Local Development for disadvantaged communities from Bihor County

We, Kécenlét Association, in partnership with the Municipality of Marghita – as Project Promoter -, Caritas Eparhial Oradea Association , Skyhøyt Live Scene have jointly initiated the integrated project entitled Local Development for disadvantaged communities from Bihor County. Through this project we aim at helping communities be more united, more developed and happier.

The project was offered a grant of € 816918 provided by Norway through Norwegian Grants under the Local Development Program. The objective of the project is increasing the use of social services for disadvantaged groups from 2 socio-economically impaired communities in Bihor county (RO), while increasing the level of satisfaction of these groups regarding the services’ quality, in order to improve their quality of life on the long-term.

Where?

This public-private partnership represents an unprecedented approach in the designated area and is adapted to the needs and benefit of the local population of Cheț village and Finiș Commune from the North-Western part of Romania.

How and for whom?

The project relies on providing integrated services based on the restorative practices model, as follows:

• afterschool services for 150 children, with the involvement of their families (115 parents / grandparents)
• employment services for 140 young people aged between 15 and 24, including NEETs, unemployed and inactive people
• social services for 80 elderly people from Cheț
• socio-medical services for all project participants.

And we’ll do this by training our teams to work with communities using the restorative practices model.

Implementation period

30 months, starting with September the 1^st, 2021.

Progress

By now, the following project activities took place:

• most procurement were carried out by partners
• beneficiaries (children, young people, parents, the elderly) were contacted and enrolled in the project target group:
  • afterschool services have been provided in Cheț (76 children, 10 parents/grandparents) and Ioaniș (71 children, 43 parents/grandparents)
  • socio-medical services have been provided to the target group (200 children and adults from Cheț, 207 children and adults from Finiș)
  • home care, hot meals and activities necessary for the elderly have been provided in Cheţ for 47 old people
  • activities with beneficiaries for accessing the labor market have taken place (25 young people from Cheț, and 93 from Finiș)
• the sociological study for the evaluation of beneficiary satisfaction regarding social services carries on in both localities
• project teams have been taking part in the restorative practice training. This new intervention model was learned and successfully applied in working with vulnerable groups in Cheț / Marghita and Finiș.
• communication activities have been carried out: project launching conference, press release, preparation of promotional materials, launching of the project facebook page, project website
• the scientific conference entitled ”Application of restorative practices in communities – Experiences in the formal and non-formal education system” with international participation, the 12-13th of May 2023, Oradea, – details
• organisation of activities with the Norwegian partner:
  • exchange of experiences in Norway 23-25 Aug. 2022
  • transfer of good practices: 20 May 2022; 12-16 Sept. 2022
  • exchange of experiences in Norway 6-10 Sept. 2023

Procurement

News

The project launching conference took place on 13/10/2021 in Marghita, with the participation of all 4 project partners. Details

The scientific conference entitled ”Application of restorative practices in communities – Experiences in the formal and non-formal education system” with international participation, took place in Oradea, between the 12^th and the 13^th of May 2023.

Details