women unemplyed who received material aid around Christmas 2003 teen mothers participating in the project Social Integration Center for Teen Mothers (CISMA)

Increasing women’s level of self confidence and personal development in order to successfully improve their partcipation in strengthening democracy.

1. Offering services to a larger number of people 2. Developing activities for influencing public policies 3. Developing sustainable partnerships with local authorities

1. Pro WOMEN Foundation is a grass root organization, the main activities being targeted to a big number of beneficiaries.

2. Pro WOMEN Foundation is an active NGO, offering permanent servicec to women and young people from NE Region.

3. Pro WOMEN Foundation has a good reputation within the beneficiaries, partners and funders.

1. Programs of Cross Border Partnerships Romania-Republic of Moldavia for Developing Social-Educational Services for Teenagers. The projects are implemented by Pro WOMEN Foundation between December 2006 until November 2007, and will take place on both sides of border: in Romania and in The Republic of Moldovia. Goal- The aim of the projects is to contribute to the development of social-educational sector in order to offer services for preventing the risk of social exclusion of vulnerable groups of teenagers from Moldova Republic. 2."Reproductive health in the rural area" - this project represents an informative campaign that takes place between December 2006 and November 2007 in 10 villages from Iasi and Botosani counties and it addresses women aged between 15 and 45 years old. Goal - The aim of the project is to improve the level of information regarding the utility of contraceptives, as well as the importance of preventing and treating sexually transmitted diseases, breast and cervix cancer. 3. "An informed person is a free person" is a project implemented by Pro WOMEN Foundation in september 2006 - august 2007 and it is addressed to the women detainees from The Maximum Security Penitentiary from Iasi. Goal - The project aims to raise the level of information of the women detainees from the Penitentiary regarding the human rights. 4."Counseling Center for Unemployed Women", has reached its Third mandate: January 2003 - December 2005 Goal: To diminish the exclusion of unemployed women by supporting them to successfully integrate/reintegrate on the labor market. Objectives - To develop unemployed women"s personal abilities in order to identify and obtain a job • To improve target group’s level of information regarding legal conditions of employment . 5. "REPER Networking Europe" - Pro WOMEN Foundation in partnership with ADO SAH ROM Bucharest continues the consolidation of the REPER network, an informational network of providers of specialized services on the labour market that target unemployed people, between December 2006 - November 2007. Goal - The aim of the project is to enhance the capacity of the REPER network to actively collaborate with other european organizations / networks and with the national stakeholders, in order to assume with responsibility and lagitimate its role of inluencing public policies on the labour market

A large number of people is asking for diffrent services to Pro WOMEN Foundatio , services which are not included in the on going projects and which are very often non eligible from the costs point of view in front of the funders (eg: people are asking for food, personal hygiene products, clothes or cost for renting spaces for homeless people). The money will be used for covering these costs. Furthermore we would like to organize a permanent service of informing the population regarding the equal chances between men and women issues as well as the authorities and institutions offering services in the field. This service implies personnel and logistics expenses so the money will be directed in this direction.

Pro WOMEN beneficiaries are women searching for a job, women involved in public/political life, high school students, young people and families from deprived communities, young people unemplyed, rural communities from Iasi county, compenies from NE region

Swiss Goverment: 18.600 EURO The International Programme for the Elimination of the Children Labour (ILO-IPEC): 48.300 EURO Phare - Europa Fund 2004: 13.000 EURO Phare CBC 2004 - Neighborhood Program Romania - Republic of Moldavia 2004 - 2006: 10.500 EURO