Dear friends,

In the year 2005 we marked fifth anniversary of the establishment of the International Visegrad Fund. For five years the Fund has been supporting the best Visegrad projects in the fields of culture, science, education, promotion of tourism as well as cross-border cooperation and youth exchange. We have tried to create a network of people and institutions in our countries that know each other, are in touch with each other, and organise events together.

What are the results? During the years 2000-2005 the Fund supported over 1000 projects and granted 140 scholarships in total amount over 11 million Euros. These projects were enormously diverse, ranging from those that make the newspaper headlines to small local events. We appreciate them all and treat them the same way, as they all help to develop and activate civil society in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.

After five years of operation, the International Visegrad Fund is a stable and solid institution and - equally as important - employs absolutely transparent principles and rules for financing its activities and projects. As a result of raising interest in the Fund's programmes and growing significance of the Fund's activities, the V4 governments' contributions more than tripled since the Fund's establishment - from 1 million Euros in the year 2000 to 3,2 million Euros in 2006.

Regardless of its regional character, the Fund's activities outreach the V4 countries. Since 2003 we have been granting scholarships to postgraduate students coming from neighbouring non-EU states (Belarus, Croatia, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Yugoslavia). In 2005 we have designed also a special scholarships programme focusing solely on Ukraine. There are both political and moral arguments in favour of cooperation with our eastern and south-eastern neighbours: The West has supported us for many years, so now that we are in the European family, we should repay it by helping those who need it on their way to unifying Europe.

I would like to thank to all of our collaborators and especially to our applicants for your great interest and variety of inventive proposals, which we received in 2005. The quality and number of submitted as well as supported projects has been increasing every year since the Fund's establishment and we will do our best to make this trend continue.

Dear friends, we will always welcome your ideas, suggestions and proposals, which would lead to even better cooperation between you and the Fund.

Yours,

Andrzej Jagodziński, IVF's Executive Director

Czech Republic Republic of Hungary Republic of Poland Slovak Republic

01 International Visegrad Fund in 2005 December 31, 2005

In the year 2005 the IVF continued in its mission to promote regional cooperation among the Visegrad countries and to support joint projects in the fields of culture, education, science, youth exchange, support of tourism and cross-border cooperation. The total budget of the Fund in 2005 was 3 million Euros.

The Standard and Small grants programmes remained the main instruments of the Fund's work. The Fund received 704 applications out of which eventually supported 301 projects - 172 Standard and 129 Small ones. The total amount spent on the projects was 2.266.864 Euros: 1.804.809 Euros on Standard and 462.055 on Small grants.

In 2005 the Fund focused on its scholarship programmes, mainly by extending the In-Coming and Intra-Visegrad schemes and by launching a special programme for Ukrainian postgraduate students. The IVF awarded altogether 25 Intra-Visegrad, 15 Out-Going and 12 In-Coming scholarships. The Ukrainian scholarships programme was received very positively and out of 108 applicants the selection committee chose 29 scholars who would spend a year at one of the universities in the Visegrad region. The Fund allocated on its 2005/06 scholarship programmes 538.500 Euros, which more than doubled the amount used the year before.

The Visegrad Strategic Programme was launched in 2005 and two long-term projects were selected under this new scheme. The allocated amount was 110.000 Euros.

The following pages will guide you through the Fund's activities in 2005…

Actual Trends of IVF Selection Process (2000 – 2005) Deadline 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total Standard Grants Number Of Applications 236 469 251 267 309 372 1904 Number Of Grants 26 89 91 110 139 172 627 Amount Allocated in Euro 406.317 1.523.019 1.723.700 1.749.693 1.623.000 1.804.809 8.830.538 Small Grants Number Of Applications N / A N / A 224 372 336 332 1264 Number Of Grants N / A N / A 53 93 133 129 408 Amount Allocated in Euro N / A N / A 200.894 332.224 467.168 462.055 1.462.341 Visegrad Strategic Programme Number Of Applications N / A N / A N / A N / A N / A 8 8 Number Of Grants N / A N / A N / A N / A N / A 2 2 Amount Allocated in Euro N / A N / A N / A N / A N / A 110.000 110.000 Visegrad Scholarships Number Of Applications N / A N / A N / A 61 100 241 402 Number Of Scholarships N / A N / A N / A 27 35 80 142 Amount Allocated in Euro N / A N / A N / A 246.000 260.000 538.500 1.044.500

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02 IVF Programmes IVF Budget 2006

Standard Grants Incomes Contributions of Member Countries 3.200.000 International Visegrad Fund supports projects of cooperation in the fields of Cultural cooperation, Scientific exchanges and research, Education, Exchanges between young people, Cross-border cooperation and Czech Republic 800.000 Promotion of tourism. Republic of Hungary 800.000 The amount of Standard Grant provided for a project is higher than 4 000 EUR. Total budget allocated for Republic of Poland 800.000 the Standard Grants in the year 2006 is 1 690 000 EUR. The financial contribution of the Fund can not Slovak Republic 800.000 exceed 50% of the total project costs including own in kind contribution of applicant, or in kind contributions of other co-financing subjects. The maximum time frame of the proposed budget is 12 months, even if Leftover from 2005 140.000 the project is envisaged to last longer. Total Incomes 3.340.000 Deadlines for applications are March 15 and September 15.

Outlays Small Grants Standard Grants 1.690.000 The field of activities supported within the Small Grant Programme is identical with the Standard Grant Small Grants 448.000 Programme. However, the maximum contribution of IVF allocated to one Small Grant Project is EUR 4.000. Scholarships 589.000 The financial contribution of IVF can not exceed 50% of the total project costs including own in kind contribution of applicant, or in kind contributions of other co-financing subjects. The maximum time frame Out-going 0 of the proposed budget is 6 months, even if the project is envisaged to last longer. Intra Visegrad (4 x 7 x 7000) 196.000 Total budget allocated for the Small Grant Programme in the year 2006 is 448.000 EUR. Deadlines for In-Coming (4 x 4 x 8000) 128.000 applications are March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1. Ukrainian Scholarships Programme (8 x 4 x 8000) 265.000 Visegrad Strategic Programme 200.000 Visegrad Scholarship Programme IVF Annual Report 1.800 International Visegrad Fund supports doctoral and other post-master studies by granting scholarships. Visegrad Cultural Prize 20.000 Intra-Visegrad scholarships are for citizens of Visegrad countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Reserve for V4 Communication Strategy (V4 Website, Staff, Facilities, Feasibility Study) 118.000 Slovak Republic), to carry on with study/research projects during the period of one or two semesters at the public universities in the Visegrad countries. IVF is supporting scholars with the amount of 2.000 EUR Secretariat (8,54 %) 273.200 per semester, and hosting universities with the lump sum of 1.500 EUR per semester. Total Outlays 3.340.000 In-Coming scholarships cover studies of citizens of non-EU countries neighbouring Visegrad region and of Moldova. IVF supports In-Coming scholars with the amount of 2.500 EUR per semester, and hosting universities with the lump sum of 1.500 EUR per semester. Total budget allocated for the Visegrad Scholarship Programme in the year 2006 is 589.000 EUR, enabling to award over 70 scholarships. Deadline for applications to all scholarship programmes is January 31.

Visegrad Strategic Programme

The Visegrad Strategic Programme (VStP) is created to support strategic, long-term, four-country Visegrad projects, which are in accord with the priorities defined by the V4 Conference of Ministers on annual basis for the upcoming year. Deadline for applications is January 31. The maximum time limit for implementation of the Visegrad Strategic Program Grants is 3 years. The financial contribution of IVF can not exceed 50% of the total project costs including own in kind contribution of applicant, or in kind contributions of other co-financing subjects. Total budget allocated for the VStP in the year 2006 is 200.000 EUR. Deadline for applications is January 31.

