Vulcan MunicipalityHunedoara County
Romania
EuropeFor
Citizens
Bratislava, March 24, 2014
Portasă Felicia Gabriela
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CHANGING the PARADIGM
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OLD ( and still present) PARADIGM:
Local administration must do everything for us.We don’t have any responsibility for our city. They must provide all that we need.
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Old Paradigm describes Citizen’s mentality before 1989.
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For many citizens, the Mayor is still the person who must take complete care of their lives.
NEW PARADIGM ( gradually arising after 1989):
We want to be Partners of local administration, because we have needs, ideas, projects, which can be applied only through partnership.
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What brought this change ?
A new reality about life.B... etter understanding of
local administration role&limits
C..ompulsory local and Governmental measures to
organize citizens in associations.
D...ealing with the need of local partnerships for urban
and social projects.
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What brought this change ?
E…lders’ grandchildren are the generation with European
mentality. F…reedom to travel, to work or
to live in UE, improved many Romanian’s civic attitude.G…rowing interest (mainly among young people) for organized volunteership.
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Big ImpactC..ompulsory local and
Governmental measures to organize citizens in
associations.
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WARMER BLOCK HOUSESSamples of new citizen’s
mentality
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WARMER BLOCK HOUSES
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FUNDS:Inhabitants ( flats owner’s association) – 20%Local Council – 30%Government – 50%
WARMER BLOCK HOUSES
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Happy Ending
Let’s Do It Romania!
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Founder Members of the largest NGO group of local civil society representatives:
EU SI TU PENTRU VULCAN
THE LATEST CITIZEN MENTALITY UPGRADE
Based on:1. An increasing awareness
of local administration’s leaders ( Mr. Mayor
Gheorghe Ile’s initiative), in attracting citizens, volunteers, NGOs in
community’s projects.Following SolidarCity EU
project’s concept and focus,
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and …
2. an increasing citizen’s willingness to create
partnerships, to become really involved in community’s life.
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From informal to formal partnerships
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Who?Municipality +Teenagers, young people, women, retired persons, volunteers, entrepreneurs, NGOs.
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A GUARANTEE FOR THE NEW PARADIGM
and… for future local successful Partnership projects
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Thank you for your attention!
Multumesc pentru atentie!