Sustainable Christmas
In today’s Green stories we will talk about how to make Christmas more sustainable. On one hand, Christmas is the most popular holiday season, but on the other hand, it is also one of the most wasteful and busy time of the year, too. Luckily, there are plenty of possibilities how to make the holidays low-waste but joyful. We would like to share with you some of our eco-friendly tips for the upcoming season:
Read moreGreen Promotion of you Project
In today´s stories, we are talking about how to plan project promotion in a more environmentally friendly way. Read on for our tips!
Read moreThe story of two water polo teams brought together by war.
In May 2022, Visegrad Fund supported project 'Host of the U19 Ukrainian Water Polo National Team' as a part of the special grant call Visegrad 4 Ukraine that aimed at mitigating the effects of war on people from Ukraine. Read the story of two water polo teams, as seen by our Project Manager Éva Merenics:
Read moreStrengthening of professional networking for impartial journalism in V4 region and Ukraine
“One of the biggest challenges in our countries is protecting the independence of media, the watchdogs of democratic development” says Nataliia Havryliv, coordinator of project ‘Strengthening of professional networking for impartial journalism in V4 region and Ukraine’
Read moreHigh School Business Challenge
The largest business competition in Central and Eastern Europe for high school students - The High School Business Challenge. The goal of the Challenge is to give high school students the opportunity to develop their confidence, expertise and provide them with the unique chance to test themselves in this field.
Read moreDevelopment of Carpathian Mountain Rescue Cooperation Platform
Mountains are for many families, youth and elders the first go to holiday destination in the Visegrad region. Either for a quick weekend getaway, or longer seasonal vacation, mountains offer multiple activities from skiing and snowboarding, to hiking, bungee jumping and many others. We all enjoy fresh air and peaceful forests. However, mountains also can be, unfortunately, very dangerous. It is when we need skilled mountain rescuers!
Read morePlatform for Central and Eastern Europe Women Artists
The Secondary Archive is an online research and database platform that presents non-Western — primarily Central and Eastern European — art through the lens of gender, covering the period after WWII through the present. The archive, an international project focusing on Central and Eastern Europe, is realised by the Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation, together with its partners Easttopics (Hungary) Björnsonova (Slovakia), and MeetFactory (Czech Republic). The platform gives free access to more than 250 female artists’ profiles, containing newly published artist and curatorial texts developed especially for the purpose of the archive. Representing three generations of artists from Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, the platform aims to help promote, discover, and rediscover female artists and the most valuable phenomena of contemporary art of our region.
Read moreNo-one Should Sleep on the Street—Complex Sensitizing Campaigns on Homelessness in V4 Countries
The most recent data on homelessness is the following: 68.500 in the Czech Republic, 30.000 in Hungary, 33.408 in Poland are estimated to be sleeping rough on a single night with no official data from Slovakia. Moreover, recent comparative research has shown that post-socialist countries are leading in intolerance and prejudice among European countries. As the partners of the project claim, this has mainly been strengthened by populist and xenophobic discourse.
Read morePromoting Social Acceptance of Mentally Disabled People through Art
According to a study conducted by the World Health Organisation, an estimated 25 percent of the worldwide population is affected by a mental or neurological disorder at some point in their lives. Although the mental disorder is one of the leading causes of ill-health and disability worldwide, stigma and discrimination often make difficulties worse and prevent people from finding a purpose in life. Thus, it is common that people with disabilities are unable to support themselves throughout their lives and become dependent on social support schemes. The main organiser of the project, the Baltazar Theatre Company, is one of the very few artistic companies in the V4 region that employs and focuses on people with mental disabilities. In other words, all of the actors employed are salaried, thus, they can financially support their parents, relatives, or themselves.
Read morePrague Media Point: Focus on Investigative Journalism in V4 and Western Balkans
Prague Media Point is an international interdisciplinary conference for journalists, media professionals, scholars, policymakers, and activists, organized annually since 2012. Part of the conference’s 2020 edition focused on the safety and practice of investigative journalism in V4 and the Western Balkans countries.
Read moreScience Teens Platform
The Science Teens Platform set up a series of workshops and lectures organized with the goal to raise awareness of the importance of science among Ukrainian teenagers and children and to put them into an international scientific context through cooperation with tutors from the V4 countries. More than 64% of scientists of Ukrainian research institutions think, that conditions for scientists and popularity of this profession are decreasing. For this reason, the project aims to show the positive experience of countries V4, popularize science and as a result rise the awareness of importance developing science and technological entrepreneurship in Ukraine.
Read moreVisegRUN: Let’s Run for V4 Health & Integration
Did you know that More then 50% of population of V4 countries is overweight; about 25% is obese? At the same time, there is a huge percentage of highly processed food on a diet of the V4 nations. Considering V4 problems with obesity and inappropriate nutrition there is a need for initiatives to raise the lifestyle awareness in the V4 countries. The project goal is to advance V4 citizens’ physical activity & pro-healthy behaviour through developing joint V4 sports & health promotion initiative while contributing to regional and cross-border integration & cooperation.
