RurAbility and WorkAbility Projects for Developing Municipal Structures (EU Projects)
In three rural communities in Brasov County, we worked with the municipal administration to train 700 long-term unemployed and unqualified men and women in a three- or six-month course up to 2015. This EU-funded project gave participants qualified training as waiters in hotels, storekeepers, salespersons, etc. The training course comprised a theoretical and a practical part. About 80% of social services in Romania are offered in towns and cities while 90% of the poor and needy live in underdeveloped rural communities and have more than four children.
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This is why it is all the more important to support these people locally and give them the opportunity to obtain a professional qualification so they can find or keep a job. Once the participants successfully completed a training course, we assisted them in finding employment, e.g., by helping them write applications, practicing for a successful job interview, and establishing a first contact between employers and those in search of a job. We accompany the men and women who found a job for another six months to ensure that they kept their positions after their probation period.