Sustainable Development - Financed projects

VIA Foundation

VIA Foundation was established in 1997, picking up on the work of the Czech branch of the American “Foundation for a Civil Society”, which had been active in the Czech Republic since 1990. From its establishment until the end of 2007, VIA Foundation provided 2,100 grants amounting in aggregate to 190 million crowns, making it one of the largest and most active Czech foundations. VIA Foundation supports the activities of non-profit organisations in the regions and strives to promote philanthropy in society.

Since 2006, the Ceska Sporitelna Foundation has been the General Partner of VIA Foundation’s grant programme “Helping People Improve the Place Where They Live”, having taken over the General Partnership from Ceska Sporitelna, which had supported its first two years. The objective of the programme is to renew or transform unused or grown-over spaces into public spaces that can be used by all age groups.  In selected areas, domestic non-profits - with the technical and financial assistance of VIA Foundation - are improving the environment of their municipality or city. The programme also makes a major contribution to reviving the interest of locals in what is going on in their locale, by actively involving them in all stages of the planning and renewal or construction project.

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Partnership Foundation

Partnership Foundation is a non-profit organisation that helps to care for the environment, stimulating sustainable development and inter-sectoral cooperation, and supporting the participation of citizens in public affairs. The foundation achieves its objectives by making grants, organising internships, training, seminars and other educational modules, publishing work, mediating information and contacts concerning the environment, as well as through its own programmes.

In 2004, the Ceska Sporitelna Foundation became a partner of Partnership Foundation and the General Partner of one of its programmes – ”Greenways“, following up on the several years of successful cooperation between Partnership Foundation and Ceska Sporitelna.

Greenways are trails, roads, or natural corridors used in line with their environmental function and potential for sport, tourism, and recreation. The aim is to improve the quality of life of the inhabitants of towns and municipalities, focusing on safe transport, environmentally friendly tourism, the protection of natural and cultural heritage, and a healthy life style.

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Czech Union for Nature Conservation

Czech Union for Nature Conservation (ČSOP) is the largest non-governmental organisation in the Czech Republic that has, since 1979, associated people interested in nature conservation and environmental protection. Its mission is to protect and renew nature, landscape, and the environment; to offer environmental education; and support sustainable development. ČSOP closely cooperates with state and self-governing authorities, schools, and other non-governmental organisations.

In 2006, the Ceska Sporitelna Foundation picked up on ČSOP's several years of successful cooperation with Ceska Sporitelna, and continues to support it to this day, as the General Partner of the project “National Network of Stations for Handicapped Animals”. These are fist-aid stations whose main task is to provide first aid and fast professional care to all found and temporarily handicapped animals, and to allow their full-fledged return to nature.

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