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VISIONBOOK FOR YOUTH@CLUJ-NAPOCA 2015 (EUROPEAN YOUTH CAPITAL)
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INTRO
Dear Reader,
Being Europe’s Youth Capital in 2015 is an honour, but it is also a challenge. Cluj-Napoca
took this challenge in its aim to become the most livable and youthful city and youth
destination in Central and Southeastern Europe with sharing as its guiding principle.
This VisionBook is the basic document, the proposed ideology for our programme.
Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 was born as a bid for earning this title, with an already working
shared approach. The Municipality of Cluj-Napoca accepted the challenge proposed by a small
group of people from the local civil society, and took it to a further level. The non-
governmental and public sector worked together, shared responsibilities, gathered and
empowered the youth sector from our city, and brought together public institutions and NGOs
from local, regional, national and European level to support this bid. This is how this aim, this
challenge became a shared objective.
As in 2012 with our bid, we are again in a preparation phase, this time working to prepare
and implement what we envisioned. This VisionBook is the product of the contribution of
several dozen youth NGO’s, leaders and experts in this field.
We invite all interested parties, stakeholders from the public, non-governmental and private
sectors, from Europe, from Romania, from the region of Transylvania and from Cluj to join this
common journey and to envision a brighter Europe for the young generation.
One more thing. This might be a vision for only the European Youth Capital in 2015, but what
we work on and who we involve in this process are the future leaders of the European society.
What we do in 2015 will be the shared work, power and joy in a shared cultural
environment and space for our shared vision of Europe in 2040. Today’s youth will be
2040’s public figures, entrepreneurs, managers, leaders.
This VisionBook is a Beta, as IT experts would call it, meaning that we wish to invite
you to contribute to its final version until 15 June 2014. The final format should be one of
many contributors, stakeholders of this European Youth Capital.
Let’s SHARE this journey.
Emil BOC
Mayor
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CONTENTS
1. Why SHARE? ......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1. Our Vision Is… ............................................................................................................................... 5
SHARE means... ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Our Motto Is… ........................................................................................................................................... 5
2. Why do we SHARE? ............................................................................................................................... 6
2.1. Cluj-Napoca ................................................................................................................................... 6
2.2. Romania ........................................................................................................................................ 7
2.3. Europe and the EU ........................................................................................................................ 7
3. What do we SHARE? ............................................................................................................................. 8
3.1. SHARE SPACE ................................................................................................................................ 8
3.2. SHARE CULTURE ............................................................................................................................ 8
3.3. SHARE WORK ................................................................................................................................ 9
3.4. SHARE POWER ............................................................................................................................ 10
3.5. SHARE JOY ................................................................................................................................... 10
3.6. SHARE VISION ............................................................................................................................. 11
4. How do we SHARE? ............................................................................................................................. 12
4.1. Focus on positive feelings and collaboration.............................................................................. 12
4.2. SHARING European ..................................................................................................................... 12
4.3. SHARING Responsibly ................................................................................................................. 13
4.4. How do we share? (Principles of Partnership) ........................................................................... 14
5. Where do we SHARE? ......................................................................................................................... 15
SHARE in Cluj-Napoca ......................................................................................................................... 15
SHARE in the Region ........................................................................................................................... 15
SHARE in Romania .............................................................................................................................. 15
SHARE in Europe ................................................................................................................................. 15
SHARE with the World ........................................................................................................................ 15
SHARE Online ...................................................................................................................................... 15
6. Who shares? (stakeholders) ............................................................................................................... 16
6.1. In CLUJ-NAPOCA ......................................................................................................................... 16
People of Cluj-Napoca and Cluj County .............................................................................................. 16
The Local and regional Youth NGO Sector .......................................................................................... 16
General NGO ....................................................................................................................................... 16
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Public sector ........................................................................................................................................ 16
Local business ...................................................................................................................................... 16
6.2. In ROMANIA ................................................................................................................................ 17
Romanian Youth .................................................................................................................................. 17
The Romanian Youth NGO Sector ....................................................................................................... 17
The Romanian NGO Sector .................................................................................................................. 17
The Government and the public sector .............................................................................................. 17
National business ................................................................................................................................ 17
6.3. in EUROPE.................................................................................................................................... 18
European youth ................................................................................................................................... 18
European Youth NGOs ........................................................................................................................ 18
European Municipal Establishments ................................................................................................... 18
European and Worldwide Business .................................................................................................... 18
The European Youth Forum ................................................................................................................ 18
7. What happens if we share? (LEGACY) ................................................................................................. 19
7.1. Legacy for People and Communities ................................................................................................ 19
General Legacy .................................................................................................................................... 19
Legacy for Cluj-Napoca ........................................................................................................................ 19
Legacy for Transylvania ....................................................................................................................... 20
Legacy for Romania ............................................................................................................................. 20
Legacy for Europe ................................................................................................................................ 21
Legacy for the World ........................................................................................................................... 21
7.2. Legacy for Organizations and Their Networks ................................................................................ 22
European Institutional ......................................................................................................................... 22
Romanian Institutional ........................................................................................................................ 22
Cluj-Napoca Institutional ..................................................................................................................... 23
8. What are we? ...................................................................................................................................... 28
8.1 What is the European Youth Capital? ............................................................................................... 28
8.2. What is Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015? ................................................................................................. 28
8.3. What is the SHARE Cluj-Napoca Federation? ................................................................................... 28
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1. Why SHARE?
1.1. Our Vision Is…
Our vision for Cluj-Napoca is to be the most livable and youthful city and youth destination in
Central and Southeastern Europe with sharing as its guiding principle.
Destination means the place to which someone or something is going or is being sent. In the
context of the European Youth Capital, Cluj-Napoca is a place where to go, where to be, where
to return, for a shorter or a longer period.
Youthful means young or acting young. In the context of the European Youth Capital a
youthful city is a youth-friendly city, with an urban spirit always focused on innovation,
creativity, empowerment and participation. A city with mojo.
SHARE means...
A Verb:
1. To have or use something at the same time as someone else.
2. To divide food, money, goods, etc. and give part of it to someone else.
3. If two or more people share an activity, they each do some of it.
4. If two or more people or things share a feeling, quality or experience, they both or all
have the same feeling, quality or experience.
