It has a period of 10 days dedicated to the implementation of activities between
07 - 16 March 2022 (6 - 17 March with travel days included).

The location for activities is Poiana Negrii, a small picturesque mountain village located near
Vatra Dornei, a popular resort in the Carpathian Mountains of Northern Romania.

The group present at the activities will be 36 young people between the ages of 18 and 30
and 6 group leaders who will have no age limit, a total of 42 people.

We designed “Initiate” project in order to offer young people entrepreneurial education, by developing the necessary skills for their professional development. By getting involved in the project, we aim to motivate young people to fulfill their potential and career goals, so that they become successful citizens, well placed in the economic and social flow.

The purpose of the project is to offer young people entrepreneurial education, giving them access to new knowledge and developing a series of skills, through activities that involve following non-formal learning methods:

- Getting to know each other and team building methods;

- Educational and strategic games;

- Methods of research and interactive presentation;

- Methods of analyzing and structuring the information;

- Methods for generating ideas and boosting creativity;

- Self-evaluation and awareness methods;

- Methods for organizing group discussions;

- Dramatic and artistic methods;

- Methods of developing imagination and creativity;

- Methods of developing communication skills;

- Teamwork;

- Direct learning, learning through example and experience.

We have outlined the objectives of the project starting from the realities encountered both at European level and in the communities of the partner associations:

- To offer entrepreneurship education to young people and to develop the necessary skills to the 42 participants, identifying 5 sustainable business ideas.

- To provide young people with practical working tools, creating and distributing "Young Entrepreneur's Guide" to 10,000 contacts.

- To support young people in launching entrepreneurial activities and to promote entrepreneurship among young people, creating and promoting motivational videos.

As a result of the activities, young people will become more aware and confident of their potential, developing their entrepreneurial spirit, creativity, managerial skills, strategic thinking and being more determined to achieve their goals. They will be more able to build a successful career and to integrate economically and socially.

Travel

You will arrive in Cluj-Napoca (or simply Cluj, as most Romanians prefer to call it) at the Avram Iancu Airport (CLJ). It is the only airport in the city of Cluj-Napoca and the biggest one in Transylvania: http://airportcluj.ro/

To get to the city center you will use the public transport. Bus line 5 of the local public transit system CTP Cluj-Napoca runs between the airport and the city of Cluj-Napoca. The trolleybus departs approximately every 10 minutes between 05:00 a.m. and 22:00 p.m., on weekends and evenings every 15 to 20 minutes. The airport bus stop is located 200 metres from the terminal, along the ‘Strada Traian Vuia’. It is a short walk from the terminal, you first have to go to the main road and then to the right. In the centre of Cluj-Napoca, you can get off at the stops Constanta (Regionale CFR), Sora and Central. The bus ride to one of these bus stops in the centre of
Cluj-Napoca takes an average of 25 minutes. The first and final stop of bus line 5 is known as Fierul and can be found in the street ‘Strada Cuza Voda’. Tickets are available at vending machines and service counters near the bus stops. Keep in mind, it is not possible to buy a ticket from the bus driver. The price is 2.00 RON for a single ride and 4.00 RON for two journeys. In addition, you can take bus line 8 for travelling between the airport and downtown Cluj-Napoca, the bus runs about every 20 minutes and only from Monday till Friday.

Schedule for line 5: http://ctpcj.ro/index.php/en/timetables/urban-lines/linia-5

Schedule for line 8: http://ctpcj.ro/index.php/en/timetables/urban-lines/line8

As additional advice, don’t change too much money inside the airport because of the bad rates compared to the exchange offices downtown (we recommend 5-10 euro maximum).
If you choose to take a taxi, it will be your own expense because taxi fares are not refunded
in our project, having available public transport.

The arrival day to Cluj-Napoca is 6 March 2022 at maximum 18:00 in the evening!
If for some reasons you cannot manage to find tickets with arrival in the morning or in the
after-noon please email us and we will find a solution for you!
The arrival hour is like this because we need to leave for Poiana Negrii in the evening by bus and we will travel through the night, arriving possibly after midnight on

7 March 2022!

You can also arrive 1 or 2 days earlier to visit Cluj-Napoca, on your own expense.

The meeting point for the departure to Poiana Negrii will be at an accessible location
in Cluj-Napoca and set later on.

The departure back to Cluj-Napoca will be on 16 March 2022 around midnight, so make sure you have flights that leave around 6:00 at the earliest on 17 March, because we will, again, travel through the night in order to reach Cluj-Napoca on 17 March!

You can also stay in Cluj-Napoca 1-2 days later and visit, on your own expense.

Here are a few online resources to guide you if you wish to spend some additional time
in Cluj-Napoca before/after the project:

https://www.romanianfriend.com/attractions/cluj-napoca-what-to-do-guide

http://www.visitclujnapoca.ro/en/

https://wikitravel.org/en/Cluj-Napoca

For more general details about Romania you can check out the following links:

https://www.facebook.com/romaniatravel.ro/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania

http://www.romaniatourism.com/

The location

We chose a typical mountain guesthouse that is close to nature,
but also benefits fully from the comfort of modern life.
Here are links to the website and Facebook page of the guesthouse:

http://www.pensiuneapoiana.ro/

https://www.facebook.com/pensiuneapoiana.ro/

We will stay usually 2-3 persons in one room,
maybe some rooms will host a maximum of 4 persons.

We will have two persons in one bed because some rooms are designed as matrimonial rooms, but rest assure that the beds are big enough and each of you will have his own blanket.

There is signal for mobile and wi-fi internet connection throughout the establishment.

We will have our meals at the restaurant of our accommodation,
serving fresh eco products from the country side.

If you wish to learn more about the town and the region you can check the following links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatra_Dornei - town of Vatra Dornei

https://taradornelor.ro/en/ - the region

Pro Civis Dorna is an independent non-profit non-governmental organization, which develops its activities mainly in Romania, at local and regional levels (Vatra Dornei and the surrounding rural areas). Our association encourages the active participation of young people into matters that concern the society, regardless of their background.

Pro Civis Dorna was established by people who developed skills while volunteering in other bigger associations and wanted to give something back to the local communities in which they were living. Its main aim is to promote the development of education, social values and stimulate the active civic participation of young people in general and from Romania, in particular, especially through:

-Encouraging youngsters towards mobility and increasing the mobility of youngsters who already are aware of its importance;

-Ensuring a positive exchange of experiences between young people in order to increase their intercultural awareness and general knowledge;

-The promotion of cooperation between youngsters belonging to different cultures and countries, mainly by underlying the importance of European unity;

-The stimulation of cultural activities and the implementation of various national and international educational programmes that respond to the social values of the European Union;

-The collaboration with other national and international organizations and institutions which have similar objectives and ideals as Pro Civis Dorna;

-The assurance of support to our members for attending various projects, courses, trainings, seminars which correspond to our domains of interest;

-The implementation of seminars, workshops, conferences and various other manifestations on themes of European importance and with national and international participants.