23.06.2025 / Publications Authors: Ștefan Cibian, Lutz Drieling, Lev Fejes, and Edi Beserman Download publication Executive Summary The role of Community Foundations (CFs) and Community Foundation Support Organizations (CFSOs) in furthering the SDGs and local sustainability is becoming increasingly relevant. The study builds on the insights from the 2023 report...

05.02.2024 / Publications Authors: Lev Fejes, Ph.D. This study examines donation behaviours among the adult urban population in Romania, exploring key aspects such as frequency, preferred methods, sources of information, and underlying motivations behind donations. The study finds that 52% of the adult urban population made at least one donation...

26.02.2025 / Publications Authors: Ștefan Cibian, Lev Fejes, Ph.D. This country report evaluates the philanthropic environment in Romania as part of the 2025 Global Philanthropy Environment Index (GPEI). It explores key dimensions such as the legal framework for philanthropic organizations, tax incentives, cross-border donation flows, political and economic conditions, and...

25.11.2023 / Publications Editors:  Lev Fejes, Silvia Chakarova, Stefan Cibian The urban landscape is the backdrop against which the everyday lives of most of citizens unfold. However, it is not a neutral space in which citizens go about their business, but rather an influential factor, as both the built and...

29.06.2023 / Publications Authors: Stefan Cibian Ph.D, Magdalena Drăgan Ph.D., Silvia Fierăscu Ph.D., Edi Dragoș Beserman Ph.D. Candidate, Levente Fejes Zoltan Ph.D., Ianis Rușitoru, Laura Vișan, Ph.D., Adriana Cârnu. Download publication Făgăraș Country stands out with its anti-communist resistance, which generated communities aware of the importance of civil liberties. The post-1989 transition meant a challenging period for...

21.11.2022 Authors: Stefan Cibian Ph.D., Dr. Zoltân Levente Fejes Download publication Shortly after the mobilization for addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, the Romanian civil society showed surprising mobilization in the context of the Ukraine-related humanitarian crisis. Russia’s war against Ukraine generated a powerful empathy towards those affected by the war.  This...

26.06.2023 / Perspectives Author: Lev Fejes, Ph.D. Image designed by vecstock With the halfway mark of the Goals’ just around the corner in 2023, it is evident that long-term progress on the targets set for 2030 are hampered by the need to fend off the latest crisis. Whether it is...

26.06.2023 / Publications Authors: Stefan Cibian, Edi Dragoș Beserman, Georgi Georgiev, Lev Fejes, Silvia Fierăscu, Ianis Rușitoru, Lutz Drieling, Andra-Octavia Drăghiciu Download publication Image designed by Vectorarte Executive Summary Globally, over two thousand community foundations (CFs) enhance local communities’ sustainability. However, their contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is...

01.11.2022 Our colleagues Silvia Fierăscu Ph.D., Levente Fejes Ph.D., and Stefan Cibian Ph.D. published a chapter in the book “Dezvoltare comunitară în România. Concepte, procese, modele de analiză / Community Development in Romania: Concepts, processes, and models of analysis” which appeared at Tritonic in September 2022. The chapter signed by...

Saturday, August 13, 2022, 10.00-12.00 (Romanian time, hybrid, English/Romanian – depending on the audience) The workshop is meant to help participants understand the attributes of a well-designed questionnaire, discuss considerations to be taken into account when designing questionnaires as a whole and individual questions, present a framework for questionnaire development...