ton annual report 2012 in english

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The Open Network for Community Development

Annual report

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Summary

Message from Philippe Beke, Ambassador of Belgium in Romania and

godfather of T.O.N. foundation……………... …………………………………

The Open Network Foundation …………..…………………………………….

T.O.N. Trainers …………………………………………………………………….

T.O.N. Trainings……………………………………………………………………

Local Health Committees (LHC) …………………………..……………………

Local Development Committees (LDC) ….…………………………………...

Mutual Help Associations (ADAM) …………………………………………….

Mutual Help Association Moldovița (ADAMM)………………...……………..

Mutual Help Association Slatina-Timiș (ADAMS)……………………………

Mutual Help Association Cluj-Napoca (ADAM Cluj)…………...……………

Local Women Organizations (OLF) ……...…………………………………….

Local Men Organizations (OLB) ………………………………………………..

Local Youth Groups Association (AGLT) …………………………..………..

Proiect Pro Europa Association..……………………………………..……….

Projects Limburg România Foundation…...………………………………….

T.O.N in 2013……………………………………………………………………….

How to become part of T.O.N…………...…...………………………………….

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The year 2012 will remain as reference year for The Open Network since it was the start-up year. Thanks to the enthusiasm of the TON partners, the organization has in a short lapse of time gained a dy-namic image of civil society engagement in Romania.

The Open Network aspires to develop in a wide range of areas the best possible cooperation between different actors, in order to achieve through unity in action the best possible results in the field. The Open network equally stands for transparency, responsibility and corporate governance. The application of these values in a bottom up approach can only but strengthen the administrative capacity and the social cohesion in local communities. From the side of engagement, The Open Network aims to strive for the best achievements but is also keen to share its results and therefore has announced its ambition to create an interactive communication strategy.

Without any doubt public health was in 2012 a major subject. In Bu-charest but also in different other places in Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia, TON partners engaged in first line medical care, in home care, in hospital treatment, in build up of mutualism and in health shop. Romanian authorities have been convinced that best practices out of these activities can benefit Romanian society. In this respect there is an understanding that TON may contribute in the years to come to the reforms in the field of public health. With the conviction to wider its scope, TON stands ready also to play a future role in areas as tourism, agriculture, waste management and youth organizations, eying the best possible clustering of initiatives with and for its partners. TON will in this respect surely play an active role in the preparation of the Decentralized Forum which will take

place in October 2013 in Brussels. Current partners of TON have acknowledged the added value of the organization for their projects. Others should realize that the tools TON provides will induce them of comparative advantage in their quest for better results.

The creation of The Open Network in March 2012 was a logic step in the improvement of the networking between different partners of civil society and municipalities. Good networking also means good com-munication. With Cristina Chert, TON has at its helm a strong project manager and a well-built communicator. The TON website (www.TheOpenNetwork.ro) provides updates on the initiatives and projects while the TON newsletter brushes on a regular basis surveys and insides of activities. This first annual report has the ambition to give an overall view on what TON has achieved in its first year of activities.

When TON President Jozef Goebels asked me to become the godfa-ther of the organization, I did not hesitate one moment. The reason is simple: faith in a sound and solid structure which has the ambition to play a role in preparing the future. I am also convinced that through exchange of information, exchange of best practices and consolidated support, all partners will gain in action and visibility. Together with godmother Irina Pacurariu, I stand ready to lend my full support to all current and future partners of TON. I wish everybody the best of suc-cess and TON a bright future at the service of its partners and Roma-nian citizens.

Philippe Beke Ambassador of Belgium to Romania

Message from Philippe Beke, Ambassador of Belgium in Romania and Godfather of T.O.N. Foundation

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About T.O.N., in brief

The Open Network for Community Development is a non- govern-mental organization founded in April 2012 by Romanian and Flemish partners who wished to ensure visibility, synergy and sustainability for all Romanian-Belgian partnerships established in the field of communi-ty development (some active already since 1989), as well as to devel-op the network through collaboration and exchanges of experience with other national and / or international organizations focused on community development in a broad context.

Objectives

- Actively involving communities to achieve sustainable community development, with and for the people; - Activation and mobilization of community members, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. We will ensure information and lobbying for resources, trainings, regular dialogue and exchanges, thereby involving the community members in the shaping of European and national policies, as well as in the implementation and monitoring of national legislation; - Implementation of actions in a democratic, transparent, repre-sentative and inclusive way, ensuring a transparent consultation pro-cess, information strategies and promotion of best practices in areas such as: education, leadership, health, community development, building up civil society, culture and heritage, environment and waste management, agriculture, sustainable tourism, entrepre-neurship; - Coordination and collaboration within the undertakings of Romani-an-Belgian organizations representing sustainable community devel-opment.

Areas of interest and expertise

The Open Network is capitalizing the expertise and know-how of Ro-manian-Belgian partnerships accumulated over 20 years of action in the following areas: Community Development - Education – Culture and heritage - Health - Youth - Gender Equality – Civil society – different socio-cultural organi-zations - Entrepreneurship - Social Inclusion - Social Economy – Envi-ronment and waste management - Agriculture – Sustainable Tourism.

How we work

The Open Network promotes and facilitates the implementation of community development best practices by: - Exchanges of experience at national and regional level through courses and workshops; - Development of projects in partnership at local, regional, national and / or international level; - Access to Bank of materials (online collection of all kinds of actions and educational resources); - Network of regional trainers (with a national coverage).

The Open Network

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The Open Network is an extended team made of vol-unteers, local coordinators, regional trainers, profes-sional workers and administration council members, mostly from Romania, but also from Belgium. The T.O.N. founders are 5 Belgian citizens and 4 Ro-manian citizens - presently, all members of the admin-istration council. The national coordination of the various projects and initiatives is ruled by a executive director which, to-gether with 2 other professional workers (responsible for the online promotion and internal communication), apply the decisions of the Administration Council.

Furthermore, 19 Regional trainers cover all the 8 ad-ministrative regions of Romania, facilitating the top-down communication and collaboration (between the members of the Administration Council, professional workers and the coordinators of the local organisa-tions), as well as horizontally (between the members of the local organizations and the Belgian partners). Not lastly, the team of the Open Network Foundation is formed of all the local volunteers, specialists and coordinators involved in the development of different structures/organisations, in more then 35 municipali-ties, all over Romania.

Network of

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Are you interested to find out more about our

models of actions for community development?

Contact us and we will get you into contact with

the closest trainer to guide you forward.

The regional trainers are key-actors in maintaining a func-tional relation of cooperation between the Foundation and the organisations within the network, as well as between the local communities from Romania and their Belgian counter-parts. Each regional trainer is supervising the development of the GLTs (Local Youth Groups), OLFs and OLBs (Women and Men organizations), ADLs (Associations for Local Develop-ment), CLSs (Health Councils) and ADAMs (Mutual Help Associations) existing in their region, and supports the set-ting up of similar structures; identifies and promotes the best practice; disseminates informational resources and offers assistance, identifies and strengthens the capacity of local volunteers by organising local workshops; organises meet-ings between the Romanian and Belgian partners; informs TON regarding the progress of local initiatives. In order to support them to successfully fulfil their duties, The Open Network organises annually the Trainings for Trainers and national contact days, providing the right environment for exchanges of experience and consolidating the trainer’s ca-pacity for local project coordination. On top of that, the trainers of The Open Network have ac-cess to an online platform (Bank of Materials - www.TheOpenNetwork.ro/bancademateriale), specially de-signed to ease access to information and educational re-sources which would cover all areas of community develop-ment.

Thereby, the trainers can download and use practical guides, manuals, prospects, multimedia materials and project toolkits on educational themes, health, youth, animation, socio-cultural and social assistance, advocacy, social inclusion, entrepreneurship, environment protection, community capac-ity building and more.

T.O.N. Trainers...

