ERSTE Foundation is active in the Central and South Eastern European region including Austria. Founded in 2003, we began our work two years later by developing strategies that support awareness raising and knowledge creation for responsible and active citizens enabling them to stand for and support liberal, democratic values and European cohesion. Other than that ERSTE Foundation offers inspiring models of successful social integration and cultural innovation to stimulate the engagement of others, as examples of good practice and as a reference for partnerships with other actors. It also promotes engagement with critical societal developments by artists and cultural producers and mediates their works to a wider public.

Positive change is based on shared values. On this platform you have access to ideas and people.Together with our partners we create development.

Let’s meet the challenges of Central and South Eastern Europe’s past, present and future on a local, national, and global level.