The Regional Association for Rural Development will organize between 20th - 26th of June 2011 a social campaign "SMILE FOR TOMORROW", in TG Jiu...read more

The Regional Association for Rural Development will organize between 20th - 26th of June 2011 a social campaign "SMILE FOR TOMORROW", in TG Jiu. During Cristmas time ARDR have been already organize social campaign adressed to 10 families with limited material opportunities in rural areas. The campaign "SMILE FOR TOMORROW" organize by EVS - volunteers from project W.A.V.E. During all week from 20th until 26th of June perticipants will collect food, money and other usefull stuff (clouth, blanket, toys, books ect.) for families with limited material opportunities in rural areas (Musetesti, Novaci, Rovinari, Ticleni, Tg Carbunesti, Tismana). You can find participants in centr of TG JIU near big supermarket (VEL PITAR) and PIATA CENTRALA and make your impact, even small impact from each person matter, because every penny counts. Everyone can help in so many ways. Even the smallest effort counts and that can be achieved with the following steps: volunteer, donate and fundraise. Volunteering is the easiest way to give your time to another person in need. That is why we invite you to join us in social campain "SILE FOR TOMORROW" and be part of our team and make small changes in life other people... What we expect from you? - Promote or make translation of the campaign. So please look also for friends or other interested people in your community or Tg Jiu, who could help us during this week. Each participant will receive a badge and a wonderful t-shirt to be visible as a volunteer of this activity. read less

The Regional Association for Rural Development held between 2nd -6th of February a residential Working Meeting within Act Now project, in Romania, Gorj county...read more

The Regional Association for Rural Development held between 2nd -6th of February a residential Working Meeting within Act Now project, in Romania, Gorj county. The Working Meeting gathered the representatives of the seven partner organizations from Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Argentina, Peru, Sweden, UK and Romania to define the project’s agenda. The meeting’s objectives were: to discuss all technicalities in the project - travel, visa, finances, responsibilities -; to decide the job shadowing design and to define a common approach; to define common aims, goals, actions, and to define the benchmarking methodology to be used for tracking developments in the job shadowing; to outline the minimum standards programme and the composition of the in-country trainings; to develop skills of the country managers in relation to the needs analysis and the risk assessment; to design the project information campaign, particularly in relation to the International Conference planned to take place in Brussels. The work focused on clarifying the objectives and planning the three main scale activities that would mark the project: the job shadowing, the country reports on needs analysis, risk assessment and EVS opportunities, the International Conference that is to take place in Brussels, gathering all country managers, the 24 job shadowers, and international stakeholders in the youth field. The meeting ended with the following results: an overview on the project calendar and a common understanding on the project’s objectives; a detailed agenda of the job shadowing (actions, deadlines, risks, prevention plan); a draft agenda for the International Conference in Brussels; a common understanding on finances and clear distribution of costs. The meeting included also a socializing evening with a traditional Romanian dinner down town and a TV broadcast where two of the international partners were invited to talk about the Act Now project. read less