Civitas Foundation for Civil Society

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Civitas Foundation for Civil Society is a NGO in Romania which aims to stimulate the local and regional development.

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History

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Civitas Foundation was founded in October 1992. The main reasons for its founding were the need to enhance the local government capacity and to stimulate the citizen's involvement in decision making and local governance. The foundation carries on activities in Transylvania, but carries on projects on national and international level (South East Europe) too.

Programs and projects

The programs and projects carried on by the foundation can be classified in four major domains which are in concordance with the strategically principles.

Services

The services provided by the foundation are structured in three categories:

Target groups

The beneficiaries of the services offered by Civitas:

Strategic partners

Member in networks

Civitas Foundation is member in the followings networks:

Publications

See also

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