{"id":170,"date":"2022-09-10T22:18:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T19:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romaniacurata.ro\/servicii-publice-locale\/en\/?p=170"},"modified":"2024-01-05T22:19:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T19:19:10","slug":"what-did-active-citizens-for-quality-local-public-services-mean-for-constanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.romaniacurata.ro\/servicii-publice-locale\/en\/2022\/09\/10\/what-did-active-citizens-for-quality-local-public-services-mean-for-constanta\/","title":{"rendered":"What did \u201cactive citizens for quality local public services\u201d mean for Constanta?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Article by Natanael Iriciuc, volunteer within GIL Sector 1.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the end of October, in Bucharest, took place the final event of the project \u201cactive citizens for quality local public services\u201d, which included the launch of the diagnostic report that presented the results of the project, as well as applied discussions with local, national authorities, guests and young people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cActive citizens for quality local public services\u201d meant passionate involvement, and the last 32 months were dedicated to promoting quality local public services.\u00a0 Out of the 32 months of continuous action, 12 were with grassroots advocacy actions carried out by the 8 local initiative groups.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through this project, over 24 advocacy campaigns were carried out at the level of the 8 cities in the project, there were over 100 agents of change at the level of diagnostic cities, over 400 young people participated in activities to promote democracy and civic involvement and approx. 1000 citizens participating in structured dialog actions with decision-makers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To see what are the results of the project in the diagnostic cities of this project, we will talk in this article about the change it has produced locally.\u00a0 In this project the three areas of action were: Education, transport and waste management.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Education\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indicator:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ENSURING EXPENDITURE FOR INVESTMENTS IN SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS FOR CAPITAL REPAIRS AND CONSOLIDATIONS\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SECURITY OF EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RESPECT THE RIGHT TO SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS OF STUDENTS\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IN SCHOOLS\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ALLOCATION OF GRANTS FOR BOARDING SCHOOLS AND CANTEENS\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ACCESSIBILITY OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS FOR STUDENTS WITH LOCOMOTOR DISABILITIES\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Compared to the score obtained in 2021, we can see a slight increase from 48.07 to 49.13 points out of 100.\u00a0 Among the specific recommendations for Constanta in the field of education are: Increasing the amount of the merit scholarship;\u00a0 making investments in school medical offices;\u00a0 providing subsidies for canteens and school boarding schools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Transport\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indicators:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Accessibility score of public transport stations\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scor intermodalitate\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Integrated metropolitan\/county service score\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Public transport subsidy score\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Transport score with the needs of vulnerable groups\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">User satisfaction score\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Transport operator evaluation methodology score\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Information access score\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If in 2021, Constanta received 67 points in this section, after 12 months of local advocacy, it increased to 70 points out of the total of 100.\u00a0 The recommendations specific to this section include: Increasing the number of passenger stations;\u00a0 The implementation of a methodology for establishing the Passenger satisfaction Index;\u00a0 Increasing accessibility for passengers with disabilities or reduced mobility, improving access to information for public transport, modernizing public transport infrastructure and greening the rolling stock of the public transport operator.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">III. Waste management\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indicators:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ensuring separate collection by fractions;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meeting recycling targets at municipal level;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Updating the sanitation contract according to the law;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Implementation of the &#8220;pay for what you throw&#8221; tool;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ensuring the collection of bio-waste;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The existence of own waste management strategies or programs;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ensuring separate collection for: Electrical and electronic waste (WEEE), waste batteries and accumulators (DBA), bulky waste and construction waste;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Providing information and education to citizens;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Financing of separate collection infrastructure in schools;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Carrying out tasks related to the collection of abandoned waste.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the ranking, the evolution of Constan\u021ba municipality in the waste management section was not a big one, it increased from 36.5 to 39 from 100.\u00a0 The specific recommendations that could change this ranking are: Implementation of the economic instrument \u201cpay for what you throw\u201d at the municipality level;\u00a0 Organizing the collection of bio-waste at the level of the municipality;\u00a0 More visible information and education campaigns, by making radio spots, tv, press releases, educational materials, street panels, educational programs in schools, making meetings with citizens, associations of tenants, civic groups in order to inform about the separate collection system and its benefits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>What was the local initiative group in Baia Mare noticed?\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She collected information on the school\u2019s background and wrote articles reflecting the views of the students and young people in the city on the education system.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They submitted requests based on Law 544\/2001, as well as a memo sent to the City Hall, in which the group\u2019s vision on what it means to pilot models of good practice at the level of a neighborhood in Constanta was detailed.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He wrote the largest number of articles on the subject of transport compared to the rest of the groups.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He organized the biggest debate on the digitization of Romania and local public services.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73\" src=\"http:\/\/www.romaniacurata.ro\/servicii-publice-locale\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/proiect-derulat-de-300x62.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"62\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.romaniacurata.ro\/servicii-publice-locale\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/proiect-derulat-de-300x62.png 300w, http:\/\/www.romaniacurata.ro\/servicii-publice-locale\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/proiect-derulat-de-1024x211.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.romaniacurata.ro\/servicii-publice-locale\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/proiect-derulat-de-768x159.png 768w, http:\/\/www.romaniacurata.ro\/servicii-publice-locale\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/proiect-derulat-de.png 1531w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The project is implemented by The Romanian Academic Society in partnership with the Act For Tomorrow Association and Vellenes Fellesorganisasjon and benefits from a 249.989 euros grant from Active Citizens Fund Romania, funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants Grants 2014 -2021. The content of this website does not necessarily reflect the official position of the EEA and Norway Grants 2014-2021; for more information, visit www.eeagrants.org. More details about Active Citizens Fund Romania are available at www.activecitizensfund.ro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article by Natanael Iriciuc, volunteer within GIL Sector 1. 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