American Chamber of Commerce in Romania

Ateliere Fara Frontiere launches the call for projects ASSOCLIC, phase 2 for 2011. Through this stage, Ateliere Fara Frontiere, donates 500 computers to the structures which develops education, training and/or integration projects for their beneficiaries.

The second stage has the deadline for submission of application on 15 October 2011, the judging committee of the projects takes place on November 15’th, and it’s formed of representatives of the project partners, while on December 15’th takes place the honoring ceremony of the winners for this edition. The computers awarded to the winners will be used to carry out the proposed projects, initiatives design for local communities in order to increase access to education and information technology for the public in difficulty.

“We collect computers, and through the labor of the persons in great difficulty employed in the insertion workshop (often seen only as a problem, but which can be a resource for society), we recondition them, thus prolonging their duration of use. Most goes to social projects of education or vocational training, through the Donation Program ASSOCLIC. The persons who are excluded and marginalized, who have the motivation to reintegrate, thus have the opportunity to regain dignity and to rebuilt them self. The socio-professional insertion workshop reconciles the economic reasons and social need for a more just society, the fight against waste and sustainable development.” Raluca Ouriaghli, Executive Director, Ateliere Fara Frontiere.

In previous editions, ASSOCLIC recorded 459 registered projects, 4.202 requested computers. Of these totals, 268 organization were awarded, so that 26.500 beneficiaries have received the 1645 complete computers through the winning projects of the ASSOCLIC program.

“The big numbers of companies and organizations that have joined to the Ateliere Fara Frontiere projects speaks for itself about the quality of these projects” Cristina Marinescu, Sponsorship Coordinator, BRD Groupe Societe Generale.

“The Assoclic project, developed by Ateliere Fara Frontiere Association, responds to existing socio-economic needs, for which they gained our support. Personally, I was honored to participate to the judging of the projects submitted in the competition, along with colleagues from other companies or associations dedicated to category of disadvantaged persons. I was pleasantly surprised by the beauty and generosity of the aspiration of this project, and quite often, the accuracy of conception” Oana - Ranetti Ersova, Public RelationsSpecialist, Apa Nova Bucuresti SA - VEOLIA APA

“A part of the computers was given in use to the beneficiary’s families and the other part is in the center for completing the therapy. The success was one of impact. We have thus managed to put children in the face of Internet and computer world. The possibility of buying a PC was almost null and Assoclic was the chance to meet the IT world.” – Ghita Eugen, President of Ajutati-ne sa intelegem lumea Association

The rules of participation and the application file are available on the website www.atelierefarafrontiere.ro, and to be update with the latest news fallow our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/atelierefarafrontiere.ro or the Twitter page http://twitter.com/AFF_Romania

ASSOCLIC 2011 progrma is supported by financial partners: Apa Nova, BRD Groupe Societe Generale, Carrefour, the EuropeanStructural Fund, Lafarge, operational partners: Blancco, Ecotic,McCann PR, Microsoft. With the support of American Chamber ofCommerce in Romania, Chambre Française de Commerce,d'Industrie et d'Agriculture en Roumanie (CCIFER), RSC, RomaniaPositive, Good World News NGO, Romania Insider, EOS Foundation, NESsT.

About Ateliere Fara Frontiere Romania

Ateliere Fara Frontiere is a non-profit Romanian association of socio-professional insertion whose mission is social and professional integration of people in great difficulty, fighting waste and pollution by refurbishing and recycling used IT equipment and digital solidarity donation of IT equipment for educational and social projects.

Contact: Daniel Matei, daniel.matei@atelierefarafrontiere.ro, phone number: 0728.453.297