Category: Community Led Events

The Profilantrop Association delivered a comprehensive Sociocracy 3.0 (S3) training program in Budapest in July 2026, bringing together NGO professionals, social entrepreneurs, and community organizers to explore this innovative governance methodology. The initiative, supported by NGO Academy as a Community Led Event, kicked off the formation of Hungary’s first S3 Community of Practice. Read Profilantrop’s event report below – including useful resources and training material.

From July 1-3, 2026, 18 leaders representing nine organisations from Kosovo, the Republic of Moldova and Romania came together in Buftea, Romania, for “Leading with Compassion: Cultivating Care in Challenging Times”, a Community-Led Event organised by CONCORDIA Academia. Read their report below for all insights into the event.

In a three-part series, our NGO Academy Member Organisations OZ Barlička, Relevant n.o., and ETP Slovakia hosted a Community-Led Event dedicated to making AI and automation accessible to NGOs in Eastern Slovakia. Now, they continue their work with a regional AI peer-learning circle. Read their full event report here to get further insights.

On 22–23 June 2026, Social Impact Award hosted a 1.5-day Community-Led Event in Vienna focused on corporate fundraising and partnership building for civil society organisations working with young people across Central and Eastern Europe. Supported by NGO Academy, the workshop brought together 15 participants from different organisations and countries to strengthen their fundraising skills, exchange practices, and work on concrete cases from their own organisations.

This past May, NGO Academy Member Organisation TOKA hosted a two-day Community-Led Event in Prishtina, Kosovo. The event was all about the potential of service-learning to enhance higher education – and how successful cooperation between universities and NGOs can further amplify this potential. Read their full report to find out more.

This Community-Led Event on how AI transforms education and amplifies non-profit impact was organized by our Member Organisation UiPath Foundation, and took place online in May 2026. Read their report below to get deeper insights into their sessions on the future of education, the EU AI Act and AI in the funding cycle.

On 27–28 April 2026, practitioners, NGO representatives, and institutional actors from Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro and Romania gathered in Tirana for a two-day Community Learning Lab on Multi-Functional Community Centre (MFCC) Success Factors. Organised by Help – Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe e.V Albania Country Office this Community-Led Event focused on practical solutions for delivering integrated social services at community level.

The third edition of Connecting for Non-Formal Education 2025, organized by the eematico Association, once again brought together more than 85 participants in Bucharest from October 9–10.

To help civil society organizations become more resilient, sustainable, and less dependent on public funding, it is essential to develop knowledge and skills in attracting private resources. With this goal in mind, the workshop “Empowering NGOs for Impactful Fundraising” organized by HUKI took place on October 14th-16th in Zagreb.

Earlier in September Viitor Plus organized the event “Successful Collaborations Between NGOs and Companies Interested in CSR” in Sibiu. Over two days, social entrepreneurs and business representatives discussed how purchasing decisions can become a real tool for positive impact and long-term sustainability. The event’s mission was clear: to build genuine bridges between the social economy and the corporate sector.