Center for Sustainable Community Development - CSCD / Centrul pentru Dezvoltare Comunitara Durabila CDCD

National Network
Romania
Address

Giubega - 913, Dolj, 1244, Romania
Giubega Village
Romania

Telephone
0040 - 351 433 819
E-Mail
adina.calafateanu@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
0040 - 741075409
Mobile Phone (other)
+90 5062847643
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2009
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
Center for Sustainable Community Development (CSCD) is a youth, apolitical and nongovernmental organization that militates in favor of Romanian society development. CSCD started in 2007 as an initiative group and in2010 had been legally constituted as an NGO. The activities are based on volunteering – having active 5 youth leaders and trainers and over 50 volunteers – from the rural and urban areas – in the SW Region of Romania and has partnerships with over 15 local actors – public sector – local authorities and private actors. The main activities are related to youth empowerment and active youth participation, using different tools and methods – non-formal education context: workshops, mentorship programmes, youth exchanges, round table, but also capacity building support for the local authorities aiming at setting youth strategies – in the rural areas. These activities are financially supported through the cooperation with the local actors – private and public sectors and through the granting provided by the granting schemes.
Mission and Objectives

- Mission
• to promote the developing activity of creative capacity, the development of youth scientific, technical, artistic, cultural and intellectual creation;
• to develop educational and mentorship programmes for youth leaders and trainers,
- To assist the local authorities to design and implement local youth strategies and youth programmes – capacity building
• to encourage the managerial abilities and organizational aptitudes among youngsters at local, national and international level;
• to promote equal opportunities and youth empowerment through creating access programmes
• the association contribute to the development of Romanian society through promoting youngsters, the values of democracy and the human rights;
Activities
The association carries out the following activities:
• organization of seminars, conferences, round table discussions, conferences;
• initiation and participation of projects and programmes in partnership with local and central public administration and other nongovernmental organizations;
• trainings for the members;
• exchanges;
• participation in the events of civil society

Main Projects / Activities

The main activities are related to youth participation and youth empowerment. Thus, in the last 3 years, as informal group, CSCD assisted over 40 youth leaders through the mentorships programmes, trainer over 40 youth workers and social workers for the non-formal education field and offered them support for the facilitation sessions, assisted the local authorities from Giubega Village to design the local youth policy, established partnerships with over 40 youth associations from abroad (including partnerships with 2 organizations leading the ALF Networks in France and Lithuania – In Actio), assisted the students’ associations in Craiova to establish international cooperation departments and to implement projects granted through Youth in Action scheme.

Contact (1) Full Name
Adina Marina Calafateanu
Head of the organisation
Adina Marina Calafateanu (President )