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Year 2009 – figures and accomplishments |
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“Assistance and Programs for Sustainable Development – Agenda 21” is a Romanian non-governmental association of national interest,
not-for-profit and unaffiliated politically or religiously. The association was established in May 2003.
Main directions of action:
- Education of children and young people in the field of sustainable development, focusing on civic education and respect for human rights;
- Continuous preparation for human resource training in specific areas of sustainable development;
- Assistance and support for marginalized groups or groups at risk of social exclusion;
- Improvement and development of social services, facilitate access of population to these services;
- Lobby and campaigns for raising level of involvement of different social groups in the life of the community;
- Identification of the specific role and position of the association in the society and in the NGO community in order to develop realistic strategic planning;
- Identification of financial resources, fundraising.
Agenda 21 – the paper on which the activity of the association is based – is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally, adopted by more than 178 Governments at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992. |
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• over 18000 beneficiaries of the implemented projects;
• over 50 mass media reports;
• 20 multipliers trained on how to use certain tools for human rights educators: the Compass, Compasito and Gender Matters manuals;
• the realization of the „Citizens view on environment quality in Bucharest” survey;
• 18 activities from the Human Rights Education Manual – Compasito were translated, out of which 13 were adapted by the facilitators within 134 workshops, which were attended by over 380 children from the 6 selected schools;
• the Companion type publication was published in 300 copies;
• the realization of the National Strategy on human / child rights education in schools, with the participation of students, teachers, educators, experts on human rights;
• a project was realized in order for it to be discussed within the National Committee on approving the extracurricular activities calendar of the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports, for introducing the “Student’s Ombudsman – promoter of child rights in the school ethos” summer school;
• 15 public institutions and authorities were evaluated from the point of view of their quality of services for citizens and they elaborated the first model of quality standards for the public services in Romania;
• over 100 civil servants participated in the elaboration of Citizens’ Charter;
• 10.000 citizens beneficiaries of quality services offered by the public institutions/ authorities that elaborated the Citizens’ Charter;
• 5 radio shows, integrated in the European Integration Files show, realized by RRS;
• 2.000 flyers and 1.000 posters used in the information activities addressed to the citizens;
• the distribution of 3.000 copies of the compendium with Citizens Charter.
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