03 Approved Standard Grants March 2005

Name of the Project Applicant Amount in Euro Our daily bread. The role of bakers and confectionery in our shared cultural and economical development. Kapos Expo Fairoffice Ltd., Kaposvar, HU 10.000 International Film Festival "Central and Eastern European Cinema" 35th Lubuskie Lato Filmowe - Łagów 2005 Film Culture Club, Zielona Gora, PL 29.000 First International Meeting for Extraordinary Talented Children Soroptimist International Club Košice, SK 5.000 Theatre magazine Svet a divadlo as a source of information on theatre and culture in Visegrad countries and mediator of cultural World and Theatre, Praha, CZ 13.500 contacts between V4 countries Energy management (energy efficiency, energy saving) of local governments and their institutions and its regional development V-TRADE EXHIBITIONS LTD., Debrecen, HU 8.000 aspects in the Visegrád member states The Visegrad and Baltic Theatre in the European Union International festival Theatre Plzeň, CZ 26.500 16th International Folk Festival "Bukovina Meetings" Piła Arts Centre, PL 8.000 Bridge-building Day 2005 - The information system of the Euroregions of the Visegrad Countries Local self-government of Neszmely, HU 29.000 “The Historical Encyclopedia of Central Europe. Part I: Visegrad Countries” East – West Association, Warszawa, PL 9.000 Film Summer in Trinec (Filmové léto v Třinci) – 13. Edition Culture Club Public Utility, Třinec, CZ 11.000 „Nesting“ – an exhibition BWA – Wrocław, Galleries of Contemporary Art, PL 6.000 Crescendo Summer Institute of the Arts A Song for the Nations Cultural Foundation, Budaörs, HU 10.000 Multicultural regions of Central Europe Hungarian Diary Publishing House Ltd, Budapest, HU 7.000 CAMPUS AKADEMICKI “INTEGRATION 2005“ Warsaw University Foundation "Universitatis Varsoviensis", PL 7.000 SHALOM – Meetings with Jewish Culture in Sopot II The ART 2000 Foundation, Sopot, PL 7.000 Black Heart Plum Production s.r.o., Veselí nad Moravou, CZ 27.000 II. REGIONAL FORUM OF V4 COUNTRIES (+ accompanying event Festival of Culture of V4 Countries) BRATISLAVA SELF – GOVERNING REGION, SK 24.000 Presentation of the V4 countries touristic products and cultural heritage on China International Travel Mart (CITM) Kunming, China Hungarian National Tourist Office, Budapest, HU 19.000 THE 6th GNIEZNO CONVENTION „The Europe of Dialogue. Being a Christian in a Pluralistic Europe” St. Adalbert’s Forum / St. Adalbert’s Foundation, Gniezno, PL 28.000 The 10th Congress of the Fellowship of Young Enthusiasts of Historical Towns (Fun in the Museum) Museum of Cieszyn Silesia, Cieszyn, PL 4.500 A Scientific Conference and an Exhibition Titled “The Structure and Operation of Systems on Integrated Quality Control Csongrád County Government, HU 12.000 and Food Safety in the Visegrad Countries”

04 Approved Standard Grants March 2005 Name of the Project Applicant Amount in Euro International Cycling race Bratislava – Bradlo, 125 th Anniversary of birthday gen. M. R. Stefanik Association of sports clubs Inter Slovnaft Bratislava, SK 8.000 The role of fairs in the regional cooperation between the Visegrad Nations and Slovenia – today and tomorrow Pécs Programme Organising Public Benefit Company, Pécs, HU 15.000 Human Rights in the Democracy Movement Twenty Years Ago – Human Rights Today HUNGARIAN HELSINKI COMMITTTEE, Budapest, HU 8.000 Presentation of the Folk Culture of the Visegrad Countries at the Tenth International Danube Carnival BM Duna Art Ensemble – General Kht. of the Interior, Budapest, HU 7.000 4th Visegrad Festival 4+ Visegrad Festival Association, Wroclaw, PL 40.000 BUSHO – BUDAPEST SHORT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL HANKY-FILM FOUNDATION, Budapest, HU 5.050 7th International Harp Festival in Gödöllő Jakobi Koncert Ltd., Budapest, HU 5.000 Music Festival in the cooperation of the Visegrad Four Zoltán Kodály Elementary Art School, Törökszentmiklós, HU 6.000 Cultural tourism in the 4 Visegrad Countries Móricz Zsigmond Library and Community House, Mezőtúr, HU 12.000 Third Early Music Summer University in Tokaj YAWU Art Workshop Cultural Association, Budapest, HU 10.000 Babel Visegrad Web Anthology Typotex Electronic Publishing Ltd., Budapest, HU 10.000 MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL GALICIA - 3 RD EDITION HERITAGE FOUNDATION, Warszawa, PL 17.000 VIth International Festival of Theatre and Visual Arts ZDARZENIA – Tczew - Europe Humane Integration Association PO-MOST in Tczew, PL 10.000 FRESH EUROPE KOVÁCS GÁBOR ART FOUNDATION (KOGART), Budapest, HU 8.000 Young Blood, exhibition cycle of young architectural studios from V4+2 Centre for Central European Architecture, Praha, CZ 15.500 Our cultural future in Europe – Young generation in the Historic Memorial Sonare Youth Chamber Music Foundation, Budapest, HU 6.950 VISEGRAD DAYS 2005 Association FORSA, Košice, SK 18.500 II Quartett workshop and festival of TV programmes. Polish Television (TVP S.A.) Regional studio Rzeszów, PL 8.000 Bulidings of the Europe Village in Búč 2005 Local Government Búč, Búč, SK 11.500 The 4th International Theater Meetings – Lalka, Loutka, Babká, Báb Wroclaw Puppet Theatre , PL 6.000 The Three Suns Festival FOLK & COUNTRY, LTD, Praha, CZ 13.000 VISEGRAD 2005 BRIDGES, Bratislava, SK 20.000 "Living Castles", Central European Living Heritage at Diósgyőr Castle Diosgyor Arts and Leisure Centre, Miskolc, HU 9.000 ANIMATED FILMS FOR CHILDREN IN THE V4 COUNTRIES BIBIANA, International House of Art for Children, Bratislava, SK 20.000 Development of the Slovak-Polish cross-border cooperation in context of European Integration Municipality of Poprad , SK 4.500 VISEGRADSKÉ DNY 2005 - PLZEŇ Theatre Agency ECHO, Ltd, Plzeň, CZ 7.000 Jihlava 2005, 9th International Documentary Film Festival JSAF / Jihlava Amateur Film-makers Company, Jihlava, CZ 12.000 Presentation of V4 Countries at DIVADELNÁ NITRA 2005, International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra Association, Nitra, SK 21.500 6th European Cultural Festival of the Nations and National Minorities 2005 (FEMAN 2005) and the conference “Who is Who in Europe?” Slovak-European Cultural Association (FEMAN), Košice, SK 9.000 GLOBAL BEAT 2005, Central European Festival of Alternative Music LouCookie Promotion – Włodzimierz Łukomski, Krotoszyn, PL 5.000 Multimediálny open-air festival Hodokvas 2005 Agency Hodokvas, Ltd., Bratislava, SK 8.000 PULSE Festival 2005 Pishter Limited, London, UK 10.000 e-a-t (experiment and typography) Alba Design Press Ltd., Praha, CZ 5.000 Journal "Listy" (CZ) Burian and Tichák L.T.D. Olomouc, CZ 8.000 International Content Innovation of Philosophy Teaching in V4 Faculty of Philosophy of Comenius University in Bratislava, SK 4.500 Musical Festival Musical Festival Ltd., Budapest, HU 20.000 Trading and market function of historical centers and its significance today The city of Bardejov, SK 4.500 16th Budapest Bach Week Hungarian Bach Society Foundation, Budapest, HU 11.000 International Festival Ars Poetica 2005 Civic association Ars Poetica, Bratislava, SK 10.000 The Golden Fund of Visegrad Municipal Cinemas of Uherské Hradiště, CZ 14.000 Songs of 4 synagogues, Concerts of synagogical music in 4 Visegrad towns. The Culture and Art Centre in Wroclaw, PL 5.500 Musicological colloquium "From West to East and from East to West" MKS Náměšť nad Oslavou, CZ 6.000 GATHERING The Old Theatre in Nitra, SK 15.000 BACK TO THE ORIGINS – VISEGRAD – YESTERDAY AND TODAY Secondary Apprentice School, Ružomberok, SK 5.500 Meeting of Cultures – Tarnów 2005 Tarnow City Hall , PL 7.000 05 Approved Standard Grants March 2005 Name of the Project Applicant Amount in Euro Chemical, Biological, Radioactive and Nuclear (CBRN) Terrorism – The Determination of a Common Procedure of the V4, DECOMKOV Prague Ltd, CZ 13.000 in Accordance with the European Security Research Program Concept VISEGRAD – OUR HORIZONS NEW HORIZONS Association, Warszawa, PL 15.000 Roma – Point of View Alexander Eckerdt Foundation, Košice, SK 13.500 Our Dowry for la Europy. The III edition. 25 Years of Solidarity – from Gdańsk to Kijev MALOPOLSKA CULTURAL CENTRE SOKÓŁ (Hawk) IN NOWY SĄCZ, PL 11.500 Action! Series of work seminars on establishing street papers in V4 countries New Space, civic assosiation, Praha, CZ 7.000 International Rockford’s Exchange Amavet – Association for Youth, Science and Technology, Bratislava, SK 4.500 DRAGON FORUM Cracow Film Foundation, Krakow, PL 5.000 Nature does not recognize borders Green Perspective Foundation, Tulčík, SK 5.000 V4 MUSIC AT FESTIVAL POHODA 2005 Pohoda Agency Ltd, Bratislava, SK 11.000 Kratochvílení 2005 Continuo Theatre, Netolice, CZ 5.500 Festival of New Art WISŁOSTRADA Makata Artistic Association, Warszawa, PL 11.000 Gathering of Christians, Prague 2005 Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren (ECCB), Praha, CZ 7.000 Nu Jazz Dayz VRESK agency, Ltd., Banská Bystrica, SK 9.500 The Days of Traditional Culture Folk Association of the Czech Republic, Praha, CZ 16.000 Representation of the Slovak, Czech and Polish film industry at the IFF and market in Cannes 2005 Slovak Audiovisual Producers’ Association, Bratislava, SK 20.000 SUMMER FILM ACADEMY CinéEuropa Film Association, Lublin, PL 9.000 Middle European theatre and circus meetings Association: “Kejos The-at-er”, Wroclaw, PL 4.500 Two concerts of the Mass in B minor by J.S. Bach in Ostrava and Havířov performed by musicans from Visegrad countries Civic Association Saint Wenceslas Music Festival, Moravská Ostrava, CZ 6.000 at the Saint Wenceslas Music Festival 2005 Protection of Large Carnivores in Central Europe Friends of the Earth Czech Republic – FOE CZ, Brno, CZ 8.000 Together in Europe (Camp of Arts) Practising School of Eszterhazy Karoly College, Eger, HU 8.309 Visegrád 2005: European Children - European Identity in the Information Society Visual World Foundation, Budapest, HU 14.000 How Are We Doing With Bologna? Brno University of Technology, CZ 6.000 Zlin 2005 - 45th International Film Festival for Children and Youth Competition of Feature Films of Visegrad Countries Filmfest, Zlin, CZ 11.000 Czernowitzer Austria Institute for culture resistant goods, Wien, A 15.000 Zlopověstné dítě - Vzpomínky a Zapomínání Twelve Monkeys, Praha, CZ 14.000

