1. Project: Parental Responsibility Committee (FAU) in school 179 Bucharest 01.03.2015-
30.04.2016
Parental Responsibility Committee (FAU) in school 179 Bucharest, Romania has held the last
3 weekends a seminar for all parents in the school. The project"Volunteersforschool."ispartof
a seriesof 4 events,twodayseachcollectionfrom1.03.2015 to 30.4.2016.
The project was developed in collaboration with CAIES, CREAS and the Romanian
Association of Bergen by manager and trainer Zoita Stamate. The projectisfundedunderthe
program NGOFund inRomaniaas part of the Financial Mechanismof the EuropeanEconomicArea
(EEA) 2009-2014.
The project"Volunteersforschool"isdirectlyaimedatthe developmentof parentvolunteersfor
school 179 in Bucharest,as boththe numberand ethnicdiversity,whilepromotingthe culture of
voluntaryworkandparental involvementinvolunteeractivitiesinschool.
As facilitator of the seminar, I have trained parents through various exercises. Focusingon the
developmentof the relationshipbetweenschool - parentsandschool - children,parentsduringthe
twodays had the opportunitytoworkinteams,and planprojectstobe implementedduringthe year,
withtermof continuityyearafteryear.
I have translatedintoRomanianandpresentedfilmsaboutorganizingparental responsibility
committee inNorway(takenfromthe PTA'swebsite).Byseeinghow the Norwegianparentscanbe
involvedinschool decisionsandbenefitsof involvingparentsinschool life, participantshave been
inspiredandmotivatedtoparticipate more intheirchildren'sschool lives.
In parallel,the childrenwere involvedinvariousactivitiestogetherwithvolunteersfromCREAS
involvedinthe project.Volunteerstrainedtheirchildren inroboticsactivities,theaterandstrategy
games.