daily news in the media that the poor, the unemployed and the public workers - mostly Roma people - are systematically punished for their poorly-equipped bicycles day by day and reveals a large number of examples for deliberate discrimination. The 24-hour police presence has been extended to the whole country, therefore the number of these cases is expected to rise further in the near future. The Hell Bell action raised attention about this unjust and unacceptable practice. The organizers collected bike equipments and repaired bikes at small villages in the Edelény micro region. With the perfectly equipped bikes they went on a ride to demonstrate in front of the policmen. As a final event a ringing bike-ride was organized in Budapest from the central police building to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

4 136 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Face to face
Stereo Arts Public Benefit Association
Budapest

There is not enough social activity as regards to the fight against the discrimination of LGBT people, for the coming out of homosexual people and for the advocacy of LGBT rights.
The aim of this action is to encourage the LGBT society for self-awareness, pride and on the other hand to evoke and strengthen tolerance, solidarity, the feeling of responsibility and the fight for human rights of the heterosexual society.
A short film is created in the campaign conveys a complete message, but it also directs the attention to a flashmob that will be documented and it will reach an even wider audience when published. The positive message will reach several tens of thousands of people. Many people facing the problem of hiding as they live the life of the sexual minority. The campaigners encourage several hundreds of people to participate thus they will become the centre of a new forum as a result of the multi-layered media campaign and the online community of supporters. The campaign addresses both the hiding members of the community and also those who have come out already as well as the heterosexual society, those who are tolerant and those who reject or ignore homosexuality.
In the campaign the artists and crew of STEREO Akt count on the participation of civil organisations and individuals.

