Donors

The European Social Fund (ESF)

The European Social Fund (ESF) is one of the European Union’s structural funds, guided by the European Cohesion Policy and set up to reduce the development disparities existent among the EU Member States and its regions. As the first structural fund, created more than 50 years ago, the ESF is the financial instrument devoted to promoting employment within the EU Member States.

For the 2007-2013 programming period, the ESF purports to support the EU Member States in anticipating and efficiently manage economic and social change. In Romania, the following priorities are funded through the ESF:

  • Increasing adaptability of workers and enterprises;
  • Increasing workers access and participation in the labour market;
  • Promoting social inclusion by fighting discrimination and facilitating the access to the labour market for the disadvanged people.

At the same time, for the less developed regions falling under the convergence objective, the ESF funds:

  • Investment in human capital, in particular by improving education and training systems;
  • Actions aimed at developing institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administrations, at national, regional and local level.

In Romania, the ESF funds two operational programmes:

For detailed information about the other programmes co-financed by the European Union, visit www.fonduri-ue.ro.

 

The Balkan Trust for Democracy (BTD)

The Balkan Trust for Democracy (BTD) is a grantmaking initiative that supports democracy, good governance, and Euroatlantic integration in Southeastern Europe. Operating from the German Marshall Fund's Belgrade office, BTD awards grants to  indigenous civic groups, NGOs, media, think tanks, governments, and educational institutions in Southeastern Europe.

Through its two principal program areas (Linking Citizens with Government, Regional Cooperation and Collaboration), the BTD helps put democracy into practice  by building cooperative partnerships among stakeholders-citizens, government representatives, nongovernmental organizations, civic groups, and ethnic communities-to raise and resolve common issues.

For further information, visit http://www.gmfus.org/balkantrust.

 

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

The mission of the Civil Society Program of Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is to support efforts to assist in democratic institution building, strengthen communities, promote equitable access to resources, and ensure respect of rights and diversity.

For further information, visit www.mott.org.

 

CEE Trust, Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe

The Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe is an independent public charity incorporated under the laws of the United States of America. Our goal is to promote the development of civil societies in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia by supporting civil society organizations to gain greater effectiveness and stability.

The mission of the CEE Trust is to support the long term sustainable development of civil society and non-governmental organizations in Central and Eastern Europe.

For further information, visit www.ceetrust.org.

 

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Romania

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Romania is present in Romania since 1991 and has developed activities in the field of political education and political consultancy. Starting with 1998, KAS has a permanent branch in Romania. Starting with 2006, KAS started the regional Program – Rule of Law in South-Eastern Europe, with the headquarters in Bucharest.

KAS Romania has activities in the field of political education and political consultancy in Romania and Republic of Moldova. The main activities concern: consolidation of political parties and party-systems, stimulating youth with regards to political participation, promoting culture and memory, promoting the European integration.

For further information, visit www.kas.ro.

 

The European Union, Phare Programme

The Phare Programme is an EU financial instrument, created at the begining of 1989 for Poland and Hungary, the first two countries of the region to give up communism and centralized economy. The objective of the programme was to help these two countries during the transition from the communist regime to a democratic one (thus the name: Poland Hungary Aid for Reconstruction of the Economy). 
As other Eastern and Central European states adopted a democratic regime, they were included in this programme. Thus, in 1996, 13 states received nonrefundable Phare funds: 10 candidate countries (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovacia, and Slovenia), Albany, Bosnia-Hertegovina, and the Former Yugolsavic Republic Macedonia. 
Since 2000, the three Western states are included in the CARDS programme (Comunitary Assistance for the Reconstruction, Development and Stability of the Balcans), Phare becoming an instrument focussed exclusively on the support of the 10 candidate states from Eastern and Central Europe, in the accession process.

For further information, visit www.europa.eu.

The European Parliament, Information Office in Romania

The European Parliament (EP) is present in each of the EU member states, through the Information Offices (27 Offices and 6 Antennas).

The EP Information Office in Romania, objectives:

  • to inform the public with regards to the EP and its activities
  • to ensure the media coverage of the EP debates and EP activities
  • to facilitate the relationship with the central public authorities, local public authorities, and the civil society.

For further information, visit www.europarl.ro.