Budapest Esely
Budapest Chance Nonprofit Ltd.
Budapest made a commitment in 1996 to take an active part in assisting the unemployed of the Hungarian capital. By founding Budapest Chance Nonprofit Ltd., the Municipality has tried to open a protective umbrella over the heads of unemployed people in Budapest who have dropped from the labyrinth of the institutional system. The headquarters and three branch offices of the Organization is visited by 3,000–4,000 job-seekers annually for job opportunities, advise. On an annual basis, 800–1,000 people of them are engaged in public employment by the Budapest Chance. The public employment program for the homeless handled as a separate task offers at least short-term wage-earning opportunities for 200 homeless people annually, and in addition organizes social and mental support for them.
The Budapest Chance does not only organize public employment, but achieves increasing successes in finding market workplaces for the job-seekers of the capital. Formerly, it helped 80–100 persons annually to find market jobs, while since 2007 200–300 job-seekers have received such assistance each year as a consequence of the intensive methodological development. The commitment of the Organization to assistance in finding jobs and efficient integration is clearly indicated by the fact that nearly half of the permanent associates of the Organization have started their careers at the public-benefit workers of the Budapest Chance itself.
Since 2003, the Equal Opportunity Office of the Municipality of Budapest (FEMI) has been operated within the organization framework of the Budapest Chance. It is entrusted to promote the coordinated development of employment and equal opportunity services both in the capital and the Central Hungarian Region. The activities of the FEMI have contributed to the fact that from EU employment project grants the Budapest-based organizations have succeeded in mobilizing more than HUF ten billion.
The Office operates several employment and equal opportunity target project in Budapest, with reliance on European Union and domestic funds. In 2008, the European Commission selected Budapest Chance as one of the 9 best examples of active social inclusion, and therefore on the Community level Budapest has become of the cities with the best practices. It is similarly estimable that UN’s Global Compact initiative has mentioned Budapest as a good example for variegated urban strategies.
The Budapest Chance Non-Profit Ltd. is the innovation center and coordinator of the equal opportunity policy of Budapest.
contact:
Ms Ildikó Kassai
Ms Tea
Garadnay
Website:
http://www.pestesely.hu
Email:
kassaii@pestesely.hu; garadnay@pestesely.hu
Phone:
36-1-476-1930
Fax:
36-1-476-1931
Address:
Budapest Chance Nonprofit Ltd.
Equal Opportunity Office of Budapest
Őr u. 5-7.
H-1084 Budapest
Hungary