Asociatia Tinerilor cu Initiativa Civica

National Network
رومانيا
Address

Str. Aurel Vlaicu, nr.6
800508 Galati
رومانيا

Telephone
+40767766819
E-Mail
atic.romania@gmail.com
E-Mail (2)
laurpetrea@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
+40767766819
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2016
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. Environment/Sustainable development
  4. Human rights
  5. International/Cultural relations
  6. Media
  7. Youth and education
General Information
Asociația Tinerilor cu Initiativa Civica (Association of Youth with Civic Initiative) is a youth organization, apolitical, NGO that aims to drive the development of the Romanian society attracting young people towards active citizenship and promoting the local and national cultural values.   A.T.I.C. was established in 2016 in Galați by a group of young people in order to contribute to the social and personal development of local youth.   We are active in our community - working with children and youth from placement homes, poor families, unemployed and facing other social problems.  One of our main objectives is the inclusion of local disadvantaged youth through different methods, such as sport, music, theatre, dance and painting. In order to realize our objectives, we cooperate with families, local authorities, primary schools, high schools and universities and we develop projects with them. Despite the fact we are a young organization, the key staff is very experienced in the NGO zone and Erasmus+ program, working in the field for more than 4 years, with very good results, in different positions and departments, among the local NGOs.
Mission and Objectives

A.T.I.C. has 2 eployee and 20 volunteers, also we have partnerships with 6 local highschools, including the ART school and the local University.
The budgetary resources are the contribution of the members and partners, also fund raisings, international projects and donations.
Last year we implemented more than 30 local projects with our partners, local schools and local authorities.
S
ome of our activities include:  - Do it for community, do it for your family, do it for yourself - local seminar with the participation of the local community, students and teachers regarding volunteering and active citizenship;- Human Rights with no exceptions - Seminar on Human Rights education, especially on gender and LGBTQ issue.- Play with your hearth - charity show meant to help with funds the kids from the orphanage in Galati;- Campaigns in local schools about the abuse of legal and illegal drugs;- Be cool, clean your neighbourhood - ecological event, meant to make young students and volunteers be more aware of having a cleaner environment;- Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainability - seminar aiming to explore the concept of social entrepreneurship as an innovative way to solve social problems in youth work using entrepreneurial skills- First Aid knowledge is life-saving knowledge - first Aid course for organization’s volunteers with the support of local Ambulance staff- Students Agora - seminar meant to make volunteers more confident in their speech, accommodate them with the idea of public debate;- Sporty life is a healthier life - event that encourage youngsters to add more sport into their daily livesRegarding our International work, despite the fact we are a young organization, the staff compensate with their reach experience and connections.Beteween July 2016 and July 2017, we were partners in more than 35 Erasmus+ projects, youth exchanges, training courses and seminars mentioning:
- Forli, Italy - KEEPinMIND - Youth exchange aiming to develop several key competences so as to encourage the critical thinking of young participants, helping them to objectively analyse information, evaluate and interpret experiences and make objective thinking, not influenced by prejudices and stereotypes.
- Krakow, Poland - EuroTube - Youth exchange aiming to raise awareness about European Union, its institutions and the ways of running the European politicsthrough a series of documentary movies made by participants;
- Terceira Island, Portugal - Active Jobs - Youth exchange to capacitate the youngsters to become more active and to be able to face a job interview at any level.