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Get to know them:

NorthNorthNorth---East RegionEast RegionEast Region Trainers: Dan and Daniela Ceredeev Expertise Domain: Community development, organisation development (youth), European projects Correspondent area: Suceava

NorthNorthNorth---East RegionEast RegionEast Region Trainers: Nicu and Mihaela Hiche; Silvia Darie Expertise Domain: Socio-medical services, community development, organisation development (youth, women, men), European projects Correspondent area: Suceava

Central RegionCentral RegionCentral Region Trainers: Melania Moldovan Expertise Domain: Education, Youth Experience Exchange, Youth Organisations Correspondent area: Mureș, Brașov

Central RegionCentral RegionCentral Region Trainers: Alexandru and Anicuța Rotaru; Aurel Șelaru; Doina Enache Expertise Domain: Community development, organisation development (women, men), education Correspondent area: Vrancea

East RegionEast RegionEast Region Trainers: Cristina Cherț, Alina Scânteie, Maria Prutieanu Expertise Domain: Community development, organisation development (youth, women, men), European projects Correspondent area: Iași

SouthSouthSouth---West RegionWest RegionWest Region Trainer: Ioan Suru Expertise Domain: Socio-medical services, community development, organisation development (youth, women, men), European projects Correspondent area: Caraș-Severin

North RegionNorth RegionNorth Region Trainers: Sergiu Kotorbacs Expertise Domain: Socio-medical services, community development, education Correspondent area: Maramureș

West RegionWest RegionWest Region Trainers: Laszlo Portik Expertise Domain: Community development

Correspondent area: Sălaj

SouthSouthSouth---East RegionEast RegionEast Region Trainer: Daniela Ghitoiu Expertise Domain: Development of Youth Organisations, non-formal education Correspondent area: Constanța

Central RegionCentral RegionCentral Region Trainer: Monica Toderiță Expertise Domain: Development of Local Youth Organisations Correspondent area: Brașov

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Training of Regional Trainers (I) Moldovița, 27-29 Aprilie, 2012

In April 27-29, The Open Network for Community Develop-

ment had trained its first batch of regional trainers (members of

CLSes, ADAMs, OLFs, OLBs or AGLT, from 14 different are-

as), empowering them to facilitate the cooperation in and be-

tween the Romanian communities from their region by organis-

ing regional trainings, on-site visits and delivering consultancy

services for the development of the local initiatives.

National Contact Day Vatra Moldoviței, 31 August - 2 Septembrie, 2012

Between 31st of August - 2nd of September 2012, at Vatra

Moldoviței, Suceava, 70 active representatives and members of

The Open Network have reassembled for the National Contact

Day. The training had a cross-national approach, hosting partici-

pants from Belgium, Holland and Romania, and a cross-

sectorial approach, due to the subjects in the agenda: TON or-

ganizational development (structure, vision, mission, 2013 cal-

endar of actions, organizational development of the local organ-

izations (youth, men, women). National trainers of TON, Dana

Ceredeev, Mihaela Hiche, Alexandru Popescu, Maria Pruteanu,

Marleen Smeyers, Jef Vanhoof, Piet Van Der Wilt, Rita Van

Herbruggen provided a remarkable program for the partici-

pants , while the event coordinator - the Foundation Projects

Limburg Romania - ensured a very good logistical coordination.

ADAM Borșa has publicly announce their interest to organize

the next National Training TON in August 2013.

Training of Regional Trainers (II) Iași, 2-4 Noiembrie, 2012

In Novelmber 2-4, at Iași, the second national training for the

regional trainers took place. With this occasion more then 25

members of the network, Romanian and Belgian trainers, local

regional and national representatives met each other. The par-

ticipants learned how to sustain the intercultural communication

(online or by face-to-face meetings) in order to facilitate the

development of the Romanian-Belgian projects and established

the network activity calendar for 2013. The course was followed

by the exhibition Emil Racoviță - pioneer of the Romanian-

Belgian collaboration, organized by ADR Vlaanderen in partner-

ship with EUROPANET, The Open Network, National Moldova

Museum and the Vaslui County Museum “Stefan cel Mare”.

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The Open Network works as a national umbrella organization, connecting Romanian NGOs and informal groups estab-lished at local, regional or na-tional level. Here are few of them, differentiated by their activi-ty field: [Health]

Mutual Help Associations: ADAM Slatina-Timiș (Caras-

Severin County), ADAM Moldovița (Suceava); ADAM

Borșa (Maramureș).

Local Health Committees: CLS Tăut (Bihor County),

CLS Vînători (Arad), CLS Viscri (Brașov), CLS Stremț

(Alba), CLS Homorod (Brașov), CLS Vidrașau (Mureș),

CLS Lădeşti (Vâlcea), CLS Bordeşti (Vrancea), CLS Cer-

chejeni (Botosani); CLS’s from the Slatina-Timiș region,

Caraș-Severin County: Bucoșnița, Zăgujeni, Jamu Mare,

Luncavița, Armeniș.

[Gender]

Men Organizations: OLB Moldovița (Suceava County);

OLB Slatina-Timiș, Goleț, Armeniș, Luncavița-Verendin,

Jamu Mare, Oțelu Roșu (Caraș-Severin); OLB Bordești

(Vrancea);

Women Organizations: OLF

Moldovița (Suceava County), OLF

Bordești & Dumitrești (Vrancea);

OLF Bacău; OLF Berbești (Vâlcea); OLF

Slatina-Timiș, Goleț, Armeniș, Luncavița-Verendin,

Jamu Mare, Oțelu Roșu (Caraș-Severin);

[Youth, Education, Culture] AGLT– Local Youth Group

Association, Europanet Association (Iași County); Pro-

ject Pro-Europe Association (Vatra Moldovitei, Suceava

County);

[Local Development] ADL Cehu Silvaniei (Asociation for Local Development); Project ProEurope Association(APPE); Foundation Projects Limburg Romania (SMHO Olanda).

Although different, all these structures have in common their establishment as a result of a Romanian-Belgian part-nership and their orientation towards the needs of local communities.

In the following pages we will present you a descrip-tion of each organization type, the functioning pro-cess as well as the activities that took place in 2012.

Structures

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Short description Local Health Committees (CLS in Roma-nian) are formal or informal groups of vol-unteers and specialists who analyse the health situation in a community, determine the health needs at a local level and then take measures in order to facilitate the access of the population to adequate medi-cal services.

How does it work

Here is, in brief, the process of setting-up a LHC:

The Belgian partner or local stakeholders take the initiative of set-ting up a LHC in a Romanian local community and get in contact with TON who will send a facilitator for this purpose;

TON delegates the closest regional trainer which will follow-up the Belgian partner or local stakeholders’ request;

The Facilitator sets-up a meeting with all the stakeholders in the community (GP and medical assistant; pharmacist; social assistant; school principal and teachers; mayor and councillors; representa-tives of the local associations; representatives of different social groups—youngsters, parents, elderly, priest s.o.) in order to set-up an initiative group;

The stakeholders agree the LHC structure (establishing if they will exist as an informal group or as a legally established NGO), their way of working together (where and when they will meet), share the roles and responsibilities and establish the first group activity: the analysis of local health needs;

The group members gather qualitative and quantitative data using

the instruments provided by TON and establish the priorities for action (which represent the most important health needs they can resolve with an major impact);

After the needs analysis, the LHC members will establish an activity plan to be implemented with the help of the Belgian partner and under the supervising of the regional trainer TON;

Based on the results and the feed-back of the beneficiaries, the LHC will repeat this action pattern and/or establish a long term ac-tion plan for the health of the local community.

Local Health Committees can prepare the transition to a Mutual Help Association or they can function autonomously. Either way, the pur-pose is to involve and determine the community to identify their own health needs, finding a quick solution and a long term solution, issue a local health policy, with and for people, together with authorities and specialists.

