Visegrad Grants

The Visegrad Grants foster innovative regional cooperation in Central Europe, supporting diverse projects that address shared challenges. These grants are aimed at non-governmental organizations, educational institutions, and civic groups committed to enhancing social cohesion and cultural identity. With a focus on collaboration among entities from different V4 countries, projects can range from cultural initiatives to democratic value promotion, ensuring a broad impact across communities in the region.

Advancing ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.
With grants, we seek to advance innovative ideas that address shared challenges by high quality regional cooperation projects.
What We Look For
We seek organizations that aim to share knowledge, enhance innovation and engage citizens in the Visegrad region and across Central and Eastern Europe.
Mission-driven & Aware
Your organization´s project should be based on your core mission and reflect on common regional challenges.
Open & Cooperative
You should be open to leave your bubble and join efforts with actors of diverse backgrounds and complementary skills to benefit those outside of your everyday reach.
What We Support
We provide funding to a diverse range of activities in all areas of life. From small cross-border projects that strive to improve mutual understanding in the border areas to multilateral initiatives with potential to benefit people across the whole region.
Culture & Common Identity
We support projects that strengthen regional and European identity through common cultural initiatives in Visegrad region.
Education & Capacity Building
We support projects that raise the Central and Eastern Europe region´s competitiveness through improved skills of citizens.
Innovation, R&D, Entrepreneurship
We support projects that improve the environment for innovation and joint R&D projects and advancement of regional cohesion in economic development.
Democratic Values & Media
We support projects that advance democratic values, support human rights and minorities, contribute to development of civil society, strengthen media freedom and access to information.
Public Policy & Institutional Partnership
We support projects that contribute to good governance and improve the effectiveness of public policymaking in the regional context.
Regional Development, Environment, Tourism
We support projects that advance strategies for environmentally sustainable regional development and tourism.
Social Development
We support projects that strengthen an inclusive society and solidarity in the region.
Visegrad grants support regional partnerships among NGOs and civil society organizations, public institutions and municipalities, private companies and nonprofit organizations as well as education and research centers that contribute to cooperation in the Visegrad region.

Eligibility

Any non-governmental, legal entity from any country can apply for support if they fulfil the partnership criteria).The Fund’s main targets are civil society organizations (CSOs), public educational, cultural, research and scientific institutions, municipalities, and local governments, but market actors, e.g., companies – especially innovation and startup-related ones – are also eligible, if their project is of non- profit character.Subjects that possess full or partial independence from state administration and possess self-governance (such as universities, academic, artistic, social, educational, cultural, research and/or science organizations, municipalities, and local governments, etc.) can apply for the Fund’s support.If the applicant is a research or higher education institution with several organizational units (e.g., universities, academies of science, etc.), they are obliged to indicate the name of the smallest possible organizational unit (institute, department, etc.) entrusted with the project’s implementation. Without this information, the application will not be considered eligible. When choosing the appropriate unit, make sure that they are entitled, according to their internal rules, to independently apply for project funding.Should an overlapping larger unit (e.g. a faculty of the university) have a running grant in the same grant scheme that the applicant wishes to apply for, it is the responsibility of the applicant to make sure that the running project is administered by a separate subunit (e.g. the applicant is a department under a faculty which already has a running project – a clear separation of subunits will be necessary to make the new proposal eligible).Consortia of organizations of which 2 or more (depending on the grant scheme) are based in different Visegrad countries.As a rule, your project must be implemented by at least three organizations from three different V4 countries (“3xV4” rule). You are, however, encouraged to seek full V4 participation or give reasons if not including all four countries. There are two exceptions when the “3xV4” rule does not have to be fulfilled: Bilateral cross-border projects, i.e., proposals that directly benefit a specific border area between two neighboring V4 countries. Such projects must involve at least two organizations, including the applicant, from two neighboring V4 countries.When the applicant’s country of origin is one of the Western Balkan1 (WB6) or Eastern Partnership2 (EaP) countries. For such projects, the applicant has an option to either follow the “3xV4” rule (option 1) or create a consortium including at least two partner organizations from different V4 countries and one additional partner from a WB6 or EaP country different than that of the applicant (option 2).

Ineligibility

Natural persons (individual citizens) or institutions of state administration (ministries, government agencies, embassies, etc.) cannot apply nor can be valid project partners.Private entrepreneurs are not eligible to apply or be partners.Institutions directly under state administration (ministries, government agencies, embassies, state-funded cultural institutes, state-owned companies.