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

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.

05/10/2026

Boris Marte, 1964-2026

It is with profound sadness that we share the news of the passing of Boris Marte, who has left us far too soon.

He helped to establish ERSTE Foundation as well as so many initiatives that have shaped civil society in Austria and Central and Eastern Europe. For over 10 years, he served as ERSTE Foundation’s CEO, but in this as well as all his other roles he was dedicated to something much greater: a strong civil society and a free and united Europe.

The impulses Boris has given us are countless, the networks he has built are made to endure and the impact he has left is indelible. He was an inspiration to everyone who worked with him, he believed in big ideas, but believed even more in people: He demonstrated time and again that with the right crowd at the right time, in the right place, that change IS possible.

We have lost a visionary, a colleague and a friend. We have lost a fighter and a champion of the greater good. Our thoughts are with his family, and everyone close to him. Together, we will honour his memory.

In Memory of Boris by Andreas Treichl: https://www.erstestiftung.org/en/in-memory-of-boris/

For those wishing to pay their respects, a book of condolences will be available at the ERSTE Foundation (Am Belvedere 1, 1100 Vienna) from Wednesday, 7 October. The book of condolences will be accessible Monday to Thursday from 10:00 to 17:00 and on Friday until 14:00.

29/09/2026

»It's a new country and a new media ecosystem, and every day we are forming this new reality.« – Veronika Munk

Hungarian journalist Veronika Munk , founding editor-in-chief of Telex and now Editor-in-Chief at , speaks at about Hungary's media landscape after the change of government in April. Public service media faces reform, while independent outlets return to the core of journalism: informing people in depth.

17/09/2026

Feeling connected and included in your community is a very pragmatic issue, says Sergio Urbani, CEO of Fondazione Cariplo. At , Urbani spoke on »How Europe Wins on Housing« about how public, private and philanthropic capital can secure affordable housing across Europe.

🔗 Read Seven Takeaways from Alpbach 2026 for a Flourishing Europe https://www.erstestiftung.org/en/seven-takeaways-alpbach-2026-flourishing-europe/

10/09/2026

We caught up with Lenka, one of the scholarship holders at , currently a dual MA Candidate at Uni Graz and Uni Ljubljana in Southeast European Studies.

She spoke about what kind of future young people actually want to live in, and why it matters to push back against the bleak narratives we so often hear about the Balkans and its youth with a more hopeful, forward looking story instead.

01/09/2026

September keeps up the pace: new exhibitions open in Debrecen and Vienna, several open calls come to a close, and the final week brings the Vienna Humanities Festival.

»Im Sturm« – premiere of a short film on young carers in Austria, presented with Alles Clara.
📅 2 September 2026, 18:00
📍 Feuerwehrhaus, Alpbach

»Islands of Conviviality« – a mobile educational programme across the Croatian islands of Vis, Hvar and Brač, marking the centenary of philosopher Ivan Illich.
📅 1–9 September 2026
📍 Croatia

»Café Vienna« with Stipan Tadić – an artist talk on Tadić's painting series exploring Vienna through its cafés, bars and restaurants, with Ivana Dragicevic and , moderated by vanja_zanko. Part of PARALLEL VIENNA | contemporary art fair 2026.
📅 11 September 2026
📍 Otto Wagner Areal, Vienna

»Looking Away« – an international group exhibition on averting one's eyes from war, climate change and other urgencies as both coping mechanism and quiet complicity. Curated by Maximilian Lehner
📅 11 September 2026 – 3 January 2027
📍 Center sodobnih umetnosti, Celje

»Marc Impact Programme 2026/2027« – call for applications.
❗ Apply by 11 September 2026

Biennale Matter of Art »Necessary Wishes« – the fourth edition of the Biennale, organised by tranzit.cz.
📅 until 13 September 2026
📍 Prague & Pardubice

»Where Boundaries Blur« – an exhibition on diasporic experience, belonging & intertwined histories by MQ Artists-in-Residence Mira Gaberova, Marei Loellmann and Mario Mu, curated by Viktor Čech & Elisabeth Hajek, closes this month.
📅 until 13 September 2026
📍 MQ – MuseumsQuartier Wien Pop Up Schauraum, Vienna

»Artist-in-Residence Programme 2027« – call for applications by tranzit.org for the Vienna residency.
❗ Apply by 15 September 2026

»Mitmacht 2026 x reCampaign26« – Democracy Festival.
🗓 23–26 September 2026
📍 Berlin

Vienna Humanities Festival 2026 – »Agency / Tu Was« – organised by Institute for Human Sciences.
🗓 23–27 September 2026
📍 Vienna

»Cultivators of Life« – Growing Seedbeds of Knowledge - an international exhibition exploring cultivation as a form of knowledge production, organised by tranzit Bucharest in partnership with MODEM.
📅 until 5 November 2026
📍 MODEM, Debrece

25/08/2026

For 20 years, Zweite Sparkasse has been a bank for people without access to banking services, helping around 28,000 people across Austria find their way back to financial independence.