06 Approved Standard Grants September 2005 Name of the Project Applicant Amount in Euro The City of Brno Cup – Handball Tournament Házená Brno, CZ 6.000 Jazz Prešov 2005 – International Musical Festival J. P. Art, Artistic Agency, Prešov, SK 5.000 12th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, „ETIUDA&ANIMA ’2005“ Center of the Culture "Rotunda" Association, Kraków, PL 13.000 5th International Conference on Carpathian Euroregion Ecology: CERECO-2006 Miskolc Branch of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, HU 12.000 I. „VISEGRAD SPRING“ FILM & MEDIA FESTIVAL Cracovia Express Hungarian-Polish Cultural Foundation, Budapest, HU 4.500 Sperm Festival 2006 Youth Cultural Diversity Forum, Praha, CZ 5.000 Conference about the Visegrád Cooperation Vag-Danube-Ipel Euroregion Development Non-Profit Company, Tatabanya, HU 9.000 International Conference - “Competitiveness in the EU – Challenge for the V4 Countries” Faculty of Economics and Management at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, SK 7.000 FIRE ENGINEERING Technical University in Zvolen, SK 6.000 Changing Roles of Research in Adjusting Fairs to Current and Future Demand of Daily Life in V4 Countries as EU Member CENTREX International Exhibition Statistics Union, Budapest, HU 7.000 States – International Workshop V. International Sporting Olympiad of Youth from Partner Towns in the Town Dobšiná The Town Dobšiná, SK 4.100 Partnership of small cities of Ukraine and small cities of Visegrad Group countries (Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Institute of Society Transformation (IST), Kyiv, UA 14.000 Republic of Poland, Hungary Republic) „A CHRISTMAS FAIRY-TAIL 2005 – Traditional European Christmas“ Civil Corporation EUROPE OF CHILDREN, Bratislava, SK 10.000 International Film Festival "Central and Eastern European Cinema" 36th Lubuskie Lato Filmowe - Łagów 2006 Film Culture Club, Zielona Gora, PL 34.000 Mobile Studios – a nomadic platform / Sofia, Belgrade, Budapest, Bratislava, Gdansk 2006 Public Art Lab, Berlin, D 7.000 8th Meeting of European Theatres and Culture Association Old Town Theatre, Košice, SK 22.000 Bridge-Building Days 2006 – Meeting of the Euroregions in Terms of the Visegrad Idea Local Government Neszmély, HU 7.000 Conference „Stalk of Straw" Pro Neszmély Public Foundation, HU 14.000 The Bridge that Connects – Sport and Culture in the EU Weightlifting and Free-time Sport Club of Soroksar, HU 5.000 Jazz & Blues Fest Levice Jazz & Blues Club, Levice, SK 5.000 XX Silesian Jazz Meeting Rybnik Culture’s Centre, PL 6.000 Vlna V4 issue, Višegrádske vlnenie (Visegrad Wave Fete) Vlna o. z., Bratislava, SK 7.000 Dam Days Slovak Water-Management Company, Branch by BC Piešťany 7.000 Days of Town of Rožňava 2006 Municipality of Rožňava, SK 4.100 ALMA MATER – BANSKÁ ŠTIAVNICA. EUROPEAN SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MINING AND FORESTRY ACADEMY Slovak Mining Museum, Banská Štiavnica, SK 7.500 V4 MUSIC AT FESTIVAL POHODA 2006 Pohoda Agency Ltd, Bratislava, SK 8.000 „Mitteleuropäisches Theaterkarussell“ (Middle European Theater Carousel) Theater Brett – Company Brettschneider, Wien, A 20.000 ZBLÍŽME SA ŠPORTOM 2006 - International Winter Youth Camp The town of Šaľa – The Cultural Centre of Šaľa, SK 7.000 Visegrad Integra Cup 2005 Dance Club „DANUBE“ Bratislava, SK 10.000 Junior Internet Together Czech Republic, o. s., Praha, CZ 7.000 29th International Contest of Young and Upcoming Jazz Groups JAZZ JUNIORS Mutlimedial Institute Association, Krakow, PL 8.000 The 4th International Presentations of Carolling and Ceremonial Ensembles in the framework of the 37th Review “Żywieckie Gody The Culture Centre of Region, Bielsko-Biała, PL 7.500 (Żywiec Festivities) 2006” Emotions and Collaboration – New Media Crossing the Borders to Create Sport Communities Slovak Korfball Association, Bratislava, SK 4.100 Citizen’s Access Rights in Visegrad Countries – Improving Citizen’s Right to be Informed and Right to Participate in the Region” Center for Environmental Public Advocacy, CEPA, Poniky, SK 10.000 RAMENO Community Development Centre, Nitra, SK 9.000 Long Term Training Course (LTTC) – Knowledge from V4 to Countries With a Young Democracy Forum 2000 Foundation, Praha, CZ 6.000 Šaj vareso das – Možme niečo dať Parochia GreekCatolic Nižná Rybnica, SK 11.000 “CINEMA ON THE BORDER 2006”, KINO NA HRANICI – KINO NA GRANICY Civic Association “Půda”, Český Těšín, CZ 10.000 5. Water Polo Visegrad Cup WPVC - 2006 Slávia UK Bratislava – water polo, SK 11.000 Visegrad Arts Lab A4 – Associations for Contemporary Culture, Bratislava, SK 15.000 International Festival of Theatre Schools Setkání/Encounter 2006 Theatre Faculty of Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts Brno, CZ 5.000 The infobridge Tarnów, Prešov and Eger Radio RDN, Tarnów, PL 11.000 07 Approved Standard Grants September 2005 Name of the Project Applicant Amount in Euro “THE NEIGHBOURS” CENTRAL EUROPEAN THEATRE FESTIVAL CULTURE CENTRE IN LUBLIN, PL 37.000 W4V / V4W - Women for Visegrad / Visegrad for Women Theatr ludem, Ostrava, CZ 14.000 „Dragon-fly“ Youth Art and Community Project with V4, SLO, UA Participants Csuhajda Cultural Association, Debrecen, HU 14.000 Strengthening cooperation of NGO from Central and East European countries in responding to social problems such as hunger Federation of Polish Food Banks, Warszawa, PL 4.5OO and malnutrition. GRAMOFON Classical and Jazz Awards Classical & Jazz Ltd., Budapest, HU 5.000 Symposium on the development of agri-environment schemes in the new EU member states of Central and Eastern Europe, Altagra Business Services Ltd., Gödöllő, HU 7.000 with special emphasis on the V4 countries The International Student Film Festival ”ÁČKO” 2006 Školfilm, Civic Association, Bratislava, SK 4.200 Raising awareness of CSR instruments in Visegrad countries Environmental Law Service, Tábor, CZ 7.000 Sixth Annual International Asylum Law Moot Court and Seminar Public Interest Law Initiative Foundation, Szombathely, HU 11.000 Conference on corporate philanthropy and CSR in V4 countries Czech Donors Forum, Praha, CZ 8.000 Publishing Special CEE Issue of the Civil Review Civil Review Foundation, Budapest, HU 4.500 III. International Monodrama Festival in Eger 2006 Géza Gárdonyi Theatre, Eger, HU 7.000 Reality and Perspectives of transborder cooperation in healthcare – comparative analysis of the experiences of old and new Hospital Vaszary Kolos of Esztergom, HU 5.000 EU members The Shadows of Humor – Czech and Slovak Contemporary Art Exhibition in Poland BWA – Wrocław, Galleries of Contemporary Art, PL 15.000 Dido and Aeneas, a Baroque Opera in the Beginning of the Third Millenium P. Krizkovsky High School Specializing in Arts , Brno, CZ 9.000 VISEGRAD COUNTRIES: CHILDREN and ANIMATION, (screening of the best animated films made in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, CORONA Ltd., Praha, CZ 10.000 Hungary and Poland at The International Festival of Animated Films – AniFest 2006 THEATRE LABORATORY Continuo Theatre, Netolice, CZ 8.000 Sustainable Development Strategies and National Development Plans in Central Europe. Conference on planning and implementation Regional Environmental Center for Central Europe, Country Office Hungary, Szentendre, HU 7.000 I Image – Central-European Self Stories Lumen Foundation, Budapest, HU 5.000 Visegrad – Terra Interculturalis Slovak-Czech Club, Praha, CZ 10.000 Visegrad Baroque Orchestra C.E.M.A. – Central European Music Agency, Brno, CZ 15.000 VI. Visegrad Youth Conference – The 15th Anniversary of the Visegrad Cooperation Central European Student Partnership Organization (CESPO), Budapest, HU 11.000 Protection of the ecological (migration) corridors as a key element for the biodiversity conservation in the Carpathians Association Workshop for all Beings, Bystra, PL 11.000 >Ex Oriente Film – 2006< Institute of Documentary Film (IDF), Praha, CZ 10.000 MY CITY A38 Public Benefit Organisation, Budapest, HU 8.000 V4 FOLK-DANCE YOUTH CAMP HANG-TÉR-KÉP Cultural Association, Kapuvár, HU 5.000 The Hungarian stage of an international chess & Go championship series hosted in Visegrad Barcza Gedeon Chess Club, Budapest, HU 5.000 V4 Junior – Let the song fly Public Foundation for Culture of the 6th District of Budapest, HU 7.000 The Three Suns Festival 2006, (Festival Tří sluncí * Festiwal Trzy słońca * Festival Tri slnká) FOLK & COUNTRY, LTD, Praha, CZ 21.000 „4 FOR 4” PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT TURLEJ FOUNDATION, Warszawa, PL 24.000 Trade Policy Research, Coordination and Public Outreach among Civil Society Organizations in the Visegrad Countries Prague Global Policy Institute - Glopolis, Praha, CZ 11.000 The International Contest „EKO-2005“ for projects in the area of environment protection The Metallurgical Industry Engineers and Technicians Association – the Branch of Ironworks 5.000 and Steelworks in Częstochowa, PL Mountains and City Festival 2006 - V4 touring festival of mountain films and adventure Civil Association Mountains and City, Bratislava, SK 8.000 WILSONIC.V4, [Visegrad Artists at Wilsonic Festival 2006] Holoda & Hvorecky Ltd. Bratislava, SK 10.000 GuitarFest PL HOME agency, Bratislava, SK 6.000 Early Mozart-opera at Budapest Spring Festival Budapest Chamber Opera Foundation, HU 8.000 DIS-V4 2006: The Role of Municipalities and Regions in the Process of Development of e-Government services and e-Tourism Association of Czech At, Praha, CZ 14.000 for Citizens in V4 Countries Visegrad Christmass Friends of Orava Culture, Dolný Kubín, SK 4.500 Moving Frontiers - Common Hungarian Atlantic Council, Budapest, HU 8.000 08 Breakdown of IVF Small and Standard Grants by Categories December 31, 2005

