Deadline: Ongoing
The Open Society Foundations is seeking applications for its Hungary Project to actively support Hungarian civil society.
The Hungary Project, part of the Rights and Liberties team of the Open Society Initiative for Europe, is an indirect successor to the national foundation that was transformed into the Hungary Project and operated out of the Budapest office a decade ago.
The overall goal of the Hungary Project is to build broader and deeper constituencies for open society in Hungary. The project doesn’t only work with traditional Open Society partners but tries to widen the constituencies for open society values and reach out to new target groups.
Objectives
NGO Legitimation and Base-Strengthening
- The Hungary Project aims to strengthen the legitimation of key actors of the Hungarian civil society, by assisting them with their efforts to enhance their constituencies and thereby increase their support from local sources with a mid-term aim of reaching self-sustainability. Grantees are selected by invitation (solicited proposals).
Hungary 2025
- The Hungary Project seeks to inspire the development of long-term, liberal visions on Hungarian politics with special focus on bridging the gap between the EU and Hungarian politics in key issues such as migration/asylum and transparency/accountability. Grantees are selected through unsolicited proposals on a rolling basis throughout the year.
Community Organizing
- The Hungary Project strengthens civil activism, social self-organizing, and community advocacy in Hungary through the empowerment of the groups of citizens to impose pressure on decision makers. The Hungary Project supports local community organizing groups and alternative online communities, activists of issues-based coalitions and pressure groups.
How to Apply
The concept paper should include the following:
- a brief description of the project, planned activities, methodology, and goals
- information about the applicant organization
- estimated overall budget and timeframe for the project
Applicants will be invited to submit a full grant application within four weeks of receiving the concept paper.
For more information, please visit Hungary Project.