Examples of activities

The Local Health Committees step in to prevent and ameliorate the health problems by campaigns or health services, usually on an estab-lished period of time. Here are some of the health issues addressed by the LHC:

Healthy eating / weight control;

Health education for children (dental and body hygiene—demonstrations and health kits);

Instruction of the young mothers (workshops, new born kits, edu-cational brochures);

Diabetes/ glycaemia control/ passport for diabetics;

Heart diseases/ Blood pressure checks;

Smoking prevention;

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Sight improvement/ offer reading glasses;

Donations of/ renting medical equipment;

Defending patients’ rights;

Ensure the transport to and from the doctor for the isolated pa-tients;

VIZIDOM (organized home visits to the elderly and sick people, involving volunteers);

First aid (training, kits and trained volunteers);

Training/ informational sessions with health specialists<

Health days s.o.

LHC Network

Setting up the Local Health Committees started as a project financed by the Belgian provinces of Limburg and Vlaams-Brabant and imple-mented by the Foundation for the Development of the Mutual Help Associations from Romania, with the purpose of fusing the interested parties in issuing a relevant health policy for the local community. Presently, we are glad to have in our network the following LHC: Hel-tiu (Bacău County), Tăut (Bihor County), Vînători (Arad), Viscri (Brașov), Stremț (Alba), Homorod (Brașov), Vidrașău (Mureș), Lădeşti (Vâlcea), Bordeşti (Vrancea), Cerchejeni (Botosani); LHC developed in the Slatina-Timis area (Caras-Severin county): Bucoșnița, Zăgujeni, Jamu Mare, Luncavița, Armeniș.

LHC Bordești LHC Bordeşti (Vrancea) has been set-up in 2007. The good rela-tion between the local representatives (school, town-hall, local council, press) facilitated the implementation of subsidiary actions, such as health campaigns (prevention of diabetes and smoking, improving the sight and promotion of eye controls, ecological campaigns, sports activities, education for the dental hygiene), as well intervention in emergencies or immediate humanitarian aid for people in need. For LHC Bordești, 2012 had meant installing a sense of regular assistance for a healthy life and the development of complementary social struc-tures: Women and Men Organization.

LHC Cerchejeni

LHC Cerchejeni (Botosani) had been set-up in 2009 with the sup-port of the Tessenderlo committee from Belgium. In time, LHC Cer-chejeni has made a great impression by organising monthly activities on health matters through the initiative group (directly coordinated by local doctors, Corina and Eduard Gurău), as well as it did by organiz-ing charity events (goods giving away for beneficiaries of social assis-tance, in collaboration with the church from Cerchejeni). In February 2012, after a massive fire at the local school, the local surgery com-pletely burned down. The LHC members and Belgian fundraised for the rebuild of the roof and sanitary appliances and then continued with the health awareness activities, at the surgery and in schools.

să susțină activități de conștientizare asupra sănătății în școli și la dispensar.

LHC Stremț LHC Stremț (Alba) has been set-up in 2010, with the help of the Zaventem Committee. If in the previous years the LHC volunteers organized activities to prevent diabetes and smoking, or have ensured doctor’s transport to and from the remote villages, in 2012, in the con-text of hospitals closing down, with the support of the Belgian partners, they have arranged their own medical facilities (surgery, pharmacy, waiting room medical facilities) under the roof of a former fire-fighters’ building. The investment of almost 10 000 Euros is benefiting now to the 500 inhabitants of the village which can now access medical facili-ties at European standards, due to the efforts of the local mayor (Popa Stefan), CLS coordinator (Ioana Crisan) and local volunteers.

LHC Viscri

LHC Viscri (Brașov) has been set-up in 2009, with the support of the Glabbeek committee. In 2012, with just 4 members (Maria Panait, Annette Schorb, Bing Tina and Camelia Balica), LHC Viscri has pro-vided the following services for the 300 inhabitants of the village:

Taking care of the 80 elderly and sick from the village (with the support of the Belgian partner, LHC Viscri has funded the training of a qualified person, as well as the working materials and medical treatments needed to ameliorate the health of the 80 people);

Education for dental hygiene in school;

Reading glasses offered for free to the elderly people in the village;

Transport for medical emergencies;

Setting-up a local youth group and supporting the implementation of the Romanian-Belgian youth exchange project (BAYLT - Building a Youthful Life Together), financed through the Youth in Action pro-gram.

LHC volunteers from Bordești helping to snow down the houses

The results of setting up the medical center in Stremț are visible day after day

Romanian and Belgian youngsters helping to arrange a youth house

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Brief description Just like the Local Health Committees, Local Development Commit-tees(LDC) are formal or informal groups of volunteers and specialists who analyze the level of development of their local communities and undertake actions that can lead to a sustainable community develop-ment.

How they work

Local Development Committees work the same way LHC do. Their sphere of activity is different though, as LDC assess the situation of the entire community and take action in order to enable all community members to participate in the creation and maintenance of a development environment that favors the commonweal. Among the members of a LDC one may find: comunity facilitators, representatives of local authorities, social assistants, teachers, healthcare personnel, social groups representatives (youth, women, men, elders) and also representatives of the risk groups (the unemployed, the suffering, minorities, the social assisted and others). Here are a few fields of action where LDC can intercede or offer assistance:

Developping the associative thinking and supporting the associative structures (founding Youth, Men, Women organisations as well as pensioners clubs);

Supporting families and risk groups (single parent families, the elders and the suffering, children and young people with limited financial possibilities);

Facilitating the access to services or developping new services based on the principle of solidarity (organizing the public/ school or medical transportation for secluded/ remote residents); supporting LHCs, ADAMs, negociating social prices for disadvantaged groups);

Consolidation the community relations (organizing VIZIDOM, organizing events for promoting local culture and identity), training sessions for the development of new skills for the members of the community;

Interventions and aid in case of emergency and calamity;

Representing citizens in relation to authorities —advocacy LDC can evolve from a LHC or it can be founded ”as is” with or without juridical structure.

LDC - Local Development Committees

HID Association for Family Support

The HID Association for Family Support aims to find and implement solutions for families striving to survive both financially and socially. The Association will work on two levels: online and offline. Working online involves: - advising people to acces specialised councelling services (psichologic, healthcare, family support, juridical/ judicial) – the Association will create a database of specialists in order for the families to know to whom they can resort for these services, near their homes; - Webshop – the Association will ensure an adequate promoting environment for its members who wish to gain extra income by hand-made products or by carrying out services. HID’s offline action means different workshop-like events can be organized, in order to find real solutions to personal and family problems. The HID Association for Family Support was created from Mr. Portik Laszlo’s initiative and is open for: suggestions for implementing and project delelopment, specialists interested in promoting their services to the direct beneficiaries, people/ families who find themselves in distress and want to trade hand made products.

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Short description Mutual Aid Associations (ADAM) are organizations with legal personality that ensure access to qualitative social and medical services for their members and for the extended community, through their own efforts or by public-private partnership. Because ADAM is a democratic organisation, open to all citizens, patients can determine the services offer in any stage of its development. Thus, ADAM is based on voluntary contribution on several levels: healthcare services, administrative council, the development of complementary services or the establishment of different social groups (youth, men, women, people with disabilities, elders). The activity that takes place in an ADAM is based on the solidarity between groups and individuals from society and it’s defined by two components: medical and social.

How it works

In order to opperate, an ADAM must fulfill 3 basic conditions: 1. The existance of an association with legal personality; 2. Available location; 3. Family doctor.

ADAM is an organisation with members.They pay a contribution that is used to develop the offer of services. By default, the members are part of the General Assembly of ADAM and they elect the Board of Administration.

An ADAM can sign contracts with CJAS to improve the primary healthcare services. The ADAM Board of Administration also establishes a social strategy for uninsured services (services that are not covered by CNAS-CJAS) as well as for the people that dont have medical insurance. ADAM collaborates with independent practitionners or with specialised phisicians, contracted for delivering different services (family doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists). Their tasks are well stipulated in the contract in order to ensure the quality of medical services: • Good quality curative and preventive medicine; • Increased accesibility( consultation schedule, tasks, promoting preventive healthcare, reduced costs).

