Panorama Under COVID-19

Panorama Under COVID-19

© Peter Teffer

The Hungarian Europe Society participated in a survey conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). Researchers want to learn about the experience of non-governmental organisations in the EU member states how they faced the special hardships of the year 2020. Questions about the changing regulatory environment, access to information, participation in the decision-making processes as well as about financial issues were answered by Erik Uszkiewicz on 14 December 2020.

The Hungarian Europe Society was one of the initiators of the demonstration held on 12 April 2017 at Heroes Square in Budapest against the proposed bill that would stigmatise non-governmental organisations.
Hungarian NGO-s, including the Hungarian Europe Society, started a campaign on 26 April
On 12 September 2017 thirty-one Hungarian NGO-s, including HES, signed a joint declaration to draw the attention of the Organisation for the Security and Cooperation in Europe to the shrinki
On 29 August 2017 HES and twenty-two other NGO-s filed a challenge with Hungary's constitutional
Salil Shetty, Secretary General of the Amnesty International met representatives of Hungarian NGO-s, including István Hegedűs, at L'Office on 12 October 2017.