Category Cultural Cooperation Cross-Border Cooperation Scientific Exchange Education Exchanges between Promotion of Tourism Total and Research Young People 2000 11 6 3 3 3 26 2001 36 22 16 8 7 89 2002 47 22 32 22 21 144 2003 107 11 28 24 33 203 2004 163 19 42 24 24 272 2005 162 19 47 31 39 3 301 Total 526 99 168 112 1273 1035 In % 50.82 % 9.57 % 16.23 % 10.82 % 12.27 % 0.29 %

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Cultural Cooperation Scientific Exchange and Research Exchange between Young People Cross-Border Cooperation Education Promotion of Tourism

09 Approved Small Grants 2005 Name Of The Project Applicant Amount in Euro Harmony of Housing in Central Europe Krea Inc., Banská Bystrica 4.000 The 3rd International Workshops of Folk Craft and Folklore 3. mezinárodní dílna lidových řemesel a lidové kultury City of Frýdek-Místek 3.500 4th International Conference on Physics Teaching in Engineering Education - PTEE 2005, Brno Brno University of Technology (BUT) 3.550 XIIIth International Indoor Football Tournament of Deaf Children Under 16 Civil Association Sports Club of Deaf Children, Prešov 3.000 "Zlínské besedování 05" - International Festival of Music and Dance VONICA, The Slovak Ensemble of Songs and Dances, Zlín 3.500 “Dagi in the sand– Rožnov 2005” Art centrum DAGI civil association, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm 3.000 "PRVY MAJ" – International electronic music festival 2005 Matúš Gajdoš - Blackout, Bratislava 3.850 “WE CHALLENGE YOU TO SHAPE OUR WORLD” Academic Centre of European Information and Education, Warszawa 4.000 "Art and Civil Society in Visegrad Countries" Private Grammar School “Pod Vyšehradem”, Praha 3.735 "Art workshops in Spisz" Children’s Friends Society, Złotów 4.000 "Fifth Annual International Asylum Law Moot Court and Seminar" Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest 4.000 "WORK WITHOUT BORDERS" Vocational Training Center, Nowy Sącz 4.000 "VIII WORLD CONGRES OF RUSYNS" Lemko Society, Legnica 4.000 "ART CONNECTS" Town Lipany 2.550 "The days of Traditional Culture - 10th Nógrád International Folklore Festival" Nógrád County Institution of Culture and Tourism, Salgótarján 4.000 "VISEGRAD HOCKEY TOURNAMENT – BRATISLAVA 2005" ŠHT Bratislava, Bratislava 4.000 Visegrad regions towards European Research Area - The 1st international meeting of Visegrad research and innovation organizations Research Institute of Textile Machines Liberec, Plc. 4.000 "VISEGRAD – FOUR RENAISSANCE" Heves County Museumęs Services, Eger 4.000 An international conference: “Does the Documentary Film Save Memory? (in Central and Eastern Europe)” International Association “Future of Media”, Warszawa 4.000 "Sociology in the Visegrad Countries" Thematic issue of Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Praha 2.430 „Family Reunion“ STUD Brno 3.951 “Old and new encounters between Europe and Latin America” The 2nd Pécs Meeting of Ibero-American Researchers (2nd PEIR). “Europe Center” Regional European Information and Education Centre PBC, Pécs 3.624 Festival "GOLD GARDEN" in commemoration of the meeting in Visegrád in 1335 Horse archers of Rye Island, Veľké Dvorníky 4.000 CROSS - BORDER CULTURAL COOPERATION BETWEEN PARTNERSHIP TOWNS “RYBNIK” -“KARVINA" Local Brass Band “Rybnik”, Rybnik 2.372 "Confrontations in the Art History of the Age of Baroque" Department of Art History, Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University, Bratislava 3.250 “Central Underground” András Vörös, Budapest 2.100 POLISH PAINTING FROM THE COLLECTION OF JIRI KARASEK The Lower Silesian Weaving Museum in Kamienna Góra 2.500 "Balneological Cooperation of the Visegrad countries" Hungarian Balneological Society, Budapest 4.000 "Tourist crossing of children through The Malá and Veľká Fatra mountains" City of Martin 1.500 "V4 Summer Fest in Debrecen, Hungary" Főnix Events Organizer NPO, Debrecen 4.000 International Conference: The canons of the culture and models of historical experience in Central Europe (XVI - XX centuries). Faculty of Polish Philology of Warsaw University, Warsaw 1.620 “TRNAVA GATE 2005” International Folklore Festival The City of Trnava 4.000 VI FESTIWAL MIAST PARTNERSKICH / VI FESTIVAL PARTNERSHIP TOWNS Town Hall Ustroń 4.000 CO2 – “Communicate & Co-operate!” 9th International Culture Week in Pécs (ICWiP 2005) SIEN Foundation, Pécs 3.900 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION ON THE TERRITORY OF NATIONAL PARK AGGTELEK-DOMICA AND ITS EVALUATING Archaeological Institut of SAS, Nitra 4.000 VISEGRAD COUNTRIES PSALMUS HUMANUS FORUM, BUDAPEST Psalmus Humanus Art Educational Association, Budapest 4.000 "Gajdovačka 2005" VI. International pipers festival and IV. International contest for young pipers The Orava culture centre, Dolný Kubín 4.000 Georg Friedrich Händel: Theodora - oratorium Center of Early Music, Bratislava 4.000 Sport and Quality of Life Masaryk University in Brno 4.000 Mezinárodní sochařské sympozium Plesná 2005 The International symposium (workshop) of sculptors - Plesna 2005 SILVIE – Association for art support, Ostrava-Plesná 3.500 "The Mirror of the Time" The Fencing Alliance of Jeseník, Jeseník 4.000 "Ethology in Animal Production" Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra 1.293 "The Third Name of a Cat, Theatre Project" Art’s Centrum of Podlasie, Bialystok 4.000 "Vác Worldly Entertainment" Self-government of Vác 4.000 "One Flew over the Puppeteer Nest - 15th edition" Association for editing of magazine Loutkar/Puppeteer, Praha 3.000 10 Approved Small Grants 2005 Name Of The Project Applicant Amount in Euro "Summer Holiday – Youth Cultural and Sport Meeting of the V4" Weightlifting and Free-time Sport Club of Soroksar, Budapest 3.000 "Participation of young scientists in 14th Workshop '3in1' Graphs 2005" AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Kraków 1.600 International Camp on Communication and Computers for the Blind 2005 Masaryk University in Brno 4.000 „The 3rd International Review of Folk Musicians and Instrumentalists, Żywiec 2005“ The Administrative District Starosty, Żywiec 4.000 "Art- Ex 2001-2005 Hungarian Days" Fine arts exhibitions and symposium with the participation of artists from “Visegrad countries” László Alföldi, Budaörs 4.000 III International Guitar Festival "VISEGRAD - 2005" Culture Initiative Support Association "Our City Wrocław", Wrocław 4.000 “THE YOUNGEST DANCER OF TŘINEC 2005” - THE INTERNATIONAL DANCE COMPETITION Ebullience Třinec, non-profit organization, Třínec 2.500 “Dialogue of Cultures 2005” Multicultural Center Prague, Praha 4.000 "Shared standpoints of V4 countries foreign policy after the enlargement of European Union. Civic-Democratic Youth, Bratislava 4.000 [V4 SUMMER UNIVERSITY OF FRIENDSHIP N. 9]" "LOD 2005, 15th International Art Symposium - Cultural Heritage as Art and Knowledge Landscape V4 network and cultural Association KulturAxe, Wien 4.000 cooperation with other nations - Castle Fertörakos, Hungary, 15. 07. - 30. 07. 