26.06.2023 / Case studies Author: Lutz Drieling M.A. Candidate Download publication Image designed by Vectorarte With its imPuls Report, the Braunschweig Community Foundation1 (BCF) is utilizing the SDGs as a local tool for determining the state of its communities. Based on the SDGs, indicators were created to identify community challenges...
26.06.2023 / Publications Authors: Stefan Cibian Ph.D. and Lutz Drieling M.A. Candidate Download publication Image designed by Vectorarte Key recommendations: – Community foundations are local mechanisms that continuously contribute to achieving the SDGs in their communities. European governments and the United Nations (UN) should acknowledge, document, and enhance the relevance and...
26.06.2023 / Publications Authors: Stefan Cibian Ph.D. and Andrei Verestiuc M.A. Download publication Image designed by Freepik Key recommendations: – A growing number of SDG-related NGO networks focus on topics affecting local communities. Therefore, community foundations should engage with SDG networks nationally and at a European level to harvest support...
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...
26.06.2023 / Case studies Author: Lutz Drieling M.A. Candidate Download publication Image designed by Freepik The Community Foundation Bonn (CFB) sees the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as “a guideline for a better world.”1 This conviction is guiding the Community Foundation to support Agenda 2030. As a partner of Foundation 20,...
26.06.2023 / Case studies Authors: Stefan Cibian Ph.D. and Lutz Drieling Download publication Image designed by Freepik UK Community Foundations (UKCF), the British Community Foundation Support Organization (CFSO), engages with Agenda 2030 at a strategic level. UKCF enables its community foundation members to use the SDG language and connect global priorities...
26.06.2023 / Case studies Author: Edi Dragoș Beserman Ph.D. Candidate Download publication Image designed by rawpixel.com In Făgăraș, Romania, the SDGs empower youth to think about their future. The Făgăraș Country Community Foundation¹ (FCCF) approached the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by connecting them with their youth program, YouthBank Făgăraș,² before...
28.02.2023 Our colleague Dr. Stefan Cibian contributed with a chapter entitled Building and strengthening democratic ecosystems in local communities (available in Romanian) to the publication Guide for the Development of Resilient and Democratic Communities and Civic Engagement (available in Romanian). Authors: Stefan Cibian Ph.D. Gutenberg Association developed the guide as...
28.02.2023 Our colleague Dr. Stefan Cibian contributed with a chapter entitled Building and strengthening democratic ecosystems in local communities (available in Romanian) to the publication Guide for the Development of Resilient and Democratic Communities and Civic Engagement (available in Romanian). Gutenberg Association developed the guide as part of the project...
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...