5. To tell someone else about your thoughts, feelings, ideas, etc.
A Noun:
1. A part of something that has been divided between several people, which belongs to, is
owed to or has to be done by a particular person.
2. One of the equal parts into which the ownership of a company is divided and which can
be bought by members of the public.
Our Motto Is…
“SHARE” means for us a way of life, an open approach and a belief that shared use of
individual resources, creativity and youth participation can provide a boost to the
development of local, regional communities, to Romania and to Europe. Sharing means finding
the best combination of individual performance with the power given by all levels of the
community.
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2. Why Do We Share?
The Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 Initiative is a concept which earned the City of Cluj-Napoca the
European Youth Capital title. It was born and has grown in the general context which takes
into account the current reality of the city of Cluj-Napoca - the second largest city of Romania,
a new member state of the European Union and the second biggest country in Central and
Eastern Europe - and of Europe, as a continent and society, with the European Union as its
most consolidated transnational institution.
2.1. Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca is the second biggest city in Romania, one of the few growing cities regarding its
population. Cluj-Napoca is the regional center and economic powerhouse of Transylvania.
Cluj-Napoca is also proud to be called Kolozsvár and Klausenburg by part of its inhabitants
and very often we call it just Cluj. It is 2015’s European Youth Capital and it aims to become
European Capital of Culture in 2021. The city has a high number of students officially not
registered as inhabitants but living most of the year here. Because of this the real number of
inhabitants goes beyond 400,000 people, while the percentage of its young population is over
50 percent.
In the last 20 years the city has had a stable population, but 1/5 of the population has changed
in time. It is fair to say that Cluj is a really dynamic city. 16% of the population of Romania is
highly educated and in Cluj this percentage goes up to over 22%, with a strong growing trend.
However, this causes a problem of lack of craftsmen and professionals in different fields.
Manufacturing activity is still the most concentrated field of employment in the city, with over
20% of the number of employees working in this field.
Cluj-Napoca is the friendliest city towards foreigners, according to Eurostat. 96% of its
inhabitants feel good in this city, which ranks among the top quarter cities related to how easy
it is to find a job. Regarding administrative services, its ranking is 11th among surveyed cities.
Cluj-Napoca’s airport was used in 2013 by over 1 million travelers and its runway was
recently extended and modernized. This means wide body planes can also land which opens
up opportunities for a rising number of direct connections and a further increase in the
number of travelers.
Cluj-Napoca still is in a process of massive infrastructure development. It is not yet connected
to the European network of highways. However, the city’s identity is already defined by its
universities and its specific youthful character given by the high number of students.
Furthermore, the city has an innovative view on its own development, as the medium-term
strategy of Cluj-Napoca defines the city's development based on the quality of life of its
inhabitants, an original and innovative form of measurement in Romania.
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2.2. Romania
Romania is the member of the European Union being the largest member country in the South
Eastern European Region. Romania has an exit on the Black Sea, which underlines its
allegiance to the cooperation of countries in the Black Sea Region. Romania is on a renewed
path of economic growth. Youth unemployment is around the average of the European Union.
The country is witnessing a significant process of brain drain, as in several fields of activity
skilled young workforce decides to go and work abroad. The country's medium wage level
and economy output is still among the lowest ones in the European Union. However, Romania
is the birthplace of a lot of talents in different fields of activity, and still offers creative minds
and original ideas to the multicultural Europe.
Romania is among the countries crossed by the Danube-river. This offers a special
opportunity for cooperation with all countries involved in the EU’s Danube Strategy also in
the youth field.
Romania counts today 18 national minorities. Experiences, good practices and challenges
regarding the relationships of different ethnic groups within the country can offer a good
opportunity for reflection for the European community.
2.3. Europe and the EU
Europe is going through probably its most peaceful period of history. The levels of
cooperation between different nations and the level of interaction between different cultural
environments grew significantly.
However, Europe is still in a process to become a cohesive community. There is still a
powerful division between Eastern and Western Europe not just from economic, but also from
a cultural point of view. But through the wide membership of the Council of Europe and the
enlargement process of the European Union started in 2014 towards Eastern Europe has
resulted an increased number of cooperations, interactions, partnerships, not just at
government and business level but also among non-governmental organizations.
The European Union has already celebrated its 50th birthday, and it witnesses a permanent
enlargement process. Its newest member, Croatia, entered the EU in 2013 and several
countries are in the process of accession. The European Union became not just a single market
but also a particular form of integrated cooperation through projects and networks.
Mostly because of the economic crisis which emerged in 2008 there is a very high level of
youth unemployment in the European Union, some even speaking about a lost generation.
Although there is a rather large gap between the worse and the not so affected regions, the
problem could be considered a general one at European level. Through the European Youth
Capital title, Cluj can become a place recognized by European youth as one of the most
dynamic and progressive ones in all Europe.
Through the Eastern Partnership, Europe's opening to the East becomes broader and a wide
range of cooperations can emerge in the near future. As part of the Black Sea Cooperation
Region, Romania and Cluj-Napoca can play a role of a connection point towards other Eastern
European countries.
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3. What Do We Share?
3.1. SHARE SPACE
We SHARE SPACE because space refers to the places built around us, man-made if we are
talking about built environments and natural if we are talking about everything else. As
history and biology make clear, major crises lead to either breakdown or breakthrough. What
we will try to do by sharing space is to show how youth can influence these two major
systems, man-made and natural, and transform this moment in time into a breakthrough.
QUALITY OF LIFE is a product not of isolation and disconnect but of the enjoyment of the
beauty and grace, the satisfactions and meanings of living in deeply aware connection with
place and community, nature and planet. This means that our approach will be an integrated
one in which all factors that define a safe and sustainable city, full of life and healthy citizens,
all of them become interconnected. Because young people have the highest mobility and are
always the early-adopters, we believe they will be the driving force of change in how we see
space in the city and outside.
We envision a city in which the main focus coincides with THE MAIN ATTRACTION: PEOPLE!
