General presentation of the Oricum Association, emailable :) Target: meant for reading April 2008 version: concept+text+layout

1. __welcome)
mission+vision&values)
directions of activity)
past projects)
ongoing projects)
future projects)
partners)
contact)

2. __mission+vision)
Mision: Vision:
We aim to transform Inspiring young people
Romanian education by to be creative and
making it more creative, innovative!
innovative and practical,
while fostering proactivity
among our target
audience - youngsters
aged 15-25.
Values:
Our main areas of keeping it fun 
expertise are creative trust 
industries, science and responsibility 
technology, culture and thinking out of the box 
sports. simplicity 

3. __directions) 1
creative industries sport
We believe the innate We believe that any
creativity of young Romanians developed society
can be harnessed towards has a strong sport
transforming Romania in the culture attached
most competitive country in because besides
the region in the field of being healthy for your
creative industries: music, body sports can be a
architecture, advertising, great way of creating
design, film. leadership, conflict
management,
We organize competitions and bringing people
other projects in the field of together, encouraging
creative industries and we are competitiveness and
lobbying for a better public fun!
policy in this area.

4. __directions) 2
An educational system that works well allows a country and its
young people to develop to the best of their potential. At this point
Romania has to understand what kind of educational system it
needs and it has to get people involved in making this change
take place. Our aim is to bring young people together with
representative of authorities, companies, mass-media and the
civil society to generate constructive arguments and solutions.
In the mean this we create educational projects that serve as role
model programmes for the system since we bring a new, creative
and fresh approach. At this point we think there's too much theory
in the formal education system and want to shift just a little bit to
some non-formal, learning by doing system – making education
fun and efficient for a change.
education
science&technology
Science and technology is another area that can transform
Romania in a regional hub for innovation.
Our projects in this field also aim at educating young innovators
in science and technology to become better entrepreneurs and to
sell their ideas more creatively!

5. __past projects) 1
The ICUBE Competition is a national entrepreneurial
competition targeted at University students that aims to
identify and help finance the most innovative and
marketable business ideas.
ICUBE teaches students that having an idea, no matter its
value, is not enough. Taking part in ICUBE, students will be
given valuable feedback on their innovative projects; they
will learn how to sell them and how to think efficiently – all
these from technology professionals.
ORICUM has sucessfully handled the 2006&2007 editions
of ICUBE, and the ICUBE Association is now fully in charge
of the ICUBE Competition.
ICUBE Competition
Find out more from the official website
www.icube.ro

6. __past projects) 2
We have celebrated International Peace Day and Sports
through an event, unique both in Romania and the world.
The Sports Festival was the first sports fair in Romania
where the Olympic Sports Federations were invited to
present themselves and convince people to play the sport
they represent.
The fair was divided into three areas: the childhood arena,
the Olympic sports arena, and the urban arena. We have
promoted conflict resolution by channeling energy towards
sports.
Peace through Sports
Find out more from the official website
www.paceprinsport.ro

7. __past projects) 3
The project is a follow-up to “Youth Delegate at the United
Nations” and aims at stimulating the public participation of
Romanian youngsters. Through a country-wide caravan in April
and May 2008 we held educational conferences and workshops
in 5 major Romanian cities.
The main educational themes we touched are youth participation
in decision-making, youth-led development, political leadership
and civic involvement. 500 youngsters aged 15-25 were the direct
beneficiaries of the conferences and trainings, and about 5000
more are aware of the project thanks to the online communication
platform and awareness raising campaign
Partners:
Romania Youth Council, Pro-Democracy Association, United
Nations Information Center
Sponsors:
Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation), Balkan Trust for
Democracy (German Marshall Fund of the United States)
Voice of a Generation

8. __ongoing projects) 1
Youth Summit - 2007: Youth Summit - 2008:
Focusing on education in Youth Summit is a
2007, Youth Summit aims at combined effort from all
being the most important parts involved to identify
meeting dedicated to young and solve the most
Romanians. important problems faced
by young Romanians
Youth Summit is the space
in which decision-makers
(state authorities,
companies, civil society &
media) and young people
meet in order to freely
discuss the actual state of
the young Romanian
individual.
Youth Summit
Find out more from the official website
www.youthsummit.ro

9. __ongoing projects) 2
A platform where young people are be tutored by
professionals in order to understand their future careers
early on.
The website is hosting companies and organizations from
different areas whose mentors showcase what it means to
work for them and offer young people a chance to interact
live with their employees.
We plan on expanding the initial concept by carrying out a
more complex platform that is to be launched in the autumn
of 2008. The new flexible platform will have lots of new
features that will turn it into an unique e-learning tool.
Mentorship
Find out more on
www.mentorship.ro

