Hungary

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Hungary - 2023 Country Profile

Read our latest 2023 country profile with feedback from our member from Hungary This country profile is taken from "Children's Rights: Political will or won't?" , our 2023 report on children in need…

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Early Childhood Development in Hungary - Country Profile

Hungary has made some progress over the past years to create early childhood development (ECD) policies and support families with young children. For example, the number of places in the…

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Hungary - Country Profile on the European Semester and COVID-19 crisis

There was no clear guidance from the authorities. As a result, the Hintalovon Foundation and the Family, Child, Youth Association struggled to provide advice on the parent’s visits and other…

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Members

  • Terre des Hommes - Fondation Lausanne in Hungary

    National Partner Network

    Terre des hommes is the leading Swiss child relief agency which goal is to steadily improve the conditions of the most vulnerable children worldwide. They are focused on five main objectives: Improving the health of infants up to the age of 3 and of children in need of specialised medical care, protecting migrant children, preventing child exploitation, promoting restorative justice for children in trouble with the law and providing humanitarian aid to children and their families in times of emergency and crisis. The Foundation has operational programs in Albania Kosovo Moldova and Romania with a recent emergency program in Ukraine.

     

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  • Hintalovon Child Rights Foundation

    National organisation - advocacy/campaign

    Hintalovon Foundation is a child rights NGO, aiming to promote and facilitate in practice the rights and well-being of children in Hungary. They operate a website and a mobile application for children between 10 and 18 on their self-image, relationships and sexuality, supported by a chat service, as well as a website for adults. The Pro Bono Child Rights Centre provides legal assistance and if necessary, representation to children and families in crisis. The Foundation’s trainings, research, case studies and other publications on children’s rights aim primarily at sensitizing professionals in child care, child protection and in the justice system. The lobby activity and awareness-raising campaigns contribute to the shaping of attitudes toward children in Hungary, in which child participation is both a means and an end. Hintalovon also publishes annual Child Rights Reports mirroring all reported changes in the legal child protection or other systems affecting children’s lives in Hungary.

     

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  • Family, Child, Youth Association

    National organisation - service provider

    Family, Child, Youth Association was established in 1993 with the objective of supporting the protection of children and strengthening families and family ties by fortifying, training and providing services to those involved and to the professionals working with them. Their main tasks include the adaptation of child and family protection programs already successfully employed abroad, the involvement in international research and training programs, the organisation of national and international conferences, the distribution of information and raising awareness.

     

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  • Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights - Hungary

    Public/statutory body

    The Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights is the legal successor of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Civil Rights, who ensures the effective, coherent and most comprehensive protection of fundamental rights and in order to implement the Fundamental Law of Hungary.

     

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  • Nestingplay

    National organisation - service provider

    NestingPlay is a social enterprise with the mission to improve the learning outcomes and social inclusion of early-age children (3-8 years) with atypical development. They work on early childhood education with the power of play (Learning through Play) to improve children’s social, emotional, creative, and cognitive skill development. Nestingplay’s methodology builds on the traditions of the Hungarian special education (A. Peto and A. Deveny) as well as the sensory-based development (M. Montessori and J. Ayres) methods. They provide education support activities to teachers in different educational institutions, parents, and municipalities, following a child’s development from 3 to 8 years. All these services are available for economically disadvantaged (and often segregated communities) and mainstream communities. The founder and CEO of Nestingplay is Eszter Harsányi. 

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  • Ágnes Lux

    Individual

    Ágnes is an expert working on children’s rights for more than a decade now. She pursued her PhD in children’s rights researching the topic of non- discrimination complaint mechanisms with close focus on the experience of children’s rights ombudsperson’s office as she was also the leader of the ombudsman’ children’s rights project between 2010-2014 in Hungary. Now, she is coordinating the work of the Hungarian Child Rights NGO Coalition. She is not unknown to Eurochild as previously she was part of the Policy Steering Committee before the establishment of the NPN group and she also participated at some of the NPNs meeting as a delegated of Mária Herczog, former President of Eurochild.

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24 January 2024

Hungary - 2023 Country Profile

Read our latest 2023 country profile with feedback from our member from Hungary This country profile is taken from "Children's Rights: Political will or won't?" , our 2023 report on children in need…
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30 November 2023

Hungary's Child Guarantee National Action Plan - An overview

2021 was a turning point in the fight against child poverty, with the launch of two landmark initiatives, the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child and the European Child…
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22 December 2021

DataCare Country Overview - Hungary

In the context of the DataCare project, key data on children in alternative care for each country in EU and the UK have been analysed to map how EU Member…
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29 July 2021

Early Childhood Development in Hungary - Country Profile

Hungary has made some progress over the past years to create early childhood development (ECD) policies and support families with young children. For example, the number of places in the…
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New Hungarian legislation not only fails to protect children, it puts them at greater risk of harm

Eurochild is deeply concerned by the adoption of amendments to various laws by the Hungarian Parliament that contravene the rights of the child and stigmatise LGBTQI+ persons. We join the…

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The REVIS project reached more than 80 facilitators, teachers and 1,600 children

The project coordinated by Eurochild member Terre des Hommes Hungary on combatting peer violence in school comes to an end The REVIS - Responding to violence against children in schools and…

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How to support children with learning difficulties and behavioral challenges through play

Blog by Eszter Harsányi, founder of Eurochild member NestingPlay that works to ease the stress of teachers and caregivers and uses the medium of play to ensure children access their…

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What to consider before involving children?

Eurochild Hungarian member Hintalovon shares child participation resources and practical guidelines With Children For Children: The practices for involving children of the member organizations of the Child Participation Working Group…

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Establishing child participation at municipal level in Hungary

Eurochild delivered a training as part of the Child Citizen’s project to support creation of new local child participation structures Budapest’s Jozsefvaros District. On 17-18 October 2023, Eurochild delivered a…

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Empowering Children - Journey Towards Children’s Rights and Participation in Józsefváros, Budapest

This blog was authored by Fanni Mátyók and Dorottya Domján, advocates for children's rights and leaders of the Child Citizens Project in Józsefváros. Explore the profound impact of the Child…

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The Hungarian Child Guarantee National Action Plan: concerns raised about its feasibility

An analysis by Eurochild Member Hintalovon Child Rights Foundation/ECPAT Hungary. The release of the Hungarian National Action Plan of the Child Guarantee was awaited with much eagerness by Hungarian civil…

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Eurochild member Hintalovon publishes 2022 child rights report on Hungary

The lack of national coordination, monitoring and evaluation of children’s rights has been a persistent problem since 1990. The annual child rights report is a full overview of every available…



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