Institutional Development

Here's a brief description of what type of work I will be doing after my initial training period;

"ID Volunteers initiate efforts to strengthen the organizational and management skills of related NGOs and governmental agencies dealing with institutionalized children, abused children, minority issues, HIV/AIDS prevention, and of agencies focused on youth development and information technology.

ID Volunteers have backgrounds and experience in special education, health-related areas, community services, working with youth-at-risk, NGO development, social work, information technology, and public administration. According to their backgrounds and experience, ID Volunteers are assigned to NGOs and municipalities and are engaged mainly in:

*training direct services providers (such as nurse practitioners, caregivers, social workers, special needs educators and therapists);
*training and coordinating community Volunteers recruited by ID PCVs mainly from local youth; *role-modeling/demonstrating organizational management with their agencies' staff members or Volunteers (in such areas as project writing, proposal writing, board development, program evaluation and public relations)

Besides the skills transfer with their local counterpart agencies, ID Volunteers collaborate with national partners (such as municipal child protection departments, local public administrations) and international partners (such as SERA, Principesa Margareta, Romanian Angel Appeal, People Services International, RITI and USAID [ChildNet]). They provide support in implementing national strategies in child services, introducing IT/new technologies in local administration and helping reform process requirements (document tracking, Internet access, local tax collection, etc).

ID PCVs throughout the country mediate and promote networking and coalition development of special target population agencies including NGOs working in HIV/AIDS, NGOs/child protection departments focused on disabled youth, NGOs for the mentally ill, NGOs involved in anti-trafficking campaigns, and NGOs for preventing and combating violence against women."