The International Visegrad Fund (IVF) is an international organisation based in Bratislava, founded by the governments of the countries of the Visegrad Group (V4) - the Czech Republic, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland, and the Slovak Republic - on June 9, 2000.

The purpose of the Fund is to promote development of closer cooperation among the V4 countries through supporting common cultural, scientific and educational projects, exchanges between young people, cross-border cooperation and tourism promotion.

The budget of the Fund (5 million Euro from 2007) consists of equal contributions from the governments of the V4 countries. The IVF provides support through three grant programmes, scholarship schemes and artist residencies. Among the recipients of the Fund’s support are mainly non-governmental organizations, municipalities and local governments, private companies, schools and universities and individual students and artists.

The governing bodies of the Fund are the Conference of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Council of Ambassadors. The executive body of the Fund is composed of the Executive Director and the Deputy Executive Director. The administrative body of the Fund is the Secretariat.

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