Hungarian Ashoka Fellows
Our Impact in Hungary
Find out more about our our activities in Hungary and read about the main outcomes in the Impact Reports.
Building a sustainable changemaking ecosystem in Hungary
This study presents the findings of the evaluation focusing on the program Building a sustainable changemaking ecosystem
implemented by Ashoka Hungary between 2019 and 2020.
Measuring the Social Impact of Organizations
Organizations participating in Impact Academy are setting up their impact measurement system and learning how to communicate their impact more effective.
Read more about the program results.
Pro Bono Handbook
In our handbook we share best practices and key takeaways for business leaders while walking the reader through the process of setting up and running pro bono programs.
10+ years of experience spiced up with case studies, interviews and practical tips for a successful pro bono program.
Impact Finance Lab 2020 Closing Report
In this report you can read about the Impact Finance Lab participants, their goals and motivation in the program together with their challenges and how they addressed them (available in Hungarian).
Who we are
Anikó Cserjés
Ashoka Hungary Country Representative
Anikó Cserjés
Ashoka Hungary Country Representative
Áron Méhes
Ashoka Fellows & Venture
Former colleagues
Gábor Lévai
Consultant
Veronika Kiss
Consultant
Zita Szombath
Consultant
Petra Péntek
Consultant
Impact Design
Communication & Design
Zsolt Pethe
Ashoka Hungary Country Representative
Zsolt Pethe
Ashoka Hungary Country Representative
Luca Ménesi
Communication
Some of our Key Partners in Hungary
Scale Impact
A ScaleImpact összeköti a fejlődni képes és akaró, társadalmi hasznossággal bíró szervezeteket olyan vállalatokkal, amelyek szívesen támogatnak jó ügyeket. Azon dolgoznak, hogy a társadalmi vállalkozások és civil szervezetek fenntarthatóságát és mérhető, pozitív társadalmi hatását növeljék. A Scale Impact a korábbi Civil Support jogutódja.
Scale Impact
A ScaleImpact összeköti a fejlődni képes és akaró, társadalmi hasznossággal bíró szervezeteket olyan vállalatokkal, amelyek szívesen támogatnak jó ügyeket. Azon dolgoznak, hogy a társadalmi vállalkozások és civil szervezetek fenntarthatóságát és mérhető, pozitív társadalmi hatását növeljék. A Scale Impact a korábbi Civil Support jogutódja.
MagNet Bank
The first new-bank in Hungary, as a value-based bank, it is a community building financial institution, which aspires for active social participation together with its clients and consciously develops its environment.
Open Society Foundations
Open Society Foundations provides financial support for NGOs and social issues working to overcome the economic and social problems.
KPMG
KPMG is an international auditor, tax and business consultant company. Through responsible corporate governance and alongside their clients KPMG is dedicated to think responsible, be sustainable and maximize the positive social and environmental impact.
Impact Design
Impact Design partners with mission-driven organisations to help them grow, expand their impact through design and communication. By using agile design techniques that put humans first, they help organisations grow in a sustainable way.
Badur Foundation
The Badur Foundation's overarching aim is to tackle poverty through education and social entreprise. They find people and projects focused on helping marginalised and disadvantaged individuals and groups who want to improve their future prospects and those of their communities.
SIMPACT
SIMPACT makes non-profit and church organizations, social businesses, and their supporters more effective in Hungary and at an international level. With economists and sociologists in their team, they help their clients to maximize their social impact on strategy development, business planning, fundraising, impact measurement, CSR and more.
SIMPACT
SIMPACT makes non-profit and church organizations, social businesses, and their supporters more effective in Hungary and at an international level. With economists and sociologists in their team, they help their clients to maximize their social impact on strategy development, business planning, fundraising, impact measurement, CSR and more.
Impact Hub
Impact Hub is a rapidly expanding, diverse global network of over 15,000+ members in 80+ locations. Impact Hubs are where change goes to work. Part innovation lab, part business incubator, and part community center, it offers members a unique ecosystem of resources, inspiration, and collaboration opportunities to grow impact. The company believes a better world evolves through the combined accomplishments of creative, committed and compassionate individuals focused on a common purpose. It offers the opportunity join its diverse community of members and collaborators to inspire, connect, and enable people to develop their best work every step of the way.
Impact Hub
Impact Hub is a rapidly expanding, diverse global network of over 15,000+ members in 80+ locations. Impact Hubs are where change goes to work. Part innovation lab, part business incubator, and part community center, it offers members a unique ecosystem of resources, inspiration, and collaboration opportunities to grow impact. The company believes a better world evolves through the combined accomplishments of creative, committed and compassionate individuals focused on a common purpose. It offers the opportunity join its diverse community of members and collaborators to inspire, connect, and enable people to develop their best work every step of the way.
Hiflylabs
Hiflylabs deals with intelligence solutions, consulting and mobile development. In 2017 they were added to the list of the most dynamically growing Central European technology companies.
THBE
THBE is a community of investors committed to contribute to positive social change. It works to stimulate the impact ecosystem and to increase the number of social impact investments by developing the sector through knowledge-sharing and professional networking events.