4 938 EUR
Green Belt
Greenbelt project of a Zugló condo
Condominium
Budapest
Although this house is located near to several green areas, its own yard has been empty and unused so far. Thanks to the Greenbelt program the residents decided to renew the garden with three flower beds, new solar lamps and two benches.
1 214 EUR
Green Belt
Craeting public space and quality green area
Condominium
Budapest
The residents of this house at Wekerle will renovate their small yard with new stone pavement, a bench and plants in big flower pots (boxwood, Japanese maple, holly, ornamental grasses). They also create a sitting area which will be separated from the parking places with wild grape arbor. The small flat roof on the first floor will be transformed into a roof garden with wild grape and a waterfall, the latter created by the fine artist living in the house.
542 EUR
Green Belt
Greenbelt project of a house at Aradi street
Aradi street condominium, Budapest
Budapest
The yard of the apartment house at Aradi street 64. is in blossom, the residents now hear the sound of birds every morning. The grey and empty 280 square meter big yard has been renewed with the support of the Greenbelt program. About a dozen enthusiastic people from the building created raised flower beds, a fountain and planted 114 perennials and four shrubs. When the garden was ready even the more pessimists were convinced. More and more people use it to go down to chat and garden. Thus it is among the long term goals to extend the green area and place tables and chairs as well.
1 620 EUR
Green Belt
Mini park in the yard
Márvány str. 42. condo
Budapest
The inner yard of the five stories high house os 250 sqm big. The residents will renew one third of this area with a plant bed where more than 300 plants will live (including 15 trees and 13 shrubs). Besides they build a bike racks with roof for ten bikes and four benches.
2 657 EUR
Green Belt
Greener Üszög with volunteers
Association for Üszög
Pécs
The association aims at beautifying Üszög, a village-like part of Pécs city, where about 200 people live. They want to create a park beside the community house and change the line of thuyas along the road that leads to the house. The locals dreamt of an "eatable" garde, thus the organizers planned to plant 14 fruit trees and 240 herbal shrubs and 48 other shrubs. Beyond all these they will also plant 7 fruit trees at the bus stops and build a pergola at the playground. The organizers hope that the young and the old will all participate in the works and they count on the students of a gardening school as well.
2 288 EUR
Green Belt
Greenbelt project in Rippl-Rónai street
Condo at Rippl-Rónai 16.
Budapest
The residents of this appartment block have not used their yard as it is too dusty when the weather is hot and too muddy when it's raining. The active inhabitants plan to cover the yard and create three new functions: playground, resting area and bike racks. They also want to create a community place with benches and ping-pong table. As the garden doesn't get much sun, they will plant shade-resistant perennials and shrubs like hosta, Japanese painted fern, forest fern, peonies, viburnum, boxwood, etc.
1 944 EUR
Green Belt
Rózsa street condo's Greenbelt
Condo at Rózsa str. 57., Budapest
Budapest
In this house the residents wanted to create a new community place in the yards while they keep the existing functions (secure passing, storing bikes). The yard was renewed with mobile planting pots and space dividers. An 60 cm high flower bed was created too, where 85 shurbs and perennials, one sorb tree and two saplings were planted. The residents offered annual flowers too.
1 030 EUR
Green Belt
Leisure park in Zalaszentbalázs
Sport association of Zalaszentbalázs
Zalaszentbalázs
The football field of Zalaszentbalázs is an important place of the village. The sport association of the village has already started to renew the area two years ago. They have repainted the playground and built a wooden train, benches and other furniture and planted bushes. The plants have started tow flourish and the families are happy to use the playground. Now the organizers plan to cut the old, sick trees and plant birches, junipers and a plant oasis. Besides they also want to build a new little woodhouse for children, bike racks and open-air oven. They also plan to involve everyone in the village from the smallest to the oldest.
2 430 EUR
Green Belt
Gardening together!
Condo at Városmajor 18.
Budapest
Though the house in Városmajor street is 106 years old, the new generation of residents decided to give a youthful renewal to the yard. They planned to create a nice resting place with lots of flowers on the 135 sqm big yard. According to the wishes flower beds, a rockery and a small pond will be built. Altogether 30 types of plants and 164 shrubs will be planted whose care will create a good occasion for the residents to meet and build relationships.
1 620 EUR
Green Belt
Transforming the garden of Hűvösvölgyi street 35
Condo at Hűvösvölgyi str. 35.
Budapest
The old ruined garden of this villa has been transformed into a community garden. The residents have cleaned up the weed-grown area, planted 12 trees, 56 shrubs and 93 native perennials. They have created a "living room" in the garden as well by renovating the old benches and placing new tables, chairs. 25 people from the house have volunteered and worked in the garden for four days. It was also important for the organizers to set an example for other old, neglected villas about how to create new functions in their gardens with the help of the community. The garden was opened on the 17th of June with a party.
1 894 EUR
Green Belt
Lánycsók Grund
Youth Association of Lánycsók
Lánycsók
The Youth Association wants to renovate the green area around a concrete court between the school and the kindergarten. They plan to place benches, bird feeders, a table and a ping-pong table and a small well. They will also create a garden with flowers, herbs, rocks. Altogether 112 trees, 79 perennials and 45 flowers and herbal bushes will be planted with the help of the school, kindergarten, the municipality, the members of the association and the gardener of the village.
1 944 EUR
Green Belt
Bozóky tér renewal
Bozóky Gyula Foundation
Göd
Felsőgöd will be 100 years old in 2015. To celebrate this centenary, the city decided to renovate the park of Bozóky square. They will replace the memorial trees once planted in the memory of world war heroes and plant a line of bushes around the Catholic church. Bike racks and waste bins will be placed as well. 685 shrubs and 110 perennials will be planted. The organizers count with the participation of the churchgoers, the local schools, entrepreneurs, citizens and the municipality.
2 229 EUR
Green Belt
Inner yard of Lőrinc Pap Square
Condo at Lőrinc pap square 3.
Budapest
This house, called Darányi palace is the only one with an entrance to the Lőrinc pap square. The residents have been beautifying their environment for ten years. They have renovated the palace inside-outside, but not the yard. After breaking the pavement and channeling the water they want to create a garden with several functions. They plan a playground for the children, a leisure place with laptop connection for the youth and green, flowery sitting places for the older ones.
1 037 EUR
Green Belt
Family and community place in Nyíregyháza
Waldorf Association of Nyíregyháza
Nyíregyháza