- Mersin, Turkey - Change minds - Change future - Training course seeking to strengthen local organizations through building networks for future partnerships for social projects and increasing the competences of youth workers, youth leaders and volunteers from those organizations in social campaign management by using innovative and creative media tools ; thus to fight against hate and discrimination especially on minorities, immigrants and asylum-seekers, through increasing the awareness on the notions as peace, faith, tolerance, empathy, inclusion and the respect to human rights and freedoms in the scope of European values
- Berlin, Germany - Youth Academy 2017 - Training course aiming to support the quality development of non-formal education activities in the youth work, through the development of competences of youth workers for preparing and implementing workshops, trainings, seminars and similar activities,  organized for youth on local and international level with special focus on human rights and minority issues;
-  Bremen, Germany - Unite in diversity - Multilateral project that focuses on European values in context of the European crisis and should give youth workers, NGO representatives and young people the chance to learn and express their ideas about united Europe. The main aim of the project is to foster the idea of European citizenship in order to overcome the European crisis, including refugee crisis and Brexit.
- Breznik, Bulgaria - Present Yourself, Be Successful - Youth exchange aiming to propose ways to fight the youth unemployment and to build tolerance to and integrate disadvantaged  youths into the social and economic life of the society;
- Pirdop, Bulgaria - Memory for the future - Youth exchange having as main goal to set mutual knowledge of history, culture, lifestyle and traditions of the Balkans, the recovery of forgotten folk values, preservation and promotion of  folk songs and dances, improving interethnic and intercultural dialogue, the formation of skills in certain problems in multiethnic team;
- Szklarska Poreba Gorna, Poland - Youth Employability Stimulators of Tomorrow - the training course objectives where to discuss the need and explore the possibility of youth organisations to address this vital European issue of youth unemployment by providing youth with knowledge, skills and attitudes through their work that can stimulate their employability or entrepreneurial spirit;
- Trezza, Italy - Let’s shout our rights - Youth exchange tackling the issues related to human rights and immigration in order to develop in young people a sense of tolerance and acceptance that needs to be enriched with elements from the experiences of other young people from other countries;
- Krakow, Poland - EuropeLIVE - Youth exchange having as aim to discuss about the most significant events in European history with the help of LARP scenarios, to define what does the European identity mean for us and to understand the process of its development;
- Sofia, Bulgaria - FOLLOW ME - Find opportunities in life by learning and observing with motivation and empowerment - Training course for youth workers, youth leaders, EVS mentors on how to use the coaching methodology, tools, techniques and best practices to develop competences and qualities of people to realize their full potential and personal values and to find their personal motivation to set and achieve their goals;
- Durres, Albania - EYE CAN - Empowering Youth Entrepreneurship through Capacity-building Activities and Networking  - Strategic partnership focussed on empowering youth with skills and competences, need it to start their own bussines;
- Poronin, Poland - One culture, Hip-Hop - Youth exchange having as aim to encourage people to be active and through cooperation, integration and activation of others in their communities, such as youngsters coming from backgrounds with limited access to education, due to economic and geographical barriers, to jointly develop their skills related to Hip-Hope culture: breakdance, graffiti and music production;
- Poronin, Poland - Street Stuff - Training course having as main goal the acquisition by the participants of new skills in street dance, rap music, graffiti art etc. that they can later implement in youth work in their environment, in order to hit a wider audience with the so-called difficult environments;
- Bata, Bulgaria - The best plan where ever you work yourself ! - Youth exchange having as main abjective as participants to acquire specific knowledge and skills on healthy eating, sport and prevention of various dependencies through the methods of non-formal education;
 