For us, urban space consists not only of buildings, but more importantly, everything in
between them. Regarding buildings, our attitude is one concerned with retrieving and
salvaging the existent built space and fully exploiting its potential. Concerning the life
between buildings, as mentioned before, we will focus more on quality of life, rather than on
standard of living. Social sustainability, safety, trust, democracy and freedom of expression
are key concepts which should describe our city as a place for meeting and encourage time
spent in public space.
We believe in a careful BALANCE BETWEEN QUALITY AND QUANTITY, both being relative
aspects. The natural space is an aspect which should be treated with the utmost respect and
social responsibility. In order to preserve the natural habitat, our actions will focus more on
raising awareness of the beauty and importance of our natural assets, as a source of
enjoyment, tourism and pride.
Small changes can have effect on a greater scale if they are made with an intelligent and
integrated approach. Finally, encouraging active participation in achieving goals of
preservation and growth is also a key part of our plan.
3.2. SHARE CULTURE
We SHARE Culture, because we understand culture as being a gateway and vehicle to connect
people and communities and can accelerate, catalyze, dynamize and activate social processes.
According to UNESCO, Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts,
morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by [a human] as a
member of society."
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Sharing culture is about how we do, we act, work, empower and think. The culture of
organizing work, family life and social interactions. It is the culture of the Everyday of the
Everyman. And we are confident about our culture: the Transylvanian way of organizing work
has been a national brand for the past 5 centuries.
Cluj can share inspiration and models with Europe. So long Western Europe has been the
place for inspiration and models for us in the Eastern Europe. It is the time now when
intellectuals, artists and producers in the “younger” Europe share the results of their twenty
years of reflection, experimenting and coping with transition and challenges with the bigger
Europe. The EU is facing today a serious reflection process, which is not just about economies
and structures, but first and foremost about models, trust in the value of “common”, and a sort
of redefinition of democracy itself. After all, having gone through crisis throughout our lives,
we have learnt to make change part of our daily life, and creativity our tool.
A city born at the junction between the Roman Empire and the barbarian world, then located
between the Western Catholic world and the Orthodox Byzantium, burnt by the Tatars and
rebuilt by the Germans, reformed by the Hungarians and besieged by the Turks, occupied by
the Austrians and influenced by Jews, Cluj as a multicultural Romanian city lies at the
crossroads of the West and the Balkan world. Furthermore it carries all the cultural
inheritance and genes transmitted by people that formed and transformed it throughout the
centuries, each of them enriching it and giving it a distinct flavor.
The people of Cluj are now facing the challenge of understanding the true meaning of being
“European" – a long process of learning and discovering, which is done together with all the
other inhabitants of the Eastern European countries, formerly separated by the Western pace
by the Iron Curtain. That our city is a fast learner has been proven by the fact that Cluj was
selected to become the European Youth Capital in 2015.
Young people are in this context pioneers. Through their increased mobility they learn to be
more diverse faster, and they can act as a power of change, of opening up in sharing this
European culture packed with local, regional and national specific cultures.
3.3. SHARE WORK
We SHARE Work because this represents what we do to build our society. Work refers to the
artefacts of human activity as well as the sum of skills, competencies and values derived from
education and experience. Education, formal or non-formal, career, individual skills and
collective approaches are also part of it. It summarizes what we do, as a person, a group, a
city, a region, a country or all of the European community.
The LEARNING ENVIRONMENT is the place where education, skill building, experiences at
individual and organizational level take place. We believe that the space of the city will
provide a great opportunity for individuals to explore their abilities and strengths. Therefore
each project has a learning component for the people and the organizations involved.
We are also committed to promoting non-formal education and to create a system of
recognition of the skills and competencies gained through activities and projects of the
European Youth Capital, implemented either by a central management or any partner
organization.
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ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY is a growth priority since the European Youth Capital is an
opportunity to strengthen the systems of the organizations. We aim to generate development
for the organizations involved in the European Youth Capital in key areas such as: sustainable
financing mechanisms by building strong knowledge of fundraising, grant application and
partnership building, managing and strengthening the Leadership Pool within the
organizations by creating knowledge and framework for increased project generation,
management and leadership development, transition and takeover systems within youth
organizations in order to prevent knowledge loss and leadership gaps and to create an
environment of continuity in a field of activity with the challenge of continuous change.
This European Youth Capital encourages member and partner organizations to EXPERIMENT
and build new projects with long term reach, to develop meaningful partnerships across a
wide range of entities within the framework of the capital.
3.4. SHARE POWER
We SHARE Power because youth is the most dynamic age category, an innovator in driving
change. Power is relative. Youth power even more. It starts by changing perceptions. It might
continue in changing usual habits, ways of doing things, ways of taking care of each other. It
has an impact on how a society evolves, and how it defines its own quality of life and progress.
Power is about economic and social empowerment. Youngsters have to be encouraged with
different instruments, structures and mechanisms to take up the challenge, feel themselves
empowered and take action regarding their own future. Of course, all of this has to be done
together with other generations and having a general sense of mutual respect (the power of
caring for each other).
Power is also about the organized youth sector aiming to have a role in decision making,
structured dialogue regarding their own present and future. The will to assume a decisional
role and the actions taken in forming cities', regions', countries' and Europe's future
guarantees future generations capable of succeeding the lead generation of our days.
In Cluj's case, sharing power also means to add, to contribute to forming the country's and the
continent's future. When sharing power, we envision the capacity of Cluj-Napoca to be a place
and a driving force for one year in creating European policies and actions.
3.5. SHARE JOY
We SHARE Joy, because whatever we do, how we do it, how we envision the future, we
perceive the Present, this very moment and how we feel in this moment (the limit between
the past and the future) is of a high importance. Having joy means doing what we do in a more
efficient way.
Cluj-Napoca, as 2015's European Youth Capital is a place to SHARE Joy. There is a growing
quality of life here. Cluj is the friendliest city in Europe towards foreigners and furthermore, it
is one of the cities with the highest satisfaction regarding the perception of the city by its
inhabitants.