The Waldorf-school of Nyíregyháza transformes the school yard into a community place. Beyond the school community they involve the municipality, the local residents and a tree garden into works as well. They plan to create a covered open-air classroom, an eatery and 12 flower beds. They will plan 1178 shrubs altogether.
2 592 EUR
Green Belt
Greenbelt at Tiszadob
Former State Fostered Children's Association
Tiszadob
The association plans to create a community place out of the yard of the community house. The garden will be a place for leisure activities and family events. With the involvement of the locals the organizers will plant trees, shrubs and a nice lawn and they also build a fire place.
1 568 EUR
Green Belt
Together for each other and the for the public park
Civil Guard Association
Hahót
The association creates a leisure park in the middle of Hahót on a field owned by the municipality and the church. Both owners received and supported the idea happily. Based on the plans the organizers will build a walking path along which they will plant 10 early maple trees, 5 hydrangeas, 300 cotoneaster and 300 spindle. 5 benches and 2 wastebins will be placed along the path as well.
1 620 EUR
Green Belt
Green community place
Condo of Visegrádi street 39.
Budapest
The goal of this project was not only to renew the old yard but also to enhance cooperation among the residents. The residents planned built two flower beds that will give place to 57 shrubs and 25 other plants.
1 483 EUR
Green Belt
Downtown community greenbelt in Zalaegerszeg
Downtown Sport Club of Zalaegerszeg
Zalaegerszeg
The club renews an area next to a sport court and two dwelling houses, in Zalaegerszeg with the help of the residents. 21 shrubs, 11 deciduous trees and 3 evergreens, 3 picninc sets and 2 chess tables will be placed in the new park. A spiral of medicinal and aromatic herbs will be created, too. The organizers plan to place an info tables under all trees and herbs as well.
1 296 EUR
Green Belt
Park rehabilitation in Lakitelek
Village Association of Lakitelek
Lakitelek
The local association of Lakitelek together with the local government has renewed the public area around the kindergarten and the new parking place. During the two days long event more than 50 trees, 700 shurbs and 1320 perennials were planted by the 250 local volunteers. Thanks to talented local craftsmen some benches and tables were built for the new public spaces as well.
1 944 EUR
Green Belt
Green yard
Condo of Szondi str. 72.
Budapest
The yard of this condo in the 6th district will be renovated with great care. The goal of the residents is to enhance the microclimate of the house and cover the yard with greens. This will create a perfect place for community meetings and events. Almost 40% of the yard will be covered with flower beds and a sitting area will be created with benches and a wall fountain and decorated with flower pots. The floor of the second stairways will be renewed as well.
1 782 EUR
Green Belt
Earth Watcher's garden at Kiskunhalas
Green-Bridge Association, Environmentalists of Halas
Kiskunhalas
The Earth-Watchers garden of Kiskunhalas will be created on a 3000 sqm big area. 106 native trees and 88 shrubs will be planted here while street furniture made of natural material will be built as well: a wooden bridge and benches, info table, creative eco-wall, wastebins, bike racks and nesting houses. A willow composition and a study path will give a special touch to the nice park.
1 814 EUR
Green Belt
Rebirth of the grove
Crime Preventing Center Somoskőújfalu Association of Public Utility
Somoskőújfalu
2 thousand sqm of a 20 thousand sqm big park will be renovated by the local people in Somoskőújfalu. Several buildings used by the community are located near to this area: the kindergarten, the community house, house of the elderly and an Evangelic chapel. Altogether 260 trees and shrubs will be planted here, the grass will be renewed, street furniture and two fire places will be built as well.
2 429 EUR
Green Belt
Let's work together for Szentkirály
Citizen Association of Dány-Szentkirály
Dány
Dány-Szentkirály has no community house so the people decided to create an open air place with similar purpose. It was a tradition of the pepole from Transsylvania to cook together. They decided therefore to create a common fireplace with tables and benches where they can grill and cook in a caldron. The borders of the area will be set with 13 lime trees, 14 oaks and 500 privets while the rest of the place will be covered with new grass. For the children redcurrant and gooseberry bushes will be planted, but flowers and spice herbs will have a place, too.
1 296 EUR
Green Belt
Lily-garden
Foundation for Local Culture
Tés
The association would like to extend the first park of Tés that was created in 2007. 15 birches, 250 privets and 20 other shrubs will be planted here and 3 benches and 3 bird feeders will be placed. Tés is the highest inhabitated settlement of the Bakony. In the calcereous soil and cooler climate special plants accomodated to the circumstances like to live. The organizers expect that such plants will be offered by the inhabitants for the project as well.
486 EUR
Green Belt
Landscaping of the community house in Nyírtura
Pensioner Club of Nyírtura
Nyírtura
The pensioner club renovates the inner yard of the local community house. Besides planting they also want to build some furniture for outdoors with the help of local carpenters, but the shed will be repainted as well.
871 EUR
Green Belt
The green connects us
Zala Homecoming Association
Zalaszentgrót
The organizers want to create a park in Zalaszentgrót that would give place for all generations. The kindergarten, the house of the elderly, a condo and a youth house will be in the neighbourhood of this park that is to be planned with the participation of the locals. Besides planting several new plants an area for common cooking will be created too. Among the 800 new plants you will find fruit trees, decorative shrubs and trees and even a hedge maze.
1 137 EUR
Green Belt
Memorial Park
Association of Large Families at Petőfiszállás
Petőfiszállás
The applicant planned to establish a memorial park at Petőfiszállás, to remember the ancestors of the village.The 8000 sqm big area selected for this noble purpose is in the middle of the village. In the new park a copy of the Paulian holy well will be built and wooden headboards will be placed in memory of the dead. Altogether 52 native trees, 600 shrubs and bulbous plants will be planted. The local NGOs, the children and teachers of the school and the municipality will all help in the planning and the implementation.
1 944 EUR
Green Belt
Greenbelt at the Dembinszky street
Condo at Dembinszky 33.
Budapest
A few people living at Dembinszky 33. decided to apply for the Greenbelt program, and their initiative inspired the community of the house and they contributed countless idas to the plan. The transformation of the yard was spectacular: the old pavement has been cracked and changed into soil and a terrace was built with benches as well. The yard has been covered with a tarpaulin to protect people from the rain. The 80 sqm big garden now has 5 trees, 24 shrubs, many perennial plants and a kale-yard has been created as well where children can practice gardening. The garden was opened with a concert and a garden cinema and the yard is being used ever since by small and big ones, happily.
2 268 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Kárpáti Tamás
Milestone Association
Kovácsszénája

