Ongoing Programs

Promoting the concept and practice of volunteering in Romania has been and is one of the core roles of the Pro Vobis National Volunteer Center and the constant objective of our activities and programs.

Periodic Programs

The National Conference on Volunteering is a singular event on the landscape of the Romanian civil society that first took place in 2001, stemming from the communication needs of those who had just entered the field of volunteering- then barely explored in Romania.

Volunteer Centers Development

The Pro Vobis National Volunteer Center is dedicated to the promotion of the concept of 'volunteer center', as a means towards facilitating the more efficient involvement of volunteers in the communities in which they live and work. The development of volunteer centers is the core of our activity and it can be divided into two major components:
(1) developing existent volunteer centers;
(2) supporting the setting-up of new volunteer centers.

The National Volunteer Week (SNV)

The National Volunteer Week is an event dedicated to volunteers active in Romania and to all those whom they collaborate with in their activities! The National Volunteer Week is a "tool" for promoting the concept and the practice of volunteering throughout the country, for increasing the visibility of volunteers in the community, and for utilising to its full extent the human potential existent in each community.

The www.voluntariat.ro web-page offers handy resources for all the individuals, organisations, institutions or companies interested in volunteering. The site includes sections addressed at volunteers, volunteer managers, volunteer centers, the press and a section with general information on the topic of volunteering.

In 1985, the United Nations declared December 5th the International Volunteer Day, celebrated ever since throughout the world.

The Pro Vobis library numbers a collection of over 400 books from the field of volunteering and encloses some of the most important titles published around the world in this field.

Involving Transsyvania's county officials in the development of volunteerism

Pro Vobis National Volunteer Center launched the project "Involving Transivania's county officials in developing volunteering" with the purpose of co-operating with local and county authorities from: Alba, Arad, Bihor, Bistrita-Nasaud, Brasov, Cluj, Covasna, Harghita, Hunedoara, Maramures, Mures, Satu Mare, Salaj, Sibiu, in order to recognize, promote and support volunteering as a valuable, important and irreplaceable resource for finding solutions for the problems that Romanian society is facing.

Pro Vobis developed several pilot project aimed at promoting and developing volunteerism in Romania. Our most successful pilot programs are:

• "Developing Corporate Volunteerism in Romania" (www.win-win.ro) - implemented from June 2003 to January 2004 and supported by the USAID.
• Cluj-Napoca Volunteer Center (www.centruldevoluntariat.ro) - the former local programs department of Pro Vobis that became an independent organization in December 2004.
• "The Cluj-Napoca Citizen Advice Bureau" (www.birouldeconsiliere.ro) - implemented from January to August 2004 and supported by the European Union through the Phare Program.