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We Did Not Register - Did Not Take the Label
Following the example of other CSOs, Autonomia Foundation, the Civil College Foundation, the Rights Reporter Foundation, and Ökotárs decided not to register under the law on "foreign-funded organizations", and did not take the label - announced the 4 organizations in a joint statement.
More than 40 Trees Nominated in the Tree of the Year Contest
Ökotárs has been organizing the contest since 2010. Every year, individual trees and groups of trees that are especially important for the surrounding community for some reason can be nominated to the competition. The aim of the contest is to raise awareness to the role of the trees in our lives and in nature.
Community-Organizing-Leadership Successes
The twelve communities participating in Ökotárs' newest program closed the first year of their joint work in June.
NGOs: We’re here to stay and to continue our work
On Tuesday, 13 June, after two postponed votes, the Hungarian Parliament adopted the Law on the Transparency of Foreign Funded Organisations. The community of civil society organisations united in the Civilizáció campaign continue to believe that the law is unnecessary, stigmatising and harmful.
Civilisation Picnic in front of the Parliament
With a picnic, titled the "Heroes' Veto II" about a thousand people demonstrated against the planned change of the law on civil organizations.
New Grant Program in Cooperation with Tesco and the Hungarian Donors' Forum
Tesco's "You choose, we help" community grant program has been launched for the third time in cooperation with the Hungarian Donors Forum and the Ökotárs.
Workshop Organized by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency
The director of Ökotárs participated as an expert at the workshop organized by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency to discuss the preliminary findings of the agency's - since then published - report on the state and the challenges of civil society in the Union.
Civil Prize 2017
After 2016, NIOK Foundation again awarded the Civil Prize to acknowledge and promote the most successful Hungarian civil society organizations and their projects. The director of Ökotárs contributed to the evaluation of candidates as a member of the expert jury.
It doesn’t go without NGOs - the Hungarian society needs the civil society organizations
Copying the Russian template, during recent year the Hungarian government has attempted to stigmatize and vilify Hungarian NGOs. The new draft law on the transparency of organizations funded from abroad now debated in the Parliament is a next step in this direction, suppressing debate, eventually every contrary opinion.
