Visegrad Fund












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            The International Visegrad Fund is an international organization based in Bratislava found

            ernments of the Visegrad Group [ URL "https://www.visegradgroup.eu/main.php"] (V4) countri
            Republic, Hungary, the Republic of Poland, and the Slovak Republic - in Štiřín, Czech Repu
            9, 2000.


            The purpose of the fund is to facilitate and promote the development of closer co-operatio
            citizens and institutions in the region as well as between the V4 region and other countri

            the Western Balkans and countries of the Eastern Partnership [ URL "https://eeas.europa.eu
            index_en.htm"] . The fund does so through grant support of common cultural, scientific and

            projects, youth exchanges, cross-border projects and tourism promotion, and through indivi
            programs (scholarships, residencies).


            The budget of the Fund (€8 million as of 2014) consists of equal contributions of the Vise
            governments. The Fund runs four regular grant programs [ URL "https://visegradfund.org/gra
            Grants [ URL "http://https://www.visegradfund.org/archive/results/small-grants/"] , Standa

            "https://www.visegradfund.org/archive/results/standard-grants/"] , the Visegrad Strategic 
            [ URL "https://www.visegradfund.org/archive/results/strategic-conferences/"] , and the Vis
            "https://www.visegradfund.org/implement/running-a-project/visegrad-visegradplus-strategic-

            program), a separateVisegrad 4 Eastern Partnership, program with its separate grant and sc
            schemes, scholarship schemes [ URL "https://visegradfund.org/scholarships/"] , a multi-cha
            residence [ URL "https://visegradfund.org/residencies/"] program, and a curriculum-buildin

            universities [ URL "https://visegradfund.org/grants/vusg/"] .

            Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations (CSOs), municipalities 

            regional governments, schools and universities, but also private companies or individual c
            eligible for grant support, provided that their projects deal with the region and further 
            operation among project partners based in the region.


            The governing bodies of the fund are the Council of Ambassadors [ URL "https://www.visegra
            us/council-of-ambassadors/"] and the Conference of Ministers [ URL "https://visegradfund.o

            of Foreign Affairs. The administrative body of the Fund is the Secretariat [ URL "https://
            about/secretariat/"] .






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            * Visegrad scholarships:
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            are meant to facilitate study in MA programmes and in PhD research and study programmes fo
            up to 4 semesters at all accredited universities (public and private) in the V4 countries,
            other countries (see bellow).

             
            The following types of scholarships are on offer:
            • the so-called In-Coming Scholarships [ URL "https://visegradfund.org/scholarships/incomi

              to applicants from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgi
              Macedonia/FYROM, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine thus enabling them to 
              the V4 countries;

            • the so-called Intra-Visegrad Scholarships [ URL "https://visegradfund.org/scholarships/i
              granted to applicants from V4 countries who want to study/do research in some V4 country
              their own;

            • the so-called Out-Going Scholarships [ URL "https://visegradfund.org/scholarships/outgoi
              to applicants from V4 countries who want to study/do research in any of the following co
              territories: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kos

              FYROM, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, and Ukraine.
            Interested parties may apply for the scholarships once a year.


            Further details about the above-mentioned grants and scholarships, including the applicati
            are available from the International Visegrad Fund website [ URL "https://www.visegradfund
            For more information about the Visegrad group please visit www.visegradgroup.eu [ URL "htt

            www.visegradgroup.eu"] .

            Over the past 5 years, the Faculty of Education, Charles University has been visited by se

            benefiting from the Visegrad Fund scholarship programme. They were here studying, research
            their diploma or doctoral theses. Each of them gave very positive feedback about the study
            considered it very beneficial for their subsequent scholarly pursuits.