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
2019	Community-Organizing-Leadership	Kethane Együtt Egyesület	Budapest	Half of the local families live in the outskirts of the town of Pilis. The everiday travel to work or school is very problematic because of the poor quality of the roads. For example whole streets would become barely accessible muddy sea during rainfalls. In the project, the needs of the...	4 595 EUR
2007	Green Belt	Dévaványai Városszépítő Egyesület	Dévaványa	Landscaping works were done by the workers of the local government. HEPF supported the costs of plants, grass and benches.	957 EUR
2008	EEA/Norway NGO Fund	Autisták Országos Szövetsége	Budapest	The organisation will set up a new network of NGO-s working for autistic people 'Autiháló', collect data for a nationwide map about services available to autistic people and about the communities are lacking those, improve the capacity of the organisation and its experts and	77 208 EUR
2014	EEA/Norway NGO Fund	Zsenibogár Association	Budapest	The formal education do not prepare the youth for the active social participation, responsible decision-making and representation of their interests. The schools have no capacity to integrate such classes and there are no complex thematic programs which would help parents to prepare their...	6 011 EUR
2012	Green Belt	Terényi Faluvédő és Segítő Egyesület	Terény	A Terényi Faluvédő és Segítő Egyesület az önkormányzattal együttműködve a faluközpontban lévő gazos, vizes közel 6000 m2-es területet parkosította a helyiek bevonásával. Az első közösségi napon 122 db őshonos gyümölcsfát ültettek el a MOL Nyrt. önkénteseinek segítségével. A nap végén...	1 594 EUR

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