I. Purpose of the call:
Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest (hereinafter: Grantor), on the basis of Local Government Decree 15/2020 (IV.17.) on the rules for grants provided outside public finances (hereinafter: Decree), announces a call for grants to support programs of primary schools, vocational secondary schools, grammar schools and basic art schools based in District VII, Budapest, maintained by the Belső-Pest School District Center.
Applications can be submitted for the following support purposes :
1. organizing study trips, company visits, school programs, competitions and lectures during the school year that deepen students’ studies,
2. organizing trips and forest school programs for children during the school year,
Support for several purposes may be requested in one application.
Eligible costs are listed in Annex 5.
II. Eligible applicants:
The foundation of a primary school, vocational secondary school, grammar school or basic art school based in District VII, Budapest, maintained by the Belső-Pest School District Center (hereinafter: Applicant), provided it has successfully completed the registration procedure under Section 3 of the Decree.
The application for registration may also be submitted together with the grant application.
III. Restrictions:
1. No support may be granted to an Applicant that has submitted an application containing inadequate or false data, or that has not responded to a request to supply missing items by the set deadline.
2. No support may be granted to an Applicant that, in the two years before the application, has failed to account for local government support in whole or in part or submitted false accounts and has not complied with a request to repay the support, or where a collection order for repayment was unsuccessful, or that has unclosed accounts for support received in a previous call.
3. Under this call, each Applicant may submit only one application.
IV. Content and formal requirements for submitting applications:
1. Applications can be submitted only on the Erzsébetváros Local Government’s electronic grant management platform (https://palyazatkezelo.erzsebetvaros.hu) only . Prior registration on the platform is required.
A condition for validity is that the application data sheet generated by the grant management system, signed by the official representative of the applicant organization, reaches the Human Services Office within 5 working days of electronic submission.
2. The following documents must be attached to the application:
a) the cost plan according to Annex 1 of the call,
b) the declaration according to Annex 2 of the call on the existence or absence of a conflict of interestor personal involvement, and, if personal involvement exists, the Publication request according to Annex 3 of the call,
c) the transparency declaration according to Annex 4 of the call..
3. If an application is incomplete, missing items may be supplied once. The request to supply missing items is sent to the email address given in the application; the deadline for supplying missing items is 8 days, starting on the day the email is delivered.
V. Deadline, place and method of submitting applications:
Applications can be submitted on the electronic grant management platform at https://palyazatkezelo.erzsebetvaros.hu , after registration, by June 13, 2026.
The application data sheet under point IV.1, signed by the official representative of the organization, must be submitted within 5 working days of electronic submission in one of the following ways:
– in person to Evelin Tóth at the Human Services and Administration Division of the Mayor’s Office (1076 Budapest, Garay u. 5.) on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays between 8.00 and 16.00, and on Wednesdays between 8.00 and 18.00.
– via Ügyfélkapu/Cégkapu (Hivatali kapu address: short name BPVIIPH, KRID code: 500127390)
– via the e-Papír application at epapir.gov.hu.
VI. Source, amount and intensity of support:
1. Funds available for support: HUF 15,000,000 is available for this purpose in Local Government Decree 43/2025 (XII. 15.) on the Local Government’s 2026 budget.
2. No own contribution is required; the support intensity is 100%.
3. Form of support: non-repayable support paid in a single installment.
4. Each applicant may receive support of up to HUF 4,000,000 .
VII. Assessment of applications and notification of the grantor’s decision
1. Applications are assessed by the Council of the Erzsébetváros Local Government within 30 days of the submission deadline. Only complete applications meeting the conditions set out in the Decree and in this call may receive support.
2. When assessing applications, the Council takes the following criteria into account:
a) the extent to which the program contributes to deepening school studies,
b) how well founded and well developed the program and the budget are,
c) how well the program fits the school’s traditions and the experience-based, community-building programs held for years.
3. When assessing applications, programs aimed at support purpose 1 are given priority.
4. If the decision-maker awards less support than requested, the Applicant must adjust the submitted cost plan accordingly before the support contract is signed. When modifying the cost plan, no new items may be added beyond those in the original cost plan. The cost plan may be modified within 30 days of the electronic request to do so. If the Applicant does not submit the modified cost plan by the deadline indicated in the request, the grant decision lapses.
5. There is no appeal against the Council’s decision.
6. Applicants are notified electronically of the assessment within 20 days of the decision. In addition, on its official website the Grantor (www.erzsebetvaros.hu) publishes the names of the beneficiaries, the purpose and amount of the support, and the place where the program is implemented.
7. The winning Applicant (hereinafter: Beneficiary) will be entitled to sign the support contract after the professional and financial accounts of its application for the 2025-2026 school year have been accepted, of which the Grantor will send notification.
8. The document “Authorization letter for an immediate collection order” is an integral part of the support contract; the Grantor will not sign the support contract until it has been submitted.
9. To conclude the support contract, the Beneficiary must also submit a certificate of no public debts issued by the state tax authority, unless the organization is included in the database of taxpayers without public debts. To make signing the support contract and paying the support smoother, we recommend registering in the database! Before the contract is signed, the original or a notarized copy of the signature specimen of the person authorized to represent the Beneficiary must also be presented, unless it was submitted during the registration procedure or with the application.
VIII. Conditions for using the support
1. The support may be used, in accordance with the ministerial decree on the 2026/2027 school year, for costs incurred in the 2026/2027 school year (support period) in implementing the programs indicated in the application.
2. The Beneficiary must submit its professional and financial report on the use of the support by the deadline and in the manner set out in the support contract.
3. By signing the support contract, the Beneficiary acknowledges that the use of the support and any further agreements made while using it may be audited by the State Audit Office. The Grantor may check the appropriate use of the support and its proper documentation at any time. The Beneficiary must cooperate during such checks.
IX. Information
Further information on the call is available from Evelin Tóth at the Human Services and Administration Division (Tel: 462-3343; toth.evelin@erzsebetvaros.hu).
Budapest, May 14, 2026
District VII, Budapest
Erzsébetváros Local Government