We Care Together – the 2025 edition of the Societe Generale Global Solution Centre’s funding program
UPDATE: Thank you for the submitted projects and for the valuable initiatives you carry out to support the education and the environment.
Among the valuable proposals received, following the evaluation of the internal jury, we’ve chosen the following:
- For Education: the winning project is“Center for Accessibility of STEM Textbooks for the visually impaired” done by “Cartea Calatoare” NGO
- For Environment: the winning project is “Nature-based Solutions, fighting Climate Change – Restoration of Ascunsa Source Spring” done by WWF Romania NGO
Congratulations to the participants! We are sorry that we could not support all the initiatives received, but we hope that we will bring a contribution to this cause by supporting the beneficiaries helped through these projects.
Societe Generale Global Solution Centre launches a new edition of its financing program aimed at supporting projects developed by non-governmental organizations in Romania.
The objective of the program is to financially support the initiatives created by NGOs in Romania to support educational development, which prioritizes vulnerable groups, and those dedicated to environmental protection and sustainability.
The program is aimed at non-governmental organizations in Romania that have expertise in the following areas:
1) Education: projects that focus on integration through education, especially for children or young people in a vulnerable situation. Projects may include various actions that respond to the different needs of the beneficiaries: educational projects for knowledge and skills development, projects for preventing school dropout, combating illiteracy, educational programs for facilitating integration or for mentoring and professional counselling.
2) Environmental protection which includes three subcategories:
– Urban environments friendly to humans and nature: the proposals will focus on the urban development in close connection with humans and nature, and in particular on the development of green spaces that also contribute to the amelioration of extreme weather phenomena.
– Protecting water resources – contributing to water security, sanitation of strategic areas and to a better prevention and protection against water-related disasters: projects to protect and restore water resources in areas where ecosystems have suffered imbalances, with visible operational and tactical results. In addition, projects that aim to clean up parts of river basins of pollutants, in particular with upstream strategies and in collaboration with local authorities, will also be considered.
– Sustainable Agriculture – integrating the principles of natural systems into agriculture: projects that support education in the following way: to transparently accompany farmers and farms in Romania to adapt to climate change and align with the principles of sustainable development. Specifically, farms should make the transition from a polluting activity to ones that absorb and fix CO2 in the soil, thus becoming a “Nature-Based” solution.
The total budget of the program for 2025 is of maximum Euro 180,000
Eligibility criteria
The program is dedicated exclusively to non-governmental and non-profit organizations, established legally and with headquarters in Romania. Also, the organizations must prove they are registered in the ANAF Registry of non-profit entities for which the tax deduction is granted (ANAF Registry).
To be considered eligible, projects must meet the following eligibility criteria cumulatively:
– Relevance to the program – In order to be considered eligible, the projects received under the Program must correspond to the objective of the program and fall within its fields of action (mandatory criteria);
– Impact – The objectives and results of the projects are specific, clearly identified, measured and reported and contribute to solving or ameliorating the identified problem / need; And the implementation plan of the project proposal is split into clear stages, with deadlines (milestones) and correlated with the complexity of the activities;
– Applicant experience – The NGO has proven experience in creating programs dedicated to people with disabilities;
– Beneficiaries – The beneficiaries of the projects may be:
– people from vulnerable groups, marginalized due to economic, social or cultural difficulties.
– the environment and the population of Romania. Collaboration with people from disadvantaged backgrounds is encouraged, but it is not an eliminatory criterion.
– Localization – All the activities of a project must be carried out in Romania;
– Budget – At least 75% of the requested amount is dedicated exclusively for the activities within the project.
Submission period is: 07.07.2025 – 01.08.2025.
The winners will be announced by the end of August.
All the details regarding the application process are available here: Ghidul Solicitantului _program de finantare_editia 2025
Other necessary documents:
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