Peace Corps Romania Programs

Peace Corps programming in Romania began in 1991, when 18 trainees arrived to initiate an orphanage project. Peace Corps Romania focuses on high-priority needs and development objectives identified by Romanian organizations; PCR places qualified Americans for two years in Romanian organizations to help meet these needs.

 

Program Overview

Peace Corps programming in Romania began in 1991, when 18 trainees arrived to initiate an orphanage project. Peace Corps Romania focuses on high-priority needs and development objectives identified by Romanian organizations; PCR places qualified Americans for two years in Romanian organizations to help meet these needs.

Volunteers and staff work in close cooperation with their local counterparts to facilitate the exchange of ideas, skills, and expertise between the two parties, enhancing both the personal and professional development of all involved. Volunteers are able to develop lasting partnerships with Romanians, and when these Volunteers return to the United States, they promote a better understanding of Romania and its people among Americans. By working with counterparts, Volunteers work toward improving the quality and impact of services for by establishing and strengthening local organizational capacity.
Volunteers work with their Romanian partners to help communities participate successfully in the global economy and upgrade their standard of living. Working with both governmental and nongovernmental organizations, ranging from city halls, business support organizations, high schools, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to community and regional environmental organizations. They also facilitate cooperation among local and national NGOs, local government officials, and communities to support local networking coalitions and sustainable partnership development.

Peace Corps Programming Philosophy

Peace Corps designs its program in response to the expressed needs of the host countries. Sometimes programming involves initiating new projects or opening new country programs; in other cases, programming efforts relate to updating, expanding, or adjusting existing projects. Regardless of whether it is new or established each project is designed to reflect Peace Corps’ programming philosophy, the needs of the host country, and the resources available to the host country and to Peace Corps as an organization. This is one of the many reasons that Volunteers are deemed to be on duty seven days a week.

Peace Corps designs its program in response to the expressed needs of the host countries. Sometimes programming involves initiating new projects or opening new country programs; in other cases, programming efforts relate to updating, expanding, or adjusting existing projects. Regardless of whether it is new or established each project is designed to reflect Peace Corps’ programming philosophy, the needs of the host country, and the resources available to the host country and to Peace Corps as an organization. This is one of the many reasons that Volunteers are deemed to be on duty seven days a week.

Volunteers are working in 4 program sectors in (1) business, (2) education, (3), environment, and (4) institutional development in more than 60 communities throughout Romania.

 

Community Economic Development (CED)

Environmental Management and Education (ENV)

Institutional development (ID)

Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)

 

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