Project status: CALL FOR ACTIONProject title: Helping You to Help YourselfTeam leader: Tomozii Elena SimonaNumber of people in the team: 3Number of volunteering hours: 600Period of time: 12 months

Impacted underprivileged group of youth: •adolescents from rural areas in

RomaniaNumber of youth impacted:

•100

INSPIRED BY

• A project about social cohesion developed in 8 cities from Romania 2010-2013. “THE SOCIAL DIALOGUE ROLE IN PROMOTING THE SOCIAL INCLUSION” implemented by CRIES Romania.

• The project is based on:

The EU Council’s methodology SPIRAL (Societal Progress towards Well Being for All)

• My role in that project?: I am one of the implementation team members at local level – in Brasov.

Target group

• Direct: 50 young adults –students from 3 villages in Brasov county.

• Indirect: Members of the local communities

Place: Brasov county

Period:12 months

Objectives

O1.Developing transversal competences (communication, social and entrepreneurial skills) for 100 teenagers from rural areas.

02. Developing a local action plan to improve quality of life in Brasov rural areas.

Project purpose

• To rise the degree of participation of teenagers from rural areas, in the local communities.

Activities

• For reaching O1: Selection of project beneficiaries Creating, implementing and assessment of

training

• For reaching O2: Applying SPIRAL methodology of EU Council

regarding the well being for project beneficiaries Collecting indicators of well being Local public policy analyze Creating a local action group Action plan development

Anticipated results

• One training

• 100 teenagers will develop transversal skills

• One research based on SPIRAL methodology

• One local action group

• One action plane will be implemented

• Social cohesion degree will increase in the selected communities

• 2000 informative materials

• 3 visibility events

• 2 scientific articles published in relevant revues

Context

• In Brasov county the birth rate in the rural areas raised with 12% to 14% since 2002 to 2009.

• Taking in consideration the social and the economical changes all around the world, it is expected to lower the number of population with ages between 0-14, in the next years, especially in rural areas.

• Schools are force to reduce the number of teachers or even to close down, while children will have access to less educational facilities around their neighborhoods.

Arguments:

• The recent changes in Romanian educational system caused by the social evolution and economical factors lower the quality of teaching especially in disadvantaged areas (rural ones like in our case).

• We need support of NGOs to help adolescents to overcome their educational and cultural problems.

• The implementation of this project will ensure a better resource circulation and increase social cohesion on the level of local community.

For more information click on the following links:

• COUNCIL of EUROPE

• CRIES (RESOURCES CENTER FOR ETHIC AND SOLIDARITY AIMED ACTIONS)

• BRASOV CORESPONSABILITY TERITORY

• SUSTANAIBLE DEVELOPMENT in BRASOV

Team members

• Tomozii Elena Simona, teaching assistant, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania;

• Tintarean Mariana, counselor, Pro Democratia Association, Romania;

• Necula Adrian, student, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania

• We thank you for your support!