ADAPTO - Asociatia pentru Promovarea Egalitatii intre Tineri

Asociatia pentru Promovarea Egalitatii intre Tineri - ADAPTO is an NGO founded in 2007, promoting the equality between all young people, regardless of race, gender, income, image, abilities/disabilities or any other less opportunities.
Asociatia pentru Promovarea Egalitatii intre Tineri - ADAPTO is one organization which works mainly with young people with disabilities and less opportunities but also young people without disabilities.
We are trying to promote, alongside the general youth participation, also the participation of disabled people in projects and activities developed under Youth in Action program, and now we are also trying to do the same under Erasmus+ program.
The objectives of our activities are:
- Promoting the equality between young people.
- Helping the social integration of young people with few opportunities, especially disabled people
- Promoting tolerance and eliminating the prejudices.
- Promoting the cultural, ethnic and religious diversity.
- Promoting equality, freedom, democracy and civil life participation actions.
- Developing the creative, organizational and managerial skills of every youth regardless of theirs disabilities.
Asociatia pentru Promovarea Egalitatii intre Tineri - ADAPTO has organized and conducted in partnership international and national training courses and youth exchanges, on the subject of European citizenship, human rights and social integration.
Our internal rule is to promote a participation rate of 10-50% disabled or disadvantaged youths.
Some of our main projects:
* Asociatia pentru Promovarea Egalitatii intre Tineri - ADAPTO created a Counseling center for employment and mentoring for young people;
* ADAPTO, in partnership with the National Association of the Deaf People Territorial Branch Constanta, organized the Phare Project "Employment and social integration of hearing impaired" ;
* We have wrote and implemented four projects under Youth in Action program, action 1.1, 3.1, 4.3;
* Since 2013 we are accredited like HO/SO/CO for EVS, under Youth in Action/Erasmus+ programme and we have developed three projects, two as SO(long term EVS) and one as HO (a short EVS period, for a person with disabilities). Other 2 projects as SO are recently approved and we are waiting the results on another 3;
* We are partners in the "BE IN" European campaign.
* For our community we developed the project “A map of accessible places in Constanta city” project aimed to create a map of the existing accessibilities in public institutions; cultural, religious, financial and educational places and tourist areas in Constanta city. The map is available both in electronic version www.harta-accesibila.ro and in printed version.
* ADAPTO was a partner and co-organizer through one of it’s members in the “Guidance handbook on a healthy interaction with people with disabilities” training course and is a coauthor of the "Good Practice Guide for a healthy social relationship and interaction with people with disabilities ".
We have also organized sessions of presenting the Erasmus + program, highlighting the EVS part, in high schools and universities, all based on partnerships and collaboration with these institutions.

The type of people we are targeting in our projects is:
- Youth with less opportunities: youth with special needs, from vulnerable groups, from rural areas, disabled persons
- Young students, students who don’t have sufficient knowledge about the opportunities “Erasmus+ programme” has to offer
- Youths who have completed their studies but have failed to integrate in the labor market.
- Young people which has to take a decision about their future as a profession or career.

The activities that we regularly carry on are:
- activities with young people with disabilities in daily centers - twice a week
- Erasmus+programme, presentation activities in schools, colleges and universities (we frequently organize campaigns and presentations)
- writing and implementing Erasmus+ projects on different types of action
- participation in Erasmus+projects: youth exchanges, training courses and, seminars
- teaching English for beginners - once a week
- creative, hand-made, workshops, etc - once a week
- personal development workshops: public speaking, debate, etc. - once/twice a month
- activities carried out together with other NGO's