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Joy can take a lot of forms, there is individual and collective joy. Each person's perception of
joy is different, unique, it is influenced by the natural, built, or human surroundings. Focusing
on joy is also about focusing on our mental health and our capacity to be relaxed while still
being part of what we do and how we do it, individually and collectively.
SHARING Joy is one of the key instruments to create that world of positive feelings, a central
element of the European Youth Capital.
3.6. SHARE VISION
We SHARE VISION, because youth is the future of Europe and Cluj-Napoca wants to add its
part to the future of Europe. The middle of the second decade of the 21st century is the
moment the first youth generation all across Europe becomes a part of envisioning the future.
Eastern European integration is still in process after 12 new member states entered the
European Union.
What we envision today for Europe is what will become the reality governed by today's youth
(generation), which becomes the key leading generation until 2040. The concept of our
initiative is to build on this key factor and to induce a vision factor in more and more projects
of a youth initiative of this scale.
We believe the European Union is the key institutional form of continuing on the path of
building a single, consolidated, inclusive Europe. Basic liberties provided by the EU are
essential to the youth generation's needs, but they can be extended further.
In the process of envisioning Europe, we aim to create contacts and synergies with regions of
Europe which are not part of the European Union but are open for cooperation. We would
mention here the specific situation of Southeast Europe and the Black Sea Region.
SHARE Vision takes into account the objectives of Europe 2020 but also aims to look further,
setting ground for long term objectives formed by the European Community after 2020.
SHARE Vision means a set of policy proposals, methods and good practices that become part
of the youth movement across Europe. SHARE Vision means also a set of initiatives proposed
at European level for improving youth's conditions.
We aim to connect local, regional, national and European young people through their images
of the future. Inducing and promoting this image through their eyes towards key decision
makers today will help us build a better society for tomorrow.
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4. How Do We Share?
4.1. Focus on positive feelings and collaboration
The Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 Initiative is built around generating positive feelings and
connecting people through these feelings. Cluj-Napoca offers the general context for this
process. Thinking on positive feelings will be of capital importance in each and every action
within this initiative, however small or big that action is. Individuals will be encouraged and
empowered to express and share their positive feelings.
Collaboration (sharing) is the form through which positive feelings can be multiplied and
shared above the individual experience. Collaboration is quintessential in all strategies,
projects, platforms and specific activities of this initiative. Collaboration leads to better
understanding, mutual acceptance and an open society in general.
4.2. SHARING European
SHARE European is a call from us to act and build the European community taking into
account several key principles. We consider these principles as possible driving factors for
each of the projects, activities and events of the initiative organized by all involved partners.
The names of the principles are also calls for action. We believe these principles can be the
driving forces of building a stronger European society based on an exemplary behavior.
PARTICIPATE: this principle encourages and empowers the young generation to participate in
creative thinking, policy formation, decision making concerning their own future.
Participation means taking ownership, and this leads to responsibility in the future for one’s
own decisions. Furthermore, participative thinking enables different forms of co-creation by
participants. The collaborative approach in either the individual or the collective behavior is a
key element of a sustainable progress of society.
PARTNER: any activity, project built on some form of partnership creates original forms of
cooperation between organizations. This principle becomes even more powerful if it is based
on cooperation of actors from different fields of activity and of different sectors within our
society, such as the private, non-governmental and the public sector. As in the case of the
individual co-creation, the collaborative approach at institutional level is paramount for
achieving real progress at the level of the general society.
INNOVATE: All activities built on innovative ideas generate innovation themselves. Creativity
and innovation among youth generations contribute to a renewing dynamism of the European
society. This contributes to a sustainable development based on the evolution of society itself.
ADD VALUE: Every activity, project that considers the creation of added value means each
individual or institutional participant, partner has a clear gain by taking part in it. The results
of our programme become sustainable by having this added value approach.
THE OPEN SOURCE PRINCIPLE: In an open source environment, the results of our activities
can be multiplied, each possible stakeholder can benefit directly from the outputs of any given
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action, and access to these outputs is barrier-free. Opening up sources also adds to the general
collaborative approach of this youth initiative.
ENVISION: We envision the future if in our actions we take into account and contribute to the
long term vision of a city, a region, a country, a continent and the world and if the results of
such actions are a small part of the bigger picture. With this approach one young person of
today contributes to his/her own future on the long term. All of this leads to creating a
common European vision through the eyes of its youth generation.
IMAGE: What we do is not perceived without a proper attention given to its promotion. This is
a key principle mostly in the information society where the quantity of received information
by the individual is growing exponentially. Image is the key principle of quality presentation
of any action, internal process, activity, the results which were generated, and the multiplying
factors and opportunities. Every content-related activity of this youth initiative is essential,
but creating the activity’s image to the outer world is also paramount. Image is about not just
doing but also telling, in different forms of physical perception.
ACT MULTI: By its construction, past and present Europe is built around several multi-layers,
such as multilingvism, multiculturality, multiethnic communities. This is why one key
principle of the initiative encourages exchanges between participants belonging to different
groups. Europe and the European Union is by definition a unity with a wide range of
differences between communities with original, specific heritage, culture and behavior. The
positive influence of these communities on eachother creates an original form of social life in
Europe.
LEARN: One never stops learning, in formal and non-formal way, life itself is a learning
process. We encourage learning as a key principle to any project. The life of each participant
should be more valuable by experiencing and taking part into a specific activity and therefore
we are set to create an environment in which all individuals can learn and have the
opportunity to develop. Experience becomes value, learning opens new paths, it shapes the
individual and through individuals, the future of the European community.
4.3. SHARING Responsibly
We SHARE Responsibly, because the projects developed by public authorities and civil society
organizations within this program make use of meaningful human, time, financial and
sometimes environmental resources. Thus, these actors can play at least the same societal
role as businesses through their CSR policies.
Sharing Responsibly means being mindful on how we do things, plan and implement projects
and use our own limited resources in the best possible combination while protecting our
environment, being economically and socially responsible and acting with good governance.
Our strategy consists in raising, mobilizing and counseling NGOs to acquire social
responsibility principles before planning their projects. NGOs that aim to deliver projects
under the European Youth Capital will be offered a wide range of best practices Social
Responsibility management of the main events that The SHARE Federation will organize in
2014.
