 05|05|2008 The results of the 15 March deadline of Standard Grants will be announced here on Wednesday 14 May 2008. 02|05|2008 Please note that 8 May is a public holiday in the Slovak Republic and the secretariat of the Fund will therefore be closed on that day. Thank you for understanding. 29|04|2008 Applying for the May 15 deadline of Strategic Grants and the June 1 deadline of Small Grants is possible now. . On-line Application System 17|04|2008 The International Visegrad Fund seeks a teacher of Slovak language for one-on-one lessons (contracted part-time work). The position is especially suitable for students. More information at the Fund's secretariat. Also, the Fund offers two- to three-month internships throughout Summer 2008. More information: . internships 16|04|2008 The Council of Ambassadors and the Conference of Ministers of the International Visegrad Fund approved the following projects: . Visegrad University Studies Grants (February 2008 deadline) . Strategic Grants (February 2008 deadline) . Small Grants (March 2008 deadline) 15|04|2008 The on-line application system is open for applying for 15 May deadline of the Visegrad Strategic Program. . Visegrad Form 18|03|2008 The 2007 Annual Report of the International Visegrad Fund is available on-line. . 2007 Annual Report 21|01|2008 Are you looking for project partners from another V4 country? Leave a short note on the notice board of the so-called Visegrad Find and help us test it. . Visegrad Find 18|01|2008 As of today, Ambassador Vladimír Halgaš assumes his duties as the Deputy Executive Director of the Fund, replacing Mr. René Kubášek whose three-year mission ends this month. 14|01|2008 The results of the December deadline of Small Grants are available here. 05|01|2008 The Visegrad on-line application system has been successfully launched! The first 2008 on-line deadline is 31 January 2008 - the Visegrad Scholarship Programme. . On-line Application System (Scholarships) 03|01|2007 International Visegrad Fund is offering two- or three-month internships in its office in Bratislava. Interns may start immediately. More information available here: . internship opening [.doc] 14|12|2007 The Winter 2007 Newsletter of the International Visegrad Fund is available here: . Winter 2007 Newsletter [.pdf] 26|10|2007 The Council of Ambassadors approved a new program - Visegrad University Studies Grant. The program will be launched in 2008 to promote and support development and launching of outstanding university courses or study programs which deal with Visegrad-related phenomena. The first deadline is 15 February 2008. . More information 26|10|2007 The Council of Ambassadors approved the 2008 priorities for the Visegrad Strategic Programme (Strategic Grants). The priorities are listed in the Grants section. 10|09|2007 Thanks to its original concept and design excellence, the "Visegrad Fund" logo has been selected from the innovative three-tier jury of the European Logo Design Annual (Eulda) for the "Best Of Nation 2007" award. . Winners - Eulda 2007 (Best of Europe/Best of Nation) . more about the logo(s) 18|06|2007 Prime Ministers: IVF Strengthens the Central European Identity Projects financed from the increased 5 million Euro budget of the International Visegrad Fund fostering people-to-people contacts and involving the civil society, launching the new web site of the Visegrad Group (www.visegradgroup.eu) and the new V4 logo have undoubtedly positively contributed to the strengthening of the Central European identity. (Summit of the V4 Prime Ministers, Bratislava, 18 June 2007)
. Press Statement 02|05|2007 The book "The Visegrad Group - A Central European Constellation", edited by Andrzej Jagodziński and published by the International Visegrad Fund in 2006, was awarded distinction by the Polish Publishers' Association at the 47th annual Book of the Year competition.  more information download of the book [.pdf, 11.3MB] overview of the book (official website of the Visegrad Group)26|04|2007 The Spring 2007 Newsletter of the International Visegrad Fund is available here: . Spring 2007 Newsletter [.pdf] |