Examples of activities ADAM will begin by ensuring basic services, and after, in its superior stages, it will offer complementary services. Here are some examples of benefits and services offered by ADAM: • Quality medical services; • Decent Doctor’s offices, modernly equipped; Permanent medical services; • Family doctor and other healthcare personnel, dentist, pharmacist, ophtalmologyst; • Colaboration with specialists, laboratories and hospitals (professional network); • Revalidation material rental service; • Social Fund; • Medical examinations and specialised pre and postnatal consulting; • Education for Health; • Relaxation opportunities: Revalidation rooms, Cosmetics, Information Center, Copying center; • Informing patients abount their rights and obligations, health education campains..

And several other services depending on the local siuation and possibilities.

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ADAM Network The founding of Mutual Aid Associations has been supported by the Foundation for the Development of Mutual Aid Associations and its Belgian partners, since 1990. The first ADAM was created in 1999 in Slatina-Timiș. ADAM Slatina-Timis (The Mutual Aid Association Slatina-Timis) would then

broaden its work area by opening a new working point in Reșița in 2002 and a regional homecare center in Caransebeș, in 2011. ADAM Cluj (The Mutual Aid Association Cluj Napoca) was founded in 2002 (and a working point in Focșani - in 2004), followed by ADAM Moldovita, founded in 2007. All ADAMs are members of our network and leaders of development in their regions and beyond.

The Mutual Aid Association of Moldovita (ADAMM)

Presentation fiche

The Inauguration of the ADAMM social-medicat center in the presence of The Belgium Ambassador, Mr. Phillipe Beke

Development context The Mutual Aid Association of Moldovița was founded at the end of 2006 by Dorp voor een dorp (A village for a village, Kruibeke, Belgium) in partnership with a group of volunteers from Moldovița for the residents of the commune and neighbouring areas. Since the establisment, its mission has been to develop the local healthcare system by founding a social-medical center equipped with modern medical instruments, well trained medical personnel, a recovery section as well as a Mediotheque (rental of recovery medical equippment).

Development stages Key moments of the Organisations’ development to the present stage: December 2006 – the official registration of the Association; May 2007 – enrolment of the first members; February 2008 – the establishment of the Women’s Local Organisation; February 2009 – signing the loan contract for the 366 Building, the Associations’ headquarters, for a period of 20 years; 2009 – the establishment of the Local Organisation of Men; Mai 2009 – the start of the rehabilitation works at the Association’s builiding; 2011 – accessing the first European project; August 2012 – the inauguration of Social-Medical center in the presence of The Belgium

Ambassador, His Excellence, Mr. Phillipe Beke, and of local officials.

The increase in number of beneficiaries: since may 2007, the number of enrolled members has reached 490.

The growth of the management team and of the number of employees: there haven’t been any changes in the structure of the Board of Administration until the present day. Besides the general coordinator (Hiche Mihaela) a medical coordinator was also appointed (Brustur Simona). This way The Association can get involved more easily both in social and medical activities. In the 3 social groups supported by ADAMM (GLT,OLF,OLB) there are management structures that ensure the well functioning of activities. Several employees of ADAM have benefitted of training sessions that led to

the diversification and improvement of their activities.

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Training course for beneficiaries and presentation of the VIZIDOM service

The most important activities in 2012

Projects:

The approval and implementation of the „Building Bridges” project, part of the Youth in Action; Action 1.1– Young people exchange;

The Approval of „Beautiful Art Technique” project, part of the Grundtvig program, Workshops;

Events

April 2012- 10 years of ADAM Cluj, at Cluj-Napoca;

August 2012- inauguration of the ADAMM Center, Moldovița;

Mr. Pierre Bours is designated citizen of honor of the Vatra Moldoviței commune;

RAF – the documentation and project elaboration phase;

November 2012 – 2 ADAMM members participated as learners in the „Building Bridges” project, in Slovakia.

Courses:

Participation at TOT – Slatina Timiș, TOT – Iași, TON – Vatra Moldoviței;

Own training course: December 9, 2012 – What is Vizidom?, Moldovița;

Recently launched products/services: completion of the renovation works at the medical cabinets;

Plans for 2013 The commisioning of the medical offices (surgeries) by hiring specialised medical personnel;

Rehabilitation of the kinesiology office.

Advantages and resources for development

Human Resources (Volunteers and Employees): ADAMM has a number of volunteers who are very active and respond to every request of the Association; there are also other people interested in becoming volunteers in ADAMM.

Expertise: due to the training courses they attended, the members of the ADAMM staff accumulated experience regarding accessing and implementing European projects, as well as working with volunteers;

Network of Partners and stakeholders: ADAMM maintains permanent contact with its partners from Belgium and the Netherlands as well as with responsibles from TON. Potential partners for 2013 have been identified in Switzerland .

Delta points (to improve) Domains in which ADAMM needs support/ assistance in order to reach its development objectives:

Logistics support regarding the procedures for identifying and employing specialised medical personnel;

Specific rules regarding work cotracts for the medical personnel;

Rules regarding contracts with CASA;

Identifying programs and projects with European financing in which ADAMM can get involved.

Partners from Romania Proiect Pro Europa Association, Ciumârna;

EUROPANET Asociation, Iași;

The Center of Education Resources and Consulting, Iași;

The Center for Mediation and Community Security, Iași;

Corona Foundation, Iași;

Projects Limburg Romania Foundation, Vatra Moldoviței

Partners from Belgium “A village for a village” Kruibeke, Belgium;

SMHO Meersen, Holland;

LCM, Belgium;

Province East Flanders, Belgium.

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The Mutual Aid Association of Slatina-Timis (ADAMS)

Presentation fiche

Development context The Mutual Aid Association of Slatina-Timis is a non-profit NGO active in the social-medical field

since 1999, in the Western region of Romania (especially in the area of Caras-Severin). The associ-

ation was established to improve the health of local communities by working with patients, medical-

social service providers, local authorities and other social actors, thus creating a patient-centered

medical system, with and for the people. Currently ADAMS develops social and medical services in

over 10 areas, serving approximately 8000 beneficiaries in villages, communes and towns in the

Caras-Severin county.

Development stages Key moments of the Organisations’ development to the present stage:

1999 - establishment of the Association;

May 2000 - enrolment of the first members;

2011 - accreditation as a provider of socio-medical care services at home;

May 2011 – the ADAMS model is recognized by the Ministry of Health as an example of

best practices in the socio-medical field;

February 2012 - contract with local authorities, providing space for use free of charge.

The increase in number of beneficiaries: Currently, ADAMS’ membership reached 3140, repre-

senting the number of people who have access to the services offered by ADAMS, in Slatina-Timis

as well as in the neighboring villages and working points from Caransebes and Resita. Worth re-

membering is the number of beneficiaries of the socio-medical care services at home (54 persons)

and the number of people who have accessed Social Fund (175).

The growth of the management team and of the number of employees: there haven’t been any changes in the structure of the Board of Administration until the present day. Following the opening of the Caransebeș working point, one medical assistant was hired in order to assist the beneficiaries of the socio-medical care services at home. Within the three social groups supported by ADAMS (GLT, OLF, OLB), the number of volunteers increased as follows:

- Over 200 volunteers involved in the activities of the 6 Local Youth Groups from Teregova, Domaşnea, Armeniş, Goleț, Bucoşniţa, Zăvoi and Slatina-Timiş; - 89 volunteers involved in the Local Organizations of Men from Teregova, Domaşnea, Armeniş, Goleta, Bucoşniţa, Verendin and Slatina-Timiş; - 70 volunteers involved in the Local Organizations of Men from Goleț, Bucoşniţa, Slatina-Timiș, Verendin.

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Structure and regional spreading

Structuri socio-medicale

Socio-medical Center in Slatina-Timiș:

Medical practices in Ilova, Sadova Nouă, Verendin, Caransebeș;

Working point in Reșița: mediotheque, information center, volunteers’ center, socio-medical care services at home;

Working point in Caransebeș: mediotheque, information center, volunteers’ center, socio-medical care services at home;

Working point in Verendin: dentistry;

Development of LHC in: Bucoșnița, Zăgujeni, Jamu Mare, Luncavița, Armeniș.

