26.02.2025 / Publications Authors: Ștefan Cibian, Lev Fejes, Ph.D. This country report evaluates the philanthropic environment in Romania as part of the 2025 Global Philanthropy Environment Index (GPEI). It explores key dimensions such as the legal framework for philanthropic organizations, tax incentives, cross-border donation flows, political and economic conditions, and...
23.05.2025 / News Bonn, May 22-23, 2025 – Făgăraș Research Institute participated at the EADI Jubilee Event, hosted by the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) at the Gustav Stresemann Institut in Bonn, Germany. The conference, titled “Development in Crisis: Reflecting on the Past, Looking to the...
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...
The Pathways to Power Symposium: New Ways of Deciding and Doing. Taking #Shift the Power to the next level took place in London on November 18-19, 2019 and was organized by the Global Fund for Community Foundations. The event brought together more than 100 participants from the fields of philanthropy, research, international organizations...
Eurodad International Conference 2019: Development Finance in the 21st Century: Economic justice for all? took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia on June 3-4, 2019. Dr. Stefan Cibian took part on behalf of FRI in a plenary discussion on From aid recipients to aid donors: defining the role of the Eastern and South-eastern...
Dr Stefan Cibian held an intervention at the conference Lithuanian Development Cooperation: Contribution to the Africa-EU Partnership, organized by the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and AfriKo on May 28.2019. Dr. Cibian’s presentation focused on the prospects for emerging relations between the Baltic Countries and African Countries. The Conference was focused on...