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EHEES, Elephant Haven, European elephant sanctuary, is a sanctuary/retirement home for elephants from European zoos and circuses, which answers a legal need and requests from private owners. EHEES is a care center which offers the elephants a place for life and where their natural needs are respected and their diet is appropriate. It enables them to be re-socialized and rehabilitated in a protected environment. This is the true story of Gandhi and Delhi, Asian elephants, our two first retired residents in EHEES, the only elephant sanctuary in Europe. Indeed, in recent years, it has become both appropriate and necessary to create elephant placement centers in Europe. Private elephant owners, animal parks, zoos and other organizations may need a place for their elephant(s) to live. Almost all European countries ban wild animals from circuses, including France, where EHEES is situated. Bringing them back to their country of origin is not always possible. There was no place for housing the elephants in Europe. Retired elephants from zoos and circuses, like Gandhi and Delhi, our 2 first residents, have now a place for life. They, and the future other residents of Elephant Haven, need a lot of attention. Elephant Haven is expanding to be able to offer more elephants a place for life. Informative programmes about elephants and their behavior, in captivity and in the wild, will be organized to have a better understanding of elephants, as well as local fauna and flora. All this encourages a re-connection with nature and with all her creatures, to raise awareness and respect for the environment.

1. The purpose of the association is professional and social collaboration for the preservation and development of Hungarian botanical gardens, arboretums and other collections of living plants. To this end: a) institutional and professional interest representation; b) organization of coordinated professional activity (establishment and maintenance of international professional relations, collection work and domestic collection registration, etc.); c) organizing regular information on professional activities and other forums and conferences; d) preparation of expert opinions and proposals for the preservation and reconstruction of domestic natural and cultural values. 2. In addition, the association deals with the training and education of its members, the organization of scientific trainings, nature conservation and environmental protection. 3. Public benefit activities of the association: As a public benefit activity, the association primarily performs nature conservation and environmental protection tasks, in connection with the nature protection Act LIII of 1996. to those designated as state tasks in Section 53 (1) of the Act. ("Defining state tasks and policies related to the protection of nature and the preservation of biological diversity, ensuring the assessment, evaluation, protection and restoration of natural and landscape values, natural habitats, wild plant and animal species, and other natural values, related activities in order to coordinate it, a National Nature Conservation Basic Plan, which is part of the National Environmental Protection Program..., must be prepared. 56 of the same law details the duties of the minister in relation to nature conservation, including in point h) it refers to cooperation with interest representative organizations in the protection of nature. CLXXXIX of 2011 on the local governments of Hungary is also designated as a public task. Act 13 (1) para. 11. and 23 (4) para. Point 12 is the protection of the environment and nature, in which the association undertook to contribute, as indicated in the goals and tasks. 4. Other than the members may also benefit from the association's public services.

Rise Against Hunger is an ever-growing global movement with the goal of ending world hunger and poverty by empowering communities and responding quickly to emergencies.

Since 2015, Konnekt Association has been supporting young people - high school and university students - in their conscious journey of self-discovery. Our goal is to help the growing generation develop sufficient self-awareness and adapt to the dynamic changes of the labor market, so they can find their place and live a fulfilled and content life as adults. In addition to helping young people with career orientation, we also support adults in career changes, where self-awareness development, change management, and future planning are key elements. Our projects emphasize the inclusion of disadvantaged youth in our programs and voluntary work. The work of our association and all our programs are based on learning from each other, intergenerational inspiration, and personal connections. We believe in the importance of community and offline experiences, while also integrating the development of 21st-century competencies into our practices. Our mission is to reduce the number of young people who abandon their careers or are dissatisfied with them, contributing to a society built by ambitious adults who are stable in their values and self-awareness. To date, we have helped more than 6,500 young people find their path, both within and beyond Hungary's borders. We are proud to have worked with over 1,200 volunteers since our foundation.

The Women in Leadership League (WILL) Foundation, founded in March 2024 by passionate Hungarian business leaders, empowers women across Hungary and Central Eastern Europe to advance in leadership roles. We strive to close the gender gap in senior positions, fostering a future where female leaders are the norm, not the exception. The WILL Foundation will launch a unique Women's Leadership Program in Central and Eastern Europe, designed to empower mid-level female managers to step into executive roles. Through educational workshops, mentorship, networking opportunities, and a growing community of alumni, the WILL program will directly address the existing gender gap in corporate leadership, in line with EU and UN recommendations.

Skool's mission is to educate, motivate and inspire girls and underprivileged children in technology.

