An extensive study into how fundraising is regulated across Europe has been published by the European Centre for Not-for-Profit Law, a leading resource and research centre promoting an enabling legal and fiscal environment for civil society.
Since 1985, the International Day of Volunteering’s been celebrated each year on 5th of December. The UN International World Day calls for public attention to the importance of volunteer work in the society.
One billion people in the world and 115 million 900,000 adults in Europe work as volunteers.
More than 500 books were donated to local communities, community centers and nonprofit organizations by the TESCO during autumn 2017.
As its local partner, the Carpathian Foundation-Hungary provided assistance to the TESCO in the redistribution of the books, and mainly organizations serving disadvantaged children and families, vulnerable persons were supported before Santa Claus and Christmas.
28 November 2017
Did you know that #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday?
This day organizers and non-profit and charitable organizations taking part at this initiative would like to enhance giving primarily by the power of social media and collaboration. On this day individuals can meet several opportunities to get involved in their own communities through voluntary work as well.
This year we would like to contribute to the conscious holiday preparations of our supporters, partners and donors through our “Give Differently” campaign instead of raising funds, or organizing a Christmas party.
The main aim of our “Give Differently” campaign is to raise awareness to the sustainable, smart, and socially useful money spending that concerns and validates community aspects, and to the various forms of giving and philanthropic activities.
This project will engage international football players that are willing to donate 1% or more of their wages to the Common Goal Fund that is managed by the King Baudouin Foundation.
The launch event of the project "Strengthening and Activating Small Communities of Northern Hungarian Settlements" (EFOP-1.3.5-16-2016-00915) was successfully organized on 12 October 2017 with nearly 80 participants.
On October 9, 2017, in Eger, we hosted a delegation of 50 Ukrainian and Moldovan mayors and municipal representatives who came to Eger to study how waste management is concluded in Hungary.
Thanks to our individual donors we could announce the possibility to apply for the Carpathian Equal Opportunities Scholarship Program this year as well. We have been looking for young people in need who study and live in the Hungarian territory of the Carpathian region (Northeast Hungary)
We have successfully closed the first training session of the involved communities on 14 September 2017 in the framework of our project "Strengthening and Activating Small Communities of Northeast Hungary" (EFOP-1.3.5-16-2016-00915).
The goal of the training was to assist and prepare the representatives and volunteers of the involved communities, institutions, and civic organizations to be able to effectively assess the local needs, and problems and based on these findings how to implement their local development initiatives, so called mini projects.
