Who are we ? We are called D.G.T. (Do Great Things) Association and our main targets are high-school and university students, young entrepreneurs and disadvantaged young people in Romania. We work with volunteers from all universities in Bucharest (especially The Academy of Economic Studies, the largest economics university from South-East Europe) and we collaborate with other youngsters all across Romania.
“ Do Great Things Network & Friends All Over The World “ Project This is the name of the Facebook group that we created in order to reach some of our goals and you can find it by searching it’s name on Facebook. The mission of this group is to share ideas, opinions, thoughts, experiences, news, skills and contacts; share information about organizing international network of NGOs working towards the development of youth work; share information regarding events, seminars,
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conferences, workshops, trainings, projects, exchanges, partners requests, etc.; maintain international youth exchange programs; make members from all over the world come together stay in touch, share their ideas and experiences, discuss relevant topics and assist each other in distribution of the academic and social news concerning NGOs, youth work and non-formal education.
CONTACT D.G.T. Association Romania You can contact us by : Briefly, D.G.T. Association is a non-governmental organization that was born from the passion of a few youngsters who wanted to take action and make a change in the society they were living in. D.G.T.’s founding members have also the desire to give back all the things they have learned and experienced during previous years of volunteering.
e-mail: d.g.t.ngo@gmail.com phone: (004) 0724.36.44.55 You can find us on search for our name.
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Our post address is: Intre Garduri Street, No. 3, Corbeanca, Jud. ILFOV, 077065, ROMANIA.
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D.G.T.’s mission focuses on national and international net-
Themes of our past projects were related to social prob-
youth workers from throughout the country, youth policy responsibles and educational system professionals who will identify the best solutions to the system's problems through collaborating in a series of creative activities.’
working among young people, students, trainers and teachers of different nationalities, cultures and backgrounds. It tackles topics such as inter-cultural exchange, non-formal education, ecology, climate change, sustainable development, European citizenship and international politics (geopolitics). All these are added to facilitate the accumulation of experience by young people, through voluntary activities, allowing them to put into practice the theory learned in school.
lems (migration, integration, fighting poverty, active citizenship), cultural aspects (respect for diversity, peaceful co-existence), political issues (democracy, freedom of speech), ecology, sports and arts (painting, photography,
The direct beneficiaries of the project are the young people involved in the project, which will acquire a range of skills that will help their personal and professional development. The main indirect beneficiary will be the Romanian
singing, dancing). Therefore, we have quite enough experience in a variety of topics. The majority of the projects where we’ve been partners where financed by the European Commission within the “Youth in Action” Programme.
education.
Mission
What is our experience?
Projects :
“ A Different Kind of Education “ Among our local activities we can enumerate intercultural workshops, various social events, round-tables and conferences. Regarding international activities like youth exchanges, trainings, conferences and other events of this sort, we can say that our members have very good experience, as we have worked with many foreign NGOs in elaborating and implementing such projects (YiA and CoE financing schemes). Activities have been performed in both E.U (Germany, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Poland, Greece, Slov enia, Slovakia, Czech Republic) and non-EU (Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania, Macedonia) countries.
“A Different Kind of Education" was born out of the passion for non-formal learning shared by a group of young people and youth workers who have experienced the rigidity of Romania's national education system. As the product of 14 NGOs work, the project aims at identifying a set of concrete and effective measures leading to a better
Period: September 2011—May 2012 More information: http://www.facebook.com/EducatiaAltfel http://educatia-altfel.blogspot.com/
“ Eco-Volunteer Citizenship “ Our project, a multilateral Youth Exchange under Action 1.1., took place in Paulesti Prahova. During 7 days, 27 young people from 3 different EU countries and 2 countries that are candidates for accession to the European Union, interested in the main topic of the project, “ecology and volunteering in the present european context”, discovered values and ways of action, analyzing the differences between the theoretical ecology and the prac-
collaboration between formal and non-formal education, in order to increase the quality of the young Romanian’s learning experience.
tical ecology, in search for a way to fine them down for a more practical and effective way.
Our project will bring together more than 40 students and
More information: http://www.facebook.com/ EcoVolunteerCitizenship
Period: 24 October — 31 October 2011