Sustainability Education Program

Previous Editions

The Sustainability Education Program was launched in March 2007 and contributed to the education on sustainable development of young people in Romania, through theoretical dimensions and also through implementation of   practical activities.

In this program the young leaders were supported to   conduct a research of the local environment to identify   economic, social, environmental issues and further to   build projects to address them, involving the local   communities and our colleagues.

In 2007-2008 a pilot program was implemented in eight Romanian cities: Bucharest, Braşov, Cluj-Napoca, Constanţa, Galaţi, Iaşi, Oradea and Sibiu.

The program results for this edition were:

• Knowledge transfer on sustainable development for  the young leaders: over 500 young people benefited of a training session or a presentation on sustainable development fro m the bank in 2007.
• Implementation of projects on sustainable development, aiming to solve specific problems in the local community. ABN AMRO additionally supported the first edition by getting involved in the following projects:
  • IaŞi Recycles, Iaşi – recycling system implementation in five high-schools and two universities, education and awareness sessions organised for students, 5,000 seedlings on one hectare in Iaşi surroundings. Our volunteers were involved in all these activities.
  • CSR Bridge – workshops organised with the support of the bank for 70 students, at the Social Responsibility Seminar in Băile Olăneşti.

Sustainability Education Programme has started its second edition with ten AIESEC local committees registered:

Bucharest, Braşov, Cluj-Napoca, Constanţa, Galaţi, Iaşi, Craiova, Piteşti, Timişoara and Sibiu. In the first stage, students from ten cities participated in the school organised in Bucharest.