Corvinus University of Budapest - CEMS
CEMS (Community of European Management Schools) is a collaboration between the world’s leading business schools and universities, as well as multinational companies and civil society organizations. Its main aim is to set a new standard among international business master’s programs by providing training and research opportunities for selected students who plan to develop and lead companies operating in a global environment.
Corvinus University of Budapest - CEMS
CEMS (Community of European Management Schools) is a collaboration between the world’s leading business schools and universities, as well as multinational companies and civil society organizations. Its main aim is to set a new standard among international business master’s programs by providing training and research opportunities for selected students who plan to develop and lead companies operating in a global environment.
CMS Budapest
The CMS Budapest provides legal and tax services in Hungary since 1989. The CMS Team offers unique, sector-specific legal advice on commercial law, for Hungarian and international companies. As a member of the Global CMS Network, it is the sixth largest law firm in the world and the largest law firm in Europe.
CMS Budapest
The CMS Budapest provides legal and tax services in Hungary since 1989. The CMS Team offers unique, sector-specific legal advice on commercial law, for Hungarian and international companies. As a member of the Global CMS Network, it is the sixth largest law firm in the world and the largest law firm in Europe.
Schneider Electric Foundation
Schneider Electric is a company offering electrical solutions and energy efficiency services, which puts ethics and responsibility at the center of its interactions with the community it works in. In 1998 it founded the Schneider Electric Foundation, which has as its primary commitment contributing to the development of people and societies through education, innovation, awareness and vocational training on energy related professions.
In 2016, Schneider Electric launched, in partnership with Ashoka a program to fight energy poverty, consisting of a challenge for social innovation projects addressing this issue, followed by a 3 months’ capacity building and acceleration program to scale the winning projects, involving members of the company and the Ashoka network as mentors of the process. Each edition ended with a Social Innovation Conference, on the topic of ending energy poverty, aiming to involve other actors and start up a movement for better and further collaboration and knowledge sharing in this sector.
In the programs’ 2nd edition, 3 portuguese projects benefitted from the financial support and capacity building provided by Schneider collaborators: Coopérnico, Just a Change and CENSE. By the end of the program (replicating Ashoka’s Globalizer Program), the relationships established between the foundation, the company’s staff and projects’ remained active. Today, Schneider Electric is still actively supporting these projects.
Schneider Electric Foundation
Schneider Electric is a company offering electrical solutions and energy efficiency services, which puts ethics and responsibility at the center of its interactions with the community it works in. In 1998 it founded the Schneider Electric Foundation, which has as its primary commitment contributing to the development of people and societies through education, innovation, awareness and vocational training on energy related professions.
In 2016, Schneider Electric launched, in partnership with Ashoka a program to fight energy poverty, consisting of a challenge for social innovation projects addressing this issue, followed by a 3 months’ capacity building and acceleration program to scale the winning projects, involving members of the company and the Ashoka network as mentors of the process. Each edition ended with a Social Innovation Conference, on the topic of ending energy poverty, aiming to involve other actors and start up a movement for better and further collaboration and knowledge sharing in this sector.
In the programs’ 2nd edition, 3 portuguese projects benefitted from the financial support and capacity building provided by Schneider collaborators: Coopérnico, Just a Change and CENSE. By the end of the program (replicating Ashoka’s Globalizer Program), the relationships established between the foundation, the company’s staff and projects’ remained active. Today, Schneider Electric is still actively supporting these projects.
McKinsey & Company
A strategic consulting company, McKinsey & Company creates strategic missions and conducts evaluations of social impact studies for Ashoka and for Fellows around the world. McKinsey & Company also support Ashoka Fellows with personal consultations that will help launch and scale Fellows' strategy and impact.
McKinsey & Company
A strategic consulting company, McKinsey & Company creates strategic missions and conducts evaluations of social impact studies for Ashoka and for Fellows around the world. McKinsey & Company also support Ashoka Fellows with personal consultations that will help launch and scale Fellows' strategy and impact.
EIT Climate-KIC
EIT CLIMATE-KIC is a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) that works to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy. Supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), EIT Climate-KIC identifies and supports innovation that helps society adapt to climate change.
EIT Climate-KIC
EIT CLIMATE-KIC is a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) that works to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy. Supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), EIT Climate-KIC identifies and supports innovation that helps society adapt to climate change.
Telekom
A Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Működő Részvénytársaság, röviden vagy Magyar Telekom vagy Telekom egy távközlési és telekommunikációs vállalat, Magyarország legnagyobb távközlési szolgáltatója és egyben egyik legnagyobb cége.
MasterCard
A MasterCard Incorporated (2016 óta hivatalosan Mastercard) amerikai pénzügyi vállalat, bankkártyák kiadásával foglalkozik. Székhelye a New York állambeli Purchase-ben található.
A MasterCard számára kiemelten fontos az egyenlőség, a szolidaritás és a fenntarthatóság.
TMF Group
TMF Group provides accounting, corporate secretarial, HR administrative and capital market support to companies of all sizes in 80+ countries. Drawing on the experiences of both organizations, Ashoka and the TMF Group envision a partnership to fuel social entrepreneurship around the world.
TMF Group
TMF Group provides accounting, corporate secretarial, HR administrative and capital market support to companies of all sizes in 80+ countries. Drawing on the experiences of both organizations, Ashoka and the TMF Group envision a partnership to fuel social entrepreneurship around the world.