IPF	Cristina Nicolescu

Corporate Social Responsibility in Romanian Higher Education Context and background ▪  Soros network initiatives Education Support Initiative OSF Romani International Higher Education Scholarship Programs OSI guidelines IPF Initiative  ▪ Relevant initiatives worldwide ELDIS Publish what you Pay National Reconstruction Bureau of Pakistan CSR Europe ENGAGE Campaign International Centre for Social Responsibility  ▪ Annotated papers Corporate Social Responsibility in Public Universities Corporate Social Reporting and Stakeholder Accountability Corporate Citizenship: A Conceptualization Gender Mainstreaming and Corporate Social Responsibility Private higher education in Romania The CSR Group    Project objectives Describing the existing initiatives of promoting CSR in Romania Exploring the extent to which CSR is included in the current higher education curricula of the main Romanian Universities look into the Romanian perspective on the concept and practice of CSR from the points of view of the main stakeholders (students, businesses, professors, universities – through the curricula) use the existing professional contacts and CSR related initiatives and join the existing advocacy efforts write a research paper and a 20-page policy study in coordination with the group advisor with recommendations for the Ministry of Education in Romania, the universities in four main cities (Bucharest, Cluj Napoca, Iasi and Timisoara) and the business sector in the country.

Fellow Website ▪ www.policy.hu/cnicolescu    Fellow activities & publications ▪ March 2006 sees Cristina Nicolescu venture on a three month fellowship at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC.   ▪ IPF policy paper in April 2006    The fellow ▪ Curriculum vitae ▪ Research proposal ▪ e-mail:    2005 Working Groups ▪ 2005 Working Group Summary ▪ Democratic Governance ▪ Wider Europe ▪ Public Health and Roma ▪ Policy Making ▪ Combatting Organized Crime ▪ Higher Education Reform ▪ Open Society in Former SU ▪ Open Society and Muslims    2006 Working Groups ▪ 2006 Working Group Summary ▪ Wider Europe ▪ Open Muslim Societies ▪ Open Society Threats ▪ Resource Curse ▪ Roma Exclusion ▪ Open Information Policy

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January 2006