28.11.2020 COVID-19 has disrupted the way we carry out our activities to an unprecedented level. States of emergency and lockdown impact directly the activity of community spaces that exist to empower local communities. On the 28th of November 2020 we held a discussion about how community spaces are dealing with...
14.10.2020 The goal of the project is to bring together some of the more connected Bosch Alumni Network (BAN) members from Moldova and Romania and to facilitate a process for developing a strategy for the BAN region. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, the project will include a series of online meetings...
14.08.2020 On Friday, August 14, 2020, we held an online session about the research carried out by the young researchers from the Făgăraș Research Club. Ștefania Pică presented her research results on the topic “The Future between Passion and Pressure: What influences the young people from Făgăraș in choosing the...
Online (Zoom), August 13, 2020, 16.00-17.30 (Romanian time, in English) Spirituality has been disregarded by the development field. Researches have shown that the replacement of traditional manifestations including spirituality with modernity has provoked changes in all fields of humanity, including global development. During this webinar we will see how spirituality...
Online (Zoom), August 11, 2020, 13.00-15.00 (Romanian time, in English) The webinar will focus on the relevance of experiential learning for undergraduate education and, more specifically, on designing such courses. The presentation builds on a course that I developed and am currently teaching at the University of Toronto Scarborough –...
Online (Zoom), August 7, 2020, 10.00-12.00 (Romanian time; in English) We all live in our bubble, surrounded virtually or physically by people who share our interests and reconfirm our views of the world. This narrow understanding of the constituency we are a part of is manifested in all those contexts...
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,...
Duration: March 2019 – August 2020 Partners: Mihai and Maria Frățilă Foundation The aim of the project is to build a local culture that relies on evidence-based civic engagement through developing advanced research skills among the youth of Țara Făgărașului. We aim to form a team of 12 to 17...
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...
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...