Amount of support: 7000 EUR
Sending organization: Milestone Association (http://www.merfoldkorehab.hu)
Host organization: Bergen Clinic Foundation (http://bergensklinikkene.no)

The aim of the internship was to learn about the treatment process in the field of the rehabilitation and resocialization of people living with some kind of addiction. The especially important objective of the scholarship was to learn about mentalization based treatment (MBT) that is an essential treament process in The Bergen Clinic Foundation, and an internationally accepted, important and well functioning treatment method.
Unfortunately it is an unknown and unused treatment process in the field of Hungarian addiction curing. So, the objective of the scholarship ess really important, not only for the Mérföldkő Association, but also, for the whole Hungarian profession.
Furthermore, an other substantial aim was to share our professional experience, and establish a long-term professional cooperation between the two institutions, for example in the field of research, professional development, and lobby.

7 000 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Árvay Márton
Barn Owl Foundation, Hungary (BOF)
Orosztony

Amount of support: 10 000 EUR
Sending organization: Barn Owl Foundation, Hungary (BOF) (http://gyongybagoly.hu/)
Host organization: SEEDS Iceland (http://www.seeds.is/)

The main goal of the internship project was to develop a partnership between SEEDS and the Barn Owl Foundation to initiate further cooperation on exchange programmes and community development. The intern investigated the possibilities of adapting organisational development and fundraising practices from Iceland to Hungary. Furthermore, he became familiar with NGO partners of the host organisation, learnt about their management and took part in the process of interviewing volunteers to learn about SEEDS’ selection procedure. The organizations plan a common project to ensure the adaptation of good practices on organisation management, volunteer selection procedure, efficient task allocation among professional volunteers and strengthen long term sustainability via working out a fund-raising plan for BOF according to the practices of SEEDS’ partner organisations.

10 000 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Csabai Lucia
Hungarian Association for Community Development
Budapest

Amount of support: 7000 EUR
Sending organization: Hungarian Association for Community Development (http://www.kka.hu)
Host organization: Citizens Foundation (http://citizens.is/)

The main goal of the internship project was to become acquainted with supporting the social network and community cohesion of people who live in a same area with the tools of e-democracy and to increase the participation of the citizens in the decision making prosecces.
The intern got to know the system of an advanced democracy while learning about the host organization's method to increase trust and participation in democracy. The intern studied the methodology of e-democracy and she recognized the important elements of the method with the help of the Citizens Foundation while she become involved in the host organization's Balkan e-democracy project. One of the most important aims of the project was to learn about grassroots community planning processes - the intern wrote a guide based on the icelandic experiences: how the tools of e-democracy can be adapted and used in Hungary.

7 000 EUR
EEA/Norway NGO Fund
Verdes Tamás
Hungarian Civil Liberties Union
Budapest

Amount of support: 7000 EUR
Sending organization: Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (http://www.tasz.hu)
Host organization: Icelandic Human Rights Centre (http://www.humanrights.is/)

The main objective of the internship project was to learn about the Icelandic support system of people living with intellectual and psychosocial disability, in order to identify service and advocacy strategies that could be useful in Hungary. The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union’s Disability Rights Program is looking for best practices and new advocacy strategies currently unavailable or unknown in Hungary. By the end of the stay the intern collected advanced knowledge in at least two different areas of disability rights. The main focal points of the research program were the following: (1) service user’s advocacy strategies on reforming legal capacity; (2) supported living; (3) the political rigths of those under guardianship, the right to vote and to be elected, accesssibility in the election process; (4) supported parenthood, the regulation of the reproductive rigths of those under guardianship; (5) advocacy strategies of disabled people’s organisation, user-led services and user-controlled organisations. As the program dealt primarily with service user’s advocacy strategies on reforming legal capacity and supported living, the intern dedicated most of its time to these two major issues.

