26.02.2025 / Publications Authors: Ștefan Cibian At one of our FRI Media Lab workshops, students did not know what World War II was, who Hitler was, or what happened during the Holocaust. That illustrates a specific difficulty in teaching history, as well as broader challenges faced by post-totalitarian societies...
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...
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...
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...
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...
24.01.2025 / News We live in a continuously changing world. Community learning is essential for the future of our communities, as it provides us with experiences and skills that respond to local needs. In this context, we are developing ways to learn together, in a physical and symbolic setting that...
21.01.2025 / News The decisions we make today can prevent the return to power of ideologies that have left a bloody mark on our collective past for several decades. Healing these traumas is a theme we will continue to explore together. At the last performance of the documentary theatre performance...
17.01.2025 / News On January 10, we discussed the concept of foresight, exploring what local communities might look like in the year 2040. Together, we envisioned future challenges and discussed how we could effectively anticipate them. It was a valuable opportunity to highlight the importance of planning and preparing for...
11.01.2025 / News On January 10-11, we meet in Făgăraș and Calbor to explore the path of local communities in Romania towards the year 2040. Our aim is to get to know each other, collaborate, and start a foresight process dedicated to the future of our communities. Based on our...
17.09.2024 / News We are preparing for the first meeting within the School for Sustainable Development project. On Friday and Saturday, we are hosting representatives from local and foreign non-governmental organizations in Calbor for a series of debates on community development. The meeting concludes on Saturday evening with an event...