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This activity will result in a more responsible NGO and public sector and it will contribute to
raise standards towards economic, social, environmental and good governance responsibility.
SHARING Responsibly will also produce a set of instruments and processes, such as the SR
Guideline, SR Label, SR Hub and the SR Engagement.
4.4. How do we share? (Principles of Partnership)
These principles define the general framework for institutional cooperation within The
Partnership for the Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 (European Youth Capital) Initiative (the
Initiative). Individual and institutional cooperation represents the main form of community
sustainability of the Initiative, underlined also by its main motto, SHARE.
The Partnership is a form of bi- and multilateral cooperation through which each participating
organization, institution acknowledge in a mutual form the General and the Partnership
Principles of the Initiative and through which they contribute to the vision, mission and
objectives of the European Youth Capital. In the networking, partnering process, institutional
partnerships represent not just an instrument for promoting these General and Partnership
Principles towards wider audiences, but also an efficient way of using the various resources of
each participating organization in the process of achieving the goals of the initiative.
The Partnership considers involving the region around the city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania and
the European community in the implementing process of the Initiative.
The partners involved in the Initiative assume its priorities, SHARE Space, SHARE Culture,
SHARE Work, SHARE Power, SHARE Joy, SHARE Vision, as they are defined in the VisionBook
and the General Principles. They also assume the horizontal priorities called SHARE
Responsibly and SHARE European in the implementing process of any projects within the
Initiative. The Partnership in the spirit of the European Youth Capital contributes to the
extension of fields of activity targeted by the project and the extension of target groups and
beneficiaries of the Initiative.
Regional participation is made possible through the regional priority called SHARE Region.
This enables the special participation of organizations and individuals from Transylvania in
this initiative, but also raises awareness about the region among target groups.
Partners take into account the guidelines of project quality assurance for the management of
the Initiative, among them the guidelines for the visual promotion as described in the Manual
for Visual Identity in the process of initiating and managing projects in the spirit of the
Initiative.
The Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 Office contributes to any activity or project implemented in
partnership in the spirit of the Initiative through logistic support, promotion, and professional
assistance in youth field, through activities which mobilize resources and through assistance
in applying the horizontal principles called SHARE European and SHARE Responsibly.
The Partnership is open to any organization and institution which agrees with these
principles, signs an institutional partnership agreement and initiates specific projects and
activities in the spirit of this Initiative.
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5. Where Do We Share?
From our point of view, the European Youth Capital 2015 is not physically linked to the city of
Cluj-Napoca, meaning not all projects and activities have to happen here. This programme is
rather connected to a spirit traced by this VisionBook. The European principles of the
programme also encourage a vast array of methods to connect to the spirit of sharing and the
world of creating positive feelings.
SHARE in Cluj-Napoca
We share in the city of Cluj-Napoca and European Youth Capital in 2015, as a vibrant, youthful
city with a vision of becoming the most attractive youth destinations in Central and
Southeastern Europe. Cluj-Napoca is 50+1 percent young. Within the city activities, projects
will happen not just in the city center but will involve all neighborhoods and communities.
SHARE in the Region
We share in the region, the surrounding Cluj County and the historic region of Transylvania, a
place with an original and valuable cultural heritage and a unique natural environment. An
Eastern Wonderland.
SHARE in Romania
We share in Romania, in a country with a very young democracy, but with an X, Y and
Millennial generation which had few interactions with the old communist regime, which is
why these generations have the chance to become the key drivers of development of the
Romanian society on the long term. 2015’s European Youth Capital is the first year long youth
title for Romania as such.
SHARE in Europe
We share also in Europe. We share thanks to the wide range network of the European Youth
Forum and its 100 member organizations, through the in-formation Network of European
Youth Capitals, to the twin cities of Cluj-Napoca and through Romania’s and its youth sector’s
ever-growing connections to Europe. We share in an ageing Europe facing a challenge of
losing one of its youth generations but extending its democratic values.
SHARE with the World
We share on our planet Earth, full of challenges at global, national, local and regional level, by
thinking together about issues such as climate change, poverty and globalization.
SHARE Online
Wherever this sharing happens, Cluj-Napoca as European Youth Capital is a spirit, a
connection point, a hub and a destination not just through physical presence but also through
a virtual world. This is why the European Youth Capital programme also happens online, and
the spirit of this programme is very much formed by a permanent virtual viral framework.
Becoming virtual, the European Youth Capital becomes more, its spirit, its results, impact and
legacy become barrier-free for anybody through a simple connection to the internet.
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6. Who Shares?
“SHARE” means for us a way of life, an open approach and a belief that shared use of
individual resources, creativity, and participation of young people can bring a boost to the
development of local, regional and European communities. Sharing means finding the best
combination of individual performance with the power given by all levels of communities.
In this context, a wide range of individuals and organizations are invited to be those who
share.
6.1. In CLUJ-NAPOCA
People of Cluj-Napoca and Cluj County
Local youth represents 50+1% of inhabitants during the academic year. Because the unusual
proportion of students who come from other parts of Transylvania and Romania (and many
different countries all over the world), the city becomes a permanent mix of youth vitality
with a quickly assumed local identity. The youth generation enables a wide range of
businesses, institutions and is a key part of Cluj-Napoca's development.
The Local and regional Youth NGO Sector
Key stakeholders and beneficiaries of the Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 Initiative, through their
participation, through new connections with European and national level networks,
programmes and initiatives, through a large pool of non-formal learning processes, through
an original approach towards volunteering and through the newly enabled large scale crowd-
funding schemes are the main actors in this play. This sector will become professionalized,
and more consolidated in fulfilling its duty to complete formal human resources development
mechanisms.
General NGO
Cluj is characterized by an ever growing level of non-profit initiatives. The city is witnessing a
high level of bottom-up initiatives that already produce community level impact. The
Paintbrush Factory contemporary art initiative, the Participatory Budgeting Initiative or the
European Youth Capital 2015 title itself are just some examples, but their influence is
extending in the public space, within public policies. Cluj-Napoca is becoming a good example
of combining top-down and bottom-up solutions for urban prosperity.
