1.8 Cross-border cooperation
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Cooperation with European countries
As mentioned above, in line with national policy, cooperation with Hungarians living outside the border is also promoted in youth policy: the most essential and extensive project is 'Without borders' ('Határtalanul') (see chapter 1.4 Youth policy decision-making).
Besides that, the youth exchange programmes of the Visegrad Fund should also be mentioned.
'The Fund is an international donor organisation, established in 2000 by the governments of the Visegrad Group countries — Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. […] [It seeks] original approaches that help the region progress in seven main areas of Culture, Education, Innovation, Democratic Values, Public Policy, Environment and Tourism, and Social Development.'
From 2016 an aggregated budget is published every year with the list of all the projects, but it is not indicated separately which project is specifically related to youth. As for 2024, only the specific granted amounts are listed, but according to the general information accessible on the Fund website,
'The Fund's annual budget is 10 million € provided by equal contributions of the V4 governments. On an ad hoc basis, the Fund also administers financial contributions from third countries dedicated to Visegrad+ projects.'
International cooperation
The most significant international cooperation outside the EU is connected to the Council of Europe, which maintains a European Youth Centre in Budapest, where several national and international youth-related events are organised. In 2016, Hungary joined the Youth Delegate Programme to the United Nations with the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Külgazdasági és Külügyminisztérium).