07/05/2026
Shaping the Future 🌍🤝
Today marks the final day of our HfO - Network Congress in Cieszyn, Poland: Shaping the Future – European Networks and Partnerships of Diakonia and Churches in a Changing World.
For more than 30 years, “Hoffnung für Osteuropa” (HfO) together with partner organizations, supports social projects and creates opportunities for people across Europe.
Over the past days, we have come together with partners from churches, diaconal organizations and civil society across Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. We have shared experiences, strengthened friendships and explored how our networks can respond to today’s major challenges: political change, financial uncertainty, digital transformation and growing polarization.
Through workshops, conversations and encounters, we have reflected on cross-border cooperation, the future of churches and diakonia and new opportunities for international exchange projects and collaboration.
Cieszyn, at the Polish-Czech border, has been the perfect place for this gathering – a city that stands for connection, dialogue and shared future.
We leave inspired, encouraged and connected – ready to keep building bridges, sharing hope and shaping what comes next.
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