Safe City aims to create safer spaces in cities, especially for women, and be a crowd-sourced alternative to sexual violence data. The application works in pilot mode for Romania, and is already adopted in other parts of the world, such as India, Brazil, but also in Europe, in Croatia. We...
The synagogue in Făgăraș has remained an unused building since 1987, following the reduction of the number of Jews in the community. The Făgăraș Community Foundation (FCTF) together with the Insitute, contacted the Federation of Romanian Jewish Communities (FCER) in 2017 and opened the discussion in order to use the...
The Urban Practitioners Network is a space for common support and sharing innovative practices between motivated urban professionals. The Network is now being established and aims to bring together professionals from various countries. TEAM Departments/units: Policy Analysis and Outreach Department, Center on Global Affairs...
A ToolBox for practices of collective action and organizational development that will soon be available also in Romanian due to our collaboration with the Gutenberg Association and MitOst. APPROACH The toolkit and framework of activities are made for actors facilitating organizational development from within organizations, initiatives, and teams and in...
Together with our partners, we are working on the concept of a co-creative cloud for rural spaces standing for an open and resilient society. The project host is the Stechlin-Institut, situated 80km north of Berlin. Under the umbrella of the Bosch Alumni Network, we would like to start the database...
Like many rural European regions, communities in Transylvania, East Germany, and Albania are challenged by migration and an accelerating decline of local cultural offerings. Although most villages in Albania and Romania have designated cultural centers, such spaces are still to become more connected to local communities. Meanwhile, new community spaces...
The Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) 2020 portrays a critical image for Romania in what concerns digital competences. Romania is ranked 27 out of 28 EU countries with regard to human capital development. The present project aims to study the opportunities of digital inclusion among the disadvantaged population in...
Online (Zoom), January 28, 2021, 16.00-18.00, (Romanian time, Romanian) The Research Institute, together with Ashoka Romania, will facilitate a conversation about the importance of managing the social impact and the various methods that can be used to measure impact. The online session takes place on January 28 from 16:00 to...
The research project aims to analyze the experiences of Cluj civil society during the COVID-19 pandemic, its mobilization, and the type of support received and offered to third parties. The research is implemented in partnership with the Association for Community Relations (ARC) and is commissioned by the Urban Innovation Division...
We are confronted with a pandemic that is about to change the world in fundamental ways - including the activity of civil society organizations (CSOs), small and large. The ability of CSOs to understand current transformations and at the same time demonstrate impact is central to their sustainability prospects, given...