30.01.2025 / Perspectives Community foundations (CFs) and community foundations support organizations (CFSOs) could benefit from familiarizing themselves with these reports. The reports offer an overarching picture of where European society is standing in relation to essential indicators for the well-being of European citizens and communities. Insights about key CF topics...
05.06.2025 / Perspectives As we confront the escalating challenges posed by climate change and social inequality, community foundations have a pivotal role in mobilizing local action through strategic partnerships and collaborative efforts. By leveraging the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals, these foundations can connect global objectives with local needs,...
05.06.2025 / Perspectives Among the 37 countries whose VNRs were reviewed, only seven reports mentioned the role local communities can play in achieving the Agenda 2030 and its SDGs. A total of 63 VNRs were scrutinized to assess countries’ recognition of the importance of local communities in SDG implementation, revealing...
26.06.2023 / Perspectives Author: Stefan Cibian Ph.D. Image designed by Freepik Sustainability is not happening by itself. It is constantly generated and maintained by how society works. The war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic illustrate two of the world’s challenges today that affect sustainability prospects. Globally, overlapping paths of...
26.06.2023 / Perspectives Author: Stefan Cibian Ph.D. Image designed by rawpixel.com This article was first published by Alliance on 30.09.2022. Alliance granted FRI the permission to share this article. 24 February 2022 is a date history will remember as the start of another European war. The Russian invasion of Ukraine...
26.06.2023 / Perspectives Author: Sorin Cebotari Ph.D. Image designed by vecstock Why should community foundations focus on environmental protection and climate change? The answer is rather simple and straightforward – because there is no way around it. While we talk about climate change at the global level, it is directly...
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...