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PAD

PAD Alapítvány

Budapest, Hungary

Environment & ClimateHeritageArts & CultureCommunity development
AssociationFounded 2016International reach
Profile last updated: June 20, 2026

About

Founded in 2016, PAD is a non-profit association based in Budapest, Hungary working on environment & climate, heritage, arts & culture +3 more.

PAD is a Budapest-based foundation founded in 2016 that researches the links between environmental harm and social inequality in Central and Eastern Europe. It works across rural and urban settings through research, policy analysis, education, advocacy and socially engaged art. Its projects cover regenerative land use and charcoal-making heritage, urban climate adaptation, brownfield regeneration, water access and public health, and it also offers CSRD and ESG advisory services to municipalities, institutions and companies. Its work is participatory and context-driven.

Location

Budapest, Hungary

Founded

2016

Organisation type

Association

Legal form

Alapítvány

Legal name

PAD Alapítvány

Focus areas

environmental justiceclimate justiceparticipatory researchbrownfield regenerationcultural heritagesocially engaged artCSRD advisory

Languages

HUEN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Environment & ClimateHeritageArts & CultureCommunity developmentWater & SanitationHousing & Homelessness

Works for

Communities

How they work

ResearchAdvocacy & campaigningAwareness & educationCommunity programmesCapacity building

Programmes

Szénégető tájak (Landscapes of charcoal burning)

Heritage

Multidisciplinary research on traditional charcoal production, its impact on landscape change and its connection to industrial development.

Többhasznú sarjerdő (Multi-purpose coppice woodland)

Environment & Climate

Work on the heritage of traditional non-timber forest products and sustainable woodland and land use.

Balatonbarát kert (Balaton-friendly garden)

Nature & Wildlife conservation

Conservation-focused garden and land management initiative in the Balaton region.

LIFE Városi eső (LIFE Urban Runoff)

Environment & Climate

Climate adaptation and stormwater management demonstration in urban planning.

Barnamezős Revitalizációs Hálózat (Brownfield Revitalisation Network)

Community development

Network and framework for the sustainable and socially equitable regeneration of post-industrial brownfield areas in Central and Eastern Europe.

Lakóközösségek és Közegészségügy (Neighbourhoods & Public Health)

Health

Research and participatory work on residential communities and public health in deprived neighbourhoods.

Countries of operation

HungaryCzech RepublicPolandSlovakia

Funding & support

Funded by

Grants

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

International Visegrad Fund, University of Ostrava, Faculty of Arts, University of Rzeszów, Institute of History

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