COSI (Civic Orientation and Social Inclusion) is a nongovernmental and non-profit entity; an organization aiming to promote social inclusion of disadvantaged children, youth and adults or groups and individuals with special needs.

The NGO proposes to overcome social exclusion through social and civic areas. Regarding the social aspect of the activity, the main objectives include helping individuals in disadvantaged situations to overcome the problems and set of needs, assisting them and trying to provide a normal, dignifying level of life.

Moreover, within the civic area of activity, the NGO is dealing with NEET youngsters on local and national level, working towards introducing non-formal education to promote critical and creative thinking, as well as innovative or proven teaching and learning forms, thus creating the introduction to the individual’s active and development-oriented citizenship. Therefore, through the civic and social sets of activities, COSI is trying to prevent the vicious circle of social exclusion of any kind.

In practice, our NGO is celebrating the International Days of United Nations by conducting activities related to our objectives, trying to make an impact on the community and the local disadvantaged individuals, especially NEET youngsters and raise awareness regarding different civic and social issues.

COSI’s objectives consists in:

• Promoting of democracy, human rights, transparency and good governance, participatory democracy.
• Combating racism and xenophobia, discrimination, social inequality, poverty and exclusion of any kind (including rural areas), gender inequality and gender-based violence. Helping individuals and families in disadvantaged situations by providing social services and benefits.
• Increasing social integration and social reintegration of NEET youngsters.
• Promote the involvement of young people and adults in civic activities through volunteering and active citizenship.
• Helping young people with fewer opportunities to obtain a stable job and / or further and graduation.
• Reducing dropout in disadvantaged communities.
• Develop a sense of belonging to the European Union of youngsters in Romania, especially for young people with fewer opportunities.
• Promotion of European cooperation in the youth field.

E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://cosiromania.com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CivicOrientationandSocialIntegration/

Asociaţia Pro Natura Galaţi a luat fiinţă la data de 28.03.2012 datorită participării a unui număr de persoane în cadrul proiectului ECOlideri Europeni (E.C.O.L.E.), proiect finanţat de Administraţia Fondului pentru Mediu prin „Programul vizând educaţia şi conştientizarea cetăţeanului privind protecţia mediului” şi implementat de Asociaţia Şapte Scări, asociaţie având ca scop desfăşurarea de activităţi de protecţie a mediului înconjurător, activităţi sportive, culturale şi sociale, respectiv organizarea şi participarea la activităţi/acţiuni/programe de protecţie a mediului, sportive, culturale şi sociale interne şi/sau internaţionale ce se adresează tuturor segmentelor de vârstă .

La aproape cinci ani si jumatate de activitate, asociatia numara un numar de 137 de voluntari cu care de-a lungul anilor asociatia a reusit sa implementeze si participe la diferite activitati si proiecte la nivel local, cat si national, cum ar fi :

– actiuni anuale de impadurire desfasurata in Padurea Garboavele fiind plantati un nr. de 60000 buc puieti pe o suprafata de 10,02 ha in parteneriat cu Serviciul Public judetean de administrare a domeniului Public si Privat Galati, serviciu public cu personalitate juridica, in subordinea Consiliului Judetului Galati;

– participarea la Let’s Do It Romania din data de 12 mai 2012 – Ziua de Curatenie Nationala;

– monitorizarea institutiilor municipale, locale si orasanesti din judetul Galati privind gestionarea deseurilor si implementarea directivelor UE cu privire la gropile de gunoi;

– parteneriate cu scoli si gradinite si desfasurarea de proiecte vizand educatia, implicarea si constientizarea protectiei mediului inconjurator;

– realizarea de spectacole in unele comune din judetul Galati si promovarea spiritului ecologic;

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: http://ecogalati.info