Founded by ERSTE Foundation in 2006, it combines accounts with counselling and support, delivered by 380 volunteer staff from Erste Bank across 8 branches. It's likely the only bank that's genuinely happy to lose its customers, once they no longer need its support.

Looking ahead, under CEO Rupert Rieder, Zweite Sparkasse is pairing crisis support with preventive financial education to reach even more people.

Its early education work also laid the groundwork for FLiP - Financial Life Park.

🔗 Learn more at https://www.erstestiftung.org/en/starting-anew-20-years-of-zweite-sparkasse/

20/08/2026

The Czech app Nepanikař has won the Marc Grand Impact Award 2026, receiving €20,000 in prize money.

Nepanikař offers free, low-threshold and anonymous support for people in psychological crisis. It has nearly 800,000 users, with more than 500 people turning to it every day for support with panic attacks, eating disorders, self-harm and suicidal thoughts. The app provides chats, crisis hotlines and access to therapy, run by a professionally trained team on an open-source technology base. Next, Nepanikař plans to expand into further countries and grow its training programme.

🔗 Link in bio for more.

Are you building something meaningful and ready to take it further, or do you know someone who is? Apply for the new Marc cohort now: https://at.marc-impactprogramme.net/

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

19/08/2026

»We're living in a time of two competing forces, violence and resistance, coexisting side by side.« - Adelina Luft

Curator .luft (.ro.bucuresti) speaks about »On the Thousand and Second Night«, the work she brings to the at the Biennale di Venezia 2026 together with artist Pavel Brăila (). Carpets suspended and set in motion by drone technology, pointing to the contrast between the terrifying, familiar sound of war and the domestic objects, the carpets, that carry centuries of symbolism: protection, and a symbiosis with the natural and non-human world.

»I can say that from my position as a curator, and within the community I'm part of, we encourage and we are part of speaking out, having a loud voice, standing for what matters, for the people whose lives are under threat, and for justice,« says Luft.

For Luft, this duality is something we have to accept. We have to resist without turning away, and to focus on what we can do differently: to both acknowledge what's wrong and propose alternatives.

ERSTE Foundation supported the artistic research behind the work.

🗓 »In Minor Keys«: until 22 November 2026

🔗Click the link in bio to read more in our journal.

17/08/2026

What's happening in Alpbach? Explore ERSTE Foundation's activities at this year's European Forum Alpbach (EFA) under the theme »How Europe Wins«.

From 24 August to 4 September, join us for conversations, labs and encounters on Ukraine, financial education, housing, the future of the Balkans, young caregivers, and what keeps communities going when systems fail.

»Be(e) Together« - An Invitation from ERSTE Foundation
📅 30 August
⏰ 18:30-20:00
📍 Village Square

»Use Your Voice: Decide Which AI Project Best Supports Women Through Financial Education«
📅 31 August
⏰ 09:00-10:00
📍 CCA - Schrödinger-Saal

»Ukraine as Europe's Stress Test«
📅 31 August
⏰ 09:00-10:30
📍 CCA - Heiss-Rogger-Saal

»To be or not to be, that is Europe's question«
📅 31 August
⏰ 10:30-12:00
📍 CCA - Schrödinger-Saal

»Imagining Balkans Futures in 2040«
📅 1 September
⏰ 09:00-10:30
📍 CCA - Liechtenstein-Saal

»How Europe Wins on Housing«
📅 1 September
⏰ 14:00-15:30
📍 Hotel Böglerhof – Fichtensaal

»What Works When Systems Fail: Patterns of Collective Financial Resilience«
📅 2 September
⏰ 09:00-10:30
📍 CCA - Heiss-Saal

»When Children Take on the Role of Carers: The Unseen Role of Young Caregivers«
📅 2 September
⏰ 15:30-17:00
📍 CCA - Heiss-Rogger-Saal

Also look out for sessions with Europe's Futures Fellows Alberto Alemanno, Yascha Mounk and Lea Ypi throughout the Forum.

Let's explore ideas, challenges and solutions together at the European Forum Alpbach 2026!

🔗 For more information: https://www.erstestiftung.org/en/events/european-forum-alpbach-2026-2/

13/08/2026

The Austrian education organisation DaVinciLab has won the Marc Scalability Champion Award 2026 with TalentsLounge, receiving €15,000 in prize money.

TalentsLounge is a digital learning platform that supports teachers with ready-made materials on topics like coding and artificial intelligence. Its approach: these skills are best learned by applying them directly. AI is used to help adapt the materials even faster. Looking ahead, TalentsLounge aims to reach as many people as possible with digital skills internationally, and beyond schools.

🔗 Learn more: https://davincilab.at/

Are you building something meaningful and ready to take it further, or do you know someone who is? Apply for the new Marc cohort now: https://at.marc-impactprogramme.net/

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, first cut-off September 11!

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