Tamaszpont MOPKA

Támaszpont Foundation for Mental Health Education and Prevention (Támaszpont MOPKA) is a NGO acting at local and international level of youth field, run by volunteer board members, legally established in 2011. Since its foundation is managing the youth centre of the city Veresegyház. Támaszpont is Eurodesk partner since 2012, regional coordinator for Central Hungary since 2013.
The aim of Támaszpont is to offer a free and safety place where the youngster can feel free to come and participate. The Objectives are:
to provide useful leisure time activity for the youngsters;
to give support in education field;
to make drug prevention;
to promote the Human Rights and the value of Council of Europe;
to empower young people to be active in the local community and to be involved actively in civil society;
to promote the idea of volunteerism;
to raise awareness about common values such as tolerance, equal opportunities and cultural diversity;
to facilitate partnership and international co-operation between groups of young people; to promote the Global Education.
International activity: Támaszpont mostly participates in international youth exchanges and training courses.
Tamaszpont MOPKA participated in many international youth exchanges and training courses of Youth in Action Programme and continues in Erasmus+ Programme. The association participated in also youth and democracy project of YiA Programme and training course of SALTO. In 2014 one of its professional youth workers participated in 6-month-long YiA EACEA Youth workers' mobility Programme to develop his work in youth field and become professional EVS coordinator. From 2017 we start to host 2 EVS volunteers per year.
At the local level besides the cultural and leisure-time activities the association organizes training courses and other forms of non-formal education to its volunteers. As well they support the youth initiatives of the young people.
The implemented projects prove that Tamaszpont MOPKA has the necessary infrastructure and skills to be partner in youth projects.
Tamaszpont MOPKA from 2016 is member of ENYC (European Network of Youth Centres for International and Intercultural Learning) network what is officially recognized by the Council of Europe.