Asociatia CPDIS is a non-profit organization founded in the fall of 2012 with the aim of promoting understanding and cooperation between people. Pursuing this aim, we encourage and promote all those initiatives that, in terms of solidarity and on the cultural-educational field, allow the interchange of ideas among different cultures, favour the easing of economic imbalances and promote the creation of a true culture of universality and peace. Among these actions, there is a reflection on consumerism, interculture and peace with non-formal education methodologies. Our goals are to involve young people into youth people on local, national and international levels, to support youth in creating and implementing their own small-scale community-based projects. CPDIS members had participated in many youth projects in local, national and international level, together with partners our coordinators had implemented youth exchanges and youth trainings. Our staff got their competences and experience through the non-formal education and learning methods. Also in our team are more people who have graduated the management and economics bachelor degree. There is also one person experienced in project management. Some members have finished training courses in field of work with youth and as seminar facilitators, local level youth trainers. Our project team has these skills and expertise and experiences:
- Networking for youth education activities,
- Promoting of youths at entrepreneurship,
- Sharing experiences,
- Creating educational materials together,
- Promoting a good communication between project partners and related organisations
- Disseminating the results very actively
We are working with young people with fewer opportunities and have good practical experience integrating them in our projects. Many of our international events take place in rural areas where we include marginalized youth like unemployed young people, young people from geopgrahically isolated areas and young people with a hard social background (orphans, from broken families, with immigrant background, etc). Furthermore, when we are a sending organization for projects taking place abroad, we are trying to have in the team consisting of young people with fewer opportunities because we understand the importance of the positive impact these projects has on them.
Asociatia CPDIS has youth workers with solid practical experience concerning all the aspects of the project cycle in a youth exchange: need assessment, proposal writing, implementation, evaluation, follow-up activities, reporting. Such key-staff can help the applicant organization in whatever aspects they see fit.
Some of our other priorities include:
- Establishment and facilitation of socially beneficial activities, having a direct and indirect impact on developing the youth potential.
- Helping the youth in their efforts to formulate a complete, long-term and sustainable vision for the development of young people in Romania.
- Development of unpopular tourist destinations in Romania and popularization of Romania historical and cultural heritage among the young people.
Our NGO have more than 10 youth workers and 25 volunteers that are involved and help us when we have projects ot local actions. We have a professional team and our main competence is in nonformal education. The most used methods are:
- World café
- Theater
- Flash Mob
- Forum Theater
- Albatros
- Pitching
Other skills of the project team members:
- Managerial and organisational skills
- Group managing skills
- Materials, tools, products and software
- Cognitive skills and problem-solving abilities
- Social and communication skills and competences
- Artistic skills and competences
- Business skills