Localization

Timis County, Romania and Szabolcs-Szatmar-bereg County, Hungary

Project Duration

Junuary 1st to December 31st, 2011

Partners

• Volt Allami Gondozottak Orszagos Egzesulete(Former State Fostered Children's Association), Hungary
• Social Work and Child Protection General Directorate, Timis County

Project Sponsors:

European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Cross border Cooperation Hungary-Romania Program 2007-2013; EFRD financing amounts to EURO 104,738.70

Co-sponsors: Romanian and Hungarian Government, Bethany Social Services Foundation and Volt Allami Gondozottak Orszagos Egzesulete Organization

The project total value is EURO 127, 722.00, out of which EURO 104,738.22 is covered by ERDF

Overall goal:

Facilitating a sustainable cooperation and the development of a knowledge and skills base in working with children at risk in the Romanian-Hungary border region

Specific Goal

• Establishing a long-term cooperation among 30 organizations that provide social services in the Romanian-Hungary border region and involving 80 children at risk
• Improving the level of expertise of 60 specialists providing social services in order to increase the quality of services offered to beneficiaries
• Assisting 200 beneficiaries from 3 communities to develop capabilities to identify specific local social problems and to find solutions to the problems identified

Beneficiaries:

• 60 professionals providing social services, representatives of public and private organizations working in child/youth/minorities protection, in Romania and Hungary.
• 200 children/youth in child protection system in Romania and Hungary

Activities/Expected Results:

• Organizing the kick-off meeting of the project’s teams and detailing the plan of action;
• Carrying out 32 personal development sessions targeting 200 children and youth in the child protection system in Romania and Hungary;v
• Editing a supporting booklet for personal development session targeting the children;
• Organizing and implementing two children camps benefiting 80 children in the child protection system in Romania and Hungary;
• Improving children’s knowledge about the history of the two countries;
• Organizing and implementing 4 experience exchange sessions for professionals working in the child protection system in Romania and Hungary involving 30 private and public organizations;
• Increasing the level of participants’ knowledge regarding the services and the methods in child protection in each country through 4 experience exchange sessions organized in the two countries and involving 60 professionals;
• Organizing 4 press conferences in each country;
• Promoting the project using 400 promotion materials;

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