{"id":5705,"date":"2021-04-07T15:08:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T12:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky.ong\/?page_id=5705"},"modified":"2026-05-06T12:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:39:27","slug":"republica-funky","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/funky.ong\/en\/proiecte\/republica-funky\/","title":{"rendered":"The Funky Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Funky Republic<\/h1>\n

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\u2013 BUILDING A LOCAL NETWORK OF NGOs TO ENCOURAGE CIVIC PARTICIPATION \u2013<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Document Strategic de Advocacy<\/a><\/p>\n

We launched the network<\/a> and Local Transparency Index<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a nutshell: we're expanding<\/h1>\n

What is Funky Republic? <\/b>It is the official name of a project carried out by Funky Citizens and the codename of a future civic network. 2023 The year in which Funky Citizens will expand from Bucharest to the country, by opening a variety of branches, coordinated by one or more representatives in the territory.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a first phase, the expansion will be tested by co-opting 7 localities in this new network: Timi\u0219oara, Bra\u0219ov, Bistri\u021ba, T\u00e2rgu Jiu, Media\u0219, Podu Iloaiei and Chilia Veche. The organizations that will join the Funky Republic will mediate the dialogue between the community and the local authorities, they will ally for good knowledge of the civil society at the local level.<\/span><\/p>\n

Funky who, Funky what?<\/b><\/p>\n

Funky Citizens officially exists since May 2012. Since then, it has been working with online advocacy tools, based on research and carefully collected data, to fulfill its vision: a modern, well-governed Romania (=with efficient institutions that understand role and manage public money with transparency), populated by as many involved and unsophisticated citizens as possible. Ideally, the funky citizen is a model citizen who:<\/span><\/p>\n