Impact Hub Budapest, a coworking space intended to support dreamers and entrepreneurs in their efforts to find solutions for critical global issues since 2016. But the founders also wanted to build a philanthropic arm of the business in order to ensure that the needs of their community and Hungary at large. Since 2017, our NGO, the Foundation for Sustainable Enterprises (Fenntarthato Vallalkozasokert Alapitvany or FVA), has been actively providing opportunities for the underserved and underprivileged people of Hungary, including projects targeting youth (i.e. SIA award for social innovators ages 14 to 30) and women (i.e. AWE, Capsule, She's Next, Momentum Project Programs). Support for our programming has been three-fold: grant money has significantly bolstered our progress; the Hub's substantial resource pool has proven indispensable; and also of great value is the Hub's entrepreneurial ecosystem. It offers strong partnerships with stakeholders from various sectors, including large corporations, other NGOs, universities, start-ups, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), consultants, and embassies, all with the ultimate effort to aid those in need. Our primary NGO work is centered around the importance of social enterprise, to help people start businesses that are financially sustainable and have a positive social or environmental impact, and also to raise awareness and educate the community on social and sustainable innovations. We promote, implement, and encourage sustainability measures, environmental protection, and social innovation. Our work is strengthened by the efforts we make to nurture cross-border relations. Encouraging intercultural communication and cooperation between nations-as well asmore locally between minority groups in Hungary-is key for our growth and success. Our ultimate goal at FVA is to enact positive social change within Hungary, to allow our young minds and the women of our nation the opportunity to flourish despite the financial and social struggles they face daily. To that end, our objectives are to continue to grow the Impact Hub network and create resources for our programs, to raise funds for their benefit, and to develop programming with their education and growth a priority. The FVA has a wide range of entrepreneurial experience. In addition to our team founding the Impact Hub, for the past seven years we have developed programs to educate the youth and women of Hungary on how to start and run their own businesses, with a strong emphasis on mentorship programs so that our participants have access to a sizable repository of business knowledge. As mentioned, the IH Budapest provides the FVA (and by extension the women of our proposed program) with a massive cooperative global network of 112 Hubs in 47 countries, on 5 continents, with more than 19,000 members. Links between Hubs in Europe are especially strong; the IH Budapest has joined forces with Hubs in the Czech Republic, Romania, and Austria to partner on various projects. The IH community is extremely supportive, sharing best practices and practical knowledge around co-working, enterprise development, and mentor pool management. Our participants are added to this global community (accessible through the community app), allowing them access to every imaginable resource to begin the work of building their businesses. The Social Impact Award (SIA) network is also part of our global repertoire. This community consists of companies and NGOs running SIA programming in their respective countries. Programming works similarly to the FVA's, with a combination of training and mentoring. The SIA network is a thriving cooperative community for early, idea-stage entrepreneurs as well as for finalists of national programs. Alumni also stay connected, sharing and offering assistance as they grow beyond the SIA program. Our foundation also has a number of local connections, most notably the start-ups, well-established entrepreneurs, and NGOs working at the IH Budapest, where we also work. It is not uncommon for members of these entities to meet in the kitchen for tea or lunch. Halfway through a steaming cup of Earl Grey new ideas are born and niggling problems solved. We also hold community events and knowledge sharing workshops on the topics of social innovation, sustainability, and entrepreneurship at the IH Budapest for more structured networking opportunities. Additionally, FVA has been part of a local social entrepreneurship ecosystem for the past two years. And we have spearheaded efforts to strengthen cooperation between agents of the Hungarian social enterprise sector (such as Ashoka Hungary, the Badur Foundation, Magnet Bank, SIMPACT, Association of Hungarian Impact Investors, and more). Further, we are actively involved with investors of both Impact Ventures and the Association of Hungarian Impact Investors (THBE), Impact Ventures and the Business Angels Association (HunBAN). Our collaboration with these entities allows social entrepreneurs in our community access to financing. We have also partnered with Magnet Bank; with the national agencies IFKA Public Benefit Non-profit Limited Company renamed recently as MGFU and the National Employment Nonprofit Limited Liability Company (OFA) (both working with social enterprises in rural areas of Hungary); with the municipality of Hajdu-Bihar County on their DelFin project; and with the NGOs Malta Gondoskodas Nonprofit Ltd. and Roma Education Fund, Red Cross all in order to boost our entrepreneurs' business skills. We at FVA provide entrepreneurial resources and education, as well as mentorship, for women across Hungary, primarily those in isolated rural areas from 2020 annually. We are running the 4th Edition in 2024/2025. The target audience for our program (AWE Hungary - Academy of Women Entrepreneurs) is women between the ages of 25 and 55 in both urban and rural areas of Hungary, lacking confidence, support, and resources, struggling to start and/or build their own businesses. Activities are designed primarily around building and pitching a business plan, with one-on-one mentoring to support this process. Our overarching goals include boosting confidence levels of all participants; broadening participant business networks, knowledge, and skills; increasing participant resolve to form social impact businesses, as well as their determination to launch their business 12 months after program completion; and see that participant business ideas have significantly improved.

