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NIOK (Nonprofit Information and Training Centre Foundation )

Maros utca 23-25. mfszt. 1.
Budapest
1122
Hungary
Phone : +36 315-3151
Fax : +36 315-3366
Email :

http://www.niok.hu

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Non profit organisation

History

  • NIOK was founded in 1994 by the Nonprofit Research Group Association with the support of several umbrella organizations and experts.
  • It was created to strengthen civil society in Hungary

Organisation/collective objectives

  • strengthen civil society in Hungary
  • provide capacity building services to the non-governmental organizations
  • build an environment supportive of the long-term future of NGOs.

Main activities

  • Dissemination of information through “Nonprofit Self-portrait”, newsletters, “Nonprofit information portal” (an openly used database of NGOs in Hungary with contact, activity and financial details of 12 000 organisations), media monitoring and a hot line service to answer the questions of those interested in NGO issues.
  • Facilitation of civil dialogue, interest representation for the third sector: to strengthen links between public sector institutions and NGOs. NIOK is founder of the watchdog group monitoring
  • Nonprofit Service Center: The aim of this project is to provide NGOs in Budapest and Pest County with hands-on assistance in their operation and management. It is a service centre for NGOs in a number of ways providing training and counselling, round table discussions with business and state actors, information assistance, publishing guidebooks, information and education leaflets, and a nonprofit library service.
  • Social responsibility, philanthropy development to promote the emergence and development Hungarian private companies’ and individuals’ social responsibility.

Strong points

  • Since NIOK was set up, the number of NGOs in Hungary has more than doubled (according to latest estimates, there are currently fifty thousand registered NGOs).
  • Over the past ten years, NIOK has been working hard to ensure that the growth in the number of NGOs is accompanied by a qualitative improvement in their activities.
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