2005" "TRNAVA CUP F3J 2005 - SLOVAKIA" MCT – Modellers Club Trnava, Trnava 4.000 "Common Sources" The Association of Folk Culture Animators, Lublin 2.065 The György Kepes International Artist Colony Eszterházy Károly College, Eger 3.540 Music in Distorting Mirror - (Visegrad Smiles) Deja vu - klub (civil association), Bratislava 2.600 IV. International Guitar Festival Encs Cultural Centre of Encs Town, Encs 4.000 Festival of electronic music and audiovisual art Unsound 03 Foundation for promotion and development of contemporary art Pauza, Kraków 3.990 FOCUS ON VISEGRAD animation program in the framework of ANIFEST3, the Festival of Young European Animation. SZIMPLAFILM Ltd., Budapest 3.559 "Waiting Room" Farm in the cave, Praha 3.921 VIII Jewish Book Fair Midrasz Association, Warszawa 4.000 "INTERNATIONAL COURTYARD BAND FESTIVAL" A Community Centre Niewiadom, Rybnik 3.063 7th conference with international participation “NEW TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS OPERATION ’05” Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies in Prešov 4.000 ”FIRST EXPERIENCES OF STRUCTURAL FUNDS IN THE V4 MEMBER STATES ” LATORICA Commercial and Supplying Ltd., Sárospatak 4.000 International Conference of Technology knowledge and information ‘05’ J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Institute of Production Technology and Management, 1.300 Ústí nad Labem Conversations on four voices ”Via” Catholic Radio, Rzeszów 4.000 Festival of photography Funke’s Kolín Civil society Funkeho Kolín, Kolín 2.500 “Bridge between Science and Youth” AMAVET – Association for Youth, Science and Technology 3.800 Week for sustainable life in Krkonoše SEVER - CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ETHICS RÝCHORY, Horní Maršov 2.710 Industrial Change Network Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre for Regional Studies West Hungarian Research Institute, Gyor 4.000 International Festival of MitOst e.V. in Wroclaw / Poland (from october 26th to october 31 st.) “MitOst registered society – association for language and cultural exchange in Middle-, East- and 4.000 Southeast Europe”, Berlin VISEGRAD CHRISTMAS HOCKEY TOURNAMENT – BRATISLAVA 2005 ŠHT Bratislava, Bratislava 4.000 TV without Frontiers Hungarian Society of Directors, Budapest 4.000 10th International Festival of Jazz Piano – solo recitals P&J Music s. r. o., Praha 4.000 “Energy Efficient House” – Development and dissemination of educational materials in Visegrad countries Energy Club Environmental Association, Budapest 4.000 Visegard Countries Film Survey Academic Cultural Association “Wagant”, Wroclaw 4.000 PoP (Central Europe film-theatre festival) Truc sphérique, NGO, Žilina 4.000 INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL ART THERAPY: ART ON THE MARGIN Theatre from the Passage, Banská Bystrica 4.000 JARMILA JEŘÁBKOVÁ AWARD Jeřábková Award citizens association, Praha 4.000 International Conference “English Language Teaching in V4 countries” IONA centre, l.l.c., Český Těšín 3.500 The Great Prize of the Moravian-Silesian Region at Sport Shooting(Velká cena Moravskoslezského kraje ve sportovní střelbě) Moravian-Silesian regional association of Czech shooting federation, Ostrava 4.000 Ceramic fair „Karvina’s potsherd 2005” – 1st year (Keramický jarmark “Karvinský střep 2005” – 1. ročník) Šárka Krhovjáková, Karviná 4.000 "Šamorínske verše – Somorjai versek, Modroblues – Kék blues" Slovak Blues Society, Bratislava 4.000 11 Approved Small Grants 2005 Name Of The Project Applicant Amount in Euro FILM CONFERENCE “CHARACTER, ACTOR, STAR IN CINEMA” ASSOCIATION OF SLOVAK FILM CLUBS, Bratislava 4.000 SETKÁNÍ 2006 STRETNUTIE The 11th International Theater festival ZLIN CITY THEATRE, Zlín 4.000 XIVth International Indoor Football Tournament of Deaf Children Under 16 Civil Association Sports Club of Deaf Children, Prešov 3.898 Central European Radiocommunication Days (CERD 2006) Educational & Conference Centre Intenzíva Ltd., Bratislava 4.000 Improving CITES enforcement in Visegrad countries The Polish Society for Nature Protection “Salamandra”, Poznań 4.000 Festival of Solo Performance for Children 4th year, 23-26 February 2006, Prague Xaver, Praha 2.700 3rd “Mineral Sciences in the Carpathians” Conference (MSCC2006) printing, publishingand accommodation costs University of Miskolc, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Miskolc 1.600 JAZZFESTBRNO 2006 JazzFuzz, civic society 4.000 Workshop on Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems Szklarska Poręba 2006 Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw 4.000 Getting Know the Other Side of the Euroregion Grammar school Třinec, Třinec 1.030 BELTINE 2006 – the fest of Celtic culture; history, tradition and future of integrated area of Visegrad Celtic Brotherhood, Praha 4.000 “BEYOND THE BORDERS – VISEGRAD.NOW” The City Institution of Culture - Klub „Zak”, Gdansk 4.000 BASS BURIAL 2006 "Targowa" restaurant, gastronomy, entertainment, trade, Cieszyn 4.000 Challenge of Schengen in V4 Countries - Visa Policies, Immigration and Citizenship Policies in V4 Countries After the EU Accession Research Institute of Ethnic and National Minority Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest 4.000 "FUTURE OF TOWNS WITH MONOFUNCTIONAL INDUSTRY" Slovak Architects Society, Bratislava 4.000 „Puzzle V4“ exchanges between young people SAIA Prešov, n.o. - The Slovac Academic Information Agency, Prešov 3.603 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE 2006 The Academy of the Armed Forces of General Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Liptovský Mikuláš 1.995 Cross-border information exchange about the pillar topics of the Decade of the Roma Inclusion Roma Press Center Association, Budapest 4.000 II. International Contemporary Puppetry Art Festival and Symposium Harlekin Puppet Theatre, Eger 4.000 7. International Days of Documentary Cinema “Europe’s Point of Divergence / Convergence” Association “Crossroads of Europe”, Lublin 4.000 Music In Distorting Mirror - (Visegrad Smiles) Deja vu - klub (civil association), Bratislava 2.000 The European Quartet cooperation - reproduction of CDs for common marketing activity Polish Tourist Organistion, Warsawa 2.025 Rural Education Centres – for a sustainable future – Central Europe Ecological and Cultural Association “ZIARNO”, Słubice 4.000 Global Security Challenges – Central European Responsibilities “Europe Centre” Regional European Information and Education Centre PBC, Pécs 4.000 GLOBE Games 2006, International environmental meeting of students and teachers TEREZA Association, Praha 4.000 Dzień Kultury Państw Grupy Wyszehradzkiej - (Culture Day of the Visegrad Group Countries) Gmina Miasto Rzeszów 3.970 “Central-European Co-operation Promoting Culture and Education” – The Special Edition of SIEN Quarterly Spring 2006 Student International Exchange Network (SIEN) Foundation, Pécs 3.600 ÚSTÍ OF DESIGN / NEIGHBOUR Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Faculty of art and design, Ústí nad Labem 3.931 Visegrad’s perspectives Catholic Weekly Newspapers, Praha 4.000 Conference: The cooperation of the Caravan Clubs V4 for standardization of the Camping Sites service in Poland POLISH AUTOMOBILE and MOTORCYKLE FEDERATION – WARSAW, Warszawa 4.000 The 3rd International Workshops of Folk Craft and Folklore 3. mezinárodní dílna lidových řemesel a lidové kultury Hungarian-Slovak Billingual Minority Primary School and College, Sátoraljaújhely 4.000 Central European Identity – Myth or Reality? – Exchanging articles on the issue between V4 periodicals KALLIGRAM Ltd., Bratislava 4.000 Exploring the Passover traditions in Eastern Europe Chabad Lubavits Jewish Heritage Foundation, Budapest 4.000 ON TOUR: EUROPEAN FILMS ON VISEGRAD LANGUAGES MEDIAWAVE International Visual Art Foundation, Győr 2.680 “May Their Voices Never Be Silenced. ”The Spirit of Central Europe 60 Years After Shoah Fellowship of Orthodox Youth in Poland, Białystok 4.000 Central European Conference 2006Role of the State: Reformed or Deformed? Rajk Laszlo College for Advanced Studies Foundation, Budapest 4.000 Bambiriáda 2006 Dům dětí a mládeže a zařízení pro další vzdělávání pedagogických pracovníků Vila Doris, Šumperk 4.000 Homepage / Institute for culture resistant goods Institute for culture resistant goods, Wien 4.000 DANILO KIŠ CAFÉ – CENTRAL-EUROPEAN LITERARY EVENT EX SYMPOSION FOUNDATION, Veszprém 4.000 “People in the town” Slovak Association of Civil Engineers, Bratislava 3.650 Let’s go in for sports together Slovak Comprehensive School & Youth Hostel, Budapest, HU 4.000 Relations and Interaction of the National Law and the International Law from the aspect of the Visegrad Countries after their entry The Trnava University Law Faculty, Trnava 4.000 to the European Union Sport and Tourism for Haelth and Beauty Technical Building School, Cieszyn 4.000 Grand Total 462.055 12 Approved Strategic Grants 2005 Name of the Project Applicant Expected Contribution from IVF in Euro International Bilingual Grammar School for the Visegrad Countries Foundation at Gymnazium J. M. Hurban, Čadca 70.000 Visegrad Mobile Sustainable Transport Resource Centre World Carfree Network - Czech Republic, Praha 40.000 Total 110.000

