Hungarian Association of NGOs for Developmet & Humanitarian Aid- HAND

Total Budget:                    39 745 euros

Total request from Fund: 29245 euros

A very recent phenomena in Hungary is the setting up of structures, such as policies to formalise the approach to development cooperation. However, the capacity of stakeholders remains limited coupled with the limited opportunity for cooperation with international stakeholders. Secondly, public consensus on development cooperation is almost non-existent.

Operating within these circumstances, HAND perceives its role at various levels. Firstly, it will create opportunities for NGDOs to step outside the realm of the familiar and explore a wide range of development issues and geographical regions requiring urgent development assistance. Secondly, it requires to participate in the process of the formulation of the national development policy while contributing to the current debate at the European level on the EU Development Policy. Lastlly, it will  build up a national consensus that favours the adoption of goals set by the International development agenda, especially the MDGs.

Through the implementation of this project, HAND will organise several workshops and establish different working groups among membership to introduce concepts, definitions, and various methodologies of international development cooperation and humanitarian assistance.

More directly, the project will achieve the following:
•    Enhance the level of coordination and involvement of the present member organisations of HAND active in EU development policy and will build new partnerships with other civil society actors. The member organisation will have easy access to good quality, updated information on development issues.
•    Facilitating coordinated actions in policy work.
•    Contributing to the common aid-watch activities of EU-wide networks, assessing the effectiveness of the Hungarian ODA, increase the capacity of Hungarian NGOs to participate in aid-watching.