Romania Democracy Network Program

Romania DemNet Project Brief (392kb)

Democracy Network Program in Romania: A Summary (576kb)

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World Learning’s Democracy Network Program (DNP) in Romania is part of the larger USAID-funded Democracy Network Program operating in countries throughout central and eastern Europe. Each DNP is designed to enable NGOs to participate more productively in policy debates, model democratic methods, implement effective approaches to organizational management, and advocate policies that reflect public opinion.

The DNP provides financial support, training and technical assistance to Romanian NGOs and other civil society organizations. Groups qualified for participation in the program are those working on USAID’s priority issues: democracy, the environment, economic growth, and social services.

More than 300 organizations have benefited from a linked series of training programs that provide NGOs the critical skills and knowledge needed to ensure sustainability and to participate effectively in the public policy arena. Direct technical assistance has supported 55 organizations in designing the first comprehensive policy-oriented advocacy projects ever developed by Romanian civil society. The DNP has provided almost $390,000 in grants to fund institutional development and activities that contribute to the participation of NGOs in the formation of public policy.

World Learning’s DNP has also endeavored to expand the reach of civil society into underserved areas of Romania. The first community organizers in the country were trained by World Learning to work in poor, rural villages identified by the World Bank Social Development Fund (SDF). This pilot activity in facilitation brought communities and local government together to design 13 community-based projects for submission to the SDF. In each instance, the process resulted in a new and formally recognized civil society organization.

Romania Democracy Network Program

Partners: USAID, The World Bank, Local NGOs

Project: Cooperative Agreement, (1995–1999), Romania

Click here to read "Building Capacity for Public Participation: A Democracy Network Program in Romania", an article by Mark Parkison, Country Director, Morocco, AMIDEAST.
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