While the number of democracies has increased globally, their fragility can be easily observed as a new wave of authoritarian and illiberal thinking is driving political leadership in several countries – rich and poor, North and South, East and West. This fragility is peculiar as it affects both established and...
The expansion of the modern state at a global level started with the Peace of Westphalia and is still being consolidated. While states encompass the entire territory of the Globe, the way they work varies substantially across space and time. A subset of statehood experiences is related to the emergence...
Access to knowledge and to creating knowledge represent a basic ingredient for enabling locally owned development to take place. While development literature emphasizes alleviation of poverty and reduction of inequalities and bridging the digital divide, few accounts insist on the importance of knowledge gaps for protracted underdevelopment. Bridging the Knowledge...
The Global Diplomacy Lab @ Făgăraș focuses on the involvement and potential of small urban communities and rural areas in addressing the SDGs and the various current global challenges. GDL@Fagaras is focusing on four tracks in collaboration with the following challenge holders: Track 1: The SDGs, international relations & Făgăraș,...
Partners: 4Change, Portugal; TVA, Turkey; Cromo Foundation, Hungary Civil society organizations’ (CSOs) action have real impact on societies. However, their accountability and the sustainability of their actions is feeding much discussion. Social impact management, from diagnosis and design, to assessment, strategy or communication is one of the ways that can...
Duration: May 2019 – December 2019 Partners: EKNOMICS – The Kosovo Institute for Development Economics. The project opened a discussion and tackled the problem of “brawn and brain drain” from a regional perspective. Through this project, the team organized a lab in Făgăraș and a workshop in Tirana. Team: Stefan...
Duration: 2019-2020 We explore the interconnections between local power structures and community philanthropy organizations. In doing so we uncover social norms related to generosity and power in cultural spaces from Central and Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. Funder: Fondul Global pentru Fundații Comunitare Team: Stefan Cibian Departments: Centrul Internațional pentru...
Parteners: The World of NGOs, Vienna, Austria – consortium coordinator, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Association Sustainability of Progressive and Open Communication, Sofia, Bulgaria, B.a.B.e. – “Be Active, Be Emancipated” Zagreb, Croatia, and the Făgăraș Research Institute, Făgăraș, Romania The project aimed at identifying and promoting strategic approaches for civil society to...
Duration: Aprilie 2018 – 2020 Partners: Fundația Comunitară Țara Făgărașului, MKBT: Make Better The project includes a research component and a partnership with FCTF and MKBT on the topic of diaspora engagement in Țara Făgărașului. The research projects analyzed the migration experience of people leaving from Țara Făgărașului area with...