Breakdown of Contracted Grants and Scholarships by Countries in Euro Year Type CZ HU PL SK AT BY DE RO RU UA UK SCG Total 2000 Standard 65.425 132.387 61.800 146.705 406.317 2001 Standard 410.134 335.255 412.580 365.050 1.523.019 2002 Standard 429.000 394.700 410.800 489.200 1.723.700 Small 49.075 48.232 47.950 55.637 200.894 2003 Standard 424.600 475.000 431.000 419.093 1.749.693 Small 80.790 85.626 78.288 87.520 332.224 VSP * 63.000 56.000 63.000 64.000 246.000 2004 Standard 410.000 400.000 407.000 406.000 1.623.000 Small 106.764 108.428 130.231 121.745 467.168 VSP * 54.000 49.000 53.000 64.000 20.000 5.000 5.000 10.000 260.000 2005 Standard 428.000 426.000 429.000 455.500 30.000 7.000 14.000 10.000 1.799.809 Small 114.258 115.603 107.205 112.989 8.000 4.000 462.055 VStP ** 40.000 70.000 110.000 VSP * 75.500 58.500 101.500 98.000 10.000 10.000 10.000 170.000 5.000 538.500 Total Standard 2.167.159 2.163.651 2.152.180 2.281.548 30.000 7.000 14.000 10.000 8.825.538 Small 350.887 357.889 363.674 377.891 8.000 4.000 1.462.341 VStP ** 40.000 70.000 110.000 VSP * 192.500 163.500 217.500 226.000 30.000 15.000 15.000170.000 15.000 1.044.500 Grand Total 2.750.546 2.685.040 2.733.354 2.955.439 38.000 30.000 11.000 15.000 15.000 184.000 10.000 15.000 11.442.379 % of the Total Budget 24.0 % 23.5 % 23.9 % 25.8 % 0.3 % 0.3 % 0.1 % 0.1 % 0.1 % 1.6 % 0.1 % 0.1 % 100 %

* Visegrad Scholarship Programme ** Visegrad Strategic Programme

SK (25.8 %) AT (0.3 %) BY (0.3 %) DE (0.1 %) RO (0.1 %) RU (0.1 %) UA (1.6 %) UK (0.1 %) SCG (0.1 %) CZ (24.0 %) HU (23.5 %) PL (23.9 %)

13 Approved Visegrad Scholarships 2005

Name Citizenship Hosting Country Amount in Euro Name Citizenship Hosting Country Amount in Euro Almashiy Volodymyr Vasyľovych UA SK 5.000 Melnychenko Igor UA CZ 5.000 Andiychuk Oles UA PL 5.000 Mončeková Milina SK B 3.000 Barszczewska Agnieszka PL HU 4.000 Moroz Olena UA CZ 5.000 Bartakhanova Maria RU PL 5.000 Mykhed Oksana UA PL 5.000 Beňová Katarína SK A 2.500 Nahodilová Lenka CZ UK 4.500 Biel Joanna Magdalena PL SK 4.000 Nazariy Zinko UA CZ 5.000 Blashkiv Oksana UA SK 5.000 Nevmyvaka Oksana UA CZ 5.000 Bonek Mirosław PL SK 4.000 Pakuła Daniel PL CZ 4.000 Brandys Viktoria Janivna UA SK 5.000 Pászt Patricia HU PL 4.000 Brytan Zbigniew PL I 2.000 Piec Marek PL CZ 4.000 Budnyk Ivan UA CZ 5.000 Pliuta Alena BY CZ 5.000 Butenko Ludmila UA HU 5.000 Potapova Olha UA SK 5.000 Bykovska Olena UA PL 5.000 Royak Maryna Olexandrivna UA HU 5.000 Bywalec - Fojcik Anna PL I 2.000 Saminina Ganna UA HU 5.000 Csoma Borbála HU CZ 4.000 Segeš Dušan SK HU 4.000 Czyź Anna PL HU 2.000 Sheuchyk Katsiaryna BY PL 5.000 Dyshko Olexandr UA HU 5.000 Shynkaruk Anton UA CZ 5.000 Dzevenko Mariya Vitaliyivna UA CZ 5.000 Sidak Mykola UA SK 5.000 Famuła Barbara PL DK 3.500 Siedlecka Sylwia Lidia PL SK 2.000 Filinová Martina SK PL 4.000 Sklyaruk Tatyana Vladimirona UA CZ 5.000 Fridmanová Milena SK CZ 4.000 Skorzycki Michal PL CZ 2.000 Fülekyová Ester SK NL 4.000 Smutka Luboš CZ HU 2.000 Gierowski Piotr PL CZ 4.000 Stelescu Andrei RO HU 5.000 Grešner Peter SK PL 4.000 Stepanova Sergeyevna Maria RU SK 5.000 Hanáková Petra SK CZ 4.000 Szulc Klaudia Magdelena PL SK 4.000 Chvojka Michal SK CZ 4.000 Tabak Ivana SCG SK 5.000 Iolkin Yaroslav UA SK 5.000 Taranovskyy Andriy UA HU 5.000 Janek István HU SK 4.000 Toma S. Stefánia Adriana RO HU 5.000 Juhásová Lenka SK BG 2.000 Trajhan Matouš CZ HU 2.000 Kabachiy Roman UA SK 5.000 Verbovytsky Yury Volodymyrovych UA PL 5.000 Kachur Nelya UA SK 5.000 Vityk Nataliya UA PL 5.000 Kégler Ádám HU LUX 15.000 Walczuk Konrad Grzegorz PL SK 4.000 Khrunyk Sofiya UA PL 5.000 Widerak Magdalena PL F 2.500 Kindlova Miluše CZ UK 6.000 Witeska Anna Dominika PL UK 5.000 Kirchner Jiří CZ SK 4.000 Yaremko Olena UA PL 5.000 Kolarik Jakub CZ DK 4.500 Kotenko Oleksandr UA SK 5.000 Kuźmina Irina UA PL 5.000 Scholarships Map > Kwadrans Łukasz PL SK 2.000 V4 Countries Lazar Natalya UA SK 5.000 EU Lobko Oksana UA PL 5.000 Ukraine Lohinova Nadja UA CZ 5.000 Intra-Visegrad Losyk Oresta UA PL 5.000 In-coming Mastilak JuliusSK PL 2.000 14 15 Scholars’ Experience

