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Our projects start from the necessity of involving citizens in the public life, decision-making process, as well as monitoring the decision-makers. EFOR support the development of civic abilities and implements a series of initiatives dedicated to the youth, such as the School for Democracy or the Why Democracy? Festival. Moreover, we aim to explain the public policies to the citizens and transform them into our activist projects.
Project implementation period: February 2022 - July 2023 The project starts from the lack of coherence and transparency in the development of public policies at the local level, which is correlated with the lack of politically …
1. Project description The main aim of this project is to promote European values such as the rule of law, democracy, transparency, freedom of the press, equality and solidarity among EU Member States in Eastern Europe …
1. Project purpose The primary aim of this project is to promote European values such as the rule of law, democracy, transparency, press freedom, equality and solidarity across Eastern European Member States and in potential Candidate …
In 2020 we worked hard, and it seems that the pandemic provided us with a lot of topics. We published 27 reports, more than a quarter of the total number of reports published by EFOR …
Youth Vote Matters! is a project dedicated to encouraging youth in Romania to vote by making informed decisions about their candidates and representative democracy. Unfortunately, Romania’s educational system fails systemically to provide youth with the necessary …
The School for Democracy is a program managed by Expert Forum that encourages critical thinking and active citizenship in local communities through supporting gymnasium and high school teachers in their efforts of using non-formal education …
The main goal of this project is to develop a set of monitoring and analysis instruments, encourage critical thinking in media consumption and carry out a number of pilot workshops / interventions, in Romania and …
The School for Democracy is an Expert Forum program that aims to create an innovative learning environment for teachers who want to discover alternative and effective tools for active education and involvement of young people. The …
Since next year there we will have local elections and people are concerned about the quality of municipal services/utilities (water, sewerage, sanitation, heating, public lighting), we started a new project: a monitoring of 8 cities …
You have surely often heard terms such as rule of law, anticorruption, transparency, public participation; but you also heard of oligarchs, moguls, clientelism and populism. All these factors influence your way of life, how public …
Surely you often wondered why governments make decisions without consulting the citizens; or decide contrary to the interests of the community; or simply do not understand why they should work for the well-being of the …
After the projections in Chisinau (April 19 to 21), Expert Forum, British Council and Pro Democracy Association, in partnership with the Cultural Institute "Michael Ursachi" Documentary Film Festival, organize the WHY DEMOCRACY? festival in Iasi, April 25-29. The films in …
What connection can there be between a student from China who runs for class monitor, the role of new media in the expansion of riots in Egypt, the transition from pre-1989 Romanian economy to market …
Caught between regulations interpreted inconsistently across the territory, difficult access to services and institutions which are inefficient even for the Romanian citizens, the Ukrainian refugees struggle to cope with change and are worried about what …
EFOR joined a series of well known public figures and requested from the Romanian authorities a strong position in support of the Belarus civil society and human rights. Dear President Klaus Iohannis, Dear Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, Dear …
Expert Forum has joined the American Councils for International Education in Romania to bring you Kennedy Academy for Students, a program which seeks to empower 20 young Romanian student NGO leaders aged 18-26 to better lead their …
Today, a new edition of the School for Democracy has started, an Expert Forum program that aims to create an innovative learning environment for teachers who want to discover alternative and effective tools for educating …
How many years does a country need to become inclusive, participative and open to its citizens? The answers may be difficult and very different from one case to another. Romania is still struggling to make …
On 21-22 January 2016, Expert Forum continued the series of seminars on the rule of law and active citizenship in Timisoara, within the Youth in Agora project, part of the School for Democracy program. The …
Expert Forum, in partnership with the Rule of Law South East Europe Program of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the British Council opened a new call for School for Democracy which will take place between …
Romania needs to pay closer attention to civil society groups and citizens who can provide expertise in the fight against corruption, experts told SETimes following the release of the World Bank's Worldwide Governance Indicators for …