GCAP Romania

National Coalition: GCAP Romania

GCAP Romania has completed a one-page brief including background information.

The Romanian coalition is hosted by the Romanian Platform of Development NGOs, FOND. If you'd like more information about GCAP in Romania or if you are an organization and would like to get involved contact the Romanian focal Point:

FOND - Romanian Platform for Development Cooperation

Adela Rusu, adela.rusu[at]fdsc.ro
tel: + 40 21 310 01 77
website http://www.fondromania.org/eng/pagini/index.php

Events in 2009

International Day for Poverty Eradication

The GCAP focal point in Romania, represented by the Romanian NGDO Platform (FOND), will organise different activities during the week 12-17th October to promote the "Stand Up and Take Action" campaign.

The campaign has already started on the 17th of September with visits to the main highschools in Bucharest with the purpose to promote the events among students and to select volunteers who will be trained during two workshops on development education and methods of non-formal education to take part in the events.These workshops will be organised on the 3th and 4th October.

The campaign will have both indoor and outdoor events.

The actual activities will start on the 12th and 13th of October with a Multicultural Exhibition (World Food, Music, Traditions, Arts), a "Living Library" with "books" representing people from developing countries who will share the experiences from their own countries and a film screening on youth in developing countries followed by an informal debate.On the 16th of October we will organise a World Cafe on youth involvement in the fight against poverty.

We will also have "GCAP mobile teams" which will visit on the 16th of October the platform's main institutional and non-governmental partners (embassies, UN Agencies, Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, other NGOs) and have "Stand Up" moments.

As for the outdoor campaign we will have street actions throughout the week, followed by a huge flashmob organised on the 17th of October.

Events in 2007

October 17: International Day for Poverty Eradication

On the eve of October 17, during the MDG conference which gathered around 100 persons (representatives from FOND member organizations, other representatives from the Romanian civil society, UNDP Romania, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

Deputy Chamber, Prime Minister's Office, UK Embassy, public institutions and mass media such as radio, newspapers and tv stations- ), the GCAP Romania focal point, Claudia Iatan, gave an informative speech on the GCAP campaign and the worldwide innitiative striving to beat a new world record to support the fight against poverty and inequality. Stand Up and Speak Out posters were put inside the conference hall and at the receptioan and informational material was given at the entrance to the participants.

To see the pictures go to Romania, October 16th

To read more about the conference go to http://fondromania.wordpress.com/