6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa

10.9 Romania
Data base:
The data presented in this part of the report was surveyed from four counties:
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� Alba,
� Bihor,
� Cluj and
� Sibiu.
All these four counties are located in Transylvania, the north-western part of Romania. They
are close to each other and were chosen for access reasons. Bucharest, the capital city of
Romania, was excluded, as it is not representative for other municipalities. The reasons for
choosing the four counties were also comparative ones as in two out of the four counties,
Bihor and Cluj, there is a significant Hungarian minority. This had to be reflected in the study.
The other significant minority living in Romania, the Roma population, is present in all four
counties, but unfortunately we could not identify any specific Roma youth organisation. In
Sibiu county, the German minority was quite strong, but we could not trace any specific
organisations or youth activities.
The main focus of data collection was the County Youth Departments in the main cities
investigated. They represented a useful source of information for data regarding number of
projects, budget and information on non-governmental youth organisations. As data on nongovernmental
youth organisations was very scarce, we used all possible information
channel: web-sites mostly, direct inquiry from the CYD, and telephone calls. The main part of
the research, however, was carried out with internet resources.
Findings:
The survey identified a wide range of youth work activities at local level. The following table
gives an overview of the types of youth work identified: