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For almost three decades, the Carpathian Foundation, which embraces the bordering areas of Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine, has contributed to the development of the Carpathian Region. Our Foundation fosters cross-border cooperation, overcoming language barriers, cultural and historical differences to strengthen the role of civil society in local development, thus contributing to the territorial cohesion of the Carpathians.

The current war in Europe contradicts everything the Carpathian Foundation and its partners stand for.

You can currently donate from abroad to the following account numbers:

In euros ERSTE Bank Hungary Zrt. IBAN: HU52 11600006 00000000 79163118

SWIFT: GIBAHUHB

Beneficiary: Carpathian Foundation-Hungary (Kárpátok Alapítvány-Magyarország)

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Launch of ‘Emergency Response Fund for Ukrainians’ for European donors who want to support Ukrainians in Ukraine and in the region

28 February 2022

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.

In the "From the Alps to the Carpathians" project, we are preparing a collection of good practices of Hungarian, Romanian, Polish, Ukrainian and Slovak NGOs. We are currently working on the call for applications for the Carpathian Social  Innovation Award and the technical preparation of the 2025 "Summer Camp" is underway.

Cross-border cooperation and donations have never been more important than now. From 9-11 October 2024, the Carpathian Foundation hosted the annual  steering committee meeting of Transnational Giving Europe (TGE) in Budapest.

We are pleased to announce the launch of , the Carpathian Civil Society Platform website karpatnet.com, which aims to facilitate more effective cooperation and partnering between civil society organisations in the Carpathian region. Register your organisation and get involved in the Carpathian Civil Society Network: https://www.karpatnet.com

We are excited to announce- in the From Alps to  the Carpathians project- a significant step forward in our mission to strengthen civil society across the Carpathian region: the development of a Virtual HUB, dedicated to supporting NGOs and civil society organizations. This initiative is part of our ongoing effort to foster cooperation, provide up-to-date information on funding opportunities, and create a dynamic space for partner-finding.