Artemisszió Foundation works for a culturally sensitive, responsible, conscious and inclusive society. The main elements of its mission are:

- promote dialogue, interaction and cooperation between people from different social and cultural backgrounds;

- develop intercultural skills, form attitudes and transfer knowledge about interculturalism and inclusion;

- promote integration of socially and culturally disadvantaged and excluded groups and individuals;

- encourage and enhance active social participation.

For the moment, Artemisszio has 8 full and part-time employees and app. 30 permanent volunteers. Its office is based in Budapest, Hungary.

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Objectives

• Create and maintain inclusive and diverse communities.
• Equip society members with intercultural competencies.
• Promote the creation of community spaces where individuals and groups with various social and cultural background can meet and conduct dialogues
• Promote and help the collaboration of individuals and groups with various social and cultural background
• Build a society where acceptance and co-existence are values and aims.
• Contribute to policies that reduce inequalities and consider differences (e.g. migration, minorities, education and social policy).

Main Activities

• Maintains an intercultural community called MIRA and a community space and provides various opportunities for people with various cultural backgrounds to meet and cooperate
• Organizes intercultural trainings and programs
• Organizes media literacy trainings and programs
• Cooperates with various entities (municipalities, NGOs, schools, universities) to implement intercultural programs
• Operates an applied arts program
• Develops non-formal educational materials
• Partakes in domestic and international civic networks in order to enhance social participation

Strengths

Artemisszio Foundation has

• more than 20 years’ experience in intercultural education, global education, citizen empowerment and work with refugees, migrants, Roma and other excluded groups;
• more than 10 years’ experience in using applied arts to enhance activism and participation;
• more than 20 years’ experience in cooperating with various stekholders (municipalities, institutions, NGOs etc.);
• more than 20 years’ experience in planning and implementing projects and applying for funds.

Artemisszio is also:

• involved in several domestic (Hungarian) and European civil and professional networks;
• highly acknowledged as a professional organization working for refugees, migrants and any people with various cultural backgrounds.

Finance and Main Partners

Because of current governmental trends and policies, Artemisszio has no domestic governmental support. Our financial stability is highly dependent on European funds, mainly Erasmus+ and AMIF but we also get some support from OSI and other smaller programs and grant makers. A relatively small proportion of our budget comes from donations – we are working to raise this rate.

Our main professional partners include Hungarian NGOs working with refugees and migrants, schools, universities and municipalities. The international partnerships we regularly participate in are generally made of NGOs and youth NGOs working in the field of informal education, democracy building, empowerment and interculturalism and universities.

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