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.

Open Society – Healthy Environment

The goals and criteria of the general small grant program of Ökotárs has been changed. For the first time in 2007, a new call for proposals was published. Thanks to the support of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, in the framework of this new grant program called Open Society – Healthy Environment we can support environmental advocacy and watchdog activities, publicity and community participation in decision making. more…

Green Belt

Together with MOL we announced our regional environmental program in September for the second time. The proposals were evaluated in the beginning of 2007, the results were announced in the framework of a media event in Feburary. more…

Living Tisza

The Living Tisza – Tisza Biodiversity Program supported by the United Nations Development Program Global Environmental Facility (UNDP/GEF) aims at developing and promoting alternative floodplain management systems that provide for flood prevention, nature conservation and rural economic development at the same time. more…

Green Source 2007

In 2007, the Hungarian Ministry for Environment and Waters supported environmental non-profit organizations with 104 million HUF (€ 422,936) in the framework of the Green Source Program. Early in the year, Ökotárs Alapítvány (HEPF) was contracted to manage the grant process as an independent expert, carrying out tasks ranging from formal evaluation to program monitoring. more…