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August 1, 2013
 "We don't want to hide anymore," said a Roma girl, when explaining why she became involved with a program bringing together Roma and non-Roma youth in community building activities in Moldova and Romania. This sentiment was shared multiple times by Roma youth proudly affirming their ethnicity and sense of belonging. After two years of working in inter-ethnic teams as part of the Youth Civic Engagement and Dialogue Program (YCED), 100 youth from Romania and Moldova recently celebrated the achievements of the YCED Program in Bucharest, Romania. Nineteen youth teams presented the results of their projects, shared lessons learned, and planned for the sustainability of their initiatives. |
July 26, 2013
 The Youth Civic Engagement and Dialogue Program kicked off its closing workshop today in Bucharest, Romania with over 100 Roma and non-Roma participants from Romania and Moldova celebrating two years of youth-led community development projects. These youth have become active citizens, who mobilize their peers to build tolerance across ethnic divisions through their community initiatives. |
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April 10, 2013
 In honor of International Roma Day (April 8), the U.S. Embassy in Romania recognized Romani CRISS for 20 years of dedicated work promoting Roma rights. |
December 11, 2012
 On December 10th, youth involved in the Youth Civic Engagement and Dialogue Program (YCED) in Romania commemorated International Human Rights Day by creating posters depicting what human rights symbolize for them. The YCED program builds upon the International Declaration of Human Rights by supporting youth to become active citizens who mobilize their peers to build tolerance across ethnic divisions. |
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November 2, 2012
 Yesterday, USAID launched their first-ever policy for Youth in Development. The policy provides a framework to address youth systematically in line with proven best practices to support, protect, prepare, and engage youth to help them to achieve the best future for themselves and their communities and nations. The policy also provides guidance for integrating youth in core agency initiatives, bringing youth to the forefront of USAID’s work across all sectors. |
October 26, 2012
 Youth from Romania and Moldova gave voice to their personal stories of change in a participatory evaluation of the Youth Civic Engagement and Dialogue program. Using the Most Significant Change technique, more than 80 youth participated in an evaluation in which they gathered stories of change from each other and shared their recommendations for the future of the project. |
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June 18, 2012
 Even in this day and age, in a country as developed as Romania, misinformation about HIV/AIDS continues to exist in the rural areas. A group of Roma and non-Roma youth took it upon themselves to shed light on the issue for their peers. Roma and non-Roma youth, aged 14-18, organized a training on the social and biological aspects of the disease for other youth in their school in a new series of workshops on community issues. |
March 20, 2012
 It is not often that youth in Moldova have the opportunity to meet with the mayor, let alone solicit financial support from local officials. However, when the youth of the Theoretic High School Mihai Eminescu met with the mayor of Hincesti last month, he was so impressed with their initiative that he allocated city funds towards their project. The initiative, called “In a Healthy Body, a Healthy Mind,” will implement athletic activities between Roma and non-Roma youth, with the goal of promoting tolerance among other youth. |
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March 8, 2012
 IREX works to inspire young women around the world every day, connecting them to new technologies, to inspiring leaders and visionaries, and to a host of new opportunities for their futures. In honor of International Women’s Day, IREX asked three of our participants to share their thoughts on how their IREX program experiences inspired them as young women and the significance of the day and the theme: Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures. |
March 2, 2012
 As Eastern Romania is currently digging out of the snow, youth in Ivesti are keeping warm and busy building a center at their school in which students can work across ethnic lines to promote intercultural tolerance between Roma and non-Roma students. |
