CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (CSDF)

Profile:
The primary goal of CSDF foundation is to build the capacity for non-profit organisations, to improve their efficiency, enabling them to fulfil their societal role with the active participation of citizens. As generators, we intend to encourage civil organisations to recognise and solve problems, lead their own life and affect their environment. In short: capacity building. According to the philosophy of the foundation, capacity-building is more then teaching, more then just a transmission of knowledge. It is the recognition, respect and fulfilment of the basic values in democracy; the acquisition of a deeper, more conscious and open approach, which can serve as an efficient instrument in case of institutional and social difficulties.
For 10 years, the CSDF has accomplished its goals through services based on the changing needs of Hungary and Central Eastern Europe. Its main activities are: training programs, consultancy, public forums and publications.

Activities:
The services of CSDF covers all non-profit management related topics, with the following main professional areas: organisational planning and direction, program- and service management, financial management, fundraising, communication, human resource handling. As the provider of organisational capacity building programs, it deals with resource founding, trainer education, trainings for non-profit management expertise, fostering in-sector relationships, institutional consultancy. Since 2003, CSDF is among the fulfillers of the Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe Organisation's Programs in Hungary, which aims to strengthen the non-profit sector by institutional capacity building programs.

Region:
Hungary, Poland, Check Republic, Slovakia, south-west Europe, Central-Asia, Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States

Number of staff: 9 full-time and 6 external employees

Volunteers: 4

Contact:
Balázs Sátor executive director
e-mail: ctf@ctf.hu
H-1117 Budapest, Mészöly u. 4. III/3.
T./F.: +36 1 3853938, 3853914, 3852966
www.ctf.hu