{"id":35091,"date":"2021-03-11T16:18:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T16:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafonline.org\/?page_id=35091"},"modified":"2026-02-17T07:52:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T07:52:31","slug":"mission-and-vision","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/who-we-are\/mission-and-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission and Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mission of the Romanian-American Foundation is to strengthen and promote conditions for a sustainable market economy and a democratic society that provides access to opportunity for all segments of Romanian society.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We envision a more prosperous, engaged and entrepreneurial society, where people think more innovatively and act more responsibly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the long run, and as a result of our work, we would like to see that:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>People and communities are actively engaged in shaping their future;<\/li>\n<li>Philanthropy comes to be a societal value of solidarity and trust;<\/li>\n<li>Rural economy is a vibrant contributor to Romania;<\/li>\n<li>Innovation and technology grow into key engines for economic and social development; and<\/li>\n<li>Young people are empowered to become drivers of economic and social progress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We support programs, ideas and organizations with a high potential for growth and replication, which can have substantial impact in communities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>IMPACT<\/h4>\n<p>We know that our financial and organizational resources are modest compared to the needs of Romanian society, therefore we focus on those areas where well-structured and targeted investments have the potential to create a significant change.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>PARTNERS<\/h4>\n<p>We seek to support and collaborate with change-makers and leaders from different areas, organizations that share our vision and passion for developing the public good.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>STRATEGIC\u00a0PRIORITIES<\/h4>\n<p>We have identified three strategic priorities that will guide our work in the following years, namely: <a href=\"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/what-we-do\/rural-economy\/\">rural economy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/what-we-do\/technology-innovation\/\">technology &amp; innovation<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/what-we-do\/civil-society-and-philanthropy\/\">civil society &amp; philanthropy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Romanian-American Foundation is run by a local team based in Bucharest, and an international Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mission of the Romanian-American Foundation is to strengthen and promote conditions for a sustainable market economy and a democratic society that provides access to opportunity for all segments of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167,"parent":35070,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/in-ce-credem.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35091","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35091"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37570,"href":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35091\/revisions\/37570"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}