Lavinia Onel Mariya Dzevenko University „Al. I. Cuza” Iasi, RO > University of Technology and Economics Budapest, HU Ivan Franko Ľviv National University, UA > Charles University, Prague, CZ “I enjoyed very much my stay in Budapest. It was very usefully for both my professional and personal experience. My supervisor, “Visegrad Scholarship gave me an excellent opportunity to conduct research work in Department of Electronic Structures, prof. Zoltán Noszticzius, is a very good specialist and a very nice person. I learned a lot from him. All the colleagues from Charles University, Prague. I carried out the investigation of structural and some physical properties of new compounds the team were very kind. The results of my study in Budapest were published in two papers in an important international and this is very helpful for my thesis. Also, during my stay in Prague I attended lectures and seminars of physical properties journal and we prepare also a third article. These scientific results are also very helpful for my Ph.D. thesis. As our collaboration of inter-metallic compounds. Therefore, I enriched my knowledge in magnetic and transport properties of rare-earth was successful, I continue to cooperate with prof. Zoltán Noszticzius in the framework of a bilateral project between Romania compounds that would be very useful in my following scientific work. I grateful to IVF for the possibility to visit Prague and and Hungary.” to meet interesting, good professional people at hosting university.”

Igor Joukovskii Katsiaryna Sheuchyk Kaliningrad State University, RU > Warsaw University, PL Yanka Kupala Grodno State University, BY > Wrocław University, PL “IVF Scholarship gives me a unique opportunity to get more understanding on current processes of the consolidation of party “The Visegrad Scholarship Programme helped me to widen my scientific boarders and greatly contributed to my research project. systems of the Visegrad countries, to meet famous researchers, to upgrade my research abilities. I really appreciate a role I had a wonderful opportunity to meet with well-known in my branch scientists and researches. This Programme helps a lot of the whole staff of the East European Studies Center at Warszawa University and personal engagement of its Director Jan non EU countries and works for joining the whole scientific society for working on benefit of all people.” Malicki.”

Goran Injac Tatyana Sklyaruk University of Novi Sad, YU > University of Opole, PL Odessa Mechnikov University, UA > Charles University, Prague, CZ “The IVF supported my stay in Poland for the period of one academic year which helped me to carry out the comparative “The Scholarship of International Visegrad Fond has influences not only on my scientific life but also on my personal growth. research necessary to complete Polish part of my PhD theses, as well as to held final presentation of the project both, in It gave me opportunities to make my world outlook and scientific perspectives wider and versatile. I received access Poland and Serbia. I find such an opportunity of great importance for my professional career. Supporting and, in the same to the communication and knowledge, which I couldn't receive in my native country, which lets me to research interesting time, allowing mobility of young people in the region, IVF follows the best tradition of the similar foundations in Europe. It seams phenomena and write my scientific thesis in according with cross-cultural perspective. I guess that it is good experience and to become of significant importance in academic cooperation and transfer of knowledge, not only between V4 partner countries reserve which I can realize in my future professional life.” but much wider.”

Tatiana Balashchenko Olena Bykovska Belarusian State University, BY > Charles University, Praha, CZ National Pedagogical M. P. Dragomanov University, UA > Pedagogical University of Krakow, PL “Thanks to the Visegrad Scholarship I've got an excellent opportunity to study at Charles University in Prague - one of the best “Visegrad Scholarship Programme for Ukrainian Students assists considerably in the development of democracy and and the oldest universities in Central Europe. As my Ph.D. thesis is dedicated to linguistics, specifically, to comparative analysis partnership of our state. of some semantic aspects of Czech and Russian, it was very important for me to conduct my research just in Czech Republic. Due to the support of IVF in the research of the children's leisure time in Poland we succeeded in extending and deepening The most inspiring for me was studying under doc. PhDr. Svatava Machova, CSc, the Head of the Czech Language Department our knowledge in this important and specific sphere of life, defining the new perspective forms of leisure time planning. (Charles University, Faculty of Education). I received her help in using various libraries and in conducting the associative The got results contribute to effectively the solution of problems on planning leisure time of children, to increasing experiment with native speakers (Czech students). She also involved me in scientific life of the Czech Language Department: the competitiveness of our regions, as well as to the peaceful stable development and introduction of ideals of democracy, at the Department an Internet Dictionary of the Czech language research workers is being prepared. So for the Dictionary freedom, justice, prosperity, humanism, equality. I elaborated the entries concerning all Czech language research workers in Belarus. I attended various lectures and seminars In the course of this research, we organized the wide cooperation and experience exchange, contacted perspective a lot of out- and took part in two linguistic conferences. The results of my investigations are published in two articles and the next one is standing scientists acting at the Pedagogical University of Krakow, Jordan Youth Centre of Krakow, as well as other organizations. prepared and offered the periodical Slavia. Me and my tutor, doc. Svatava Machova, are still in contact and we would like to The IVF's experience in uniting the experts to solve the global problems inclusive leisure time planning problems is amazing.“ cooperate together in the future.”

Tivadar Gaudenyi Viktoriya Popovitch University of Novi Sad, SCG > University of Szeged, HU Uzhgorod National University, UA > Matej Bel University, SK “The Department of Geology and Paleontology at University of Szeged proved an exceptional host throughout the ten months “During last 6-7 years Slovak Republic stays the one of the most successful states in process of economic transformation. of my research. Apart from providing me with research infrastructure, I received an assistance and supervision of persons who The experience of the development of Slovak food industry and its evaluation by Slovak specialists let us to follow positive are in the Quaternary malacology “state of art” for the Carpathian Basin (taxonomy, taphonomy and paleoecology). The office tendencies of development of this process as well as to apply that experience into practice of Ukrainian entrepreneurship staff of the Department was helpful in finding accommodation and solves the administration problem(s). I had the opportunity of the same field. of work and profiting with other researchers affiliated with Quaternary research (palynologists, geochemists and sedimetologists). Visegrad countries and Visegrad Fund for Education Support effectively help their neighbour countries in development of Also used a library which is not so rich, but some essential papers for paleoecology for which I search for a long time found science, education, culture and economics. This is real support of so important meaning and of a great value. I'd like to give there. The research interchange has been established between two research teams (Novi Sad - Szeged). The results of investigations my great thanks to all the people who has created this programme and lead it now. My great thanks also belong to scientific in Hungary have been presented at the Symposia held in Prague in August, 2005.” personnel of Matej Bel University of Banská Bystrica, who was gladly giving me their knowledge and experience.”

16 Taranovskyy Andriy Oksana Mykhed Cherkassy National University, UA > University of Debrecen, HU National University of „Kyiv-Mohyla Academy“, UA > Catholic University of Lublin, PL “Thanks to the IVF Scholarship Programme for Ukrainian students I have got a good possibility to carry out research in “I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the International Visegrad Fund for the excellent research opportunities the powerful scientific group of the Department of Solid State Physics at Debrecen University. My work is connected which are opened to me with the assistance of the Visegrad Scholarship for Ukrainian students. Funding provided by this to the computer simulations of the nano-diffusion during the deposition of thin films in metals. I get a experience in using scholarship allowed me not only to develop further my PhD dissertation about religious and political relations among various a new computational methods for a such kind problems. And besides I should say that I was happy to see another country religious confessions in the Rzech Pospolita in the seventeenth century, but also to become an original and independent with a very kind people.” researcher of Polish and Ukrainian history.”

Alena Pliuta Oleksandr Kotenko Belarusian State University, BY > Charles University, CZ Odessa State Academy of Building and Architecture, UA > Slovak University of Technology, SK “The Visegrad Fellowship is one of the appropriate to realize my scientific interests. The probation at Charles University “The cooperation of the Visegrad Fund with post-Soviet countries provide with a numerous possibilities our students. In my Prague provides me with all necessary information, literature and knowledge for my research. All these are useful for preparing case, it allowed me drawing on European experience in my area of education, to collaborate with one Slovak company, which me for a future career as a researcher and for academic activities in according with best European traditions.” is engaged with the production, installation and sale of the heating equipment."

