📅 July 29–31, 2025

📍 Hotel Szent István, Eger

We welcome representatives of the civil sphere with exciting lectures and interactive workshops, where they can share their opinions on the most pressing issues facing civil society organizations and gain new partners and knowledge for their cross-border cooperation.

👥 Participants: Civil society organizations from Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine

🎓 Our main topics:

🔹 Challenges and future of civil society organizations in the Carpathian Region

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.

On May 21, 2025, the conference titled "The Future of Our Children Is Everyone's Responsibility!" was held in Eger at the House of Civil Communities, organized by the newly established Early Childhood Platform. The event aimed to emphasize the critical importance of early childhood years, strengthen collaboration among professional communities, and share international best practices. Among the approximately 65 participants were teachers, representatives of civil society organizations, health visitors, and local government leaders who shared their experiences.

From 29 to 31 July 2025, the “Civil Society in Decision-Making - Summer University” will take place in Eger, as part of the international project “From the Alps to the Carpathians”.

The three-day event will focus on strengthening young people's participation in public life, the active involvement of civil society organisations and cross-border cooperation.

On 20 March 2025, the Carpathian Foundation's Board of Directors awarded a total HUF 12 million in grants to four local partners within our Early Years Matters Program. The funded projects will provide early skills development for children living in poverty and strengthen the parenting skills of their parents in four settlements in north-eastern Hungary.

Last week, the Early Childhood Platform met again, this time at the Garden City Kindergarten in Eger, where we planned our activities for the whole day. We also made a lot of progress in terms of network building (membership, membership fees, etc.) and communication (website, social media, introductory video, image). We have planned the details of our first joint application and prepared the program for the first Early Childhood Conference in Eger on 21 May 2025. At the end of the meeting, the participants made pledges for future tasks and set the date for the next online consultation.