PAD Foundation conducts research, policy analysis, advocacy, education and awareness raising campaigns, socially engaged art projects to promote and advance intersectional approaches to combat environmental justice in Central Eastern Europe. PAD tackles inequalities in access, availability, affordability, and quality of environment, natural resources and public spaces, and challenges narratives and representations of these inequalities. It was established in Budapest, Hungary in 2016.
Activities
RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY
EDUCATION AND AWARENESS-RAISING CAMPAIGNS
RESEARCH BASED/SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART PROJECTS
COALITION-BUILDING AND CONSULTANCY
PARTICIPATORY PLANNING AND LOCAL INTERVENTIONS
EXPERT CONSULTATIONS AND PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
empowerment of female-led initiatives and community advocacy
What do we mean by environmental justice?
Our goal is to provide non-discriminatory access to affordable, sufficient, and quality public services for all kinds of settlements and social groups, let it be daily energy use, predictable and reliable housing, healthy environment, clean water, air, soil, stimulating public spaces, and accessible public transport. In addition, we believe that special attention should be given to vulnerable communities and excluded neighborhoods, particularly women, youth, elders and ethnic minorities, when it comes to tackling consequences of climate change.
What do we mean by socially engaged art projects?
The use of creative practices and artistic methodologies contribute to the contextualization and designing of social processes, the active involvement and participation of people affected, and make processes visible and present for a wider audience as well. Whether we raise awareness on a social problem, reframe the visual representation of poverty, or demonstrate ecological harm processes, applying a multi-sensory approach is a common feature of our social art interventions.
Gender equality plan
Contact
email: pad@pad.network
Board Members
DIÁNA BERECZ – Director / LUCIE CHUCHMAKOVA / DR JUDIT DOBÁK / DR MAREK SZILVÁSI / GERGELY PAPP
Team
DIÁNA BERECZ – director, cultural and visual anthropologist
LUCIE CHUCHMAKOVA – project manager
DINA DARABOS – head of finance, project management
DR JUDIT DOBÁK – cultural anthropologist, urban economist and system engineer
GERGELY PAPP – head of research, geographer and cultural anthropologist
DALMA PSZOTA – communication manager
DR ANDRÁS ZLINSZKY – ecologist
Who help(ed) our work
LILI ALMÁSSY / JUDIT CSATLÓS / DOROTTYA CZINKI / DÁNIEL BOZZAI / ÉVA BUBLA / LÁSZLÓ DARÁNYI / BENCE FÜLÖP / KÁROLY GOMBOS / KITTI GOSZTOLA / OLIVÉR HORVÁTH / RÉKA IMRE / HENRIK KIEFER /ÁDÁM KOBRIZSA / ZOLTÁN KOCSIS / BÁLINT JASKÓ / DÁNIEL MÁTÉ / FLÓRA MADÁCSI / BARNABÁS NEOGRÁDY-KISS / DÓRA MURVAI / LEA NOVÁK / JÚLIA RÁCZ / AMIN REZAI MOHAMMED / NIKOLETTA LAKATOS / KRISTÓF LÁGLER / CARLOS PEREZ ROJAS / BALÁZS SZELECSÉNYI / TÜNDE VARGA / SÁRA VARGHA / DÓRA VAJAS / ÁGOTA FRIDERIKA VISNYOVSZKY / ZSÓFIA VIZI