DRIVE NETWORK – We have Direction, act Responsibly, Involve ourselves for Viability and Equity in our communities.

The project facilitates the establishment of a network of Community Based Organizations – formal and informal – active in rural and small urban areas across southern Romania (CBOs), and Support Organizations, with the aim to raise their capacity to address local needs and contribute to the local and national policy making, following a common and coherent network strategy.

The main activities are:

• desk research on CSOs across the Southern Romania,
• on-line Meeting with CBOs and Support Organization,
• 4 regional workshops to design the network’s mission, structure and strategy,
• on-line platform for co-creation, fundraising, increased visibility and a
• Final Event.

Duration: October 2023 – June 2025
Budget: 26,407 EUR, of which a grant from the Transatlantic Foundation: 24,975 EUR

Current status – 12.02.2025

• Participatory research: April – July 2024
• Offline meeting with community organizations: April 2024
• Workshop on topics of interest for small rural organizations: February 2025