| Integrated Community Development |
 The program is aimed to develop replicable integrated community development models within Roma communities. The concept “integrated community development” essentially refers to approaching the communities from a comprehensive perspective: economic, health, education, infrastructure and housing issues.
The program has been initiated in 2005 and currently continuing. Three hypotheses fundament this program:
1. The healthy development of a community implies the consultation and the involvement of all its members, no matter their religion, ethnic appurtenance, economic status etc
2. Infrastructure projects, economic development, education etc. are valuable and sustainable only if they are part of a long-term plan
3. The involvement of the Roma ethnics as “first-hand citizens” within the community life helps in raising their self-esteem reduces the gap between them and other ethnics and brings long-term benefits for the entire community.
The 6 communities where we are working are: Patrauti si Veresti –Suceava county, Geoagiu- Hunedoara county, Baltesti si Ploiesti (Mimiu neighborhood) – Prahova, Lehliu-Sat – Calarasi (more about the program)
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 Trainer's training for community leaders. Working methods inside the community
Within the ICDP, 20 community leaders form Veresti, Patrauti, Sarulesti, Baltesti, Ploiesti and Brasov played, for 4 days, the trainer role, exercising new skills such as: efficient communication, working with difficult participants, moder...
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 Grassroots Work in Roma Communities (International Conference)
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The Soros Foundation Romania organized the international conference Grassroots Work in Roma Communities, in Bucharest, on October 23-24, 2008.
The event brought together the SFN and OSI project/program coordinators working on Roma programs ...
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George Soros was born in Budapest, Hungary, on August 12, 1930. He survived the Nazi occupation of Budapest and left communist Hungary in 1947 for England, where he graduated from the London School of Economics (LSE). While a student at LSE, Soros became familiar with the work of the philosopher Karl Popper, who had a profound influence on his thinking and later on his professional and philanthropic activities.
The financier. In 1956, Soros moved to the United States, where he began to accumulate a large...
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Launch of the community development project for Roma communities in Prahova and Neamt counties
Roma. Life Stories - Ploiesti Debate
Participative evaluations for planning the future interventions within our communities
Creative workshops on developing “martisoare” and animated movies
Launch of the study Beneficial Regularisation of Immigration in Romania