10. __ongoing projects) 3
Launched in the spring of 2007, Filter is an annual design
competition (graphic, industrial, auto, web and freestyle
design) targeted at young people; it aims to become a
platform through which the young designer can test his
abilities and get noticed by potential employers.
The platform is thought to get young designers as well as
teachers from design faculties involved and companies who
want to hire a designer, promoting good design in the whole
process.
Filter Design Competition
Find out more from the official website
www.filterdesign.ro

11. __ongoing projects) 4
Through the project we have initiated in 2007, Romania
became the first country in South Eastern Europe to
establish an institutionalized annual selection of youth
representatives at the United Nations.
In partnership with major stakeholders in Romanian society
(most important civil society organizations, the Presidency,
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) we have selected two young
leaders that represented Romanian youth at the United
Nations, where negotiated youth-related policies and
resolutions, and lobbied for increased participation of youth
in decision-making in the most important political arena of
the world.
The UN Youth Delegate Competition will be held each year.
Youth Delegate at the United Nations
Find out more from the official website
http://youthdelegate.oricum.ro

12. __ongoing projects) 5
The Youth Action through Sport project is a British Council
initiative in the whole South Eastern Europe with the main
objective of the project is to empower young people to
manage and operate transnational projects which are build
on values like personal excellence, cultural exchange,
international understanding, sport as education, mass
participation and fair play.
Be Your own Hero (Arena cu Supereroi) was the Romanian
project, organized by the British Council Romania in
partnership with the Oricum Organization in 2007. The
championship was meant to engage young people to
participate in sport activities by organizing events in their
own neighborhood.
The project was aimed at countering the negative views of
sport by showing young people that sport can be fun and
entertaining. The project also strived for using sport as a Find out more from the official website
social inclusion and education method. www.arenacusupereroi.ro
Be Your Own Hero!

13. __ongoing projects) 6
Future Shorts is one of the leading and most innovative
short film labels. Since 2003, Future Shorts has created a
rapidly expanding network that allows filmmakers the
opportunity to have their work seen on the largest theatrical
platform worldwide.
Future Shorts is recognised by filmmakers, the industry and
press alike as the cutting-edge short film label. Future
Shorts is a worldwide monthly film festival as well as a
distributor, sales agent, consultancy service and DVD label.
Together with Feeder.ro and Robert Crangasu we have
founded Future Shorts Romania (under the supervision of
the UK division), which plans on rapidly expanding the
concept of cultural nights (screening+after-party) each
month in major cities around Romania, starting with
Bucharest and Timisoara. We also hope to include quality
Romanian short movies in the Future Shorts international Find out more from the official website
circuit. www.futureshorts.ro
Future Shorts Romania

14. __future projects) 1
The first science fair for all high school students in
Bucharest.
The Science Fair gives high-school students the opportunity
to learn about science in a practical and fun way. Passion in
action. Theory in practice. Teamwork.
Teams of three coordinated by a mentor have to create and
present a practical application in any of the following
categories:
A. biological & ecological sciences
B. chemical, physical and mathematical sciences
C. Technology
ICUBE Science Fair is going to become a practical and
functional good practice model for scientific education in
Romania by offering the know-how for creating replica
science fairs in all Romanian high-schools.
Science Fair

15. __future projects) 2
The main objective of INSITUM is to organize the first public
space innovation competition for students in architecture
and arts in Romania that will have a tangible outcome in
Bucharest.
The purpose of INSITUM is to implement valuable,
harmonious and innovative projects in public space design
with the help of responsible companies and city authorities
while educating young people in the spirit of "learning by
doing".
The winner of INSITUM competition with the help of our
partners will be given the opportunity to design a public
space of about 100 square meters in the center of
Bucharest.
Insitum

16. __future projects) 3
The project will foster the development of youth-led
interethnic partnerships and community development
projects. 40 youngsters with leadership and multiplier
potential aged 16 – 25, of Romanian and non-Romanian
ethnic origin will gain knowledge in social entrepreneurship
and intercultural dialogue during an interactive, inspirational
and innovative training camp. 2000 other interested
youngsters will be exposed to the resource-packed website
that will accompany the project.
During a project incubator, participants will develop projects
together, in multiethnic teams originating in the same
geographical area. The best project proposal will receive
start-up funding and all others will be counselled and
monitored.
Partners:
The Media Monitoring Agency, The Department of
Interethnic Relations (Romanian Government)
Sponsors:
Youth in Action (European Union Youth Program)
Together for Social Change

17. __partners) companii/organizatii/media

18. __contact)
Corina Murafa
President of the ORICUM
Association for Education
+40 722 370 852
corina@oricum.ro
Răzvan Crişan
Sales
ORICUM
+40 727 719 303
razvan@oricum.ro
The team
ORICUM
+40 31 100 89 32
team@oricum.ro