Personal development includes activities and experiences that have the ultimate goal of improving well-being, developing personal talents and skills. Improving the quality of life and contributing to achievement of personal aspirations and dreams is the most common definition given to this concept, much circulated in the last period of time.
"Every young person I meet tells a story" - Adeline Duca, Fundraising Director GO-AHEAD Association
In 2017 we started with the personal development pilot program in Tărtășești with 15 students and 15 teachers. EDURIGHTS4GIRLS project gave us the opportunity to support the largest personal development program of the association, because we were able to work with 480 female students and 210 teachers from 15 high schools in Neamț and Suceava.
GO-AHEAD Association, in partnership with Neamț County School Inspectorate and Suceava School Association for Education and Development with the financial support of the Active Citizens Fund Romania, programme funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants 2014-2021, conducted within EDURIGHTS4GIRLS - Equal access to education project a STUDY ON THE CURRENT SITUATION OF GENDER RIGHTS AND EQUALITY, PROBLEMS OF GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN SUCEAVA AND NEAMȚ COUNTIES.
GO-AHEAD Association aims to provide personal development classes for young people and teachers in all technological high schools in Romania by 2030, thus creating a supportive community around them and a safe environment where they can express themselves without fear, be heard and truly understood.
480 female students and 210 teachers from 15 high schools in Neamț and Suceava counties have already benefited from more than 3000 hours of personal development and counselling. EDURIGHTS4GIRLS - Equal access to education is a path-breaking project for the association's goal.
Project implemented by GO-AHEAD Association in partnership with Neamț County School Inspectorate and Suceava School Association for Education and Development with the financial support of the Active Citizens Fund Romania, programme funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants 2014-2021. The content of this page does not necessarily reflect the official position of the EEA and Norway Grants 2014-2021; for more information visit www.eeagrants.org.
The purpose of the therapy sessions is to raise awareness and provide the target group within Edurights4Girls - Equal access to education project, methods of managing the following situations:
The counseling sessions within the activities of personal development and group therapy with the Target Group, aim at a better self-knowledge. The people engaged in this process have the opportunity to become aware of the opportunities they can benefit from and also develop their skills of educational and proffesional path management in the context of gender equality.
During group counseling sessions, students, with the support of the personal development counselor, achieve the following aspects:
On September 27, 2021, the dissemination of the selection methodology for the selection of the target group and the submission of the application files within EDURIGHTS4GIRLS - Equal access to education project will begin.
GO-AHEAD Bucharest Association, in partnership with Neamț County School Inspectorate and Suceava School Association for Education and Development, launched on March, 1 the EDURIGHTS4GIRLS - Equal access to education project.
The project aims a change of perspective in the educational area, through personal development programs for young girls from Neamț and Suceava counties, a change with medium term impact in order to increase self-esteem and combat gender stereotypes among those who complete long term school, an improvement at the level of the Romanian society.