Every day, lives are changed by a single, selfless act - the gift of organ donation. Among those waiting for transplants are 2 groups of people: those who die waiting and those who receive the gift of life. Our work raises awareness of the urgent need for organ and tissue donors while helping recipients who have overcome the impossible to live life to the fullest. These individuals have faced life's greatest challenges; they are advocates for the cause but need resources, education and community. Transplant recipients have a unique opportunity to advocate for organ donation and raise awareness. Physical activity plays a crucial role in the recovery and long-term health of recipients. When recipients compete in world events, they demonstrate to the world what can be achieved through the gift of organ donation. Additionally, our programs provide recipients with community, tools, and resources to address the many challenges they face, leading to an increased quality of life. The WTGF promotes amateur sport amongst recipients, living donors and donor families; promoting the study of transplantation; educating the public and raising awareness of the world shortage of donor organs; sharing new knowledge from biological/clinical studies; promotion of mental and moral improvement for recipients, living donors and donor families; fostering international friendship and relations.

Since its establishment in 1994, the NANE Association has operated as a politically independent, non-profit, public benefit organization. Guided by a human rights approach, NANE has consistently championed women's rights as human rights. The Association recognizes violence against women as a pervasive, structural, and global phenomenon that transcends social, economic, and national boundaries. It views such violence as a consequence of power imbalances between women and men and an extreme form of gender-based discrimination. Eliminating this violence is fundamental to achieving social equality between women and men. These principles underpin NANE's operations and shape the organization's goals and tasks. NANE's professional activities span individual, community, and societal levels. NANE's primary objective is to improve the conditions of victims of violence against women and to build a world free from such violence. Although the state is responsible for providing effective and professional care and prevention for those affected, it often falls short. NANE steps in to offer emotional, mental, and informational support directly to victims. The Association employs a professionally grounded, feminist, trauma-focused approach that prioritizes the rights and needs of victims. Additionally, NANE enhances the victim assistance, protection, and prevention efforts of Hungarian social and educational systems, legislation, and law enforcement. By aggregating the experiences of those affected and advocating for their interests, NANE fosters gender equality and works to prevent violence against women through education and knowledge dissemination.

KNE Sustainability Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting global sustainable thinking and action. Our goal is to accelerate the dissemination of sustainability knowledge through modern media and e-learning. We are funded through partnerships, grants, and collaborations with organizations committed to sustainability and regeneration. Our key initiatives include the Global Goals Compass, a tool that provides guidance on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and ReGen.rocks, an interactive social learning platform designed to educate young people on sustainability, connect them in a social network and match them with regenerative projects. Additionally, we connect researchers in the field of sustainable development, create innovative e-learning programs, and support companies and organizations in effectively implementing sustainability and regeneration strategies. Our major project is www.ReGen4futures.org

FOUNDATION "EUROPEAN FUND FOR DEVELOPMENT OF POLISH VILLAGES - COUNTERPART FUND" is a non-profit organization that actively supports the socio-economic development of local communities in rural areas and helps transform the image of the Polish countryside. EFRWP focuses on supporting investments in technical infrastructure, the development of local enterprises, and the implementation of a wide range of educational and social initiatives and projects targeted at residents of rural areas in Poland and abroad. (www.efrwp.pl)

The number of visitors to Hungarian forests - and especially to the areas managed by the Pilisi Parkerdo - has increased significantly in recent years, especially during and after the pandemic. In addition to a healthy and safe environment, the role of forests has also become more valuable in protecting against the increasingly powerful effects of climate change. The Pilis Park Forest, seeing and sensing the undoubtedly growing social interest and demand for forests, founded the Forests for Commonweal Foundation in the winter of 2020, which supports initiatives that, in addition to protecting the natural and human environment and developing environmental culture, serve the enrichment of our natural resources, biodiversity, and climate protection. The good condition of forests is a public interest - that is, a public good - but the preservation and use of areas in their natural state is the result of the cooperation of many disciplines, professionals, and decision-makers, which is why partnership is a defining element of the Foundation's operation. Pilisi Parkerdo manages the forests of the wider surroundings of the capital. The institution operates in an area where there are millennia-old traditions of coexistence and harmony between people and nature. Today's sustainable forest management also serves to preserve natural values, while providing opportunities for healthy recreation: there are 30 million visitors in the parks / forests annually. Pilisi Parkerdo was celebrating its 50th anniversary - while the forest itself is existing for several hundreds of years, manages the country's largest ecotourism infrastructure, which offers recreational opportunities for hikers, cyclists and horse riders alike. The founders of Pilisi Parkerdo had a unique goal: to develop and implement a forest management model that prioritizes the tourist and cultural role of forests and places great emphasis on the protection of the landscape and nature.