The Brain Drain, Brain Gain and Social Innovation workshop took place in Thessaloniki, Geece, between February 6-9, 2020. The event was organized by YouthNest and was funded by Bosch Alumni Network – International Alumni Center Berlin. The Workshop focused on the issue of migration and particularly the impact of brain...
05.02.2020 Drd. Amarachi Igboegwu și Dr. Stefan Cibian were selected to be part of the Global Diplomacy Lab’s (GDL) Summit Group, a group that will design and develop the first GDL Summit. The GDL is an initiative of the German Federal Foreign Office, GIZ Academy for Global Leadership, BMW Foundation...
AIESEC Brașov turned 26! Congratulations AIESEC Brașov! We had the pleasure to join the celebration, which was an excellent experience that showed us how much a group of motivated young people can do for the community and for the world when there is the right context to enable their development....
The report focuses on community engagement and philanthropic activities of Țara Făgărașului diaspora. In order to understand diaspora engagement, we are tracking the migration pathways, the decision-making processes involved, experiences while away, as well as in case of return. The Report has been commissioned by the Țara Făgărașului Community Foundation...
Author: Dr. Stefan Cibian The ACP-EU Inter-Parliamentary Assembly takes place in Bucharest this month. A rare occasion where a significant Africa-EU event takes place in a New EU Member State. CEE-Africa relations are one of the recent nuances of the EU and global politics that is likely become more relevant...
România Educată – un raport bine-venit, dar extrem de timid în raport cu disfuncționalitatea sistemului educațional Author: Dr. Ștefan Cibian Sistemul educațional din România distruge continuu o parte semnificativă a capitalului uman al acestei țări, în loc să îl dezvolte. Rata de analfabetism funcțional, de abandon școlar și mulți alți...
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is leaving democracy behind, once again. Three decades of ‘endeavored’ democracy generated an institutional setup that is instrumentalized for its destruction. The Governments and leading parties of most New Member States of the European Union (EU) are following the Russian model of playing democracy while...
Stiftung Mercator organized the Winter Forum in Essen on January 10-12, 2020. The Forum brought together alumni from the different programs of the Foundation and facilitated discussions on topics such as intercultural youth exchange, civil society, education, migration, advocacy, research and the future of the European Union. Within the Forum...
BMW Foundation believes in Responsible Leadership. As such, the Foundation developed a global network of responsible leaders and organized experiential opportunities for leaders to come together learn from and support each other. One such occasion was the World Responsible Leaders Forum which took place in Merida, Mexico between December 5-8,...
Powerful life stories and transformative ideas made the Pathways to Power Symposium a highlight in understanding and transforming the dysfunctional global aid and economic systems. Development assistance and community philanthropy are rarely brought together, although they are both practices aimed at improving the well-being of communities around the world. The Symposium succeeded...