By supporting community initiatives, the Hungarian Environmental Partnership Foundation aims at contributing to the development of a democratic, sustainable and equitable society and an institutional system based on citizen participation.

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Our programsClick on the programs to reach their own webpage!

We analyzing, evaluating and supporting the activities of CSOs and community groups (e.g. voter mobilization, election monitoring) around the local and national elections.

Reclaim our Civil Space!

We broadening the grassroots basis and constituency of civil society, facilitating cross-border cooperation and developing together the outlines of a comprehensive European civil society policy.

Civil Map

Our goal is to map and meet those, primarily local organizations, groups and communities („newbies”) which so far have not been active outside their direct environs, have not participated in the broader „circulation”.

Community-Organizing-Leadership

Through its community organizing program, Ökotárs aims at contributing to the revitalization of civic community life in the countryside.

Civil Partner

Aims to develop non-profit leglislation to create a friendly and predictable environment where non-governmental organizations can work safely and easily. In cooperation with civil experts we do reserach, analyses and studies.

Tree of the Year and tree planting

Anyone can nominate their favourite tree to the annual contest. Besides we support community tree planting, the creation and rehabilitation of green spaces.

Tree of the Year >> LIFE TreeCheck >>

LIFE TreeCheck.... so the city doesn't burn!

Together with our partners we support cities in Central Europe to effectively adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change.

Closed funds

NGO Fund of the EEA/Norway Grants (2012-2017)

Swiss-Hungarian NGO and Scholarship Funds (2012-2015)

Foltányi Zsuzsa - „FoZsu” emlékösztöndíj

Foltányi Zsuzsa, az alapítvány első “alapító” igazgatója, majd élete végéig az alapítvány stratégiai tanácsadója, a kuratórium, illetve az adományi bizottság tagja, a magyarországi civil környezetvédelmi mozgalom és a fenntarthatósági törekvések egyik legmeghatározóbb személyisége.

Emléke és munkássága előtt tisztelegve 2024-ben emlékösztöndíjat alapítottunk azzal a céllal, hogy ösztönözzük és támogassuk azokat a kiváló egyetemi hallgatókat, akik a környezettudományokhoz kapcsolódó területeken tanulnak és aktív szerepet vállalnak a fenntarthatóság és a környezet védelmének népszerűsítésében. Az ösztöndíj célja hozzásegíteni a díjazottakat ahhoz, hogy pozitív hatást gyakoroljanak a környezetre, éppúgy, mint ahogy Foltányi Zsuzsa tette élete során.

Bővebben az ösztöndíj felhívásról

Eredményhirdetés - 2024

News

21 May. 2025

Free press, free civil society!

Speech by Veronika Móra, Director of the Ökotárs Foundation, at the demonstration against the adoption of the opressive "transparency" bill on 18.05.2025 at Kossuth Square.

15 May. 2025

No Country Was Built On Blacklists - joint statement of independent civil society organisations and media outlets

14 May 2025 - The draft law submitted by the ruling party on Tuesday is nothing but an authoritarian attempt to hold on to their power. Its aim is to silence all critical voices and eliminate what remains of Hungarian democracy once and for all. The draft is an attack on remaining independent organisations more serious than ever: it is not only aimed at civil society organisations (CSOs) and...

8 Apr. 2025

Attack on NGOs in the EU - A Call To Act For An Independent Civil Society

Statement issued by the Civil Society Europe, signed by Ökotárs among 570+ CSOs. Full text of the statement:

Supported projectsList of the projects supported by Ökotárs

Year	Program	Organization	City	Description	Grant amount
2016	Community-Organizing-Leadership	Verőce Brainstorming	Verőce	The group was founded by a small group of locals. Their aim was to establish a forum for dialogue between the original locals and the more and the young people moving to the village (who have a growing rate in the population) in order to get familiar with the locals’ thoughts about the...	6 361 EUR
2012	Green Belt	Toldi-Dombliget Lakóparkért Egyesület	Dunakeszi	During the program an area in a subdivision of Dunakeszi has been cleaned and transformed into a community park. Thanks to the support of the Green Belt, the pledges the locals made and also to the assistance of the local government, a promenade and recreation park was built: 40 trees, 95...	4 EUR
2010	Grant program	Reflex Környezetvédő Egyesület	Győr	Reflex Association received support to buy protective equipment for its disaster relief work.	797 EUR
2011	CSO interest representation	Szociális Építőtábor Egyesület	Budapest	Social camp work is a method for helping indebted families to repay a part of their debt to the local government and for strengthening cooperation among local people. During the camp-period poor families get a chance to renovate their houses with the help of volunteers coming from universities...	2 328 EUR
2008	EEA/Norway NGO Fund	Dunai Flottilla Gyermek és Ifjúsági Vízitúra Egyesület	Százhalombatta	The project targets young people (age 10-14) living in Százhalombatta region, educated in integrated and segregated schools for pupils with special education needs. After the selection and motivation, specialists focusing on the weak points will acarry out a development program for 20 healthy...	24 994 EUR

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