Fostering partnership between Oltenian entities and Norwegian partner - January 2020

Bilateral initiative facts

Promoter:
The Association C.R.O.N.O. - The Center of Resources for Oltenian Non-profit Organizations(RO)
Bilateral initiative number:
RO-LOCALDEV-BI007
Status:
Completed
Initial cost:
€5,000
Actual cost:
€4,971
Initiative Types:
Preparation of partnership project or application
Partners:
Newschool AS(NO)

Description

The bilateral activities aims to deepening the partnership between Commune Ciupercenii Noi and CRONO Association (Romania) and the Norwegian partner (Newschool AS), in order to initiate and implement a local development project based on Norwegian experience and expertise regarding the integration of disadvantaged children.

The visit of the Romanian partners in Oslo allows them to observe also how the disadvantaged children integration is approached by 3 Norwegian entities from Oslo and neighbouring local community, in order to apply the good examples in the future project.

Summary of the results

An application form developed in partnership with Norwegian entities and a draft of the partnership agreement are the main results of the bilateral activities.

The Romanian and Norwegian partners intend to extend this cooperation to other projects and programmes financed by different donors, in order to strengthening bilateral cooperation between various entities and local communities from Oltenia Region (Romania) and Norway, including twinning for local communities and Erasmus+ projects. During this visit in Norway it was agreed to expand the collaboration on clusters financing programmes, both CRONO and Newschool being member in one cluster from their own country. So, it was decided to initiate a common research project in the EDUTIC Cluster (Craiova, Romania) by the end of February 2020.

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