7 000 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Be a friend of the bees!
Rónaőrző Society for Nature Protection
Bocskaikert
The aim of the project is to promote the importance of bees with regard to preserving biodiversity, and to present alternative practices like wildlife friendly gardening and natural beekeeping with the so-called top bar hive method.
10 478 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Beyond the walls
Without Narcotics Foundation
Debrecen
The project’s aim is to adopt the so-called “Minnesota Modell” in the youth’s approved school which is a well-known and efficient therapeutic approach in the treatment of illegal drug users. The project incorporated a 12-month therapeutic process in which 1-1 therapeutic group has been established, 1 for those who are in custody and 1 for convicted youth. The Approved School of the Ministry of Human Resources is a partner organisation of the suuperted NGO.
25 068 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Open eyes
"Fordulópont" Prominently Non-profit Association
Kemecse
The project aims at drawing attention to equal treatment, to develop social sensitivity and to reduce prejudices.The association wants to offer related services for citizens through an advisory office, involve and train other organizations about equal treatment and organize adventrue trips for young people (topics: equal treatment, prejudice).
6 992 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Helping people living alone
Home Guard of Vanyarc
Vanyarc
The organization's goal is to ensure security in the life of seniors living alone. They want to enhance the home's safety with alarm system installation. The civil guides can react immediately to the alarm and take the necessary measures.
1 749 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Lucky horseshoe
HUMAN-NET Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Human Resources Development Foundation
Nyíregyháza
In this project the organization creates an art group in the biggest segregated housing district in Nyíregyháza thus helping disadvantaged Roma children in integration. In the project multiple disavantaged Roma children and youngsters are involved. The groups' plays main topic theme is centered around poverty, Roma culture, and tradition. The themes are presented through music, dance and theatrical perform.
5 424 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Paloc Space Game's
Paloc Network Assotiation
Salgótarján
The project's goal is to develop the socio-culture of children and young people through involving them in community activities (sports, games). At 5 locations the association organizes 40 events and also plans to add such activities to the portfolio of the Vásártér Youth Club.
15 533 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
MÁS -Kép a Komlóstetői klubban
Mountain and Sportclimber Association of Bükk
Miskolc
The organization established a youth club at Komlóstető, in Miskolc to help straggling children and youth, provide them programs and community. They organize workshops and community development programs for them in order to initiate the establishment of new volunteer groups and small communities.
18 859 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Ours vegetable Schoolgarden, Ours vegetable Kindergarten the ’Nyírség’ Project for the reviving regions, renewable soil and healthy food.
Spring Public Foundation
Levelek
The aim of the project is to show an alternative of the current ecological system, to promote the idea of a self-sufficient life style. Specifically the project’s goal is to reduce the amount of waste, to change the attitude towards waste and to promote composting. The project is implemented in 4 settlements of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County (Levelek, Baktalórántháza, Magy, Nyíribrony).
28 701 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
We help you to help yourself
"GIVE ME YOUR HAND" Association of Large Families Püspökladány
Püspökladány
The aim of the project is to expand the services of the grantee to the neighbouring towns and villages in the microregion by organising road-shows and workshops on health prevention, youth protection, job-seeking and other social care activities. In order to achieve the planned results, the grantee organised summer camps and weekend free-time events in order to promote the healthy lifestyle and the traditional social values. The grantee has also continued its running activities and programmes (club meetings, training courses, camps for vulnerable families) to reach a higher level of cohesion of the local communities.
27 409 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Learning to fly - voluntary training for young women
Jablonczay Lenke Youth Association
Debrecen
The core activity of the religious NGO is to develop the volunteer community in the Debrecen University. To achieve this aim, grantee developed a training curriculum adapting methodologies and best practices using by other Hungarian and European NGOs. The target group of the project are the young women. The grantee aimed at making them understand the importance of the voluntary actions and the social responsibility. 'Female personality' is in the focus of the project, i.e. the reflective development of the ’personality’, the integration of the religious motivation and community based actions and behaviour.
34 101 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
The Implementation of the Social Program “Let’s Teach Each Other” in Nyírgyulaj
Youth of Szabolcs for the Country Association
Nyírgyulaj
The project’s aim was to support Roma and non-Roma people with low qualifications in the micro-region of Nyírbátor, primarily in Nyírgyulaj by using and adapting methods and programmes already implemented by an organisation from Bátonyterenye. The grantee implements its project in close co-operation with the Alliance of Roma Minority Representatives and Spokesmen of Nógrád County, who were also one of the beneficiaries of the Swiss-Hungarian NGO Block Grant in the field of Roma integration.
16 580 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
My brother is autistic
Ottó Tarnai New Association for Persons with Intellectual Disability
Nyíregyháza
The project’s objective is supporting those families with autist child where these children grow up together with a sibling. The project called “My sibling is autist” aims helping these siblings and parents, while they provide development services for autistic children as well.
6 852 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Helping Roma families
The Action-oriented Education Foundation
Nyírtelek
The project’s aim was to support the upbringing of multiple disadvantaged children. The supported organisation tried to decrease the distance between parents and institutions and to establish and maintain trust necessary for cooperation. The foundation has been working together with kindergartens and primary schools with which they had relationship earlier, thus it was much easier to involve parents and children. They tried to foster the relationship between parents and institutions by organising family days. These days were based upon pre-defined screenplays. Furthermore they organised two summer camps for children attending primary school. Beyond programmes for children and their parents they held a training for teachers as well.