Social structures:

Local Organizations of Women: Goleț, Bucoșnița, Verendin and Slatina-Timiș;

Local Organizations of Men: Teregova, Domașnea, Armeniș, Goleț, Bucoșnița, Verendin and Slatina-Timiș;

Local Youth Groups: Teregova, Domașnea, Armeniș, Goleț, Bucoșnița, Zăvoi and Slatina-Timiș;

Seniors Clubs: Slatina-Timiș, Oțelu Roșu, Caransebeș, and, in partnership with Retirement Homes, in Sacu, Glimboca and Caransebeș;

VIZIDOM (organized groups of volunteers who run visits at the home of sick and/or elderly people): Goleț, Armeniș, Verendin, Slatina-Timiș, Oțelu Roșu, Bucoșnița.


January-February-March: Monthly information sessions in Caransebeș and Reșița;

April-May-September - Outdoor informative sessions on sickness prevention and health measurement in the public square of Caransebeș; the sessions move indoors in winter time;

April: unofficial visit of the Ambassador of Belgium, Mr. Philippe Beke;

April 7 - World Health Day - action to promote health;

May 15 - Caransebes without stress - Action to promote a healthy lifestyle;

May - Presentation of ADAMS at the meeting of the Romanian Order of Midwives and Nurses, in Resita;

July-August - Appearances on Radio Resita, Radio Timisoara, Banat TV and TV3 ("New Health Law provides macro replication of what is already happening locally in Slatina-Timis');

August - Study visit of 21 students from the School of Social Work (Lausanne, Switzerland);

October - Training sessions on volunteering for the 112 volunteers of ADAMS; meeting with OCMW, Belgium;

November - Official visit of the former State Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Prof. Dr. Alexan-der Rafila, and of the Belgian Ambassador to Romania, Mr. Philippe Beke; roundtable on health policies in Slatina-Timis and Resita

December 3: World Day of Persons with Disabilities - activities for 26 disabled people.

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Plans for 2013

Continue the existing projects;

Regional development by increasing the number of Local Health Committees, from 8 to 25;

Continued development of socio-medical care services at home;

Active participation in the elaboration of the new health law;

Accreditation as a provider of medical devices;

Hosting the visit of teachers from Thomas More Nursing School (Belgium), in March.


Expertise in implementing a socio-medical system based on solidarity between beneficiaries;

Models of socio-medical services that can be implemented with and for people;

Models of structures of participation and involvement of citizens in community development;

Network of experts, social partners and volunteers at regional level;

Network of national and international partners (Belgium, Switzerland, Germany)..

Delta points (to improve) Social economy;

Environmental education.

Partners from Romania

CJAS, ASP; Direction for Social Assistance CS;

OLB, OLF;

CAR Caransebeş;

Association of People with Neuromotor Disabilities; Iraida Martyr Association;

Local Adminsitrations from Slatina Timiş, Luncaviţa, Caransebeş;

Cartel Alfa; Anaman Medical;

Retinerement Homes from Glimboca, Cămin Bătrâni Sacu; Orphanage from Zăgujeni;

Diabetics Association, Reșița; the Hope Center, Reșița;

COPAC;

Red Cross, Caraș Severin.

Partners from Belgium

VZW Geels Roemeniëkomitee;

C.M. Mechelen-Turnhout and LCM Belgium;

Wit-Gele Kruis Antwerpen;

Thomas More Nursing School Turnhout, Belgium;

Also supported by the Flemish government.

Inauguration of ADAMS working point in Caransebes

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Mutual Aid Association of Cluj-Napoca (ADAM Cluj)

The year 2012 in figures: - 3 new services - 15 information sessions - 20 sessions prevention field - 1 workshop - 3 public actions (minimum 75 partic-ipants / action) - 2 enrolments for ViziDom service

- 1 campaign for volunteer recruit-ment and selection (20 resumes received) - 2 trainings for volunteers - 14 volunteers - 2 competition applications, one gained - 1 appearance at Regional TVR, 2

TV reports (Antena 1 and UBB TV) - 329 likes of the Facebook page and 550 friends on the same social net-work - 309 members attending information sessions - 361 members attending prevention sessions

- 15 members attending workshops - 67 members registered for rental service - 177 Registered members to pur-chase discounted products in the Health shop - 1378 customers in the Health shop

Development context Year of establishment: 2011

Founders: LCM Belgium, Brugge CM, F.D.A.A.M.

Target group: local community from Cluj, Romania

Vision: “We wish to become a social movement. We want to have social and medical services of

reference”

Mission: Renewing the spirit of solidarity and putting it in practice through concrete actions and activ-

ities; implementation of a socio-medical system centered on patients and people’s well-being.

Development stages Key moments of the Organisations’ development to the present stage: 2002: establishment; 2003: opening of working points in: Zalǎu, Reşiţa, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Constanţa, Berbeşti, Focşani, Iaşi, Timişoara, Bistriţa, Baia-Mare, Târgovişte; 2006: opening of the Health Shop and of the medical equipment rental center; 2009: changes in the composition of the Board, Director, headquarters and status of the Associ-ation; 2009: accreditation as a provider of primary social services; 2010: introduction of a voluntary component in the Association’s activities; introduction of the Vizidom service; 2011: the only working point of ADAM Cluj remaining is Focşani; 2011: designing a model of mutual associations, applicable in urban areas, at national level; 2012: implementation of the urban model, 2012 was the best year ever recorded by ADAM Cluj.

The increase in number of beneficiaries: Since its establishment up to now, the number of mem-bers / beneficiaries of the Association has grown steadily.

The growth of the management team and of the number of employees: the Association maintained the same structure: 2 employees and one collaborator. Overtime, the staff emmbers attended numerous trainings and courses, both inside the network, as well as outside of it, locally,

nationally and internationally.


New services - Information: weekly information sessions held by experts on various topics, addressed to specific groups, of different age and social status. The main goal was to provide members of the local com-munity with accurate information regarding healthcare and to increase their awareness on health risks. Within this service, an innovative project was also initiated: INformal INformation - information sessions for young people held at a local teashop, in an informal and interactive environment; - Prevention: measurement of some basic health parameters - pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, weight, index of body mass, body fat percentage, visceral fat percentage, muscular mass percentage – sessions were conducted both indoors and outdoors; - Workshops: Courses that stretch over several weeks and aim for the accumulation of skills and knowledge; - Accreditation: A.D.A.M. Cluj has applied and obtained the accreditation as providers of social ser-vices for 3 more years. Participation in competitions /events - Winning the contest Civic Vox "Give voice to NGOs'” - project initiated by the International Advertis-ing Association Young Professionals; the awards consisted of a communication campaign and a marketing strategy; - Participation in international competition launched by Erste Foundation; - Participation in Voluntexpo (local deal offers in volunteering). Team enlargement - Volunteer recruitment campaign – summer of 2012.

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Plans for 2013

Continued implementation and development of the urban model of mutual associations and followed up improvement, based on ADAM Cluj members’ suggestions;

Weekly information sessions on various topics;

Continue with the INformal INformation project dedicated to young people;

Weekly prevention sessions, at home;

Support two public activities: April and September;

Organization of workshops on other topics than before;

Ongoing recruitment of volunteers;

Increase number of members and maintaining those already enrolled;

Increase the number of Health shop customers;

Promote the Vizidom service and raise public awareness about its benefits;

Send a monthly newsletter to stakeholders;

Launch an efficient communication campaign which would result in an opening of the media outlets (TV, press, radio) to the work of ADAM Cluj, establishing contacts with representatives of these media;

Regular training for the staff of ADAM Cluj.


Human ressources (volunteers and employees): the determination of the staff members as well as their contacts to make a difference; the existing core group of volunteers attached to the Association;

Expertize: the designing of a model of mutual associations, applicable in urban areas, at nation-al level;

Network of partners and stakeholders:

Recipient of financial and logistic support from the Belgian partner;

The association is part of a national network of support and exchange of experience;

Establishment of formal and informal networks of collaboration with other public institu-tions and NGOs.

