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SOROS Foundation- continues to focus on critical issues for the development of the Romanian society, the Foundation currently streams its financial and human efforts towards advocacy activities, also gaining and providing substantial expertise in fields such as migration and inclusion of vulnerable and marginalized minorities, and going further with monitoring the decision-making process at both central and local levels, the fair allocation of EU funds etc.

Soros Foundation Romania programs are designed according to the yearly strategic priorities as defined by the Board of the Foundation. Currently, these are:
Advocacy and support for public service and accountability
Fighting discrimination and forging models for community development and social inclusion
Catalyzing and enhancing civil society activism
Social research: knowledge for better public policy-making
On the web: http://www.soros.ro

The Balkan Trust of Democracy- a Project of the German Marshal Fund- is a 10-year, $30-million grantmaking initiative that supports democracy, good governance, and Euroatlantic integration in Southeastern Europe.

This award-winning public-private partnership was created in 2003 by the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. BTD is structured to allow both European and U.S. partners to join the effort to strengthen transatlantic cooperation in the Balkans. Since its founding, additional contributions from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Belgrade, the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), the Tipping Point Foundation, Compagnia di San Paolo, the Robert Bosch Foundation, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark have made BTD a true transatlantic partnership.

Grantmaking
Operating from the German Marshall Fund's Belgrade office, BTD awards grants in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia, including Kosovo. BTD also gives regional grants to organizations promoting the benefits of a pan-Balkan network.

Policy Dialogue In addition to grantmaking, the Balkan Trust for Democracy continually works to accelerate the region's integration into Euroatlantic structures and to raise the profile of the Balkans. Together with GMF's Washington Headquarters and its other European offices, BTD connects local actors with European Union, American, and international individuals and institutions in order to build networks and consensus on Balkan issues from a broader, multi-stakeholder perspective.
On the web: http://www.gmfus.org/balkantrust/

Gorj County Council- a deliberative authority of the local public administration constituted at the county level:
On the web: http://www.cjgorj.ro

Faculty of Social Science- University of Craiova University of Craiova offers excellent conditions of study to its 32000 students, in various fields embracing 120 specialisations. The Teaching Package includes 3 stages of academic studies (BA, MA, Ph.D) that are ensured by over 1000 teaching staff and high technological equipment.
On the web: http://www.ucv.ro