The European Humanities University Trust Fund is the main channel for donor support to EHU. The purpose of the Trust Fund is to raise, accept and make use of funds provided by donors for the University while situated in Vilnius, with the aim that the EHU will become self-sustainable in the future.
The Trust Fund was established in June 2008 by decision of the Nordic Council of Ministers upon the initiative of the European Commission. The Trust Fund is legally represented by the Nordic Council of Ministers through its secretariat in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The purpose and functioning of the Trust Fund are described in full in the Terms of Reference, available at www.ehutrustfund.org and through the contacts: Teppo Heiskanen, Trust Fund Manager, tel. +45 33 96 02 73, mobile +45 21 71 71 57, tehe @ norden.org; Mads Meinert, Trust Fund Project Co-ordinator, tel. +45 33 96 02 11, mame @ norden.org.
"More than ever, for the sake of democracy in Belarus, the EU needs to act with coordinated and strong solidarity to ensure that the EHU can continue to deliver on its educational and democratisation mission."
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, EU Commissioner for External Affairs, in a letter to the EU foreign ministers, July 12, 2007
"We cannot accept that a university is living in exile in the heart of Europe. Education and knowledge have always been and will always be the way to democracy. All the donors across Europe and on the other side of the Atlantic stand united to see this take place."
Secretary General Halldór Ásgrímsson of the Nordic Council of Ministers, about the EHU, September 2008