Other:

Social prices for all services;

Online visibility (site, Facebook);

Presence on the market, through the weekly public actions.

Delta points (to improve) Communication, PR, Marketing


Elder-Care Foundation - collaboration agreement for social and medical support activities;

DGASPC - collaboration agreement regarding the Vizidom service;

AJPIS - accreditation as a provider of social services;

Volunteer Center Cluj-Napoca – cooperation for sending volunteers;

NGOs in Cluj-Napoca performing home care - verbal agreement of cooperation;

Archpriest Cluj and churches - collaboration agreement regarding the Vizidom service;

Pensioners’ clubs and CARP - collaboration in the development of prevention services;

Family doctors and Order of Generalist Medical Assistants and Midwives.


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Short description Local women's organizations (OLF) are formal or informal groups of women of all ages from a specific community, aiming to develop social ties and solidarity with other women and social groups by means of volunteerism and social activism in their community.

How does it work Local women's organizations are often constituted informally after the meeting of several women who are willing to take initiative and create a framework that allows them to socialize with each other, to share ideas and experience, to represent local women and to contribute as social group to the community development as a whole.

Examples of activities As OLF members, women will meet regularly to:

Learn new things about how to care for their families and for them-selves;

Develop new hobbies;

Plan community events – celebrations, fundraising etc;

Attend training sessions held by experts on topics such as baby massage, cancer prevention, healthy eating, patient rights, etc.. or entrepreneurship, personal development, communication;

Plan humanitarian aid for those in need (elderly, sick, single moth-ers, etc.).

Often, local authorities support the constitution of OLFs since their emplacement can enrich the social life of women, instill a sense of solidarity, but also create opportunities for their involvement in the community life.

OLF Network Local women's organizations were established with the support of the Belgian partners, replicating the model of KAV (women's organizations in Belgium), often in order to support the LHC or ADAMs, or to ani-mate the organization of civil society in rural areas, where associative groups appear less. Thus, since 2006, OLFs have been established in the following sites: Moldovița (Suceava county), Bordești și Du-mitrești (Vrancea); Bacău; Berbești (Vâlcea); Slatina-Timiș, Goleț, Armeniș, Luncavița-Verendin, Jamu Mare, Oțelu Roșu (Caraș-Severin).

Meetings at national level Since 2010, OLF members, together with OLB members, participate in national training (2 days per training) in order to develop and strength-en their capacity of project coordination. In 2012, the training sessions dedicated to OLB and OLF were part of the National Day of Contact from Moldoviţa (August 31-September 2).

Volunteer from OLF Vatra moldoviței, offering flowers for the International Women’s Day (8th of March)

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Short Description Just as OLF, Local men's organizations (OLB) are formal or infor-mal groups of men of all ages from a specific community, aiming to develop social ties and solidarity with other men and social groups by means of volunteerism and social activism in their community. As OLF, OLB fills in the lack of a framework or structure that enable the deployment of joint activities by people of the same gender.

Examples of activities As members of the same group, OLB men will meet regularly to:

Develop new hobbies (football, hunting, fishing… even cooking); Plan community events - football tournaments, celebrations, fund-raising;

Attend training and information sessions held by experts on topics such as entrepreneurship, personal development, social benefits, civil rights, etc.;

Plan for collaboration with other humanitarian or social groups (OLF, LHC, LDC or ADAM) to help those in need (elderly, sick, single mothers, etc.).

OLB Network

Local organizations are less numerous than OLF, even if their estab-

lishment begins also in 2006. OLB take up the KVB model (male or-ganizations in Belgium), complementing other locally developed struc-tures: OLF, LHC, ADAM. Currently OLB's can be found in: Moldovița (Suceava county) and Slatina-Timiș, Goleț, Armeniș, Luncavița-Verendin, Jamu Mare, Oțelu Roșu (Caraș-Severin).

Nicu Hiche outlines the guiding values of OLB Moldovița in a session of the National Contact Day, 31 August - 2 September

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AGLT/ The Association of Local Youth Groups

Development context

Year of establishment: October 2004 Founders: Initiative group from Romania and Belgium Target group: Youngsters and youth groups interested in socio-cultural activities Mission: Establish local youth groups and support their development; -Mobilize young people to organize activities for their community, at large, and for children, especially; -Strengthen youth community action and youth groups that develop socio-cultural projects; -Enable the development of young people through training and involvement (instill a sense of social re-sponsibility, learn management techniques, develop individual work skills and team management skills).

Development stages

July 2004: First training camp for youth animators (beginners and advanced) organized by AGLT -

from that moment, AGLT courses and training camps are organized 2-3 times per year;

Implementation of local, national and international projects for the development of various skills of

young people, involvement in social activities;

Introducing animation courses for children with disabilities;

AGLT reaches 500 volunteers involved in activities and projects for children.

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LYWG project- -training and supporting local youth groups;

SPEAS project- train social animators for children with disabilities;

"Learning to play" project - the pursuit of hours of play in schools by young people for young people and children;

AGLT training camp for socio-cultural animators;

Camp with tents in Ostrov - training of animators, teambilding, T&T, local trainers;

Local projects for the development of local youth groups;

Exchanges between various local youth groups;

AGLT animators’ participation in 2 camps for children with disabilities in Băişoara;

AGLT animators’ participation in camp for disabled children in Costinesti;

Youth exchanges between local groups in Romania and Belgium;

Activities for the benefit of children with disabilities - ZCACD (common play day for children with disabilities):

ZCA - Common Day of Action;

Participation in National Volunteer Week 2012.

Plans for 2013

Training camp for social animators, in Muncel;

Themed training camp;

Camp with tents in Ostrov;

"Learning to play" camp in Babadag;

Training camp for social animators of disabled children;

Participation in Fimcap;

Editing a monthly newsletter;

National and international development projects.


Approximately 500 volunteers are involved in activities and projects for children;

Experience in training social animators, beginners and advanced levels;

Experience in organizing training camps for large numbers of young people;

Trainers trained;

Activities that address a large number of beneficiaries.

Delta points (to improve) The existence of a group of people hired to handle permanently AGLT's development and activi-ties (camps, courses, trainers, volunteers, projects);

Fundraising.


DJT Iași, CRCE, TON, partner schools under the "Learning to play" project, institutions for children with disabilities which partnered with local youth group for specific activities.


SOMEPRO, ADR, KAZOU, CHIRO, FIMCAP

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APPE - Asociatia Proiect ProEuropa Development context

Year of establishment: May, 2011 Founders: Local initiative group Target group: Local and regional community Mission: promotion of the Romanian values in an European context by increasing collaborative projects between citizens, institutions and organizations from Romania and similar entities from EU countries.

Development stages

Key moments of the Organisations’ development to the present stage:

Homogenization of the group of volunteers through their involvement in personal training ses-sions and team-building – monthly in the first year of activity, quarterly in 2012;

Implementation of local and regional projects in order to achieve a fair and objective diagnosis of the real capabilities of team to develop projects and programs run at national / international level - 5 regional and 2 national projects in 2011, 3 regional and 6 national projects in 2012;

Diversification of funding sources by accessing EU programs, as the Youth in Action, Action 1.2 - 2 projects underway in September 2012 - august 2013;

Self-analysis and evaluation – permanently;

Promoting of activities and promotion of the organization - permanent in the online environ-ment (http://appe.wblog.ro/), locally, regionally and nationally;

Dissemination of information - permanently. The increase in number of beneficiaries: The social responsibility campaigns initiated by the associa-tion had a strong impact at national level and attracted the attention of more than 5500 collaborators, which increased the number of direct and indirect beneficiaries of the activities. The "You too should read!" campaign to promote reading mobilized 1800 participants in reading and creative writing workshops and each of them became a beneficiary of the program. Also, the campaign "Volunteers for CHRISTMAS" reprinted this year, involving over 3750 children and young people across the country, as well as members of their families. The direct beneficiaries of this project were the 112 children and young people from the Social assistance settlement “St. Leontius” - Radauti. The growth of the management team and of the number of employees: Obvious changes in the team were determined by the large number of young people from the Military College "Stefan cel Mare" Câm-pulung Moldovenesc who joined the Local Youth Group 4KIDS - which, moreover, received the Trophy for the Junior Volunteer of the Year 2012, at the National Volunteer Gala organized by the Federation of Or-ganizations Supporting the Development of Volunteerism in Romania (VOLUME) and by the National Re-source Centre for Volunteers Pro Vobis.

