CENTRAS - Assisstance Centre for NGOs
CENTRAS' declared mission is to contribute at the development of democracy in Romania by strenghtening the role played by the non-gouvermental institutions.
Therefore CENTRAS activates like a resource centre and a strategic partner for NGOs, no mather what activity profile they have, for the public administration, international institutions, private sector and the media.
Starting 1994, the Centre built and strengthened a clear and neuter position n the non-profit sector in Romania, being able to rally efficiently and quickly the human, financial and informational resources that would allow it to reach the objectives proposed in its mission:
- To contribute to the institutional growth of the Romanian NGOs;
- To contribute to a better cooperation within the nongovernmental sector as well as with the public administration, media, citizens and business sector;
- To develop best practice models in order to improve the Romanian NGOs' activities.
CENTRAS has a relevant experience in organizing national and international events - choosing the theme, taking care of the logistics and the image - with the participation of over 100 guests from the most various public categories (leaders and NGO representatives, public servants, local council representatives, journalists, students, opinion setters):
- The International Judicial Conference - a worldwide meeting of constitutional and supreme courts' presidents (the Bucharest and Prague editions)
- The Global Environment Fund - Environment and Communities Resources (the 2nd edition)
- The NGOs National Forum in Romania (11 editions, between 1995-2006);
- Organization of elections for assigning the NGO representatives in the Social and Economic Council.
CENTRAS provides consultancy and expertise in the following areas:
- training, technical assistance and consultancy services in domains such as organizational development, project planning and management, public relations, communication, volunteer management;
- training, organizes on average 10 sessions per year with approximately 150 attendees;
- acts as a partner in advocacy, information-education and important social and community issues rising campaigns;
- ollects and processes data and information from public administration to the civil society on themes of interest (database RO_NGO: http://www.centras.ro/database and database of public servants responsible of the relationship with civil society: http://www.centras.ro/contactapl);
- cooperation with NGOs active in social field, representing a priority for CENTRAS;
- elaboration of some researches on the nongovernmental sector's activity, made in collaboration with partner organizations and CENTRAS volunteers team.
Find more information on CENTRAS and its results on www.centras.ro!