Public sector
The public sector from Cluj-Napoca is going through a positive transformation with cross-
sectorial cooperation gaining a wider and wider range in the city's development and city level
initiatives. Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 is itself an original partnership of the local youth
(organizations) and public sector (municipality).
Local business
Local business is connected to the European Youth Capital through various ways. The
European Youth Capital means an increased level of tourism, it means an infusion of capital
through various projects and partnerships which is spent on products and services provided
also by the local business. Furthermore, the European Youth Capital is a very important tool
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for promoting already existing, already established or new, innovative events and for
acquiring a new pool of participants coming outside of the city.
6.2. In ROMANIA
Romanian Youth
It is the first European Youth Capital title in history for any Romanian establishment. As the
title is awarded through a European level competition, this title is an element of pride not just
for (young) people who identify themselves as "clujean", but for any young person from
Romania. Cluj's good connections with every region in the country do permit an easy
accessibility to any event, project within the Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 Initiative.
Furthermore, as Cluj-Napoca doesn't want to act as just a physical space of the European
Youth Capital, Romanian young people can be participants and co-creators in their own home
surrounding.
The Romanian Youth NGO Sector
Through the projects, initiatives, learning and participatory mechanisms, the Romanian youth
NGO sector becomes not just a stakeholder, but also a direct beneficiary. As a temporary
venue (becoming a permanent one through the legacy of the Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015
Initiative), Cluj-Napoca will offer extra means of reflection and debate on youth-related
policies, on the long-term "country project" of Romania and the role of the youth NGO sector
in assisting senior decision makers in forming a largely accepted vision for the country.
The Romanian NGO Sector
The Romanian NGO Sector is also a stakeholder in the Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 Initiative
through a set of activities and projects at national level in connection with the spirit of the
European Youth Capital.
The Government and the public sector
There are positive developments regarding the general framework of youth policies and
legislation. However, there is still a significant need for a European infusion of youthful
thinking, of good practices in other parts of Europe, adaptable for Romanian realities and for a
long term thinking on youth as the key driving force of the country in 2040, 2050. The
recently adopted National Youth Strategy is a starting point for the 7-9 year period ahead, but
this has to be completed with a thoroughly planned deployment of specific projects on each
priority. Furthermore, the country is in a need for a Country Project, or a long term vision of
its geopolitical role as the biggest country in Central and Eastern (and/or Southeastern)
Europe after Poland, a Black Sea Region country, the second to last newest member of the EU
and a meeting point of Western and Eastern cultures and civilizations.
National business
The economy of Romania is on a slow recovery process when companies are considering
every decision at least twice. However, youth is also the most dynamic consumer sector. This
is why the private sector's direct involvement can be considered also from an added value
point of view. If the Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 Initiative will produce a clear added value for
private companies, youth-related sponsorships and investment will increase in the future. The
European Youth Capital title will also enable an import of know-how in the field on integrated
management deployed in the non-governmental sector and a very much needed programme
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management expertize in the form of good practices and specific consultancy. The European
Youth Capital will create the necessary means to import specific management technology
necessary today for having a high level management quality.
6.3. In EUROPE
European youth
European youth is one of the key stakeholders of the European Youth Capital programme in
2015. Actions, projects, event, exchange and learning activities, the growing number of
interactions and partnerships between organizations from Cluj and Europe, and between
European groups through Cluj, have the European young people as their final beneficiaries.
European youth can participate, take action even through projects and activities which are
not physically happening in Cluj-Napoca, but in other locations or the virtual world.
European Youth NGOs
European youth NGOs become connected to Cluj through clear activities.
As the general manager of the European Youth Capital title, The European Youth Forum has
also a very important role to facilitate interactions between Cluj-Napoca and its members
(national youth councils and European youth organizations). The European youth NGO sector
will find in Cluj-Napoca a favorable environment for enabling young people to participate,
take action, and be creative and to contribute through their vision, work and power to the
long term development of the European community.
European Municipal Establishments
All European cities, municipalities interested in investing in its youth in a special way and
considering youth generations as key pillars of the cities’ long term development are also
stakeholders of Cluj-Napoca's European Youth Capital programme. The original road taken by
the municipality in partnership with the youth sector can serve as a power of example.
Through partnerships, networking, exchanges, good practices of already experienced cities
can be brought to Cluj, while cities willing to take the road of youth investments can have a
direct access to a useful expertize. Twinned towns and other cities holding the European
Youth Capital title in the future are among the most interested stakeholders of this category.
European and Worldwide Business
The presence and partnership of international brands and companies in the Youth@Cluj-
Napoca 2015 Initiative and the added value created through these partnerships can become
good practices also on international level, the European youth sector and these multinationals
can benefit directly and indirectly from this cooperation. Good practices of cooperation can be
deployed in other parts of Europe as well.
The European Youth Forum
As a key stakeholder, the European Youth Forum acts as the genesis of the European Youth
Capital title, as the most legitimate organization and network for taking good practices
created by 2015's designated city and multiplying them. Furthermore, policy conclusions,
pledges and the results of policy-related initiatives can be vital inputs and instruments to
youth advocacy towards European institutions such as the European Commission, European
Parliament and the European Council, the Council of Europe, the Committee of Regions and
other institutions.
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7. What happens if we share? (LEGACY)
7.1. Legacy for People and Communities
General Legacy
Through sharing, the Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 Initiative will contribute to the wellbeing of
the young person from Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania, Europe and the World through
the driving power of community-enabled solutions and, through the young person, the well-
being of the whole community. The individual and communities formed by individuals will
have a much clear sense about their own and their communities' future.
Through sharing, the voice of youth is better heard, and the young person is empowered to
take a bigger role in building Europe. This process is completed with an increased level of
happiness and joy of the present, the moment when the person contributes to this process of
building the European society.
Cluj-Napoca will head down the road of becoming a landmark of connecting individuals,
organizations and communities, an enabling environment for development on the European
map. A place where one likes to go, to be, to stay, to grow and from where one shares and
connects with the local, Transylvanian, Romanian, and European and worldwide
environment.
