26.06.2023 / Perspectives Author: Stefan Cibian Ph.D. Image designed by Freepik Community foundations are key to sustainable communities. UKCF 2022 went global. Participants from all continents came together with UK community foundations to reflect on the future of a world that keeps surprising us. A global pandemic, economic crises, climate...
26.06.2023 / Perspectives Author: Adela Rusu, M.A. Image designed by Freepik Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent the most important collective effort to date on sustainable development at both global and local levels. They reflect some of the priorities we should all be focusing on if we...
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 / Perspectives Author: Stefan Cibian Ph.D. Image designed by vecstock Preparing for the future takes a good understanding of global trends, an analytic mind, and new instruments for community action. This article was first published by Alliance on 29.10.2022. Alliance granted FRI the permission to share this article. The...
26.06.2023 / Perspectives Author: Stefan Cibian Ph.D. Image designed by Vectorarte PEX Forum 2022 took place in Istanbul between August 24-26, 2022. The Forum brought together a good mix of philanthropy professionals from the field, offering the occasion to re-connect after two on-line editions. A much-needed experience, which enabled multiple...
26.06.2023 / Case studies Author: Andra-Octavia Drăghiciu Ph.D. Download publication Image designed by Freepik There are around 420 Community Foundations in Germany,1 most of which are members of the Association of German Foundations (AGF). It is the largest and oldest European association of foundations, comprising over 4800 members, and host...
26.06.2023 / Case studies Author: Andra-Octavia Drăghiciu Ph.D. Download publication Image designed by rawpixel.com About Community Foundation Pfalz One foundation which was created on the idea of regional sustainability is the Community Foundation Pfalz, based in Klingenmünster, Rhineland Palatinate. It was founded in 2005 comprising the private funds of concerned...
26.06.2023 / Case studies Author: Lutz Drieling M.A. Candidate Download publication Image designed by Vectorarte Assifero, the Italian Association of Foundations and Philanthropic Organizations, is a Community Foundation Support Organization (CFSO) that supports more than 150 foundations, of which 31 are Community Foundations.1 Assifero was founded in 2013 with scope...
26.06.2023 / Case studies Authors: Stefan Cibian Ph.D. and Georgi Georgiev Ph.D Candidate Download publication Image designed by Freepik “The quality of democracy decreased in Hungary. We have seen the biggest attacks on NGOs by the Government between 2016 and 2019-2020.”1 The civil society movement in Hungary faces unprecedented systematic...
26.06.2023 / Case studies Authors: Stefan Cibian Ph.D and Lutz Drieling M.A. Candidate Download publication Image designed by pvproductions The Healthy City Community Foundation (HCCF) in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, started in 2022 to engage with Agenda 2030 and is currently considering a more strategic engagement with the SDGs. HCCF connects...