First Steps Towards Community Foresight: What Will Our Communities Look Like in 2024?

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 different scenarios, concluding that our future depends on the decisions we make today.

We explored possible challenges, emphasizing the importance of planning for different future scenarios & concluded that the future is closely linked to what decisions we make today, and that proactively preparing for what lies ahead is essential for the sustainable development of communities.

Departments: School for Sustainable Development; Research Department; Educational Programs Department; Society, Crisis and Resilience Program; Community Foundations & SGDs.

Regions: Țara Făgărașului; Romania.

Themes: Democracy and Democratization; Education; Philanthropy and Community Development; Civic Engagement; Innovation, Science & Research; Leadership; Sustainable Development Goals; Civil Society.

The School for Sustainable Development project was selected as part of Raiffeisen Communities, the NGO accelerator in sustainability. A Raiffeisen Bank initiative, with the support of the Association for Community Relations.

Institutul de Cercetare Făgăraș