2017
empowering young people @romaniaymca
www.ymca.ro
@RomaniaYMCA
Our History • Our national movement was founded in 1919 by Queen Maria of Romania who, at the end of the 1st World War, invited the YMCA volunteers and secretaries from USA, whom accompanied the American troop expedition to Europe, for founding a similar organization here in Romania; the headquarter was in Bucharest and as facilities and programs there were sport center, lecture rooms, camp, running social and educational programs. During World War II, YMCA Romania was very active behind the front lines, being involved in the area of culture and social assistance. Along with the communist regime, one part of the YMCA Romania’s life was put to an end. The association was dissolved in 1948, a lot of members being incarcerated. In 1991, YMCA has re-opened for activities dedicated to young people, having branches in some places around Romania. In 2004, following the European trends, YMCA Romania has restructured itself as a Federation with local organizations in Baia Mare, Sacel, Rozavlea, Cavnic, Oradea, Iasi, Timisoara, Bucharest and Constanta.
Vision •
We build strong kids, strong families and strong communities where everyone should have equal opportunities to learn, grow and thrive.
Mission • We empower young people to build strong characters and communities in the spirit of Christian values, creating spaces open for all. • Our core values are: CARE, RESPECT, HONESTY, RESPONSIBILITY, FAITH/ TRUST
Guiding Principles • YMCA Romania affirms that the Paris Basis, the Kampala Principles and Challenge 21 are the ongoing foundation statements of the mission of the YMCA: -Emphasize the identity and mission of the YMCA as an ecumenical lay movement. - Constantly analyze what our identity and mission means in today’s European and global realities and translate it into action in these contexts. - Recognize and endorse the pre -eminence of volunteers in the governance of the Movement at every level. - Ensure the active participation of young people at every level. - Aim towards gender balanced representation. - Emphasize the YMCA’s holistic approach: body, mind and spirit in individuals and in community. - Promote and work for sustainable development to strive for justice, peace and integrity of creation. - Emphasize international thinking and solidarity within Romania, Europe and worldwide. -Respect and support the multicultural nature of Romania, European and worldwide YMCAs. - Respect the independence and self-determination of each local movement, as well as its specific way of expressing the YMCA’s mission in the given cultural, religious and socio-economic context. - Strive for unity among the Romanian YMCA family, including fostering processes of mutual learning, exchange and mutual critical reflection different topics. - Be an inspiring, needs-orientated and effective organization of high quality, applying the core values and using innovative, inclusive and participatory and process orientated approaches and methods.
• 2017 was a strategical one for the National movement, the local leaders and young people created the new strategy for YMCA Romania federation setting 3 important pillars: Movement strengthening, Youth empowerment/character development, National youth policy influencer. This strategy for the next 4 years was adopted in our GA held in March 2018. The creation of the strategy was done in a participatory way, and reflects the last years engagement for investing in human resources, in our leaders, for developing transformational programs for our communities, for creating national groups and platform for our local members to connect, share and build together. • Due to our strategic direction regarding developing a national camp program, we organized a national camp for the volunteers and leaders from the local Ys for developing competences for working in camp as manager, program director, counsellors, instructors, support team. In the same time, the local Ys organized their own camp programs during the summer, involving around 100 children and teenagers with ages between 5-14. Dan Carpov, President of YMCA Romania
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Program Priorities
2014-2017
a) Peace and Democracy b) Healthy Living c) Inclusion
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Our
Projects
• Local youth project- YOUTH ANIMAtor: Developing a competency framework for young volunteers in camp programs - funded by the Maramures County Council - 30 young people attended from Y Baia Mare and Y Cavnic
• SHINE educational camp, Leadership module - Camp team: camp director, head counsellor, camp counsellor, camp instructor: 20 people from Baia Mare and Cavnic - Summer Camps in Cavnic and Baia Mare: 90 children as beneficiaries
• National Youth Project Together for the community: Developing competencies for young volunteers in camp programs - funded by the Ministry of Youth and Sports - 30 young people and youth workers from Young Initiative, Student Plus, Informal group-Arad, Y Cavnic and Y Baia Mare
• Erasmus Plus Project- European Voluntary ServiceYouth Power Space - funded by the European Union, themed on human rights and civic engagement - Hosting 6 EVS volunteers from Portugal, Spain, France, The Netherlands, Italy, Austria