Legacy for Cluj-Napoca
Cluj can define itself as an important hub of youth-related events and is a youth policies
incubator and laboratory. Our vision for Cluj-Napoca is to be the most livable and youthful city
and youth destination in Central and Southeastern Europe with sharing as its guiding
principle.
Cluj-Napoca will gain a full proof Local Action Plan for Youth (Youth Strategy) in correlation
with the General Development Strategy for 2014-2020. This strategy will put in practice a
vision regarding how youth relates to space, culture, work, power, joy and vision, as
presented in this VisionBook.
Cluj-Napoca will take important steps in consolidating youth infrastructure, which enables the
physical space necessary for implementing specific projects in relation with a youth strategy.
It will also provide the framework for the development of virtual infrastructures that enable a
large scale management and monitoring of activities, and also mechanisms of attracting an
increased level of funding sources for youth-related activities in the city.
Act Multi, Learn, Open Source, Envision, Partner, Image, Innovate, Add Value, Participate
become driving principles not just for European and national, but for local level youth actions
as well.
All of this will lead to a cohesive local community with a permanent interaction of the center
and the periphery, of different ethnic groups with each other and of people of all generations.
The city is a performer in what it means youth entrepreneurship, being the first city in
Romania in 2013 regarding the number of companies opened by young people. This culture of
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entrepreneurship will be strengthened by the resulting entrepreneurial initiatives. We aim for
100 entrepreneurship projects to emerge from the ideas of the capital covering a wide range
of domains, from business to independent or community projects, to social economy and
NGOs.
We want to permanently connect education to the external environment and to insert
entrepreneurial education, cultural education into the formal education. This will create a
culture of education that goes beyond the school environment and creates valuable skills and
competencies.
The Capital will provide the opportunity to create a hub for youth related research regarding
their interests, trends, education, and employment.
We will set the stepping stones for a city-wide online platform for volunteers that will merge
volunteering opportunities through mobile apps and clever scheduling so that anyone will be
able to volunteer based on their interests. This will tie in with a gamified system that will
track progress and link achievements to different leaderboards and badges. This system aims
to become the main volunteer connection platform in the city becoming an iconic piece of its
culture and lifestyle.
Legacy for Transylvania
Transylvania is a truly European region, defined not just by intriguing legends from the past
but also through its valuable natural and cultural heritage. Transylvania will be reconized by
young Europeans as one of the regions with the most balanced weather, a marvelous
combination of small urban and rural civilized spaces, still very much untouched natural
environment.
Transylvania consolidates its perception as an Eastern Wonderland, an even more attractive
tourist destination for people of any age from Europe and the world with Cluj-Napoca as one
of the key access points to this world.
Legacy for Romania
Using the high grade of visibility at European level, Romania becomes a friendly destination
for young people from all over Europe, adding modernity and a youthful spirit to already
existing historic myths.
Romania gains a set of original projects, ideas created in the context of the European Youth
Capital programme which can be multiplied in all parts of the country, some of them even
becoming national priorities. Participation in implementation becomes one cross-sectorial
either in a form of combining expertise and resources from different fields of activities and by
enabling public, profit-oriented and non-governmental interaction.
The structure of priorities in the Youth@Cluj-Napoca Initiative (space, culture, work, power,
joy and vision completed with responsibility, European thinking and a regional approach) can
be a guiding principle in forming youth policies on long term for the country and its regions.
Virtual collaboration becomes a form of generating youth-related policies, position papers
with youth leaders and experts interacting with a medium- and long-term approach.
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In particular, Romania gains through this initiative the concept and institutional structure for
the Romanian Youth Capital title, which will give a unique opportunity to cities all over the
country to take the path of youth empowerment in the urban development process. This will
enable a medium- and long-term responsibility among Romanian communities towards their
young generations. All of this will result in a boost for a prosperous society.
Legacy for Europe
Romania and Cluj-Napoca become a much more attractive destination for European youth
through the European Youth Capital title. This initiative will bring an increased visibility of
Cluj and awareness about the city and its current and possible future role in Europe. The city
will also assume a role in creating connections between EU countries and regions and the
Black Sea region. Through the European Youth Capital title, Cluj-Napoca will contribute for
the European integration aim and process of Moldova, based on the recent agreement
between our neighbor country and the European Union.
Cluj-Napoca will act as a driving force during 2015 in the process of consolidating the
Network of European Youth Capitals, an institution and network of former, current and future
cities with strong commitment towards their youth generations, and an instrument of
connecting cities through bi-, tri-, and multilateral cooperation via youth-oriented projects.
Through this initiative Cluj-Napoca will consolidate its role as a European youth venue, a true
destination of ever growing local, national and European events. The city will also serve as a
model on how to deal with the growing concern of youth unemployment and the 'lost
generation' through a set of innovative and creative initiatives connecting profit- and social
gain-oriented thinking.
Cluj-Napoca will serve as connection point, an enabling surrounding for European youth
policies, involving all stakeholders of this issue. The European Youth Capital will start, enable
and foster European level pledges on youth-related policies in several fields of activity and a
European citizen's initiative on non-formal education. Cluj-Napoca will act as a location for
promoting multicultural and multiethnic principles and intercultural dialogue among young
people and youth generations.
Not the least, through its open approach and method called 'SHARE European, and The
Partnership Model promoted through all actions and projects, Cluj-Napoca will offer Europe
an original development model based on sharing ideas, resources and favoring cooperation
against competition.
Ultimately, Europe gains in Cluj-Napoca a city with the commitment to become one of the
most youthful cities and youth destinations, a physical and spiritual place where it is tempting
to be, to meet culture and cultures, to work, to be empowered, to enjoy life and to think about
the future in a responsible and European way.
Legacy for the World
Through participation in international volunteering networks and through the various
exchanges between Cluj-Napoca and twin towns all around the globe, Cluj-Napoca will open
its sources of good practices, youth innovation and mobility and the will to contribute to the
peaceful and sustainable development of our planet.
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7.2. Legacy for Organizations and Their Networks
European Institutional
Europe and the European Union
Europe and the European Union will gain a new actor and location within the European
community truly interested in youth policies and the future of Europe. Europe and the
European Union will gain a set of new and original initiatives, and also a new youth hub in its
interconnected community. Europe and the European Union will gain a responsible local
regional and national (youth) community interested in contributing to their general aims.
European Youth Sector
The European Youth sector identifies in Cluj-Napoca a city, a place, a nod, a community
committed to youth, a venue for youth-related events, a connection point between Western
and Eastern Europe, between the European Union and countries of Europe outside it. Not the
least, the European youth sector will receive a pool of young experts in different fields of
activity whose expertise will be of value in European youth organizations.
The European Youth Capital title
The Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 Initiative, its VisionBook, the specific projects and activities
derived from this Initiative, the management and communication strategies used in 2013-
2015 and the envisioned impact monitoring process in 2016-2018 will contribute to the
general efforts of the European Youth Forum on the institutional consolidation and
recognition of the European Youth Capital among a growing scale of public, private and non-
governmental stakeholders.
The Network of European Youth Capitals
The Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 Initiative and its coordinator, the SHARE Cluj-Napoca
Federation will have an important contribution to the formation and institutional
consolidation of the Network of European Youth Capitals, to the creation and implementation
of the strategic framework of this network in its initial period of existence. After year 2015,
Cluj will assume a role of dissemination within the network about the good practices and the
legacy of its European Youth Capital programme.
Romanian Institutional
The Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 Initiative will contribute for the better legal framework
concerning youth and youth-related activities in Romania through a set of policy papers and
recommendations proposed as a result of meetings of youth and youth leaders with key
decision makers, and youth think tank platforms. These policies will set further good practices
completed by the existing ones that will lead to a better youth policy framework in Romania.
The Romanian youth NGO sector becomes more connected to European youth networks and
the number of partnerships, cross-border projects in which Romanian youth entities are
involved and where these NGOs take a coordinating role, increases. Furthermore, the number
and quality of Romanian youth initiatives also increase and become more respected. In short,
Romanian youth NGOs will be enabled to add more to the process of building the European
community.
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The Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 Initiative will contribute to an increased legitimacy of the
Romanian Youth Council, as member of the European Youth Forum and as a key institution in
connecting the youth NGO sector with central and local authorities.
As a specific legacy, the Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 Initiative will generate the necessary
activities, projects and partnerships that lead to the creation of the Romanian Youth Capital
title. The Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 Initiative will also generate the selection process for the
first Romanian Youth Capital City for 2017.
Cluj-Napoca Institutional
The Public Administration
The Public sector and especially the Municipality of Cluj-Napoca will gain an invaluable
experience in cooperation in its first year-long programme, with a trusted coordination
shared with the non-governmental youth sector from the city. This experience might be
considered also as a laboratory which permanently enables the large scale-event management
at city wide level, a vital resource for future major European and world titles and events. This
also enables a much broader connectivity of the city's institutions with the outside world, a
key step towards becoming a Gamma city of the world.
The Youth Sector and Its Connections
The special relation and partnership between the Municipality and the youth sector becomes
a permanent form of innovation, a part of the urban development processes. The European
Youth Capital consolidates a long-term cooperation mechanism. Cluj-Napoca will gain also an
institutional form of a Local Action Group of Youth, a tool for cooperation and joint planning
and implementing with the active participation of the local administration and the youth NGO
sector.
Enabled cross-sectorial cooperation remains in place for working towards achieving the long-
term vision and the middle term consolidated strategy on youth, governed by the established
and already operational Local Action Group of Youth. Furthermore, organized volunteering
and crowdfunding become key resources for the local youth sector.
The Private and Non-Governmental Sectors
The means of cooperation and partnership established in the process of preparing and
implementing the Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 Initiative will serve as a good practice in
enhancing cooperation between the private and non-governmental sector in general and will
enable the continuation of initiatives born in this context on medium and long term.
The Partnership Model
The Partnership Model, the responsible and European principles become an additional good
practice in the bidding process of the city for the title of European Capital of Culture in 2021.
The methodology for project management and project quality assurance transforms into a
widely used good practice hereon, while the virtual and cloud instruments become widely
acknowledged as a driving force for development and innovation in other fields. Furthermore,
the European Youth Capital contributes to the building of a culture of partnership at city level,
a form of cooperation which enables a general, cross-sectorial, urban level development.
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8. Who are we?
8.1 What is the European Youth Capital?
The ‘European Youth Capital’ (EYC) is the title awarded to a European city for the period of
one year, during which it is given the chance to showcase, through a multi-faceted
programme, its youth-related cultural, social, political and economic life and development.
The EYC initiative encourages the implementation of new ideas and innovative projects, with
regard to active participation of young people in society, and seeks to present a role model for
the further development of youth policies in other European municipalities.
The title is awarded by the European Youth Forum through a competition of programmes
open for cities from 49 countries. The European Youth Forum is the platform of youth
organizations in Europe. Representing 99 youth organizations, both National Youth Councils
and International Non-Governmental Youth Organizations, we believe youth organizations
are the tool through which we empower, encourage, involve, represent, reach out and support
young people. The Youth Forum brings together tens of millions of young people from all over
Europe, organized in order to represent their common interests.
8.2. What is Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015?
Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 is the initiative proposed by the city of Cluj-Napoca in the bidding
process for the European Youth Capital title for 2015. The idea and the concept took birth in
the youth NGO sector of Cluj-Napoca and was assumed by the Municipality of Cluj-Napoca
through a Memorandum of Understanding for the initiative. Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 has its
concept build around 'SHARE' as its main message and it is the initiative that will be
implemented as the 2015's European Youth Capital Programme.
8.3. What is the SHARE Cluj-Napoca Federation?
The SHARE Cluj-Napoca Federation took birth based on the Memorandum of Understanding
for the Youth@Cluj-Napoca 2015 Initiative. The SHARE Federation was established by the
signing NGOs of the memorandum. Together with the Municipality of Cluj-Napoca, the SHARE
Cluj-Napoca Federation has the role of preparing and implementing the Youth@Cluj-Napoca
2015 Initiative based on the decision of the Cluj-Napoca’s Local Council on 22 June 2013.