Our mission

The Hungarian Environmental Partnership Foundation aims at enhancing the development of an environmentally aware, participatory democratic society and institutional system by strengthening and supporting the civil environmental movements.

The foundation promotes the development of the environmental movement trough providing grants, training, fellowships and technical assistance where necessary.

The tree-planting program, a joint initiative of HEPF and the MOL Group first announced in late 2005, was set up with a double aim: to increase green areas by planting native tree species as well as to enhance cooperation and the environmental consciousness of local communities.

As a result of the selection process, 10 successful candidates out of the 65 applicants started work in the fall of 2006 to make a total area of about 90 hectares all around the country greener with the help of hundreds of volunteers.

The region-wide initiative supported by $30,000 altogether was a great success in neighbouring Romania and Slovakia too – in total, 30,000 trees and saplings and more than 6500 flowers were planted in the framework of local community events. (grant database)

The cooperation with MOL continued even after this program: a second call for proposals under the title “Green Belt” was announced in late 2006, now with a broader scope: to support the creation or rehabilitation of urban green spaces through community actions.