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...
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 Are you concerned about the future of your community? Do you work in local communities and notice challenges that your community is not prepared to face? We invite you to join a network of communities learning how to generate scenarios for the future and prepare to face...
The School for Sustainable Development aims to strengthen local actors' strategic thinking, understanding of the SDGs, and analytical capacity in terms of local community sustainability. There is no sustainability without the capacity for critical and strategic thinking and analytic skills, aspects that are often lacking in local communities in...
29.07.2024 Join the Stone Research, Conservation, and Restoration Camp, a unique experience that will take place from September 23 to 30, in Țara Făgărașului, Soutnern Transylnvaina. Together with Dr. Sidonia Olea you will explore stone restoration at the Jewish Cemetery and several Christian Orthodox cemeteries in the region. The aim...
DELIVERABLES for the Făgăraș Municipality and Țara Făgărașului Community Foundation 18.11.2023 / Publications Authors: GDL Members Coordinator: Stefan Cibian Ph.D Research Assistant: Lutz Drieling M.A. Download publication DELIVERABLES Global Trends and Local Community Insights for Assessing the External Environment Affecting Communities in Țara Făgărașului In a world turned upside-down by...
25.11.2023 / Publications Editors: Lev Fejes, Silvia Chakarova, Stefan Cibian The urban landscape is the backdrop against which the everyday lives of most of citizens unfold. However, it is not a neutral space in which citizens go about their business, but rather an influential factor, as both the built and...