Bee the change

ERSTE Foundation is a creative workshop for ideas and innovation, a lab for topics of the future which increases its effectiveness through the strategic cooperation with networks.

ERSTE Foundation engages liberal-democratic voices from Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe in high-level debates on the future of the European Union.

Want to know the new fellows 2020–2021?

New Biennale on show in Prague!

The first edition of the Biennale "Ve věci umění / Matter of Art 2020" (VVUMOA) is on show until mid-November 2020.

The Tipping Point Talks

For our 200th anniversary, we asked four leading intellectuals to share their perception of the world with us.

Look at all the Talks

ERSTE Foundation is a creative workshop for ideas and innovation, a lab for topics of the future which increases its effectiveness through the strategic cooperation with networks.

As main shareholder of Erste Group ERSTE Foundation secures the independent future of one of the largest financial services providers in Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe. As a private Austrian savings banks foundation, the foundation is committed to serve the common good.

We invest parts of our dividends into the region in which Erste Group operates. Our goals are to strengthen civil society, foster the inclusion of socially disadvantaged groups and promote contemporary culture in Europe.