News
The European Tree of the Year in 2018 is the Whistler Cork Oak Tree from Portugal
Only the nominees of Portugal, Spain, and Russia finished the competition ahead of Zengővárkony's survivor, the sweet chestnut in the European Year Tree competition in 2018.
Our Community Organizing Work Continues in 8 Settlements
Launched in 2016, the Community-Organizing-Leadership program continued in 2018, too. Following the evaluation of the call for proposals at the beginning of the year, Ökotárs supported the efforts of local women community organizers and community groups in 8 cities and villages to make their settlements more liveable.
The Roadshow Continues in Miskolc
Encouraged by the success and popularity of the 5-stop birthday roadshow in the previous year Ökotárs - along with many other civil society organizations - continued the series of events in 2018 by visiting new cities.
Communication Training for Rural CSOs has been Completed
Starting in autumn 2017, Ökotárs has organized a half-year long training and mentoring program to improve the local and regional visibility and awareness of 25 CSOs in five major countryside cities.
135 civil society organisations stand up for their peers working for local communities and for a peaceful Hungary
19 December 2018 - Following the steps of the Hungarian government, during the past week elected local representatives in several Hungarian cities launched attacks on Hungarian civil society organisations (CSOs), working for the benefit of communities and the Hungarian society, questioning their credibility and compromising their operations. We, 135 Hungarian CSOs, providing support to widest...
118 Civil Society Organisations Stand Up
As a reaction to the attacks of the local governments in Kaposvár, Miskolc and Pécs in December, 118 CSOs declared in a joint resolution that the affected CSOs deserve support and not attacks.
Green Belt 2017/18
115 applications were submitted to the Green Belt program's 2017 call, 29 of them - more than twice as much as last year - came from condominium houses, the rest from CSOs.
Community-Organizing-Leadership Closing Meetings: "Everything is Possible with Community Cooperation"
The film and publication summarizing the experience and results of the 2016-2017 period of the ComOrgLead program was released at the closing meeting or the program.
ALDA LADDER Closing Conference in Strasbourg
Ökotárs has cooperated with the European Association for Local Democracy (ALDA) since 2016. Our program manager participated at the closing conference of the association's LADDER project in Strasbourg.
