Organizations
The increasingly large membership of the Rákóczi Association has been grouped into municipal, university and high school organizations since the turn of the millennium. The Association organizes about 100 events and programs annually for its organizations, announces an Internal Call for Proposals in order to financially support local initiatives, and the central office continues its strategy planning work relying on these organizations, and they are also its number one communication partners.
Settlement organizations
Over the past two decades, hundreds of local and university communities have joined the work of the Rákóczi Association. Every year, a colorful series of programs are implemented at the local or even regional level.
The Rákóczi Association intends to provide financial support to support these initiatives and events, within its capabilities, through its Internal Application System. Every year, our local organizations are also invited to numerous commemorations and events (János Esterházy Memorial Day, Rákóczi Memorial Day, Memorial Day of Hungarians Displaced from the Uplands, Gloria Victis, etc.).
Among the local organizations, special mention should be made of the local organizations of the Rákóczi Association operating at universities and colleges. A key goal is to create a sense of belonging among Hungarian university youth and to develop strong Hungarian-Hungarian relations in this scene as well. This goal is served by the Rákóczi Association’s events organized specifically for this age group, such as the Szentendre College Camp or the “Gloria Victis” – Carpathian Basin Youth Meeting.
High school organizations
The Rákóczi Association has paid increasing attention to addressing the high school age group every year. We are convinced that addressing teenagers from both sides of the border and across the border, as well as creating the opportunity for them to meet in person – thus creating the opportunity to experience Hungarian-Hungarian relations – is of key importance for the cause.
Today, the Central Office organizes more than 20 events a year for these young people – weekend leadership training courses, excursions, and summer camps await those interested. With the help of the Student Travel Program, more than 15,000 students visit at least one Hungarian high school in the Carpathian Basin every year, crossing at least one national border.
Teachers and students from hundreds of high schools teaching in Hungarian throughout the Carpathian Basin decided to establish a high school organization. The majority of the Association’s membership and organizations are high school organizations, which, in addition to the above-mentioned events, contribute to the building of communities and partnerships with their own programs. In this role, our organizations can be assisted by the 150,000 forints annual grant available in the Internal Call.
University organizations
In recent decades, the Rákóczi Association has also established organizations operating at universities and colleges in important university cities such as Budapest, Szeged, Bratislava, Târgu Mureș, Subotica or even Prague and Brno.
A key goal is to increasingly develop a sense of belonging among Hungarian university youth, and to develop strong and useful relationships in this scene as well.
This goal is served by the Rákóczi Association’s events organized specifically for this age group, such as the Szentendre College Camp or the “Gloria Victis” – Carpathian Basin Youth Meeting. In addition, our university organizations can also submit their internal applications annually with a budget of 150 thousand forints to realize their own goals and plans with the help of the support.
Rákóczi Association Foundation
The Rákóczi Association Foundation (formerly the Foundation for Hungarian Culture in Czechoslovakia) was established by the Rákóczi Association in 1990. Since 2001, it has been supporting the social, economic and cultural life of the Hungarians in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Transcarpathia as a public benefit organization.
The Foundation is characterized by the fact that although its Board of Trustees and Secretariat operate in Budapest, in its decisions it always relies on the work of the working committees of the Upper Hungarian City and Countryside Target Funds and Sectional Funds. The Foundation’s support system consists of three components: the so-called Core Fund, which supports projects affecting the entire Hungarian community in Upper Hungary, the Sectional Funds established mainly for the purpose of support specified by private individuals, and the Upper Hungarian City and Countryside Target Fund network, which includes the majority of the foundation’s assets.
The Foundation’s founding document