The Hungary Helps Program
Tristan Azbej
We are not abandoning innocent people suffering. We protect communities threatened by religious or other persecution, violence, catastrophes or the effects of migration. We are bound by our thousand-year-old Christian heritage, by our moral duty resulting from this heritage and also by the general principles of humanity.
The Hungary Helps Agency
The Hungary Helps Agency was established on 14th April 2019 based on Act CXX of 2018 on the Hungary Helps Program. The Hungary Helps Agency is a governmental agency which works as a non-profit organization under the coordination of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary.
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Hungary Helps Agency uses social design as a tool to tackle gender-based violence
CREATResili is a project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme, which starts on the 1st of January 2024 with a Hungarian-Kosovar-Albanian consortium led by the Hungary Helps Agency. The main goal of the 22-month-long project is to create a program where...
Interview, Part 2. with Péter Kovács, General Manager of Hungary Helps Agency
Last week, we talked about how the law coming into force on January 1, 2024, will bring significant changes to the Agency's operations. What does this change mean for your day-to-day work? Péter Kovács: The new law enables us to transition from grant managers to...
We now possess the tools and the legal status necessary to elevate ourselves to a level that development agencies in other European countries, with decades of experience, have already achieved. On February 15, it will be four years since Péter Kovács has been leading the Hungary Helps Agency (HHA), which implements the Hungary Helps Program (HHP). On the occasion of the anniversary, we interviewed the General Manager about the challenges and successes of the past years, as well as future plans and goals. Interview, Part 1.
Interview with Péter Kovács, the General Manager of the Hungary Helps Agency What has been the biggest achievement of the last 4 years? Péter Kovács: When I took over the leadership of the Agency four years ago, the HHA was still a small organization with a somewhat...
The new Hungary Helps law is in force
On 1 January 2024, the new law on the Hungary Helps Program, voted by Parliament, entered into force. The new law aims to create a uniform and transparent regulatory framework for Hungary's international humanitarian aid and development policy. The objective of the...