6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa
6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa
6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa
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10.9 Romania<br />
Data base:<br />
The data presented <strong>in</strong> this part of the report was surveyed from four counties:<br />
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� Alba,<br />
� Bihor,<br />
� Cluj and<br />
� Sibiu.<br />
All these four counties are located <strong>in</strong> Transylvania, the north-western part of Romania. They<br />
are close to each other and were chosen for access reas<strong>on</strong>s. Bucharest, the capital city of<br />
Romania, was excluded, as it is not representative for other municipalities. The reas<strong>on</strong>s for<br />
choos<strong>in</strong>g the four counties were also comparative <strong>on</strong>es as <strong>in</strong> two out of the four counties,<br />
Bihor and Cluj, there is a significant Hungarian m<strong>in</strong>ority. This had to be reflected <strong>in</strong> the study.<br />
The other significant m<strong>in</strong>ority liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Romania, the Roma populati<strong>on</strong>, is present <strong>in</strong> all four<br />
counties, but unfortunately we could not identify any specific Roma youth organisati<strong>on</strong>. In<br />
Sibiu county, the German m<strong>in</strong>ority was quite str<strong>on</strong>g, but we could not trace any specific<br />
organisati<strong>on</strong>s or youth activities.<br />
The ma<strong>in</strong> focus of data collecti<strong>on</strong> was the County <strong>Youth</strong> Departments <strong>in</strong> the ma<strong>in</strong> cities<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestigated. They represented a useful source of <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> for data regard<strong>in</strong>g number of<br />
projects, budget and <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> n<strong>on</strong>-governmental youth organisati<strong>on</strong>s. As data <strong>on</strong> n<strong>on</strong>governmental<br />
youth organisati<strong>on</strong>s was very scarce, we used all possible <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong><br />
channel: web-sites mostly, direct <strong>in</strong>quiry from the CYD, and teleph<strong>on</strong>e calls. The ma<strong>in</strong> part of<br />
the research, however, was carried out with <strong>in</strong>ternet resources.<br />
F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs:<br />
The survey identified a wide range of youth work activities at local level. The follow<strong>in</strong>g table<br />
gives an overview of the types of youth work identified: