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Nóra L. Ritók, Hungarian Ashoka Fellow (Real Pearl Foundation) reports on the story of the Louis Vuitton Award

When we hear the word volunteering, we mean the self-sacrificing activities of private individuals in the public interest. But what about corporate responsibility? Ashoka Hungary's two new publications provide an extremely practical answer to this! In its latest campaign, Ashoka Hungary once again...

Márton Domokos works at the law firm of CMS Budapest , where he puts great emphasis on ESG internationally. Márton participates in the work of the Impact Academy with data protection legal advice, below we asked about the work of the pro bono and its results. The Impact Academy , a program...

Ashoka 's Pro bono case study and handbook provides a number of inspiring examples of existing solutions for business and non-profit collaborations and the mutual benefits they can bring. It is quite visible that the links between non-profit organizations and businesses are becoming stronger, more...

Zsolt Pethe, country representative of Ashoka Hungary and Gábor Lévai, head of corporate relations at our organization, negotiated with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on their cooperation in a project called Green Lab. The Green Lab Program is an open, youth-focused program designed...

Impact Academy , a program implemented in partnership with Ashoka Hungary, helps to measure the impact of social organizations. Previous years' Impact Academy program were attended by several corporate partners on a pro bono basis. Dániel Szokolics, a data analyst at Hiflylabs , helped the teams as...

One of the goals of the ASHOKA Hungary Ecosystem program is to give space to Hungarian actors to get to know each other, think together and establish long-term collaborations within the Hungarian agro-ecosystem. We want to mobilize domestic organizations and promote their projects in partnership...

At last week's online event of the ASHOKA Hungary Ecosystem Program, more than 30 people were looking for the answer to what we can do for a sustainable food supply, what kind of cooperation can we use to help ecosystem innovation? Our three speakers spoke about the projects they have implemented or...

The aim of the ASHOKA Hungary project is to bring in good practices from abroad and to give space to Hungarian actors to get to know each other, to think together and to establish long-term cooperation within the Hungarian agro-ecosystem. We want to achieve all this with an online event, the launch...

Her second son, Aaron, was born with epilepsy and has to deal with a number of integration difficulties. A mother who has built a social enterprise and works with experts for the systemic development of educational integration. Interview with Nestingplay owner, Ashoka World Fellowship in Hungary....

The Miskolc Symbiosis Foundation is a pioneer in Hungary. They are a good example of how to build a successful business by taking on a serious social problem. They employ two hundred and forty disabled people in their plants and factories, many of whom also provide housing. The purpose of their...

.... don't worry, you can make up now! We’ve put together for you the the first half of 2021 conversations in a bunch so that you can watch them in full length by clicking on the videos below. Changemakers in Action #1 Discussion with Matthias Scheffelmeier , co-founder and leader of...

Ashoka Hungary facilitated a workshop at AIESEC Youth Speak Forum, titled How to make the world a better place for everyone - crash course on changemaking. With approx. 100 participants of the event we clarified what Ashoka is doing, what a cause is and who a changemaker is. 

Alone against the waves? How do you put a country and influential supporters on your mission? // The history of the Dutch Sea Rangers Wietse van der Werf, founder of the Sea Rangers, Ashoka Fellow, has graduated from neither business nor conservation schools. He protested as an activist against...

Here's the next event at Changemakers in Action! Our guest is Sándor Léderer, co-founder and CEO of K-Monitor , with whom we talk about how he can fight corruption with a non-profit technology, knowledge and participation. Or how to build a successful anti-corruption foundation from a university...

Hogyan válhat valaki sikeres társadalmi vállalkozóvá? Mit tehetünk egy fenntartható és élhetőbb világért? Lehet-e a jó ügyek mögé fenntartható üzleti modellt építeni? És mindezt hogyan?
Online eseményünk ezekre a kérdésekre keressük a választ.

We kicked off 2021 on an online team lunch, the Team is now working on new and renewed Ashoka projects, like Impact Academy, Ecosystem Program, Youth IMPACT Program, Fellow Selection, Corporate Partnerships Program, Impact Measurement Resource Center. Let us introduce who we are:

On our online Ashoka Fellow gathering we got to know a bit more about Sándor Lederer, our newly elected Hungarian Ashoka Fellow. We were very happy to see each other as well and catch up a bit. Sándor - very warm WELCOME in the Ashoka Fellow Community! :)

Discover the Impact Finance Lab participants, their goals and motivation in the program together with their challenges and how they addressed them. Case study available here: Impact Finance Lab Case Study (in Hungarian)

We are very happy and delighted to announce that Sándor Lederer has been elected as a new Hungarian Ashoka fellow! Through his work in K-monitor, Sandor aims to create a renewed sense of ownership and trust between the citizens and the public institutions of Hungary. By equipping the citizens with...