HOW CSR WORKS? - how the Corporate Social Responsibility can appear in Erasmus+ Youth Programme

The ERASMUS+Program aims to promote synergies,cooperation and cross-fertilisation between the different economic and educational sectors. The program supports first and foremost civil organizations but through the new priority cross - sectoral cooperation; a new economic sector/private sector became a possible applicant within the program. The ERASMUS+ Program aims to promote synergies and cooperation between civil organisation and business sector in order to develope new and innovative educational programs, approaches, methods and tools useful in youth work. CSR provides a frame to achive the above mentioned goals and aims. According to the European Commission's definition Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers to companies taking responsibility for their impact on society. NGOs and institutions working with young people are perfect partners to create and implement CSR strategies. The aims of the activity: - to show to the participants that CSR is equally very useful for all parties - CSR and fundraising (FR) can be used as instruments to support and to contribute to activities carried out by NGOs - to introduce the fundraising methods and tools - to give guidlines where and how a civil organization should start? How a civil organization can use the opportunities given by CSR/FR? Also from the business point of view how and why CSR is fruitful? - to make the participants experience and understand through good practices how a civil organization can cooperate with a for -profit organization in the frame of CSR. Target group more detailed: - people with project implementation experience ( financial and practical sides of a project) - people who are interested in or engaged in CSR/fundraising - preference: experience in making cooperations with other sectors - age: over 18 Dates: 3rd November (arrival until 6pm)–8th November (departure) 2014– 4 full working days Venue: in Budapest, it is accessible for participants with mobility difficulties (e.g.: wheelchair users)