26.06.2023 / Case studies Author: Lutz Drieling M.A. Candidate Download publication Image designed by Freepik The Community Foundation Bonn (CFB) sees the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as “a guideline for a better world.”1 This conviction is guiding the Community Foundation to support Agenda 2030. As a partner of Foundation 20,...
26.06.2023 / Case studies Authors: Stefan Cibian Ph.D. and Lutz Drieling Download publication Image designed by Freepik UK Community Foundations (UKCF), the British Community Foundation Support Organization (CFSO), engages with Agenda 2030 at a strategic level. UKCF enables its community foundation members to use the SDG language and connect global priorities...
26.06.2023 / Case studies Author: Edi Dragoș Beserman Ph.D. Candidate Download publication Image designed by rawpixel.com In Făgăraș, Romania, the SDGs empower youth to think about their future. The Făgăraș Country Community Foundation¹ (FCCF) approached the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by connecting them with their youth program, YouthBank Făgăraș,² before...
SDG 11 aims for safer settlements. However, safe cities are not only those that “proactively reduce urban crime such as antisocial behavior, street robbery and burglaries through a mixture of policing, technology deployment, and offender management” (IFSEC Global) but also those that recognize the decisive role of the urban landscape...
06.04.2023 Fear of crime affects the quality of life of all citizens. But, above all, it imposes disproportionate limitations on women’s daily lives, limiting their active participation in the public life of a city. As all urban residents have the right to live in a secure and safe city, proactively...
28.02.2023 Our colleague Dr. Stefan Cibian contributed with a chapter entitled Building and strengthening democratic ecosystems in local communities (available in Romanian) to the publication Guide for the Development of Resilient and Democratic Communities and Civic Engagement (available in Romanian). Authors: Stefan Cibian Ph.D. Gutenberg Association developed the guide as...
28.02.2023 Our colleague Dr. Stefan Cibian contributed with a chapter entitled Building and strengthening democratic ecosystems in local communities (available in Romanian) to the publication Guide for the Development of Resilient and Democratic Communities and Civic Engagement (available in Romanian). Gutenberg Association developed the guide as part of the project...
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...
01.11.2022 Our colleagues Silvia Fierăscu Ph.D., Levente Fejes Ph.D., and Stefan Cibian Ph.D. published a chapter in the book “Dezvoltare comunitară în România. Concepte, procese, modele de analiză / Community Development in Romania: Concepts, processes, and models of analysis” which appeared at Tritonic in September 2022. The chapter signed by...
14.12.2022 While we know community foundations are powerful mechanisms for enhancing the sustainability of local communities, we have little data to prove it. We, therefore, invite community foundations (CFs) and community foundations support organizations (CFSOs) in Europe to join the effort of generating data and analysis about their thinking and...