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The project targets one of the main challenges affecting the social life in Romania: social inclusion of vulnerable groups. We directly target young people from vulnerable groups, especially young people who have come out of special protection systems and who are facing problems related to: lack of independent living skills, poverty, poor education, lack of preparation for employment, exclusion due to ethnicity, lack of skills and motivation to participate in community life. After leaving the system, they also face the fact that they do not have access to integrated services that provide them with the basic needs and concrete support to express their needs and expectations.
The situation is also acknowledged by policies / strategies (eg Nat. Strategy on Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction, Min. Labor and Social Protection, Youth Strategy, Local Plans).
The project will directly address the issues of young people, through activities aimed at mobilizing, involving and consulting them, providing counseling, providing services, as part of youth mobilization activities, increasing civic skills and involvement. All 120 young people from target group will benefit directly from activities, and 80 will benefit from empowerment measures. All the instruments and information capitalized in the project will be included in the intervention model that is elaborated. The project also targets development of relations with donor states and organizational development of national partners-2 NGOs that will increase their capacity in participatory organizational governance, management, advocacy and public policies. The project is carried out in a partnership consisting of: Applicant and 1 national partner who bring complementary expertise in activities and 1 partner from the Donor States that brings its know-how and international experience.