1. The Forum 2015-2017 agenda “Keeping the dialogue open”

2. This 2015-2017 agenda for Decentralized Cooperation Romania Belgium is a plan for action for decentralized cooperation between Romania and Belgium. Partners will do efforts to implement this agenda. The purpose of the 2015-2017 agenda is to strengthen, to reinforce, to renew and to deepen the dialogue between (existing) decentralized cooperation initiatives.

3. General Management Implementation DF 2015  DF 2017 Communication, Dissemination, Policy briefing, Funding Flagship 1 – Health CareFlagship 2 – Twinning 2.0 Flagship 3 – Rural DevelopmentFlagship 4 – Civil Society Flagship 6 – Social EconomyFlagship 5 – Fire Brigades Flagship 8 – Culture and heritageFlagship 7 – Business

4. Flagship 1 – Health Care - Social map including health risk factors. - Installing local renting services revalidation materials. - 1 assistant (nurse)/1.000 inhabitants. - Developing home care and community nurses. - Recommunicate collected data on health indicators to local actors in order to take measurements. - Health and healthcare as a key point in local policy. - Develop a local health policy plan.- label healthy commune - Combining medical and social (if medical problem, mostly also social problem). - Prevention and health promotion. - Staffing caretakers: digital / administrative / … - Masterplan TON 2015-2024. - Conference on Romanian health and healthcare in 2016.

5. Flagship Twinning 2.0 -Formal meeting between VVSG, UCVW, AMR, AOR, Acor, UNCJR, Belgian provinces in 2016 -Development of new approach towards twinning between actors. Based on common needs (f.ex. industry) -Parliamentary group of friendship Romania Belgium: new initiatives -Exchange between local and regional public servants from both countries -Looking for twinning initiative with County Council Iasi -Follow-up of Spring meeting Flanders Romania about the new cooperation agreement

6. Flagship 3 – Rural Development -Facilitating the communication towards local farmers about possible European funding -Connecting Local Action Groups from both countries -Developement of models and instruments to set up local/interlocal agriculture organizations -Water4Life as pilot project -Sensibilization about waste management

7. Flagship 4 – Civil Society -Development of working methods and instruments -Integrating new forms of organizations (formal, informal, flexible, temporary) -Pathways from local movements towards local policy influencing -Setting up a solidarity action victims fire in club from last week

8. Flagship 5 – Fire Brigades - Commitment to write an Erasmus+ project in order to exchange information, knowledge and experience. Basic idea is to develop a “train the trainer” project.

9. Flagship 6 – Social Economy -Connecting the research of university Cluj about labour market / human ressources and ReInvest project about social investments -Creation of a Platform Social Economy Romania – Belgium in order to exchange information and to develop policy briefings

10. Flagship 7 – Business - Creation of a digital meeting point between BE-RO companies and BE-RO civil society organizations in order to connect competences and skills between both domains

11. Flagship 8 – Culture and heritage -Promotion of publication 175 years diplomatic relations between Belgium and Romania -Based on this publication, development of accessible general public events

12. General management -Looking for a structural structure to implement the 2015-2017 agenda -Looking for funding -Improvement of fobero.eu website -Next 2 forums: -2017 (Belgium) in context of 10 years accession of Romania in the EU -2019 (Romania) in context of European Presidency by Romania, July-December 2019

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