Olena Yaremko Sviatlana Rudaya Ukrainian Catholic University, UA > Lublin Catholic University, PL Belarusian State University, BY > Technical University in Košice, SK “Thanks to IVF I had an unique opportunity to live, study and realize research project in Poland. I found new friends, received “The IVF scholarship provided me with a great opportunity to complete my PhD thesis and meet people who helped me motivation and support, gained new knowledge, experience and skills, which will be useful in my future scientific and lecture a lot with my research like, for example, Prof. Pavol Štekauer, Dr. Salvador Valera and others. I am also very grateful to all work. Visegrad Scholarship supports not just the research/study projects, it also helps in the development of cooperation members of the Department of Humanities of the Host University for their love and care. And most of all I would like to thank between institutes and universities, promotes intercultural dialog and partnership in Europe. Thank you for creating this International Visegrad Fund for giving people a brilliant chance to become a professional.” possibility for young scientists from Ukraine.”

Anton Shynkaruk Stefania Toma Rivne Institute of Slavonic studies, UA > Charles University, Prague, CZ Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, RO > Corvinus University of Budapest, HU “IVF Program for Ukrainians gave me the unique opportunity to work in one of the famous universities of central Europe. I met “The Visegrad Scholarship programme offered me a unique possibility to do research in cooperation with one of the most wonderful people and nice scientific atmosphere to make significant results. This fellowship gave me an opportunity to famous universities in Hungary, the Corvinus University of Budapest, Department of Sociology. During the Programme I had the present my research not only in Czech Republic, but also to present these results on different conferences and workshops in chance to attend some courses, conferences and workshops strongly related to my main research theme. Moreover I have to Europe and to get useful contacts for future cooperation. I hope that I will continue to cooperate with Charles University in other mention the possibilities to use libraries with documentation, which are inaccessible in Romania. In other words, the Visegrad projects and activities. As for the IVF program I would like to recommend development of such program for Ukrainians that will Scholarship offered me possibilities for professional training, but more important is that it contributed to the development of help to create not personal but also strategic projects such as summer schools, conferences, joint research groups between the theoretical part of my PhD thesis.” Ukraine and Visegrad countries.”

17 Informace o Mezinárodním visegrádském fondu

Vlády zemí Visegrádské čtyřky (Česká republika, Maďarská republika, Polská republika a Slovenská republika), řídíce se ustanoveními Společného prohlášení visegrádské čtyřky (podepsaného 14. května 1999 v Bratislavě), se 9. června 2000 dohodly na zřízení Mezinárodního visegrádského fondu se sídlem v Bratislavě.

Účelem Fondu je rozvoj užší spolupráce mezi zeměmi Visegrádské čtyřky prostřednictvím podpory společných kulturních, vědeckých a vzdělávacích projektů, výměn mládeže, přeshraniční spolupráce a podpory turismu.

Řídícími orgány Fondu jsou Konference ministrů zahraničních věcí a Rada velvyslanců. Výkonnými orgány Fondu jsou výkonný ředitel a zástupce výkonného ředitele, administrativním orgánem Fondu je Sekretariát. Jednotlivé visegrádské země se v předsednictví střídají podle anglického abecedního pořádku. Úředním jazykem Fondu je angličtina.

Mezinárodní visegrádský fond spravuje své zdroje v souladu s rozpočtem schváleným Konferencí ministrů zahraničních vecí visegrádských zemí. Celý rozpočet sestává ze dvou částí, jimiž jsou financování projektů a vnitřní chod Sekretariátu Fondu.

Tájékoztató a Nemzetközi Visegrádi Alapról

A Visegrádi Négyek országainak (a Cseh Köztársaság, Magyar Köztársaság, Lengyel Köztársaság, és a Szlovák Köztársaság) kormánya 1999. május 14-én Pozsonyban aláírt Visegrádi Közös Nyilatkozat szerint közösen megegyeztek, hogy 2000. június 9-én létrehozzák a Nemzetközi Visegrádi Alapot Pozsony székhellyel.

Az Alap célja a szerződő felek közti szorosabb együttműködés kialakításának előmozdítása, kapcsolatok megerősítése, a visegrádi országok közöttScholars’ közös kulturális,Experience tudományos, oktatási és turizmusi pályázatok, a fiatalok csereprogramjai és a határon átnyúló együttműködések kialakítása révén.

Az Alap irányító szervei: a Külügyminiszterek Konferenciája és a Nagykövetek Tanácsa. Az Alap végrehajtó szerve: az ügyvezető igazgató és az ügyvezető igazgató helyettes. Adminisztratív szerve pedig a Titkárság. Az elnökséget minden évben más visegrádi ország tölti be, az angol ABC szabályai szerint. Az Alap hivatalos nyelve az angol.

A Nemzetközi Visegrádi Alap forrásait a visegrádi országok külügyminisztereinek konferenciája által jóváhagyott költségvetésnek megfelelően kezelik. Az egész költségvetés két részből áll: projekt-finanszírozó tevékenységek és az Alap Titkárságának belső működése.

18 Informacja o Międzynarodowym Funduszu Wyszehradzkim

Rządy krajów Grupy Wyszehradzkiej (Republika Czeska, Polska, Słowacja i Węgry), kierując się postanowieniami Deklaracji Wyszehradzkiej (podpisanej 14 maja 1999 roku w Bratysławie), na szczycie Premierów w Štiřínie 9 czerwca 2000 roku podjęły decyzję o utworzeniu Międzynarodowego Funduszu Wyszehradzkiego z siedzibą w Bratysławie.

Celem Funduszu jest zacieśnianie współpracy pomiędzy krajami Grupy Wyszehradzkiej poprzez wspieranie wpólnych projektów z dziedziny kultury, nauki, edukacji i wymiany młodzieży oraz współpracy transgranicznej i promocji turystyki.

Organami kierowniczymi Funduszu są Konferencja Ministrów Spraw Zagranicznych i Rada Ambasadorów. Organem wykonawczym jest Dyrektor Wykonawczy i jego Zastępca, a organem administracyjnym - Sekretariat Funduszu. Poszczególne kraje Grupy wymieniają się co roku w przewodniczeniu Funduszem według porządku alfabetycznego ich anglojęzycznych nazw. Językiem urzędowym Funduszu jest angielski.

Międzynarodowy Fundusz Wyszehradzki pracuje na podstawie budżetu, zatwierdzanego co roku przez Konferencję Ministrów Spraw Zagranicznych. W ramach budżetu finansowane są projekty oraz koszty administracyjne Sekretariatu.

Informácie o Medzinárodnom višegrádskom fonde

Vlády krajín višegrádskej skupiny (Českej republiky, Maďarskej republiky, Poľskej republiky a Slovenskej republiky) sa v zmysle ustanovení višegrádskeho dohovoru uzatvoreného 14. mája 1999 v Bratislave dohodli dňa 9. júna 2000 na založení Medzinárodného višegrádskeho fondu so sídlom v Bratislave.

Cieľom fondu je podporovanie rozvoja bližšej spolupráce medzi zmluvnými stranami, posiľňovanie vzájomných väzieb medzi štátmi zmluvných strán a integrácia štátov zmluvných strán do Európskej únie. Inými slovami, podporovanie regionálnej spolupráce medzi višegrádskymi krajinami rozvíjaním bežných kultúrnych, vedeckých, výskumných, vzdelávacích projektov, výmeny mladých ľudí, cezhraničnej spolupráce a podpory turizmu.

Riadiacimi orgánmi fondu sú konferencia ministrov zahraničných vecí a rada veľvyslancov. Výkonnými orgánmi fondu sú výkonný riaditeľ a zástupca výkonného riaditeľa, administratívnym orgánom fondu je sekretariát. Predsedníctvo rotuje medzi všetkými štyrmi krajinami podľa abecedy. Oficiálnym jazykom fondu je angličtina.

Medzinárodný višegrádsky fond spravuje svoje finančné prostriedky podľa rozpočtu odsúhlaseného Konferenciou ministrov zahraničných vecí višegrádskych krajín. Celkový rozpočet fondu pozostáva z dvoch častí, čo sú finančné podporovanie projektov a vnútorná prevádzka sekretariátu.

19 IVF Team

Mr. Andrzej Jagodziński, Executive Director +421 2 67 207 111 [email protected]

Mr. Kristóf Forrai, Executive Director (nominated from August 1, 2006) +421 2 67 207 111 [email protected]

Mr. René Kubášek, Deputy Executive Director +421 2 67 207 108 [email protected]

Mrs. Judita Nagyová, Programme Manager +421 2 67 207 107 [email protected]

Mr. Roman Babják, Programme Manager +421 2 67 207 104 [email protected]

Mrs. Viktória Bódisová, Project Controller +421 2 67 207 101 [email protected]

Ms. Zuzana Ruzsíková, Project Controller +421 2 67 207 102 [email protected]

Ms. Soňa Trebatická, Programme Manager +421 2 67 207 111 [email protected]

Mrs. Anar Rusnáková, External Coordinator for Ukraine +38 097 452 52 76 [email protected]

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