felicia gabriela portase: vulcan municipality - changing the paradigm (part 2)

Vulcan MunicipalityHunedoara County

Romania

EuropeFor

Citizens

Bratislava, March 24, 2014

Portasă Felicia Gabriela

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CHANGING the PARADIGM

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OLD ( and still present) PARADIGM:

Local administration must do everything for us.We don’t have any responsibility for our city. They must provide all that we need.

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Old Paradigm describes Citizen’s mentality before 1989.

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For many citizens, the Mayor is still the person who must take complete care of their lives.

NEW PARADIGM ( gradually arising after 1989):

We want to be Partners of local administration, because we have needs, ideas, projects, which can be applied only through partnership.

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What brought this change ?

A new reality about life.B... etter understanding of

local administration role&limits

C..ompulsory local and Governmental measures to

organize citizens in associations.

D...ealing with the need of local partnerships for urban

and social projects.

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What brought this change ?

E…lders’ grandchildren are the generation with European

mentality. F…reedom to travel, to work or

to live in UE, improved many Romanian’s civic attitude.G…rowing interest (mainly among young people) for organized volunteership.

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Big ImpactC..ompulsory local and

Governmental measures to organize citizens in

associations.

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WARMER BLOCK HOUSESSamples of new citizen’s

mentality

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WARMER BLOCK HOUSES

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FUNDS:Inhabitants ( flats owner’s association) – 20%Local Council – 30%Government – 50%

WARMER BLOCK HOUSES

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Happy Ending

Let’s Do It Romania!

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Founder Members of the largest NGO group of local civil society representatives:

EU SI TU PENTRU VULCAN

THE LATEST CITIZEN MENTALITY UPGRADE

Based on:1. An increasing awareness

of local administration’s leaders ( Mr. Mayor

Gheorghe Ile’s initiative), in attracting citizens, volunteers, NGOs in

community’s projects.Following SolidarCity EU

project’s concept and focus,

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and …

2. an increasing citizen’s willingness to create

partnerships, to become really involved in community’s life.

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From informal to formal partnerships

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Who?Municipality +Teenagers, young people, women, retired persons, volunteers, entrepreneurs, NGOs.

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A GUARANTEE FOR THE NEW PARADIGM

and… for future local successful Partnership projects

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Thank you for your attention!

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