Last night, the "Partnership for inclusion!" Project won the special prize at the "Structural Funds Gala" awarded by Trandafir & Associates. This prize is the merit of a team of people representing 9 partner institutions who, in 2014, sat at the same table and thought of an integrated package of social and education services for

We will keep beautiful memories, such as the one happening 10 years ago, when His Majesty King Mihai I decided to donate the financial component of the "Hanno R. Ellenbogen for Citizenship" award to our colleague in the Board of Directors of the Close to You Foundation, Petrişor Ostafie! The award was given to His

Close to You Foundation took part in an exchange for best practices in Florence, Italy, looking at the best examples provided by Work Integration Social Enterprises in Europe, in a project sponsored by the Central European Initiative. The catalog is also available to the public, here. Following is the declaration of Patrizia Bussi – Director of ENSIE

  Carrefour Romania, in partnership with Close to You Foundation, hires within the city of Iasi, Romania: Cashier and Universal Worker. Available Job spots: 40 Job Description Commercial Cashier: Assuring the collection of all products purchased by the clients through all means of payment accepted by the store, provides customers with complete and accurate information

Between 4-6 December, Angela Achiţei, President of the Close to You Foundation participates as a speaker at the Black Sea NGO International Forum. The event with the title “The Black Sea NGO Forum – 10th Anniversary Edition: Advancing Regional Cooperation in the Black Sea Region” will be held at Hotel Radisson Blu Leogrand, in the capital city of Chișinău, Republic

Did you know that between 2008 and 2013 our foundation was among the first social enterprises in Romania supported by NESsT and, since 2015, we are partners in a project which, in turn, supports the development of other social enterprises in Romania? We fully support an participate in the planning, managing, and execution of the

On Wednesday, we've received the visit of a group of experts from Norway and Island in the social economy field, as part of their caravan in Romania with FRDS. Looking for concepts of work integration social enterprises, and ways to approach the need for social services in general.The group was introduced with the results of

On February 16th, 2017, UtilDeco social enterprise, established within Close to You Foundation won first prize as “Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2016” within the only worldwide entrepreneurial competition, taking place in Romania as well, as of 2014. The “Entrepreneur of the Year” programme, organised by Ernst&Young, was set up in 1986, in the USA