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These web sites provide information, links and databases relating to civil society, women's studies, anthropology, ethnic minorities, and the Romanian diaspora.
Index to this page:
Civil Society and NGOs
Anthropology
Ethnic Minorities in Romania
The Romanian Diaspora
Centrului de Resurse Internet pentru Organizaţiile
Neguvernamentale. Internet Communications and Resource Center for Nongovernmental
Organizations (http://www.ong.ro)
Publications, pertinent legislation, an annotated portal of NGOs, and other resources. In Romanian.
Civil Society Development Foundation (CSDF) (http://www.fdsc.ro)
CSDF is a nonprofit organization founded in 1994 whose mission is to support the development of the organizations in civil society. Links to funding opportunities, services and information, training courses, publications and more including the Romania Development GatewayCa database of over 6,000 NGOs in Romania. In English and Romanian.
ONG Romania. Romanian Organizations
Community. NGO Directory (http://www.teleactivities.org)
Links to NGOs in Romania. Searchable. In Romanian and English.
Open Society Foundation--Romania (http://www.osf.ro/ro/index.php)
Supports activities focusing on EU accession, NGO development, interethnic relations, education, child protection, domestic and EU legal issues, public health, and economic development. In Romanian.
Southeast Europe
Online (http://www.southeasteurope.org/index.php?site=8)
SEE Online is sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development and is a Balkan portal for NGOs in Southeast Europe. Links include news, funding resources and basic country profiles, reports, economic development, and integration issues. Search on Romania.
Transparency International. Romania (http://www.transparency.ro)
Transparency International assists governments and NGOs worldwide in monitoring, assessing, and fighting corruption. Mission is to promote Romanian integrity and curb corruption. TI-Romania links to an organization chart, coalition partners, annual reports, and more. Primarily in English; some Romanian.
Anthropological Index of the Royal Anthropological Institute (http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/AIO.html)
Online index based on the journal holdings of The Anthropology Library at the British Museum (formerly Museum of Mankind), which receives periodicals in all branches of anthropology, from academic institutions and publishers worldwide, from 1957 to present. Approximately 3,000 of the citations come from Romanian periodicals from 1963 to present.
Centrul de Cercetare a Relaţiilor
Interetnice (http://www.ccrit.ro)
The Research Center for Interethnic Relations is based at the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj. Describes its programs/research and links to the ethnic press, foundations, NGOs, and other multicultural Web sites. In Romanian.
Divers. altfel despre minoritati etnice (http://www.divers.ro)
Encyclopedic coverage of the 17 largest ethnic groups in Romania. Includes legislation, links, the weekly online periodical Divers (from 2004), and other information. In Romanian and English.
Ethnocultural Diversity Resource
Center (http://www.edrc.ro/en/index.html)
Based in Cluj, the Center is independent nongovernmental organization and one of the successor institutions of the Open Society Foundation Romania, Cluj Branch. It seeks to contribute to the construction of democracy in Romania by improving the country's interethnic climate and promoting principles of ethnocultural peace and justice based on institutional solutions acceptable both to majority and minorities. Links include programs, services, publications, and resources. In Romanian, Hungarian, and English.
Ethnologue: Languages
of the World: Languages of Romania (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=RO)
Provides information on known living languages [and Romanian sign language] spoken in Romania.
PER in Romania (http://www.per-usa.org/1997-2007/romania.htm)
Project on Ethnic Relations (PER), Princeton University, is dedicated to preventing ethnic conflict in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the former Soviet Union. Links to reports in chronological order on Romania. Maintained by the Project on Ethnic Relations (PER), Princeton University.
Transylvania Online (http://www.sibiWeb.de/index%5Feng.php3)
Also known as SibiWeb Online-Forum für Siebenbürgen. Information on Transylvanian Saxons, past and present. Categories include: history, culture, geography, the media, organizations, clubs, associations, economics, social matters, current affairs, and addresses. Includes a chat room. In German, English, Hungarian, Norwegian, and Romanian. Maintained in Germany.
American Romanian
Academy of Arts and Sciences (ARA) (http://www.meca.polymtl.ca/ion/ARA-AS/index.htm)
ARA is a scholarly institution founded in 1975 and dedicated to the study and dissemination of Romanian culture. Links include publications, photos, bylaws, congresses and more.
Congress Of Romanian Americans
(CORA) (http://www.romanianamericans.org)
CORA promotes democratization and a market economy in Romania and the welfare of Romanian Americans. It serves as an umbrella organization for Romanian-American lobbying. Includes links to the CORA Newsletter, press releases, accomplishments, a calendar of events, and more. In Romanian and English.
IRomania Links - Diaspora (http://www.romania.org/links/Diaspora/)
Directory of annotated links on the Romanian diaspora. Some annotations are in English, others in Romanian.
Istria on the Internet:
Istro-Romanian (http://www.istrianet.org/search-index.htm)
Information on Istroromanians. Seeks to create a communications link to reconnect Istrians all over the world to one another and to establish a presence on the Internet about and for Istria to serve as a repository of information about the recorded history, culture, arts, sciences, and all other past and present treasures relating to Istria and its people both within Istria and worldwide. (Istria is a peninsula in Italy, Croatia, and Slovenia projecting into the north Adriatic.) Maintained by a network of Istria enthusiasts. Primarily in English.
Meglenoromanii (http://www.geocities.com/meglenoromanii/)
Information on Meglenoromanians. In Romanian.
Romani in UK (Romanians in the UK) (http://www.romani.co.uk)
Directory, Diaspora romania pe internet, links to Romanian groups and resources in a dozen or so countries. Its directory, Organizatii studentesti, links to Romanian student groups in several countries. In Romanian; some English.
Romanian American
Community (http://www.roembus.org/english/romanian%5Flinks/)
Includes links to directories of Romanian-American organizations; Romanian churches in the U.S.; Romanian student associations in the U.S., as well as news and media, Romanian history, laws, and other Romanian Web pages. Maintained by the Romanian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
The Society for Romanian Studies (SRS) (http://www.huntington.edu/srs/)
SRS is an inter-disciplinary academic organization founded in the United States in 1973 to promote professional study, criticism, and research on all aspects of Romanian culture and civilization. It holds annual meetings, sponsors the quadrennial International Congress on Romanian Studies, and publishes a newsletter. Click on the center map for the SRS Internet Gateway, which includes links to Romania-related academic centers and other organizations in the United States, Romania, Moldova, and elsewhere, as well as the SRS Newsletter.
U.S. Census
Bureau. American FactFinder (http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en)
Search on Romania for demographic profiles and population and housing information on Romanians in the U.S.
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