István Zoltán Bán from Debrecen, Hungary arrived to Washington this fall and will spend 4 months at the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development. With HIF’s support, the Hungarian American Coalition’s John N. Lauer Leadership Training Program (formerly...
This fall, HIF kicked off its support of CEPA’s James Denton Transatlantic Fellowship, a unique learning experience for Hungarian mid-career professionals to gain first hand knowledge of Washington DC’s think tank and policy-making world. Antónia Kováts, the first...
Hajnalka Tóth from Budapest, Hungary arrived to Washington this fall and will spend 4 months at Meridian Center for Cultural Diplomacy (MCCD). With HIF’s support, the Hungarian American Coalition’s John N. Lauer Leadership Training Program (formerly Coalition...
The annual CEPA Forum has become the go-to event for anyone working on US-CEE relations. This year's conference, held at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, focused on the "Unfinished Business of 1989" and challenged all participants to ask: who will win the...
HIF’s third annual Young Hungarian Leaders Program (YHLP) concluded last week with 13 Hungarian participants. Through a mixture of briefings, study sessions, workshops, and meetings with think-tanks, U.S. government representatives, as well as site visits,...
Ilona Schumicky, Noémi Pálfalvi, and Márton Hegedüs, this year's first batch of Széll Kálmán Fellows really made us proud this summer. They have gone above and beyond to excel in their studies, at their internships and to spread some Hungarian cheer among their peers....
This year's The Future of Liberty + Leadership Conference hosted by one of HIF's partner institutions, The Fund for American Studies, was an opportunity to hear from alumni who are involved in educating for liberty around the globe. The two day conference in...
The Atlantic Council in cooperation with GLOBSEC hosted a two day conference this week in Washington highlighting the importance of Central Europe as engines of the transatlantic relationship. HIF Chairman Ambassador April Foley, Board Member Ambassador Kurt Volker...
Flóra Anna Adouki from Nagymegyer (Veľký Meder), Slovakia arrived to Washington this spring and will spend 4 months at the Atlantic Council. With HIF’s support, the Hungarian American Coalition’s John N. Lauer Leadership Training Program (formerly Coalition Internship...
On June 1, 2019 Quinnipiac University’s Central European Institute (CEI) and The Hungary Initiatives Foundation (HIF) co-hosted the Zebegény Alumni Summit. This event, for the first time, brought together the alumni of all Quinnipiac- and HIF-sponsored scholarships,...