6 480 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Children with disabilities, helping families with multiple disadvantages.
Foundation for Accepted Diversity, Together for Disabled People
Nyíregyháza
The goal of the project was to reduce the disadvantages of the children and their families of Bárczi Gusztáv Elementary and Vocationl School and to help them integrating in society. The foundation organized programs that augment these efforts. Together with the parents they organized camps and family days where the families can learn from each other, share their experiences and help each other in solving their problems.
6 480 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Towards Sustainable Lifestyle (ToSLi)
Ecological Institute for Sustainable Development
Miskolc
Project goals and objectives are to contribute to the growing knowledge of sustainable lifestyle in the Gömör region, in order to reduce pressure on environment by using natural resources - soil, forest, biodiversity and energy - on a sustainable way. The associated social aim is to enable the target groups to cut their expenses by applying simple and cheap techniques.
34 721 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Establishing a common fruit bank and school garden
Cultural Association of Onga
Onga
The project’s aim was to establish a so called fruit bank and a local fruit garden so the old traditions are cultivated and the attitude of self-sufficiency is encouraged in Onga and its environs (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County).Another goal was to involve students of the local primary school, their families and all the inhabitants of the town (many of whom are disadvantaged people and belong to the Roma minority). As well as to teach students about basic fruit gardening knowledge and skills and fruit processing.
11 615 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
RAISING THE ASSOCIATION TO A TALLER LEVEL
Association for the Community of Királd
KIRÁLD
The project has taken place in Királd which is located in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county. The settlement was a prosperous village before the shutdown of the mining factory. Now, the situation of the village is getting worse because of the high unemployment rate, the social crisis and the serious depression of the local habitants. Beneficiary NGO aims to motivate the local people with community based activities, training courses and coordinating the voluntary work.
6 998 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
LADDER - step by step
Drug Clinic Foundation
Miskolc
The project implemented by the foundation aieds at the social reintegration of those who due to their less developed social competences drop out from employment programmes in the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Remand Prison and in its site, Juvenile Regional Prison.
38 942 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
"Stepping up for the future of young people"
Together for Each Other Association
Bátonyterenye
The applicant organisation wants to foster the social integration of disadvantaged youth living in Bátonyterenye with different programmes and free time activities. With this project they emphaisesd the improvement of the youth’s approach to life issues.
31 492 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Pep in the hand
Lifecast Fellowship
Nyíregyháza
The association aims to improve the social and health situation of most disadvantaged people. While the health of these people is a public matter they have no means to maintain their health and are much more dependent on the social and health care system than those with stable background. Within the project homeless people and social workers receive vaccination against hepatitis, health care packages and food and they also participate in motivational lectures.
10 205 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
For the renewing Newtown
Kornelius House Mission Association
Szolnok
The grantee (which has a religious background) runs a local community center in an under-developed part of Szolnok. The aim of the project was to provide services to the local inhabitants and implement a complex community based development project.
24 883 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
„Do not burn it!” campaign against illegal trash burning at home
Green Circle - member of Friends of the Earth Hungary
Hajdúböszörmény
The aim of the project was to eliminate a bad practice which is very widespread in the country: backyard trash burning. In order to achieve this, grantee aims at raising awareness among people about the risks of this practice, and also to show them the many existing and available alternatives to reduce and recycle waste. The wider goal of the project is to create a better, healthier living environment in the Southern Great Plain Region, in the following 6 towns: Hajdúböszörmény, Hajdúnánás, Hajdúdorog, Balmazújváros, Hajdúhadház, Polgár, Téglás.
22 181 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Do not get it! – Awareness campaign among young people to protect mental health
Europa Association
Nyíregyháza
The aim of the project is implementing a drug-prevention action in Nyíregyháza and the neighbouring area. The project took place in seven secondary schools, and was based on ’regular’ prevention activities (training courses, art contest etc.) but thereweare also innovative elements: ’hunting for drug-promotion sites’ and ’positive trolling’ in the internet.
26 211 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Training for young people to become warriors of sustainable development
Bereg Nature and Environmental Association
Jánd
The main purpose of the project is to provide secondary school students with professional training regarding sustainable development by which these teenagers will be committed to this area and can form the approach of their age group not only by organizing presentations and club events, but also by creating groups, organizing actions, relating to initiatives and community ventures in connection with the sustainable development. The association also provides mentors to the students who help them during the project to make sure they can do a good and effective job in their schools.
7 763 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
For our children
Association of Socially Handicapped People of Abaújszolnok
Abaújszolnok
The project takes place at Abújszolnok (population of 156), 90% of them are Roma, a village of deep poverty. The supported organization was founded by a local Roma woman and this is their first project. The activities of this low-budget project were adapted to the needs of the local families living in extreme poverty.
6 998 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Spreading of increasing in costumers’ awareness and decreasing in costumers’ vulnerable
Green Connection Association
Miskolc
The project’s aim was to implement a multi-level campaign pack to promote conscious consumer behaviour. As a result of a variety activities a professional and social foundation was to be built so the target group would be able to forward the gained knowledge and remain active and consciuous consumers.
18 046 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Care for socially disadvantaged