Read moreWilderness on the Border
Do you know that Protected Bird Area Sysľovské polia located on the border of Slovakia, Hungary and Austria inhabits unique bird species that live only in this area? Unfortunately, the birds are now facing tremendous threats coming from very dangerous specie – humans. People living close by to Sysľovské polia enjoy its nature for recreation purposes. Legal restrictions and limitations due to conservation of nature are however often not followed because the people are not aware enough about the importance of this area. Especially in case of rare species, such as the Red-footed falcon, such disturbances can affect its whole population. Also, the critically endangered Great bustard is under high risk of this threat, especially in winter.
Read moreVisegrad Cooperation for Working with Seniors
Polish organization European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation TRITIA, Ltd. implemented project with the focus on seniors together with project partners Home of social services and facilities for seniors Zákamenné (SK), Center of Social services Horelica (SK), District Residential Home "Pogodna Jesień" ("Sunny Autumn") (PL), Social Services Center in Český Těšín (PL), 9forces Foundation (PL), Public Servis Company St. Joseph, p.s.c. Ropice (CZ), Nursing house for seniors under a patronage of Sainth Elizabeth, Konvent sisters of St. Elizabeth (CZ), Cambio Foundation (PL), District Residential Home "Betania" (PL), Retirement home Vrbno (CZ).
Read moreGrassroots Advocacy Academy – Support Roma Activists
Stichting ERGO Network Organization from Belgium has organized Grassroot Advocacy Academy in Slovakia, Czech republic and Poland with the cooperation of their project partners Slovo 21 from Prague, Roma Advocacy and Research Centre from Skalica and Autonomia Foundation from Budapest.
Read moreTake a journey through Chernivtsi and Chişinău and discover cities‘ nearly forgotten sites of Jewish life
Hungarian organization Centropa together with The "Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre" Centre, NGO EDAH, Kurt and Ursula Schubert Centre of Jewish Studies, EcoVisio and the Center for Studies of Memory Policy an Public History Mnemonics launched ‘TransHistory: Promoting Civil Society and Jewish History in the Visegrad Countries, Moldova, Ukraine’ project.
Read moreDesign Without Borders – Meeting of European and Eastern European Designers
An exhibition series of designers, furniture, textile and jewellery designers and visual artists from Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland; and an event series of contemporary dance and contemporary music.
Read moreModern Roma Identity in the Visegrad Region
Through creative workshops, fashion designers and community workers engage with Roma women and disadvantaged youth sharing the forgotten clothing traditions of Roma in Visegrad region.
Read moreEUnderground: Cultural Dissent Movements in the Visegrad Countries
The EUnderground project reveals hidden cultural heritage of underground cultural movements in Eastern and Central Europe between 1948-89.
Read moreStrengthening Capacities of Dairy Farmers from Northern Moldova
An internship program at dairy farms in Visergad countries helps small and medium dairy farmers from Northern Moldova learn sustainable techniques for increasing production; improving products' quality; and raising farming profitability.
Read moreVzlyot Edition 2017/2018 – Visegrad School for Young Leaders
Vzlyot is a dyad of a winter and a summer camp for Moldovan young leaders to foster engagement with local communities, and to build long-lasting networks of cooperation and support.
Read moreAudio Description Over the Borders
Audio description experts from Visegrad and Eastern Partnership countries exchange best practices of adjusting museum and arts collections for blind and partially sighted persons.
Read moreCreative Youth Education for Responsible Mobility
A series of innovative and creative educational workshops help raise awareness of young people from Ukraine about safe travel and stay in V4 countries and the EU.
Read moreBuilding Bridges in V4 Young Glass Community
Leading glass and ceramics schools in V4 organize 3-days conference and a student competition to increase the involvement of young people in regional glass science and industry.
Read moreScratch Match: Regional Competition for Girls
V4 youth and IT organizations design programming competition to make technology more attractive for young girls in Visegrad region.
Read moreCarpathian Tourism
A series of workshops helps rural tourism actors to exchange best practices and to adopt new tools for development of their services.
Read morePreventing and Reducing Food Waste
Food Banks from Visegrad countries exchange their experiences with supermarket chains in order to improve preventing and reducing food waste.
Read moreAvalanche Prevention in the Ukrainian Carpathians
Czech, Polish and Slovak rescue volunteers and professionals share theoretical knowledge and practical skills for avalanche prevention with their Ukrainian counterparts.
Read moreV4 STEM Camp for Girls
A 5-day summer camp promotes science, engineering, technology, IT and mathematics (STEM) as an attractive career option for girls in V4 region.
Read moreVisegrad Summer School
Unique cultural and educational program bring together students, graduates, young researchers and journalists from the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary as well as other Central and East European countries.
Read moreVisegrad Hostels: Discover the undiscovered
Four V4 hostels join forces to show the hidden gems of Central Europe – and discover its undiscovered local character.
Read moreOpen Skies, Open Societies: How Civil Society Can Use New Technology for Social Change
The project introduces drones to civil society organizations, independent media outlets, journalists and bloggers in Central Europe.
Read moreChromosome Carnival
A special event organized on the occasion of the World Down Syndrome Day draws attention to the current situation of people living with mental disability in Hungary and the Visegrad region.
Read moreSkills Academy
By building an online platform, Skills Academy improves access to training opportunities for students in Ukraine.
Read moreCEAD – Central European Art Database
Project partners from among V4 galleries, museums and NGOs systematically map cultural life in post-war Central Europe creating an extensive interactive deposit of the historical era under the communist regime and shortly after its collapse.
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