YOUTH EXCHANGE ON ALCOHOL

ADDICTION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

8-15 of June, 2022
 ATA, the Youth Association from Transylvania is an organization set up in the end of 2011. Its founders all have extensive
?tnaw ew tahw dna era ew ohW experience in the NGO field, by writing, managing and organizing local and regional projects, Youth in Action Exchanges,
Initiatives, Voluntary projects and Trainings, and Leonardo da Vinci Mobilities. The objectives of the association is to enable youth
from the Romanian region of Transylvania to take part as hosts and sending organization and be involved in European projects.

We aim to help develop, promote and represent the general interests of the communities in Transylvania by having volunteering
based social, cultural, sporting, educational, recreational and professional training activities, and thus thus promoting the active
involvement of youth in the perpetuation of ethnic, national and European values.

The objectives of the Association are to:

a. represent the interests of personal, social, civil, professional, economic, sporting and recreational youth in Transylvania
b. ensure youth involvement in the conservation of traditional, folk, cultural and ethnic values in Transylvania, and to promote
these values on a national and international level
c. improve youth access to opportunities offered for young people on a national, European and international level and offering
information on this in our region, and
d. collaborating and forming partnerships with other groups, associations and foundations in Transylvania, Romania, in the
European Union and worldwide.
We constantly work with young people and young adults, through non formal learning methods and vocational trainings in order
to help them acquire skills, competencies and attitudes which help them become more successful in daily life and employment. It
is important for us to make the communities we work with to think about the welfare of all its components.
We are an independent organisation, without any connection to ethnic, political or religious bodies.
Our stratergy and YE objectives 1/2

HELP AND ENHANCE

FIGHT ADDICTIONS FIGHTING THE SMALL-
TOWN SYNDROMES
INCLUSION, SOFT
SKILLS AND TEACHERS' AND PUPILS’ AND DOMESTIC
ENTREPRENEURSHIP CAPACITIES VIOLENCE Organizing 7 youth exchanges
where 50 young people from
the region can learn about
We want to create safe spaces We wish to offer 5 training various topics that are
that help develop around 100- coursesthat support around 20 We wish to continue organizing 5 training valuable

150 youth with their inferiority teachers in organizing non- courses followed by 8-9 youth exchanges, in the community, like: the
problems that stem from
formal and interactive programs
which first train youth workers in institution of the EU, its core
coming from poor, during or after school, to focus understanding dealing with various values, democracy, the
disadvantaged families or the on the career choices of pupils, to addictions, including, drugs, cigarettes, environment, green lifestyle,
Hungarian and Rroma practice foreign languages and to alcohol, social media, relationships and gap

minority. We also wish to give have sexual

parents and also with domestic violence
them those type of soft skills education.
mainly using tools like emotional
that they cannot acquire in We also wish to include around
school to be a young 150 pupils aged 13-19 into 4 youth
between generations and
family values. Outside of this
management and digital storytelling and objective, but closely linked to
then move on to actually putting into it we will also send around 300

entrepreneur or to find a exchanges and 1 participatory practice the things learned in the youth youth to youth exchanges
better job in a good, stable activity with camps
exchanges. We say continue, because related to all these topics.

workplace.
so that they can become better we have started this process in 2018 and We also wish to organize at
We wish to achieve this by communicators and to practice did 2 such Training + Youth exchange least 3 participatory activities
organizing around 6 youth foreign languages, including combination with our NGO and the for 60 young people and
exchanges for the youth and Romanian. By achieving
Brasov BranchWe also wish to organize 2 around 2400 direct
this the quality of education participatory activities that include around participants,

around 3 training courses that

should grow and pupils should be 100 direct and 1000 indirect participants focusing on 1) campaigning for
train youth workers. By doing
democratic behaviors or local
this, we will not only have better prepared for work or that

advocacy, 2) nature protection

youth better prepared for the university and better speak
will offer a series of meetings with experts
and 3) awareness raising

English, Romanian or other and former addicts and victims of

job market, but also have on green lifesty
foreign languages, skills we as an domestic violence to youth in danger of

better chances to employ well

NGO and the community could being affected by various types of
prepared, versatile youth in
well benefit from. addiction (drug, alcohol, social media)
our NGO's staff also.
Our strategy and YE objectives 2/2

