STAND.UP: Strengthening Twinning Agreements and STAND.UP: Strengthening Twinning Agreements and Networking for Development. United in Partnership Networking for Development. United in Partnership ” ” Fighting the Poverty: Fighting the Poverty: from Innovative Idea to from Innovative Idea to Cooperation” Cooperation” Riga, Latvia, April 2011 Riga, Latvia, April 2011 Romanian Municipalities Romanian Municipalities facing poverty facing poverty
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STAND.UP: Strengthening Twinning Agreements and STAND.UP: Strengthening Twinning Agreements and Networking for Development. United in PartnershipNetworking for Development. United in Partnership
””Fighting the Poverty: from Fighting the Poverty: from Innovative Idea to Innovative Idea to
Cooperation” Cooperation” Riga, Latvia, April 2011Riga, Latvia, April 2011
Romanian Municipalities Romanian Municipalities facing povertyfacing poverty
Romanian Municipalities facing povertyRomanian Municipalities facing poverty
EUROPEAN UNION approach:EUROPEAN UNION approach:- Lisbon Treaty: primary objective of the EU’sLisbon Treaty: primary objective of the EU’s
development policy is the eradication of povertydevelopment policy is the eradication of poverty
- Europe 2020 Strategy: European Platform Against Europe 2020 Strategy: European Platform Against Poverty and Social ExclusionPoverty and Social Exclusion
- November 2010 Green Paper: EU development November 2010 Green Paper: EU development policy in support of inclusive growth and policy in support of inclusive growth and sustainable development: Improving the impact sustainable development: Improving the impact of EU development cooperation of EU development cooperation
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Romania Romania
- - National levelNational level – Governmental and NGO’s – Governmental and NGO’s- National Plan Anti Poverty and for - National Plan Anti Poverty and for
Promoting Social Promoting Social Inclusion Inclusion
- - Regional levelRegional level – counties and development – counties and development regionsregions
- Regional and counties plans- Regional and counties plans- Social protection specialized departments- Social protection specialized departments
- - Local levelLocal level – municipalities, towns, communes (villages) – municipalities, towns, communes (villages)- Social protection specialized departments- Social protection specialized departments- Measures and projects- Measures and projects
Romanian Municipalities facing povertyRomanian Municipalities facing poverty
Romanian Municipalities AssociationRomanian Municipalities Association
Head office in Bucharest: Head office in Bucharest: 3-5 Academiei Str., 3rd District, 3-5 Academiei Str., 3rd District, 030011, Bucharest, ROMANIATel/Fax: +4 0213113491; +4 030011, Bucharest, ROMANIATel/Fax: +4 0213113491; +4 0213123675; +4 0213122476; +4 0213123675; +4 0213122476; +4 [email protected] / [email protected] / www.amr.rowww.amr.ro
AMR representation office in Bruxelles:AMR representation office in Bruxelles:Square de Meeûs 1, B-Square de Meeûs 1, B-1000 Brussels - Kingdom of BelgiumTel: +32 (0)22138230 1000 Brussels - Kingdom of BelgiumTel: +32 (0)22138230 Fax: +32 (0)22138239 [email protected]: +32 (0)22138239 [email protected]
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Characteristics of poverty issue due to Characteristics of poverty issue due to economic crisis in Romania economic crisis in Romania
Rapid Assessment of the social and poverty impacts of the economic crisis in ROMANIA
FINAL REPORT ROUND 2 (November 2009)
Lead researcher : Manuela Sofia Stănculescu Researcher : Monica Marin
Prepared for UNICEF and the World Bank
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Innovative projects:Innovative projects:
- - “Social “Social Ambulance”Ambulance”
Municipality of Bucharest, District No.2Romaniahttp://www.ps2.rohttp://www.ps2.ro
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““Social Ambulance”Social Ambulance”
Municipality of Bucharest, District No.2
Romania
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Medical assistance for disadvantaged persons;Medical assistance for disadvantaged persons; Prevention of illness, maintaining health and precocious Prevention of illness, maintaining health and precocious
hunting out of illness at persons exposed to social hunting out of illness at persons exposed to social marginalization;marginalization;
Improving social assistance activities, by multiplying the Improving social assistance activities, by multiplying the services offered to citizens;services offered to citizens;
Decreasing the number of applications for social Decreasing the number of applications for social institutionalization;institutionalization;
Decreasing the number of illness due to old age, solitude Decreasing the number of illness due to old age, solitude and poverty;and poverty;
Maintaining and improving the physical capacities of Maintaining and improving the physical capacities of assisted persons;assisted persons;
Reducing the hospitalization costs;Reducing the hospitalization costs; Prevention of physical and social degradation of single and Prevention of physical and social degradation of single and
dependent persons.dependent persons.
““Social Ambulance”Social Ambulance”
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Innovative projects:Innovative projects:
- Giurgiu Social Giurgiu Social Inclusion Complex Inclusion Complex Center Center
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Giurgiu Social Inclusion Complex CenterGiurgiu Social Inclusion Complex Center
General objectiveGeneral objective is to create and develop a is to create and develop a network of communitarian complex services for network of communitarian complex services for counseling, practical preparation and professional counseling, practical preparation and professional orientation for youth and adults with in orientation for youth and adults with in partnership with mental health problems, for an partnership with mental health problems, for an easier access on labor market.easier access on labor market.
- Free services for psychological, psychiatric, - Free services for psychological, psychiatric, legal, social, occupational, and vocational legal, social, occupational, and vocational counselingcounseling- Participation to therapeutic activities or other - Participation to therapeutic activities or other types of activities. types of activities.
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Innovative projects:Innovative projects:
““Counseling Council of Focşani City”Counseling Council of Focşani City”
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““Counseling Council of Focşani City”Counseling Council of Focşani City”
- Main objective is to increase citizens’ - Main objective is to increase citizens’ involvement in decision making process, as social involvement in decision making process, as social responsibility of each member of community.responsibility of each member of community.
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Innovative projects:Innovative projects: ““Strengthening social partnership for Strengthening social partnership for
vulnerable groups participation on labor vulnerable groups participation on labor market”market”
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““Strengthening social partnership for Strengthening social partnership for vulnerable groups participation on labor vulnerable groups participation on labor
market”market”
Main objective: Development of social capital through the activation of a permanent relationship among local administration, social companies and other forms of social economy, financial institutions and companies orientated on profit.
Specific objective: Identification of target groups’ needs, services providing plan, information services and professional orientation, practical methodology for creating and operating social companies, Business Center for Social Economy.
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Innovative projects:Innovative projects:
““Pass on the gift”Pass on the gift” - “Dorna” Mountain Farmers’ Federation - Vatra Dornei - “Dorna” Mountain Farmers’ Federation - Vatra Dornei
Thank you for your attention!Thank you for your attention!
Dan Mihai CazaciucDan Mihai Cazaciuc
President of Communicators Professional BodyPresident of Communicators Professional Body
Romanian Municipalities AssociationRomanian Municipalities AssociationE-mail: E-mail: [email protected]@focsani.info