Roma Self-help Association Öcsöd
ÖCSÖD
The general long tearm goals of the project are:- improve the living conditions of elderly Roma people, replace the missing family care and the attitudes of them towards integration- demonstrate that the implementor's social strata is reliable, responsible, helpful.- to show good example to the next Roma generation with accurate, reliable work- to provide help for non-Roma in the future thus demonstrating the Hungarian society that Roma people can be useful members of the society
6 480 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Health and Social Support Consultancy Service
Diabetes Organisation Eger
Eger
The association focuses on the prevention and care of diabetes in Eger. The program also aims at extending their activities to ’Szalapart’ part of the town. The streets of the segregated area are habitated by Roma families who cannot access the health care services and they do not know about the risk of diabetes and the side effects of the illness. In the project, the organization provides services (tests, counselling) for the primary target group and involves other (mainly young) persons from the town.
7 799 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Hernadmenti tesz-vesz service
Agricultural Associaton of Hungarian Rural Gypsies
Hernádvécse
The grantee implemented a simple but very important project in Hernádvécse (BAZ county). The NGO employes 4 persons to bushwhack in the gardens of the beneficiaries and to haircut in a barbery shop installed in the project. One person of the four coordinates the work. Services are provided for habitants of two other neighbouring villages, as well.These services are unavailable in the very poor village and the local habitants do not have access to the basic service or they cannot afford it. The employed persons are Roma.
23 287 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
"Return ticket"
Roma-Hungarian Association of Sirok
Sirok
The long term objectives of the project are• to improve the employment and job seeking position of the people trapped in deep poverty of Sirok beyond the borders of the village,• generating positive changes in the lives of residents of Sirok, regarding the mobility of their children, amelioration of their living standards, finding solutions for their livelihood problems; the development of their social knowledge and competencies, their interest representing abilities,• developing new education, further education and work patterns,• reducing family conflicts carising from the tension created by poverty, unemployment and nowadays’ system of public works,• the organisation becomes capable to fulfill the long term goals using the community center.
38 693 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Biodiversity supporting community based agriculture model projekt in the South-Borsod region
Bese Nature Conservation Society
Négyes
The aim of the project was to establish a community based agriculture model in the South-Borsod Region. The project is based on three main activities: vegetable horticulture, fruit gardening and poultry husbandry. The focus is to collect and protect local traditional varieties to protect biodiversity. As a first step in the current project five families start farming and share the tasks (production, storing and processing) in the community. The primary aim is to contribute to the self-reliance of the families, but the long-term goal is to start a community supported agriculture system. The model gardens would work as knowledge and consultancy centres, and give opportunities to the local people to use thesevarieties again.
7 013 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Life jacket for disabled young people! - We help paddeling, to make it easier to reach the coast and find a job
Stay on The Labour Market' Association
Debrecen
The aim of the project is to help young people living with disabilities to be able to a find job, and to teach them the skills and knowledge needed so that they can independently go through the process of job searching. The target group consists mainly of disabled young persons between the age of 18-25 living in Hajdu-Bihar county, but is also open to every other disabled person over the age of 25 interested in the program.The original objective consisted of the workshops taking place in three different locations, but so far it only occurred at one, in Hajduhadhaz, where all six workshops, starting from July, were held as planned. During the project, cooperation agreements were concluded with 16 organizations.
4 276 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
North Stork News
Foundation for Cserhát Natural and Cultural values
Balassagyarmat
The aim of the project is to bring modern people closer to storks and - in a broader sense - closer to wildlife and natural values. The project also aims at improving nature conservation awareness and an eco-friendly approach among young people in the region.The target group consists of the interested youngsters of the region, who use internet, technical devices on a daily basis, as well as children (and their families).
37 865 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
"Port" Social (and) Inquiry Consulting Service
FIKSZ POINT Association
Hajdúhadház
The grantee aims to help the reintegration of higher education drop outs so they can go back to school. By using the offered services the target group's social exclusion is reduced. The participants of the program gaines work experience through volunteer works, their ability ro represent their interests. Same time the institutions, enterprises and NGOS of the town also learn about the benefits of volunteer work.
26 164 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
" Magic-workshop”
Szabolcsi Community Development and Social Entrepreneurship Stimulus Cooperative
Nyíregyháza
During the project at least 5 families home and properties are renewed. The purpose of the project is to encourage them to change their lifestyle, boost up their own activities that will lead them to taking jobs and helps their children to have a positive outlook on their future.
8 936 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Miner settlement
For Szúcs Village Organization
Szúcs
The long term objective of the project is to improve the social situation, the income levels of Szucs-Banyatelep; to create such a ‘middle-class’ that sets an example in the field of job searching and qualification. Furthermore to dissolve the isolation of Szucs-Banyatelep therefore by new acquaintances and relations with institutions its integration into the local social life. The quality and the value of the buildings would get better and greater. Expected long term results of the project is reduction of poverty in the settlement (and generally in Szucs) and the development of new life strategies.
38 954 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Mentor program to support talented young people in Bódva-valley and Cserehát
BHIM RAO Association
Szendrőlád
The project is implemented in one of the most under-developed microregion of Hungary: Edelény, BAZ county. The proportion of the Roma population is very high and the opportunity for social mobility of the youngsters living here is very low. The project aims providing mentoring with very intensive organisational activity involving successful people origanated from here but achieving carrier other parts of the country. Although, the grantee is a Roma NGO the focus is not on the Roma exclusively but on the youngsters who could not find contact persons by thmeselves without the assistance of the project.
