Click on the button below to navigate to the application site.
Diaspora Program 2025 - Call for application
The Rákóczi Association - at the request of the Hungarian Diaspora Council
and with the support of the Hungarian Government - is once again
announcing its highly successful Diaspora Program. During 2025, the
program creates the opportunity for Hungarian youth between the ages of 10
and 25 living in the diaspora and also for teachers working in the
diaspora communities to go on a study trip to Hungary.
- 1. The goals of the Program:
- Presentation of the traditions and built heritage that define Hungarian history and culture in the Carpathian Basin with experiential programs.
- To promote the development of relations between young Hungarians living in the diaspora and with young Hungarians living in the Carpathian Basin, meanwhile contributing to the strengthen of their Hungarian identity.
- Development of Hungarian language skills with the involvement and help of professionals.
- Strengthening the relationship of Hungarians living in the diaspora with the motherland by creating a new kind of network, as well as setting in motion and expanding cooperation between different diaspora areas across the border and on a wider scale at the all-Hungarian level.
- Increasing the efficiency of the quality transfer of knowledge aimed at national bond in the diaspora. Furthermore, the acquisition of extensive experience in the domestic environment, as well as the expansion of intellectual, cultural and methodological knowledge that enrichens this identity.
- To inspire and help the Hungarians living in the diaspore regions to connect and raise awareness to their respective regional Hungarian organizations/associations.
- Professional training of teachers working in the diaspora and strengthening their network.
- 2. Contents of the Programme:
- 2.1 Planned program periods
- Budapest sightseeing, visiting Museums
- Budapest experiences
- Getting to know each other
- Strengthening the Hungarian language with fun activities
- excursions
- various experiences (ie.: wine tasting, hiking, historic walks, dragon boat race)
- dance house aka Táncház, learning folklore dances
- 3. The pool of the applicants:
- Youth living in the Diaspora regions (and abroad):
- Chaperone
- 4. Financing the Program:
- North America: 150.000 HUF
- Western Europe, Israel: 25.000 HUF
- South America: 280.000 HUF
- Australia and New Zealand: 280.000 HUF
- South Africa: 200.000 HUF
- 5. Application and evaluation:
- Application Process:
The Diaspora Program enlists 11 different time sloths between May and
December in 2025. The participants can choose between summer camps or
study trips based on their liking. The length of these programs varies
from 7-10 days. If the chaperone(s) arrive as a non-participant on the
above-mentioned programs, they can apply for the Összmagyar Tanártábor
in the summer as a participant.
Program | Date | Recommended age group | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Pentecost | 2025. June 2-9. | 14-25 |
2. | All-Hungarian Secondary School Students’ Camp | 2025. June 20-27. | 14-19 |
3. | All-Hungarian Mother Tongue Camp | 2025. July 4-11. | 10-14 |
4. | All-Hungarian Teachers’ Camp | 2025. July 11-17. | only for teachers |
5. | All-Hungarian Mother Tongue Camp | 2025. July 18-25. | 10-14 |
6. | All-Hungarian Secondary School Students’ Camp | 2025. July 25-August 1. | 14-19 |
7. | All-Hungarian Mother Tongue Camp | 2025. August 1-8. | 10-14 |
8. | All-Hungarian Secondary School Students’ Camp | 2025. August 8-15. | 14-19 |
9. | All-Hungarian University Students’ Camp | 2025. August 15-21. | 18-25 |
10. | All-Hungarian Secondary School Students’ Camp | 2025. August 22-29. | 14-19 |
11. | Advent | 2025. December 8-16. | 10-25 |
2.2 The program includes the following events:
Every program includes a fieldtrip in Budapest, in the rural parts of
Hungary and also visiting one region abroad.
Programs in Budapest:
Rural Hungary, region abroad programs:
The summer camps take place at Sátoraljaújhely, Rákóczi Hotel, Tábor és
Rendezvényközpont –
www.rakoczihotel.hu
The application for the Program is open to ages between 10 and 25, the
applicants must participate actively (for at least 1 year), either in
a Hungarian community, Hungarian weekend school, Hungarian Traditional
and Cultural Association abroad or Religious association . The local
Hungarian Association needs to give written proof stating that the
applicant participates actively in their community. Within the
framework of the Program, a person will visit Hungary once during
2025, during an arbitrarily selected program period. Minors (under the
age of 18) can only be accepted in groups (5+1 people) and accompanied
by an adult. In all cases, parental approval is required for the
application of minors. We request a short letter of motivation from
all applicants. Teachers working in the diaspora who do not come to
the program as chaperones can apply for the summer Összmagyar
Tanártábor. To apply, we ask teachers to provide a letter of
motivation and a letter of recommendation from their respective
diaspora community.
Who can apply as a chaperone? They are older than 25 years old and are
an active participant in their respective diaspora communities
(teacher, folklore dance teacher, community leader, parent, etc.),
have a good communication level of Hungarian and have uploaded their
motivational letter online. The application of one chaperone can be
accepted for every 5 minors.
For successful applicants, the Rákóczi Association will cover the
following expenses (during the time of the program only!):
accommodation, food, safety insurance, the cost of travel in Hungary, as
well as the fees of museums, events,etc related to the program.
Following a successful application, a registration fee of 40,000 HUF is
required to confirm participation. Half of the registration fee will be
refunded to participants after the trip, provided they attended the
entire duration of the program. The other half of the paid amount will
be allocated to the Rákóczi Association`s Hungarian School Selection
Program. The Rákóczi Association contributes the following amounts to
the travel costs of the program participants by region. The travel
contribution are paid by bank transfer after the trip.
Travel between the country of departure and Hungary, travel insurance,
and the return trip are organized individually by the participants and
accompanying persons.
Application Process and Evaluation Applications are open from the 23rd
of January 2025 until the 23rd of April 2025
Participation is done individually via the website
diaszpora.rakocziszovetseg.org
The applications are reviewed and evaluated by the Rákóczi Association
in close cooperation with the representatives of the Hungarian Diaspora
Council. Within 15 days after the closing of the application deadline,
the Rákóczi Association will make a decision based on the specified
conditions, the frame numbers and the order in which the applications
were received. After the decision, all applicants will receive details
regarding their application and its success via email.