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National Symposium "Educational valences of the national program School Otherwise" - all papers presented at the sessions were published in volume;

"You too should read!" national campaign to promote reading - Fourth Edition; Community program "Philanthropy - measure of love for others"; Summer School "Entrepreneurship & Multicultural Education"; National Symposium "Methods and tools for non-formal education" - all papers presented at the

sessions were published in volume; "Local Development Center Ciumârna" - sustainable development project supported by the Euro-

pean Commission through the Youth in Action Programme, Action 1.2 - National Youth initiatives; National Campaign for Social Responsibility "Volunteer for Christmas" ed. II; International Contest "Christmas in Europe" - Edition II.

Plans for 2013

Organize at least two national communication sessions on non-formal education;

Fair to promote Ciumârna Local Development Center;

Reediting the social responsibility campaign: "You Too Should Read" and "Volunteer of Christ-mas";

Publishing the Yearbook of the Association;

Continuous training of at least 4 volunteers in national and international trainings;

Continuous training of young volunteers in trainings of common interest;

Development of the stakeholders network of the organization;

Compliance with the Action Plan undertaken within the work frame of the Societal project - 2012/2013.


Good organizational ability, initiative and institutional coherence;

Hands-on experience in youth projects and in the organization of competitions that mobilizes a large number of participants;

Effective strategies to motivate volunteers and to attract stakeholders.

Delta points (to improve) Areas where APPE needs help / assistance or should improve in order to achieve develop-ment objectives: Contacting Belgian partners for the purpose of joint projects for community development;

Assistance with personal training for young volunteers.


Settlement for Social Assistance “Sfântul Leontie” Rădăuţi;

More than 100 education institutions from all around Romaniaș

Military College fro, Câmpulung Moldovenesc;

„Valori bucovinene” Association.

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Development context

Year of establishment: 1995

Founders: Members of SMHO-Olanda and Dumitraschevici Wilhelmine, Romanian citizen;

Target group: Inhabitants of the Vatra Moldoviței municipality and of the surrounding ones; Mission: Conducting social - medical - humanitarian actions.


Donations and sponsorships: surveillance system at the School with grades I-VIII in Vatra Moldoviţei, professional washing machine at the Municipal Hospital Câmpulung Moldovenesc; refrigerator and vid-eo surveillance system CRNN Pojorâta; donations of school furniture to schools in Vatra Moldoviței, Frumosu, Moldovița villages; donations of medical equipment to the Municipal Hospital Câmpulung Moldovenesc; building a cabinet in Vama municipality;

Conduct bimonthly food support program for 15 families in Vatra Moldoviţei;

Scholarships for 15 students;

Supporting Young Generation GLT Vatra Moldoviţei in conducting at least two play days per month for children Valea Stânei, Paltinu and Vatra Moldoviţei; participation of 5 young people at the AGLT training for beginners;

Organize the national training of TON - august 2012 (with Belgo-Dutch-Romanian participation)

Jean Pierre Bours, founding member of FPLR, FPLR honorary president, was named an honorary citi-zen of the commune of Vatra Moldoviţei in august 2012. The title was awarded in the presence of FPLR members, representatives of local, county and neighboring administrations and other representatives of institutions (Municipal Hospital Câmpulung Moldovenesc, School with grades I-VIII in Vatra Moldoviţei, School Group Cocea Moldoviţa, Michael and Gabriel Church, Vatra Moldovitei) and partner organiza-tions (ADAM Moldovita, The Open Network);

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Writing project application in context of the Youth in Action Programme - training course run in partnership with ANPCDEFP, for 23 participants;

Financial support for B.D. treatment and medical examinations abroad;

Renovation of the roof of a house inhabited by two people with disabilities, jobless;

Project Joy – students of the School St. Martinus Welten (Heerlen, Netherlands) gave gifts to Vatra Moldoviţei School students the week before Christmas;

Health prevention campaigns;

Helping those in need;

Exchange of experience between GLT Young Generation Vatra Moldoviţei and students of the SteinerSchulle Switzerland;

Greening campaigns;

Sponsorship of ADAM Moldova;

Sanitation project at the School in Vatra Moldoviţei (classrooms were painted, lime being donated by FPLR).

Plans for 2013

Attract more sponsors;

Strengthen relationships between students of Vatra Moldoviţei and students from the Netherlands;

Socio-Medical Center project started;

Better information on the legislative framework in the medical field.


Involvement of a growing number of volunteers in the Foundation's activities;

In 2012 the number of institutions that have supported the work of FPLR has expanded.

Delta points (to improve) Areas where FPLR needs help / assistance or should improve in order to achieve develop-ment objectives: Knowledge of the legislative framework in the medical field.


ADAM Moldovița;

Administrative authorities from the municipalities of Vatra Moldoviței, Moldovița, Frumosu, Vama;

CRRN Pojorâta;

Municipal Hospital Câmpulung Moldovenesc;

Schools from Vatra Moldoviței, Moldovița, Frumosu;

Hearing Center Suceava;

T.O.N.


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"The year 2013 is the year when we’ll focus on strengthening the organ-ization, enhancing the dialogue between volunteers and the active structures in our network, norming and granting visibility to our activities out-side the network. We want this year to be powered by our volunteers, the activities that we perform, and a rich evaluation of results in December 2013". Cristina Chert, Executive Director of T.O.N. In 2013, the The Open Network foundation will focus on two strategic directions of development: 1. Organizational Development; 2. Personal and professional empowerment of the net-work members (volunteers, learner, trainers, staff). The organizational development of the Foundation is seen on all 4 levels: - Locally: through a permanent development of actions and through their continuous enrichment, by attracting new members, by making the "Socio-Medical map" at local level, by attracting potential project collaborations and funding resources;

- Regionally: through consistent dialogue and collaboration between the structures of

our network with different other organizations, associations, institutions and public authorities, by mak-ing the "Socio-Medical map" at regional level; - Nationally: by conducting trainings of a high formative and informative value, by attracting new sources of fund-ing (subscription from members, 2% donations, new pro-jects), by establishing new partnerships and collabora-tions for the sustainable development of Romania. At this level, it is necessary to enable all organizations in the network (active or less active), to encourage and strengthen the dialogue between members of the net-work, to invest in a professional training on organizational development for all members of the network, who are the leaders in local development; - Internationally: by supporting dialogue and ongoing co-operation between the structures from Romania and Bel-gium (Netherlands), and by extension to projects with international partners in Europe.

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How to become a member of TON?

At this level, it is necessary to enable all organizations in the network (active or less active), to encourage and strengthen the dialogue be-tween members of the network, to invest in a professional training on organizational development for all members of the network, who are the leaders in local development; - Internationally: by supporting dialogue and ongoing cooperation between the structures from Romania and Belgium (Netherlands), and by extension to projects with international partners in Europe. It is also highly necessary to boost the visibility of the Foundation at the national level, which can be achieved by promoting local and na-tional activities (within the network and beyond), as well as through the dissemination of institutional and individual achievements of the network members.

Important people in our network are the individuals themselves, the volunteers, the members, because without them, our network would be worthless. A human network is worthy due to the added value of the individual; communicating this very value and enhancing a dia-logue based on that enables us to achieve development sustainability. To contribute to individual and professional development of our mem-bers we will develop projects and activities in order to provide them with opportunities to develop organizational skills, communication skills in a foreign language, continuous training (non-formal, formal) and lifelong learning, European mobility for exchanges of expertise, experience and best practices.