Current Deadlines:
Visegrad Strategic Grants II.15/05/2008 Small Grants 01/06/2008 Visegrad Artist Residencies 10/09/2008 Standard Grants 15/09/2008 Current Projects: Please check for possible changes with the given organizers (see Calendar for contact details)03/05/2008 - 11/05/2008 Music festival Are you Free? Dunajska Streda, SK 04/05/2008 - 09/05/2008 The European Youth Olympics of Sports, Education and Health - 2008 Lodz, PL 08/05/2008 - 11/05/2008 GLOBE Games 2008, International Environmental Meeting of Students and Teachers Bystrice n/P, CZ 10/05/2008 Centrala Central Europe Comics Art Poznan, PL 10/05/2008 - 11/05/2008 Festival of Three Cultures Lacko, PL 11/05/2008 Teaching native language and bilingual community of the Slovaks in Serbia, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic Prague, CZ 12/05/2008 V4 Early Childhood Trainers Get Together Brno, CZ 12/05/2008 - 17/05/2008 Setkani 2008 Stretnutie The 13th International Theatre Festival Zlin, CZ 14/05/2008 International Conference on the Role of Non-Public Education in the Visegrad Group Countries Katowice, PL 14/05/2008 - 17/05/2008 One Idea- Three Festivals Uherske Hradiste, CZ 15/05/2008 Talentinum 2008 - The International Music Festival of Young Talents Zlin, CZ 15/05/2008 Literary landmarks without borders of the Visegrad states Budapest, HU 15/05/2008 Athletic cinema: Perspectives Wroclaw, PL 15/05/2008 - 16/05/2008 Ethnic Stability – Ethnic Changes in Central Europe Budapest, HU 15/05/2008 - 17/05/2008 Music Festival “Meeting of Cimbal Folklore Groups of Wallachian Kingdom” Frenstat pod Radhostem, CZ 15/05/2008 - 18/05/2008 Europe of Many Cultures Legnica, PL 16/05/2008 International Children Cultural Festival Borsa, SK 16/05/2008 International meeting of art teachers - new approaches to teaching art Vitkov, CZ 16/05/2008 - 16/05/2008 sittcomm.award slideshow Lodz, PL 16/05/2008 - 18/05/2008 POM-PA’ 2008 – International Parade of Majorettes, Tamburmajors and Cheerleaders Bialystok, PL 17/05/2008 Preparation and Management of "Choralis Constantiunus 500" Project Budapest, HU 18/05/2008 Children's Home Fosterlings Present International Art Design Rodowo, PL 18/05/2008 - 18/05/2008 sittcomm.award slideshow Krakow, PL 20/05/2008 Nograd County Without Borders Salgotarjan, HU 22/05/2008 ‘Na prahu’ Internationale Theatre Festival, 3rd Year Ceske Budejovice, CZ 22/05/2008 - 25/05/2008 Bambiriada 2008 Zabreh, CZ / Handlova, SK / Nysa, PL / Csanadapaca, HU 23/05/2008 International Festival of Modern Dance Naleczow, PL 23/05/2008 - 25/05/2008 Workshop for Trainers and the 15th International 'Visegrad' Chess, Go, Bridge Competition for Children. Balatonfured, HU 24/05/2008 7th Sport Youth Meeting of Twin Towns Sternberk, CZ 24/05/2008 - 30/05/2008 5th DNA Repair Workshop Smolenice, SK 25/05/2008 The Future is in Their Hands – Variations on Children in the V4 Countries Tata, HU 26/05/2008 The 2nd International Children Meeting "The Fabulous World of Tales and Legends" 2008 Zywiec, PL 27/05/2008 - 30/05/2008 Visegrad Higher Education Institutions Booth at NAFSA 2008 Conference & International Education Expo Washington, D.C., USA 27/05/2008 - 30/05/2008 Ex Oriente Film – 2008 Krakow, PL 27/05/2008 - 30/05/2008 TOXCON 2008: Integration of Toxicological Research within V4 Trencianske Teplice, SK 29/05/2008 - 30/05/2008 BPS 2008 Prague, CZ 30/05/2008 - 01/06/2008 Sports Festival of Children and Youths – "Let’s Meet Through Sport" – Zamosc 2008 Zamosc, PL 30/05/2008 - 01/06/2008 International Festival of Culture and Sport of Handicapped Children and Youth from Towns of V4 Countries and Ukraine Giraltovce, SK 31/05/2008 Crafty Goral hands Oscadnica, SK  |