The program will run from July 2 to October 1 and seeks to finance informal educational programs that impact local communities.

“In the seven years we have been running this program, we’ve supported 100 community projects with 20,000 direct beneficiaries,” said Corina Vasile, communications and public relation manager at Raiffeisen Bank.

The program is addressed to small and medium-sized NGOs and education intuitions in Romania that deal with informal education.

The maximum grant will be RON45,000 (EUR10,000) and participants must contribute 20% of the project they seek to implement.

Raiffeisen Bank expects applications on https://raiffeisencomunitati.ro/grantwizard/granturi by August 3. The bank will select ten projects to finance and will announce the grant winners on October 1.