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Facts • 30 trained camp leaders: counselors, support team, instructors • 90 campers • 30 trained national camp leaders • 6 EVS Erasmus Plus volunteers from Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Austria • active participation of 300 children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in inclusion programs created to tackle discrimination, segregation, racism, harassment and violence • involvement of 200 young people in programs on social, civic and intercultural development, media alphabetization, and critical thinking • participation of 200 young people from Baia Mare, Cavnic and Somcuta Mare in public consultations (World Cafe Method) on the needs, desires and the ways in which they perceive some aspects of life that affect young people directly • involvement of the EVS volunteers in the public consultations • local partnerships with 4 organizations, 2 public institutions, 12 high-schools and middle schools and representatives from the community • 1500 children, teenagers, and adults- beneficiaries of our activities, programs, events during the EVS Youth Power Space Project- for 7 months • organizing a meeting with 5000 young people to support Baia Mare- Youth Capital of Romania (project application, questionnarie, logistics etc.) • in 2017, we reached 11.500 people nationally- 11.000 young people under 30 • professional staff: 20 people- at national level • volunteers: 250 people- at national level
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International Projects Facts • 4 EVS projects- 4 volunteers delegated to The Netherlands, Norway, England
• Youth exchange- NATURAL- The Netherlands- Olde Vechte- 6 young people (2 leaders- APV)
• Mobility project for youth workers-Do it for the Youthformation course/ training on strategic planning and organisational development- Busteni ( 2 leaders )
• Innovation Camp- World Allieance of YMCAs- 4 young people from Baia Mare
• Impulse Boot Camp- Germany– 3 young people from Baia Mare
• Global week- Norway- 4 young people from Student Plus and Young Initiative
• Common Standards Camp Training- Finland- 2 leaders
• EVS Training- Italy- 2 leaders from IKE Transilvania
• 27 young people and leaders were delegated to take part in mobility projects: youth exchanges, study visits, EVS seminar, camp, formation course
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Worldwide • Razvan Sassu’s participation in the World YMCA delegation at UN ECOSOC YOUTH FORUM (2017-2018)
• Nominated Change Agents: Laurentiu Boran, Andras Tomsa
• Nomination for a new mandate as assessor within the Executive Committee of YMCA Europe : Antonio Nyerjak
• National General Secretaries’ Meeting (WAY)- Alina Pop
• General gathering of YMCA Europe : Dan Carpov, Alina Pop
• Meetings with the Executive Committee of YMCA Europe– Dan Carpov
• Change Agents European Gathering : Laurentiu Boran, Andras Tomsa
• Change Agents Global Gathering: Andras Tomsa
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• Unify Group of YMCA Europe- Maria Ciorba
• YMCA Europe Youth Policy Group- Eliza Vas
• The Steering Committee of YMCA 175- Alina Pop
• The Council for Structured Dialogue of the Ministry of Youth and Sports- Gabriela Toma (substitute: Razvan Sassu)
• YMCA Europe Camp Group- Alina Pop
• Civic Engagement Resourse Group of World YMCA- Razvan Sassu
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The Ministry of Youth and Sports Gala • 3rd Place: Youth ANIMAtor project – Civic Engagement • Special prize for the structured dialogue program: AYI– The White Book of Homeless Teens
The County Department of Youth and Sports Gala • Youth ANIMAtor– The best project on civic participation and engagement
The Excellence Award of the European Institute of Romania • YMCA Romania and the member organization- Student Plus Timisoara for promoting European values and principles
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2018- 2022
Movement Strengthening Mission clarity - Reflecting on our own values, mission - Organizational membership standards - Ongoing value reflection - Support system for members who need our solidarity Unique Flagship Programmes - National Camps (annually) - YMCA Personal Development Programme Institutional viability - Financial sustainability - Fundrasing development - Branding awareness Leadership development - Board level - By-laws, efficiency, standards, governance - Staff and management - Trainings, by-laws - Young Leaders Programme - Group formation and development New YMCA Members - Procedures for launching new local YMCAs in Romania
Youth Empowerment Values Strengthening - Y Induction - Integrating the values in programs governance, leadership - Visibility, Media Promotions Creating Spaces (Youth Spaces/ Power Spaces) - Community Engagements - Trainings - Camps - Personal Projects - Projects - Sharing ( Y Stories)
National Youth Policy Influencer -
Creating National Policy Group(NPG) Learning and Development of NPG Internal Procedures/ by- laws for NPG Advocacy Participation
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Budget
2017
• AdvanceEVS Youth Space Project: 18.820 EUR •••••AdvansEVSPower Youth Power Space Project:
18820 EUR •••
• Y Beaver County USA: 4.666 EUR • Maramures County Council Project: 3.404 EUR • Ministry of Youth and Sports Project:4.900 EUR • Camp: 1.750 EUR •Donations, Sponsorships, Other Projects: 2.305 EUR +8.461 EUR •Excedent 2017: 2.865 EUR
• TOTAL: 47.171 EUR
Disclaimer • The numbers and activities stated in this report do not include the numbers, activities and budget of the local member organizations.
Funders and Sponsors
Beaver County YMCA
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