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annual report 2011 & guide 2012 annual report 2011 guide to programs in 2012 Rachel Mikos | Visegrad Visibility Project contents © 2012, International Visegrad Fund about 7 grant programs 22 Small Grants Standard Grants Visegrad Strategic Program Visegrad University Studies Grant Visegrad+ mobility programs 23 Visegrad Scholarship Program Visegrad Scholarships at OSA Visegrad Artist Residency Program (VARP)—General Residencies Visegrad Artist Residencies in New York Visegrad Artist Residencies—Performing Arts visegrad 4 eastern partnership program (v4eap) 26 Flagship Projects Standard Grants—EaP Visegrad University Studies Grants—EaP Visegrad Scholarships for EaP in the pipeline 27 Visegrad Literary Residency Program Extension of Visegrad Scholarships Design Eva Péč Brezinová projects approved in 2011 29 Print Typoset, s.r.o. Texts set in Idealista by Tomáš Brousil and Fedra by Peter Biľak. Photographs: Julia Baier (p. 15), Markéta Bendová (p. 11), Kata Koti (p. 21), Rachel Mikos (inside cover), Csaba Szentesi (p. 24), Katalin Szomogyvári (p. 8, 27), Zsuzsa Varró (p. 28); Visegrad Visibility Project by the European Cultural Foundation, Budapest (Standard Grants No. 21010302 and 21110462) Special thanks to Éva Karádi and Gabriella Csoszó. foreword Dear friends, Let me open my overview of the International Visegrad Fund’s activities with a brief reminiscence. In 2004, the prime ministers of the Visegrad countries met in Kroměříž to consider the destiny of Visegrad cooperation. Visegrad countries had by then met the goals that had brought them together thirteen years earlier within the Visegrad Group. This famous return to Europe was completed through successful accession negotiations with the European Union, and raised the question of further cooperation in the group. The 2004 summit resolved this question in a positive way. It was decided that Visegrad cooperation would not just continue; its agenda was enriched by a new issue. “The Visegrad Group countries are ready to use their unique regional and historical experience to contribute to shaping and implementing the European Union’s policies towards the countries of Eastern and Southeastern Europe.” The International Visegrad Fund has become an important tool in supporting this plan. Step by step, new mobility and grant programs focusing on Eastern and Southeastern Europe have been established. In 2011, the Visegrad 4 Eastern Partnership program was approved at a prime ministers’ summit in Bratislava. V4EaP is now the biggest program that the Fund has ever run outside the Visegrad region. At times we may hear the reproach that the Fund should focus its activities within the Visegrad region rather than outside it. No doubt the main mission of the Fund remains the strengthening of the internal cohesion of the region but, on the other hand, there are good reasons why the Fund should pay more attention to non- Visegrad countries. One of these reasons lies at the historical and ethical levels. When the V4 countries stood at the threshold of the transformation process, they could rely on help from Western countries willing to share their know-how, just as they provided material help. I think it is time for us to try to pay this historical debt forward and help our neighbors. At the same time, this is our visible contribution to the EU’s endeavor to broaden the belt of stability and 2000 2006 2010 2011 2012 prosperity in Europe. This is also a significant contribution to ourselves—to the V4 region—because it is unwise to enjoy one’s own welfare without addressing the problems that one’s neighbors may be facing. The new program also represents an interesting opportunity for V4 NGOs to develop and intensify their activities in the countries involved in the Eastern Partnership. Not only can they strengthen their capacities, but also look for and engage with new local partners. The broader and more intensive this cooperation is, the better. New opportunities lay ahead. Let’s use them well. April 2012 Executive Director www.visegradfund.org/media/logo 4 5 » contents staff about International Visegrad Fund | Mezinárodní visegrádský fond | Nemzetközi Visegrádi Alap | Międzynarodowy Fundusz Wyszehradzki | Medzinárodný vyšehradský fond director/deputy director The International Visegrad Fund is an international organization established by the governments of the Visegrad Group (V4) countries—the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia—in 2000. Seated in Bratislava, the Petr Vágner Executive Director Fund has the status of an international organization accredited by the Slovak foreign ministry. The Fund’s main Zbigniew Machej Deputy Executive Director mission is fostering closer contacts and deeper cooperation among people in the region and the development of civil society primarily in Central and Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans and the South Caucasus. The Fund financially supports common grant projects and awards individual mobility projects (scholarships and artist secretariat residencies). By the end of 2011 the Fund granted nearly 3,400 projects and over 1,300 individual scholarships and residencies in the total amount of nearly €39 million. Kristína Ácsová Project Coordinator: Standard Grants Viktória Bódisová Assistant Main recipients of the funding are NGOs and non-profit organizations, municipalities and local governments, Lenka Bučková Project Coordinator schools and universities, research institutions but also individual citizens and private companies. Adriana Dvorská Project Coordinator: Small/Strategic Grants Ľuboš Ďurič Financial Manager (until 2011) The Fund’s annual budget of €7 million consists of equal contributions from the V4 governments. Miroslava Nosáľová Fekiačová Head Secretary Barbora Hromeková Program Manager: Small/Strategic Grants Katarína Hubová Project Coordinator: Standard Grants Judita Nagyová Program Manager: Standard Grants Dana Pekaríková Program Manager: VARP/VUSG/Scholarships contact details Alexandra Regecová Chief Accountant Jiří Sýkora Public Relations Coordinator, Visegrad+ Coordinator International Visegrad Fund T: +421 259 203 811, –802 Soňa Trebatická Project Controller (until 2011) Kráľovské údolie 8 F: +421 259 203 805 811 02 Bratislava W: www.visegradfund.org Slovak Republic E: [email protected] internships (2011) Andrea Boboková | Pedro Brito | Blanka Caletková | Katarzyna Dudzic-Grabińska | Jakub Lexa | Lucia Pitoňáková | Alena Vágnerová links Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic www.visegradfind.visegradfund.org trustees www.mzv.cz On-line bulletin board and database for project-partner search Piotr Bajda Trustee for Poland (as of 2012) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hungary Mihaly András Beke Trustee for Hungary www.mfa.gov.hu Andrea Macková Honorary Trustee for Belarus (until 2011) Jan Stachowski Trustee for Poland (until 2011) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland www.library.visegradfund.org Luboš Veselý Honorary Trustee for Ukraine www.msz.gov.pl On-line catalog of the library of the International Visegrad Fund Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovak Republic www.mzv.sk www.visegradrevue.eu 6 7 » contents deadlines calendar I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII Visegrad Scholarship Program January 31 Standard Grants—EaP September 15 Small Grants March 1, June 1, September 1, December 1 Visegrad University Studies Grants November 10 Standard Grants March 15, September 15 Visegrad University Studies Grants—EaP November 10 Visegrad Strategic Program March 30 VARP in New York, VARP—Performing Arts December (TBC) VARP—General Residencies September 10 Katalin Somogyvári | Visegrad Visibility Project used abbreviations Admin. administration Intl. international CE Central Europe/Central European IR international relations Comp. computer Reg. regional Dept. department Soc. social EaP Eastern Partnership Tech. technical Econ. economic/economics Univ. university Fac. faculty V4 (relating to) the Visegrad Group countries or the region Inst. institute VSP Visegrad Scholarship Program used codes of countries and territories AL Albania FR France PL Poland AM Armenia GB Great Britain RO Romania AT Austria GE Georgia RS Serbia AZ Azerbaijan HU Hungary RU Russia BA Bosnia and Herzegovina IT Italy SI Slovenia BE Belgium LU Luxembourg SK Slovakia BG Bulgaria MD Moldova UA Ukraine BY Belarus ME Montenegro US United States CZ Czech Republic MK Macedonia XK Kosovo DE Germany NL Netherlands 8 9 » contents overall trends 2000–2011 Markéta Bendová | Visegrad Visibility Project deadline 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2000– indicator 2011 altogether Small Grants Registered 224 372 336 332 395 443 405 376 434 444 3,761 Approved 53 93 133 129 127 155 151 138 133 127 1,239 Allocated sum (€) 200,894 332,224 467,048 462,045 453,652 559,967 556,412 549,977 590,362 591,983 4,764,564 Standard Grants Registered 236 369 251 267 309 372 466 539 480 479 541 633 4,942 Approved 26 89 91 110 139 172 216 248 240 244 253 206 2,034 Allocated sum (€) 406,319 1,523,019 1,723,700 1,749,693 1,623,000 1,804,809 1,854,200 2,146,200 2,255,584 2,416,464 2,470,328 2,282,920 22,256,236 Visegrad Strategic Program Registered 8 11 14 13 13 14 32 105 Approved 2 4 3 7 8 8 13 32 Allocated sum (€) 110,000 190,000 149,350 329,610 322,000 235,500 400,000 1,736,460 Grants total 26 89 144 203 272 303 347 406 398 390 394 346 3,318 Grants altogether (€) 406,319 1,523,019 1,924,594 2,081,917 2,090,048 2,376,854 2,497,852 2,855,517 3,141,606 3,288,441 3,296,190 3,274,903 28,757,260 Visegrad Scholarship Program Registered 61 100 241 182 260 302 474 660 651