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Romania has developing regions that are on the top of the poorest regions in Europe, according to the data provided by Eurostat. Small non-governmental organizations have communicated through regional campaigns about specific difficult situations in these communities affected by poverty, but without having a strong common voice in order to have a medium or long-term impact. Organizations advocating for the eradication of poverty in rural areas are poorly visible or without continuous activity, facing a lack of resources and difficult activism conditions, being affected by the lack of infrastructure and community facilitators.
The project aims to build the capacity of 40 small non-governmental organizations working in poor rural communities in order to increase their impact at regional and national level by offering a package of visibility services, mentoring, thematic training (efficient management procedures and good governance, visibility and advocacy, working with communities and volunteers, working with authorities, and financing), and their inclusion in a national network to fight poverty.
The NGOs supported through the project will have the capacity to develop actions and to provide services for their end beneficiaries – persons living in poverty and rural communities confronting with poverty – through a bottom-up approach, and to become dialogue partners with expertise, in order to influence the public policies for combating poverty and social exclusion.
The project is implemented in partnership with Suceava Regional Resource Center for Non-Governmental Organizations, Novapolis Association, The Federation of Nongovernmental Organizations for Social Services, and FONIX AS from Norway.