Community development by means of TeleCenters

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Community development by means of TeleCenters

• By Vasile Petruescu

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WHO? WHERE?

• Vasile Petruescu TeleCenter coordinator in
  Traian Vuia, Timis County
• Traian Vuia commune with 6 villages 2,300
  community members, situated at a 80 km distance
  from Timisoara in the eastern part of the County

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TeleCenter WHAT?

• A community development center through which the
  community has access to information for personal
  and community development
• Established in 26 May 2001, with Center for Rural
  Assistance funding

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Association

• It was established in July 2002 and has as aim to
  develop the community by participatory
  development of the economical, social,
  educational, youth and environmental protection
  policies through local and group initiatives.
• The reason to initiate an association inside the
  community and the TeleCenter was due to the need
  of creating a legal frame to access funding used
  for further developing.

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Strategic directions

• Education
• Youth
• Social
• Environmental protection

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Education

• PC courses for children
• Farmers courses
• Furniture endowment for schools
• Local pilot inside CELODIN project attended
  several training sessions, exchange of
  experience, seminars
• Local partner for the implementation of a
  Grundtvig 1 project called SAERA (Strategy for
  Adult Education in Rural Areas by means of
  TeleCenters) www.saera.org attended several
  training sessions
• Local partner for the implementation of the
  Grundtvig 1 project called CORA (Community
  Oriented Recognized Activities) www.cora.eu.com
  attended several training sessions

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Youth

• Playgrounds inside schools funded by Dutch
  schools
• Personal development courses
• PC course with the aim of finding a job
• Christmas caravans Christmas carols County
  promotion
• Volunteers House
• Daily meetings with the volunteers (around 20
  acting as resource people)

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Social

• The sweetest day sweets for children given by
  Caritas Ciacova Association
• Creation of the local strategy inside ATHENA
  project funded by LGI, Local Government
  Institute, Budapest
• Christmas gifts for disadvantaged community
  members Christmas decorations inside schools
• Clothes and shoes for disadvantaged families
• Church endowments from CARITAS
• Fundraising campaign for the earthquake from Asia
  
• Fundraising campaign for Banat flooded areas

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Environmental protection

• Surduc lake beach cleaning project funded by
  the Youth Sport Direction from Timis County
• Civic Center cleaning each year

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Funders

• Center for Rural Assistance
• Youth Sport Direction from Timis County
• CARITAS Ciacova Association
• Traian Vuia Town Hall
• Local entrepreneurs
• Local community

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WHY US?

• Traian Vuias community development main
  characteristics are as following
• TeleCenters presence and intervention at local
  level needed and requested
• Community members smile ? ? ?

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WHO WE ARE?
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CONTACT US

• tctraianvuia_at_yahoo.com