Romania Featured in the 2025 Global Philanthropy Environment Index

28.05.2025 / News Făgăraș, May 28, 2025 – The Făgăraș Research Institute is pleased to announce that our colleagues, Ștefan Cibian and Zoltan Levente Fejes, contributed to the 2025 Global Philanthropy Environment Index (GPEI), published by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The GPEI is a global research...

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Attending the European Security 2.0: Reassessing Security after Munich Workshop

29.01.2025 / News Vienna, May 29-30, 2025 – Our colleague Ștefan Cibian attended the workshop European Security 2.0: Reassessing Security after Munich, hosted by the Center for European Integration Research in Vienna. The event brought together scholars and policy experts to discuss evolving European security challenges amid ongoing geopolitical shifts...

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Civic Engagement in Făgăraș in the Current Geopolitical Context – Discussed at the Across Borders – Peste Hotare Podcast

21.05.2025 / News Făgăraș, May 21, 2025 — What does it take for a small town to prepare itself in the face of adversity? In a recent episode of the Across Borders – Peste Hotare podcast, Dr. Ștefan Cibian, Executive Director of the Făgăraș Research Institute (FRI), joined host Dr....

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Community Foundations & SDGs in Action: Infrastructures for the Future Through International Collaboration and Local Initiatives in Făgăraș

12.04.2025 / News We continue the dialogue with an international group of 17 participants visiting us from April 11 to 13 in Făgăraș and Cincșor. “Infrastructures for the Future: Post Event Track” Făgăraș: The Community Foundations & SDGs Lab is an opportunity to bring to the forefront concrete local initiatives...

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Global Perspectives for Sustainable Communities: FRI at the “Infrastructures for the Future” International Conference

10.04.2025 / News Our colleagues Lutz Drieling and Ștefan Cibian attended the “Infrastructures for the Future” international conference, together with more than 90 participants from Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania – leaders of community foundations, civic initiatives and partners in philanthropy and development. The conference was the result of...

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Building the Future of Local Communities Through Collaboration: Participatory Foresight & Tools for Sustainable Community Learning

04.04.2025 / News We kicked off the Community Foresight meeting with the network partners who arrived last night in Făgăraș. We’re at the House of Foundations and Associations of Țara Făgărașului, hosted by the Țara Făgărașului Community Foundation. Our agenda includes: an imagining exercise about local communities in Romania in...

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Community Learning Spaces: Essential Infrastructure for Social Cohesion and Sustainable Local Development

29.01.2025 / News Community learning spaces are essential. They are places where we come together to exchange ideas or organize events, where we can develop new skills in a continuous learning process. As part of the School for Sustainable Development project, we have continued to develop such spaces–the @Home in...

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