 

Main Projects / Activities

Local projects:
- Do it for community, do it for your family, do it for yourself - local seminar with the participation of the local community, students and teachers regarding volunteering and active citizenship;
- Human Rights with no exceptions - Seminar on Human Rights education, especially on gender and LGBTQ issue.
- Play with your hearth - charity show meant to help with funds the kids from the orphanage in Galati;
- Campaigns in local schools about the abuse of legal and illegal drugs;
- Be cool, clean your neighbourhood - ecological event, meant to make young students and volunteers be more aware of having a cleaner environment;
- Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainability - seminar aiming to explore the concept of social entrepreneurship as an innovative way to solve social problems in youth work using entrepreneurial skills
- First Aid knowledge is life-saving knowledge - first Aid course for organization’s volunteers with the support of local Ambulance staff;
-  Students Agora - seminar meant to make volunteers more confident in their speech, accommodate them with the idea of public debate;
- Sporty life is a healthier life - event that encourage youngsters to add more sport into their daily lives
International activities:

- Forli, Italy - KEEPinMIND - Youth exchange aiming to develop several key competences so as to encourage the critical thinking of young participants, helping them to objectively analyse information, evaluate and interpret experiences and make objective thinking, not influenced by prejudices and stereotypes.
- Krakow, Poland - EuroTube - Youth exchange aiming to raise awareness about European Union, its institutions and the ways of running the European politicsthrough a series of documentary movies made by participants;
- Terceira Island, Portugal - Active Jobs - Youth exchange to capacitate the youngsters to become more active and to be able to face a job interview at any level.
- Mersin, Turkey - Change minds - Change future - Training course seeking to strengthen local organizations through building networks for future partnerships for social projects and increasing the competences of youth workers, youth leaders and volunteers from those organizations in social campaign management by using innovative and creative media tools ; thus to fight against hate and discrimination especially on minorities, immigrants and asylum-seekers, through increasing the awareness on the notions as peace, faith, tolerance, empathy, inclusion and the respect to human rights and freedoms in the scope of European values
- Berlin, Germany - Youth Academy 2017 - Training course aiming to support the quality development of non-formal education activities in the youth work, through the development of competences of youth workers for preparing and implementing workshops, trainings, seminars and similar activities,  organized for youth on local and international level with special focus on human rights and minority issues;
-  Bremen, Germany - Unite in diversity - Multilateral project that focuses on European values in context of the European crisis and should give youth workers, NGO representatives and young people the chance to learn and express their ideas about united Europe. The main aim of the project is to foster the idea of European citizenship in order to overcome the European crisis, including refugee crisis and Brexit.
- Breznik, Bulgaria - Present Yourself, Be Successful - Youth exchange aiming to propose ways to fight the youth unemployment and to build tolerance to and integrate disadvantaged  youths into the social and economic life of the society;
- Pirdop, Bulgaria - Memory for the future - Youth exchange having as main goal to set mutual knowledge of history, culture, lifestyle and traditions of the Balkans, the recovery of forgotten folk values, preservation and promotion of  folk songs and dances, improving interethnic and intercultural dialogue, the formation of skills in certain problems in multiethnic team;
- Szklarska Poreba Gorna, Poland - Youth Employability Stimulators of Tomorrow - the training course objectives where to discuss the need and explore the possibility of youth organisations to address this vital European issue of youth unemployment by providing youth with knowledge, skills and attitudes through their work that can stimulate their employability or entrepreneurial spirit;
- Trezza, Italy - Let’s shout our rights - Youth exchange tackling the issues related to human rights and immigration in order to develop in young people a sense of tolerance and acceptance that needs to be enriched with elements from the experiences of other young people from other countries;
- Krakow, Poland - EuropeLIVE - Youth exchange having as aim to discuss about the most significant events in European history with the help of LARP scenarios, to define what does the European identity mean for us and to understand the process of its development;
- Sofia, Bulgaria - FOLLOW ME - Find opportunities in life by learning and observing with motivation and empowerment - Training course for youth workers, youth leaders, EVS mentors on how to use the coaching methodology, tools, techniques and best practices to develop competences and qualities of people to realize their full potential and personal values and to find their personal motivation to set and achieve their goals;
- Durres, Albania - EYE CAN - Empowering Youth Entrepreneurship through Capacity-building Activities and Networking  - Strategic partnership focussed on empowering youth with skills and competences, need it to start their own bussines;
- Poronin, Poland - One culture, Hip-Hop - Youth exchange having as aim to encourage people to be active and through cooperation, integration and activation of others in their communities, such as youngsters coming from backgrounds with limited access to education, due to economic and geographical barriers, to jointly develop their skills related to Hip-Hope culture: breakdance, graffiti and music production;
- Poronin, Poland - Street Stuff - Training course having as main goal the acquisition by the participants of new skills in street dance, rap music, graffiti art etc. that they can later implement in youth work in their environment, in order to hit a wider audience with the so-called difficult environments;
- Bata, Bulgaria - The best plan where ever you work yourself ! - Youth exchange having as main abjective as participants to acquire specific knowledge and skills on healthy eating, sport and prevention of various dependencies through the methods of non-formal education;
 

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

A.T.I.C., despite of the fact it's a young organzation, has an experienced staff that worked for 5 years in local NGO's, in different positions, with different tasks.
Our association can be an added value for the network in our country, sharing from our experience and good practices and also developing projects that can be very useful in the topic of inclusion of disadvantaged youth through arts and sport..
We keep good collaboration with our international partners and we are open for new contacts.
We pay special attention involving youngsters with less opportunities and newcomers into international projects.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

As we mentioned above, we think that beside Erasmus+ program, Anna Lindth Foundation can help our organization grow and with the founds and help given, we can develop and implement more projects useful in our comunity.

Contact (1) Full Name
Laurentiu Petrea
Job Title
president of A.T.I.C.
Head of the organisation
Laurentiu Petrea
Contact (2) Full Name
Alice Nina Petrea
Job Title (2)
International Project Manager