INCLUSION OF M
INORITIES
CREATE NEW SYNERGIES AND THE DISABLE
HAVE A YOUTH CENTER D
ACROSS ENTITIES
llaborating with
We wish to slowly but surely re-purpose state and NGO
We wish to organize at least 3 entities who wo type
the huge, abandoned Boiler House in rk with minoriti
international training coursesto train
disabled, to he es and the
around 15 managers and staff members city center, into a Youth center first and lp their and our
groups for avo target
of schools, CSOs and municipalities in then into a community and incubator iding further ex
house, with the aim of organizing quality giving much ne clusion,
the region for communication, eded life skills
collaboration, project writing and leisure and cultural activities there and solidarity. We w and
ill achieve this
management, with the goal of increasing providing advice and counseling to the organizing through
of 3 youth exch
synergies between these types of young entrepreneurs.
21 youth with fe anges for
entities and thus to be able to work all wer opportunit
We plan to achieve this in stages disabilities, foc ies and
together not all separately,
through 3 participatory and community using on inclus
awareness rais ion and
for the development of our community. support-based activities that will be ing, but also w
participatory ac ith 2 local
We plan to send around 60 tivities with aro
managed by around 60 youth and which teenagers and und 100 local
representatives of these entities to 50 youth with fe
will include fundraising, community work opportunities a wer
Training Courses done about these nd disabilities,
and non-formal activities to develop
dialogue and s focusing on
topics across Europe.
olidarity.
We also wish to organize at least 4
entrepreneurship and even make an By doing this w
incubator house within the center. e will create mo
participatory projects that include 150 and solidarity in re openness
the community
youth and 30 representatives of schools, be beneficial n which will
ot only to the y
CSOs and municipalities, working foster and disa outh from the
bility centers b
together on various community issues. an NGO, becau ut also us as
se we will gain
and extend the new expertise
palette of our ta
rget groups.
 YOUTH EXCHANGE
On ADDICTION

The main objective of the youth exchange is to bring together, 45 youth workers form around different countries so that
they can develop themselves with relation to relationship, alcohol, media and cigarette addiction, learn about symptoms,
prevention, have expert speakers, testimonies, and do practical activities (mindfulness, emotional management) to
become better facilitators of activities related to these addictions to know how to deal with these addictions during
Erasmus+, ESC projects, and local youth work.

WHAT ELSE?

understanding dealing with various addictions, including, drugs, cigarettes, alcohol, social media, relationships
opportunity to learn from eachother
meeting with a specialist
using tools like emotional management and digital story telling?
learning about at least 9 different cultures
 SEMINAR
On ADDICTION

Partners: Croatia, France, Italy,

Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey
Location: Cristuru Secuiesc, Romania
What profiles we are looking for?
45 participants from the mentioned countries
5-7 participants from each partner

people whom are older then 17 years

interested about the project and the topic
motivated and curious
has any experience working with young people
whom are free between the 8-15th of June, 2022
 Dates and travel information
The youth exchange will have 8 activity Please contact us before planning or purchasing any
days between 8-15th of June, 2022,
means of travel to the Youth Exchange
not including travel days.

Travel days will be on the 7th of June

and 16th of June for those travelling
normally and, 6th with 7th and 16th
and 17th for those who are using green
means of travel (Not with plane) and 1-
1 day is not enough to do this trip.

We recommend Green means of

travel for everyone as this is covered
financially by the new program and it is
part of our core priorities.

If this is not possible then groups can

fly to Bucharest, Cluj, Sibiu and Targu
Mures.
 Proportion of Proportion of
activities
activities

integrating addressing
virtual
priority

components (%) thematic areas

(%)
40% 85%

Proportion of
Proportion of activities
participants
integrating
with fewer green
opportunities
practices (%)
(%)

80%
61,7%
 Accommodation, working places & food
The activities will be held in our office and in the city. Both
the accomodations and our office are in the city center, 7
minutes away from one another on foot, with the
restaurant between them.

You will be hosted in

Petőfi Motel and Fogadó
Vendégház which are next
to one another and have
Breakfast will be at the Fogadó
12 apartments, 4 beds in
Vendégház while lunch and dinner will
each room and separate
be served in a restaurants of the city.
bathrooms. 1-2 persons
You will be served typicl Hungarian
will be staying in each
and Romania Food and regular
room.
European dishes.
Cristuru Secuiesc (RO),
Székelykeresztúr (HU)
A town in Harghita County, Romania,
situated in Seckler Land, an ethno-cultural
region in eastern Transylvania where the
majority of the population is Seckler, who
are a Hungarian ethnic group which speak
a distinct dialect of Hungarian. The
population of the town is 10.000, from
which 96% are of Hungarian ethnicity, 3% of
Romanian while 1% belongs to other
groups. The neighboring towns are
Sighișoara in the west (with a medieval
fortress) and Odorheiu Secuiesc in the east.
Contact
Youth Association from Transylvania
instagram/ata.eie
office.ata@gmail.com
facebook/ata.ong
www.ata-ro.eu

Str. Kriza János nr.11 Cristuru Secuiesc

+40755173842 (Györgyi Réka)