Launched in July 2004, The Ratiu Center for Democracy is supported by faculty members of Babes-Bolyai University,
the Dr. Ioan Ratiu Vocational Campus, Europe to Europe,
and sponsored by the Ratiu Family Foundation.

Based on the vision of the life-long campaigner for Romanian democracy, Ion Ratiu (1917-2000),
the mission of The Ratiu Center for Democracy
is to promote participative democracy by informing, researching, learning, and applying democratic values and behaviors locally, nationally, and internationally.