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Hiszako Indie Production
& Development Agency

About

Hiszako Indie is a creative development and production agency. Established by Judit Bari. Since 2013, the non-profit social enterprise has been providing management and production capacity and the best expertise for a wide range of projects.

To date, HISZAKO INDIE has a number of national and international art programmes, research, social campaigns, analytical and expert work to its credit and has helped mobilise local communities and build coalition partnerships in several major projects.

Hiszako Indie seeks creative and adaptive responses to global and local socio-economic and environmental challenges through a collaboration of communities, artists, researchers, developers and human rights practitioners. It wants to contribute to a greener, more peaceful, sustainable and democratic European society.

Its aim is to support measures and actions to address the risks of global warming, to promote the achievement of climate and environmental goals, and to facilitate the equitable implementation of national, European and transnational development policies and measures to ensure adaptation and adaptation.

It helps communities and their settlements to benefit from planned changes in the natural ecosystem, water, health, food, infrastructure and the built environment, and the economy, and from reduced risks.

Its aim is to better understand the impacts on minorities and vulnerable groups and to support their adaptation and strengthen their protection. It collects and disseminates environmental information and knowledge, and provides professional, legal and financial support for successful adaptation and the creation of resilient communities.

Its expert work is partly aimed at supporting the dissemination of environmental and democratic governance tools through professional groups (such as the Green Law Platform) and partnerships, providing professional and methodological support for intersectoral cooperation, the development of tools for public participation, the development of professional content supporting different levels of decision-making and the enforcement of existing legal instruments and strategic agreements.

The company is active in the cultural and artistic fields, with national and international collaborations. It contributes to a peaceful coexistence and a sustainable society by supporting creative and artistic communities and by providing services to promote the exercise of cultural rights.

It promotes the creation of artistic and cultural products. It gives priority to creative processes that use science and technology in innovative ways, and to processes that promote development through the use of artistic means.

Its activities support the development of different artistic disciplines, artists and cultural actors with a wide range of professional competences and creativity. It expresses its commitment to art and creativity through its programmes. It contributes to the work of professional organisations, associations and individuals in the field of creation and performance.

It aims to contribute to the preservation of community and cultural traditions and values, and to the support of a wide range of cultural and entertainment communities.

In the field of culture and the arts, it gives priority to programmes to develop skills and disseminate knowledge, to research and to the creation of training and educational opportunities to improve the lifestyle of the population.

Promote cross-sectoral cooperation to promote the positive impact of cultural services on economic and social well-being.

Its aim is to support cultural development and strategic planning that responds to the needs of the population and creative communities, to promote lifelong learning and to ensure that everyone benefits equally from cultural services. 

Our Work

Research & Advocacy

In recent years, we have organised a number of national and international research projects. We are keen to use innovative and participatory methods. We have also conducted research on behalf of the ILO on the employment situation of Roma women in Moldova, for the NDI on the impact of COVID 19 measures on Roma communities, and on environmental inequalities among Roma.

We regularly organise focus groups and have tried out the Social LAB method on several occasions and in communities, with the involvement of local government institutions.

We use the research outcomes for advocacy purposes as well. 

Policy & Strategy

We seek creative and adaptive responses to social and environmental challenges in partnership with local governments, the local community, development and human rights professionals. We have been involved in the development of several municipal strategies and concepts, e.g. we created the Józsefváros Human Rights City Concept

We work for sustainable development & equality & more resilient communities, guided by the principles of equity & justice. We regularly prepare policy recommendations and participate in professional forums.

Media & Journalism

We provide content on public policy, politics and cultural issues. We write articles for online magazines and host a public life radio broadcast on TILOS radio (Beetroot/CÉKLA)

We newly established a publication, media platform for communities and experts demokraciaplatform.hu

 

Art & Culture

We have worked with several theatres and companies as playwrights, dramaturgs, also as producers in traditional theatre productions.

We have experience with participatory and applied theatres in schools, correctional institutions, prisons and ethnic, minority communities.

Cooperation
projects

Sustainability & Democracy

Climate Justice & Resilience

Green Legal Platform

Hiszako Indie founded an experts society, the Green Legal Platform (GLP).  The main purpose is to engage affected communities into climate and environmental justice movement, and promote environmental democracy and environmental rule of Law.

Among other things, it wants to draw attention to the fact that the effects of climate change are increasingly affecting social groups that are already disadvantaged and that, unfortunately, the responses to the problems and the solutions developed to tackle the climate crisis may also cause further disadvantages and access difficulties and increase inequalities. This is something we want to avoid and we want to build climate impact resilience and enable adaptation in low-income and poorly represented communities.

Knowledge & skills for social change

Hiszako Indie provides trainings, workshops mostly to NGOs, CBOs and municipalities. Our focus is civic engagement and participatory approaches, human rights and equal treatment, non-violence communication, citizen journalism and more!

Our community development course curricula focuses on climate resilience and environmental justice.

We are open to provide facilitation for development programs, projects with vulnerable minorities, mostly Roma communities.

Coordination of Transnational Working Group - Against Racism

On The Right Track is a cooperation project of Prospera International Network of Women’s Fund.

Hiszako’ CEO Judit Bari as an expert and member of the Hungarian Women’s Fund coordinates the transnational anti-racist working group.

The details are coming soon!

Art & Culture

Radio Broadcast on Tilos

Beetroot/ CÉKLA

Beetroot, is an independent live radio broadcast, running since 2022. Each 2nd Sunday, a 75 minutes talk about politics, policies, culture, art and public life related to minorities, mostly Roma.

Hosts: Jutka Bari & Éva Klára Galyas

We are back to Budapest!
In 2025 is a fresh start!

We are the city producers of The 48 Hour Film Project in Budapest! Started in 2014!

It’s an exciting creative weekend, where filmmakers making short films. A global event that happens in more than 100 cities.

Our Team

expert & advisors

Jutka Bari

CEO, social-environmental policy expert, journalist

Gréta Mirjam Matta

Executive Director, architect, graphic & film set designer

Eniko Berecz

Finance Manager

Bernadett Szabó-Polai dr.

Project Management, Lawyer and social worker

Gabriella Balazsivna Molnár-Keresztyén

Project Manager, theatre director, art manager

Éva Klára Galyas

advisor, Theology, community development & communication

Erika Muhi dr.

legal advisor, minority rights ("Otherness Foundation")

András Balázs dr.

head of research, sociology (ELTe - TÓK, Social Science Department, assistant professor)

Fanni Maszlag dr.

advisor, researcher, sociology (ELTE-PPK, assistant professor)

Jonathan McCombs

advisor, researcher, geography (Univ. Wisconsin-Eau Claire)

Papp Gergely

advisor, researcher, geography (PAD Foundation)

Tax number

24228358-1-42

Registration number

01 09 996655

Annual reports

https://e-beszamolo.im.gov.hu

Contact information

office@hiszako.hu

1088 Budapest, Krúdy Gy. str. 11.

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