38 847 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
"Carrot, radish, hazelnut" - adapting international experiences of community agriculture on disadvantaged Rimóc, with improving operating conditions of its school garden program
CSERFA
Terény
The location of the project is a small village in Nógrád county with 1900 habitants. The under-developed village has its own elementary school but the non-Roma families take their children to the next town, Szécsény. This way, the spontaneous segregation speeds up the blacksliding of the settlement. The aim of the project is the development of the local school garden to involve and teach the pupils basic agricultural activities.
27 413 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Come on girls
Association for the Roma of Cserehát and for the Children
Monaj
The underdeveloped village (located in Cserehát microregion) did not have community places and activities. The aim of the project was installing a playground, equipping the local community house and organizing comunity programs (workshops). grantee applied for the equipment of the local music band serving at local events.
6 930 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Equal-Net in Hajdú County
Eu-Roma National Association
Debrecen
The Eu-Roma Association wants to enhance the law enforcement capacity of Roma people in order to reduce exclusion and increase equality. Thus a legal signaling system is set up in the county with a center in Debrecen, a network of mediators is established and legal help is provided in the field and via phone.
30 325 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Step by Step Integaration of Romas in Hajdúhadház
National Association Representatives
Debrecen
The association provides legal and health services and organizes community events in order to enhances equality and reduce discrimination at Hajdúhadház, to strengthen legal enforcement capacity and legal awareness of Roma people. The long term goal of the project is to help the integration and the strengthen the identity and the mental health of the target group.
6 804 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Nyíregyháza The Learning Town
Future Near Home Accosiation
Nyíregyháza
The „Kosár” (basket) shopping community was established in 2012 in Nyíregyháza. The project aims at strengthening and further developing the Kosár Community, broadening their network, involving people living in the nearby residential area. They would also like to strengthen the capacities of the association, and to develop their volunteer management and leadership are also goals.
15 972 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
"On new roads"
Foundation for Supporting the Poor – Debrecen
Debrecen
The overall goal of the project is - to improve the chances of children in school and the education and in their life;• to help the beneficiary adults to become active in the labour-market;• to find and adapt solutions for housing and employment problems;• to improve the skills of the employees of grantee;• to reform the principles and operation of services and organizations which contributes to the ’re-production of poverty and exclusion’.Short term goals:• to develop the social and other skills of the involved children;• to provide pedagogical development for the children;• ’Hercules therapy’: to develop the self-evaluation capacity of the pupils;• extra-curricular development for the children with educational lagging;• ’My Fair Lady’ complex program for women aged 18-50;• ’Community-bank’ to reduce the financial burden of the involved families;• strenghtening the family ties and roles.
15 057 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Environmental education for children
Tree of Life Nature Friendly Organization
Kács
The project’s mail goal was to inspire the young generation to live an eco-friendly and sustainable life and to make environmental education become important for local parents, educators and institutions. It is implemented in a small village called Kács in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county. The project’s activities are:- providing environmental education to primary school children in the form of camps, with informative, practical, creative elements, child and experience-oriented activities.- using the experience and works of the camps to create an 'educational package': an environmental-themed tale and exercise collection, a DVD. These were be sent to kindergartens, schools, other non-governmental organizations.
7 183 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
...and if there would be...
Crafts and Folks House Social Co-op
Debrecen
The Co-op wants to provide the missing health, legal, social and education services for disadavantaged families of several villages. To reach this goals they create a mobile service team that provides these services for free, organize information forums and development games, playground activities for children along these meetings.
37 971 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Help-Next-Door – Neighbourhood volunteers in Csapókert
Csapokert Circle of Friends Association
Debrecen
Long-term objectives of the project: strengthening neighbourhood relations and solidarity, spreading voluntarism in the district and enhancing the publicity of the Circle of Friends Association of Csapókert.The short-term objective of the project is to increase the number of neighbourhood volunteers in order to have such volunteers who can recognize community needs and are able to organize community actions within their environment.
5 513 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
Create the community employing organization and launching the work - in Rimóc
Rimóc Youth Association
Rimóc
The long term goal of the project is to create employment locally, enable people to organize their work themselves and develop tourism to generate income. To achieve these an organization is being set up to produce products and sell them at markets and online.
32 074 EUR
Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds
We start from mushroom picking
Hegyközi Micology Association
Pálháza
In order to enhance the life quality and increase the income of disadvantaged families the organization raise awareness about micology through workshops and via the website of the association. Target groups are children, teachers, the forestry, Roma people, the local government and those buying mushrooms.
4 001 EUR
Grant program
refundable support
Hungarian Society for Environmental Education
Budapest
Refundable bridging aid for a post-financed EU project implemented in a consortium
9 719 EUR
Grant program
refundable support
National Volunteer Centre
Budapest
Refundable support to cover the expenses of the foundation's post-financed autumn and spring projects
9 719 EUR
Grant program
OT 2014
Reflex Environmental Association
Győr
Reflex organized the national assembly of green organizations in 2014. With this grant they were able to cover the travel cost of smaller NGOs.
648 EUR
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