The post-COVID-19 World: Impact on People with visual and/or hearing impairment from Romania

The pandemic has impacted societies globally in fundamental ways, affecting the needs and ways of life for all actors in local communities, including the lives of people with visual and/or hearing impairments. Orange Foundation Romania invests for over ten years in projects that improve the lives of people with visual...

Continue reading

Community foundations driving change on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Increasing the contribution of European community foundations on the SDGs

How can Community Foundations (CFs) contribute to Agenda 2030? More specifically, what can be the role of CFs in advancing the SDGs, at global, national, and local levels?  Through this project, we aim to explore how could CFs accelerate progress towards the SDGs by both mobilizing local resources, strengthening local...

Continue reading

Transformative leadership for successful crisis management and effective multilateralism – Workshop

“Together for Europe’s Recovery” – is not only the motto of Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union but also the overall motto of the first module of the 21st European Diplomatic Programme 2020/21, a training programme organised annually by the European External Action Service and the European...

Continue reading

Global Diplomacy Lab at Făgăraș: Global Leadership and the SDGs: What Role for Local Communities?

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,...

Continue reading

Responsible Leaders Forum South Africa

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 Responsible Leaders Forum which took place in Johannesburg between September 19-22, 2019. We...

Continue reading