La Fondation Ithaka se consacre a l’assistance et au soutein a des causes profitant aux jeunes, a travers l’education, la promotionde valeurs inspirateurs et l’engagement civil de jeunes Roumains.

La Roumanie est dans le processus d'intégration a l’OTAN et a l’Union Europeenne. Dans ce contexte, la Fondation Ithaka travaille a aider au procéssus d’intergration de la Roumanie avec une vision sur deux axes: Premierement, en fournissant la société civile roumaine et particulierement sa jeunesse avec les outils nécessaires pour acquérir les capacités de leadership, devenant ainsi une voix active dans le dialogue du Future de l’Europe ; deuxiemement, en mettant en exergue la contribution de la Roumanie et en augmentant la prise de conscience des deux cotes : de la Roumanie vers l'Union Europeenne et vice versa.

Our Tools

• Public Policy
• Raising Awareness
• Education
• Social Responsability
• Culture

We will achieve our goals by:

- integrating in the larger European Network and exploring common synergies;

- establishing a Trustees Board and a Selection Committee to select young potential leaders participating in the education programmes;

- furthering education and promoting talent; selecting yearly a group of excellent students (MA or Ph.D. level and organising exchange programmes with Political/ Governmental Studies programmes abroad (Europe & the U.S.);

- producing research, representing Romania's position vis a vis the Convention for the Future of Europe;

The Ithaka Foundation aims at becoming an active voice for youth at the Convention for the Future of Europe;
The Foundation will produce a publication "Young Romanian voices in the Convention for the Future of Europe";
In the medium-longer term, we aim to be able to provide opportunities for these youngsters to get involved in assisting the public administration to address specific issues needed for Romania to access the EU;

- generating European awareness programmes, aimed at familiarising the public-at-large to understand the rights and responsibilities of a future member of the European family;

- generating EU/NATO awareness programmes, aimed at familiarising the civil society with our future presence in these families;

- producing a country branding strategy "the unbranded state has a difficult time attracting economic and political attention". Image and reputation are thus becoming essential parts of the state’s strategic equity;

- inviting opinion leaders from Europe and the U.S. to address the civil society, academia and targeted audience on matters pertaining to lobbying at the European Union: private sector and governmental;

- fostering public-private partnerships in the social cohesion, looking mostly at post-privatisation segments, and ensuring accurate policy (in line with the EU social cohesion larger scale) to address these target groups;

- creating an industry advisory council to promote corporate responsibility;

- promoting cultural exchange programmes;

- producing up-to-date research and publications;