The Open Network for Community Development, established in April 2012 with the support of ADR Vlaanderen, is just at its beginning. TON will encourage people to take initiative and produce the necessary changes to improve their situation without waiting for someone else to take responsibility for this. We believe that any act done by citizens for their community will help find a collective solution and TON aims to bring together all these people, in villages and towns, to facilitate the occurrence of a self-organization process. Of course, much remains to be done before all citizens will be "around the table". It is needed to establish links with other citizens, institu-tions, at local or county level. At the national level, in different loca-tions in the network, we were able to do this or we are going to suc-ceed in doing it. The Foundation itself is making the necessary ar-rangements to establish a dialogue with institutions and government authorities, as changes and local needs must be known prior to the political or administrative decision-making, in the province as well as in Bucharest. As a foundation representing a lot of people is better empowered to generate changes than a foundation representing just several of them, we are open to all persons, institutions, authorities and even compa-nies interested to join our network of collaborators. However, a modest membership contribution will be perceived for two reasons: - Network members have access to resources (training and infor-mation, opportunities for establishing partnerships and to develop projects together), thus helping to maintain and develop the network resources is a form of responsibility; - Contributions in small amounts provide sufficient capital for further development of the network. In the next table you’ll find the level of contributions for 2013:

Contributions are matched as much as possible to potential members,

companies pay more than "simple man", but the amount is still reason-able. Even if it requires a minimum contribution, TON wants to give some-thing back. Twice a month you will receive our e-bulletin: The Open Newsletter. Twice a year we publish and we'll send TON magazine in print format (the journal is available in electronic format as well). Last but not least, at the end of the year you will receive our annual report of activities. By joining TON, you’ll become member of our networking enlarged group, both in Flanders and in Romania. Mr. Philippe Beke, Ambas-sador of Belgium in Romania, and Irina Păcurariu, journalist at TVR and also head of TVR Ethics Committee, as well as Prof. Dr. Alexan-der Rafila are already honorary members of the network. The network is open also for you and we’re hoping you’ll choose to join it!

Contributors Romania Belgia

RON / year Euro / year

Individuals 5 5

Associations 10 10

Institutions 10 10

Public authorities (local, districtual)

50 50

Enterprises 450 100

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Looking forward to the events of 2013 January 15: National Culture Day, ADL Cehu Silvaniei;

January 28: At the fireside - riddle contest, OLF Poieniţa / Dumitresti,

Vrancea;

February 2: The family Ball - OLB Slatina-Timis;

4 February: World Day against cancer, OLF Poieniţa, OLB Dumitresti;

February 23: Underwear Ball, OLB Verendin;

March 8: International Women's Day, OLB Bordeşti, OLB Moldoviţa FPLR

Vatra Moldoviţei;

March 15 (-15 April): Moon of the Forest, OLB Slatina-Timis, LDC Bor-

deşti, ADAM Borsa, ADAM Moldova;

March 25 to 31: Prevention of cardiovascular disease, Municipal Hospital

Câmpulung Moldovenesc;

2 April: International Day of Children's Books, GLT Viscri;

April 6: Preventing Colon Cancer, ADAMM;

7 April: World Health Day, Joint action day, TON;

April 19 to 21: Regional Training of Trainers, Cehu Silvaniei;

April 22: Earth Day, OLB Dumitresti;

23 April: World Book Day – creative reading workshops, GLT 4 Kids,

Ciumârna;

April 27: Day of Colors, ADL Cehu Silvaniei;

April 28: Spring Cross, OLB Slatina-Timis;

April 29: National Day of Dance, OLF Slatina-Timis, APPE Ciumârna;

April 30: A day to serve the needy, FPLR Vatra Moldoviţei;

May 6 to 19: Cleaning Pastures, OLF Moldovița;

May 12: Cleanliness Day, ADL Cehu Silvaniei;

May 14: National Volunteer Week, Joint action day, TON;

May 15: Cultural diversity, ADL Cehu Silvaniei;

May 16: Healthy Environmental, healthy life, OLF Bordeşti;

May 21: Family Day, APPE Ciumârna;

May 27: National Heroes, OLF Poieniţa;

May 29: Game Day, OLF Armenis, GLT 4 Kids Ciumârna, GLT Brasov,

LDC Bordeşti;

June 1: Smile of the Children / Children’s Day, OLF Dumitresti, OLB

Moldovita;

2 to 30 June: National Campaign for the Promotion of Reading “Yoo Too

Should Read!”, APPE Ciumârna, GLT 4Kids Ciumârna;

June 5: World Environment Day, OLF Dumitresti;

July 2 to 7: Training Camp AGLT, Muncel, AGLT;

July 6: Game Day, GLT Viscri;

July 10: The cancer is not a joke!, OLF Dumitresti;

3 to 8 August: Training Camp AGLT, Muncel, AGLT;

4 August: Day of Information, GLT Viscri;

12 August: International Youth Day, GLT Viscri, APPE Ciumârna;

August 15 to 18: GreenFest - Hora of Prislop, ADAM Borsa;

August 16 to 18: Training of Regional Trainers TON, ADAM Borsa;

September 2: SPEAS Camp - Entertainment for children with disabilities,

Muncel, AGLT;

September 21: International Day of Peace, OLB Dumitresti;

September 27: International Day of Tourism, Joint Action Day, TON;

September 28: Pensioners’ Day, ADAM Borsa;

September 29: Non-formal Day of the heart, ADAM Moldovita;

October 1st: Day of Non-violence, AGLT, ADL Cehu Silvaniei;

5 October: International Day for the elderly, OLB Moldovita;

October 11 to 13: Training of Regional Trainers, Ciumârna, Vatra

Moldoviţei;

October 15: Day of rural women, OLF Armenis, OLF Bucinişu-Olt, OLF-

FPLR Vatra Moldoviţei;

October 20: Joint Action Day - AGLT;

25 to 27 October: 4th Romania-Belgium Forum on Decentralized Cooper-

ation: From Solidarity to European partnership in the year of "Europe for

Citizens" - TON as partner (in Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant county house);

26 October: World Day of Information, ADL Cehu Silvaniei;

November 2nd: National Coordinators Meeting of GLT's, AGLT;

10 to 20 November: Social responsibility campaign “Volunteer for Christ-

mas”, APPE Ciumârna;

December 3: Joint Action Day for children with special needs - AGLT;

4 December: International Day of Persons with Disabilities, ADAM Slatina

-Timis;

December 22: Carols, carols, OLB Verendin;

December 28: The role and place of men in the family, OLB-FPLR Vatra

Moldoviţei.

Final look at national events in 2012…

April: Creation of The Open Network for Community Development;

Release of Monthly Newsletters and biannual magazines;

1st Training for Regional Trainers, in Slatina-Timis (April 27-28-29);

National Contact Day, in Vatra-Moldovitei (August 31 - September 1-2);

2nd Training for Regional Trainers, in Iasi (November 2-3-4);

Contact with state secretaries in the Ministry of Health, former (Cristian Anton Irimie, Alexandru Rafila) and present (Raed Arafat);

Memorandum on health care: presented during visit of Alexandru Rafila, sent to all politic parties and mass-media in Romania;

November: Official visit of former state secretary Alexandru

Rafila to project ADAMS and round tables on health and health care with the handing of our memorandum;

Visibility in the international press (Nine o’clock news);

AGLT manages the SPEAS project, in partnership with KAZOU and SOMEPRO (camps for disabled children and for social anima-tors working with them; youth exchanges between local groups in Romania and Belgium; ZCACD - common play day for children with disabilities);

Iasi - Emil Racovita - a pioneer of the Romanian-Belgian cooperation - exposition and workshop on Romanian-Belgian heritage (November 5-6);

Cooperation with other organizations in Romania: Europanet (for specific projects, such as Building bridges); A.Co.R. / Most beautiful village of Romania.

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