ASOCIATIA SE POATE

What ASOCIATIA SE POATE does

Asociația Se Poate is a Bucharest-based Romanian non-governmental organization founded in 2014 that designs and delivers non-formal education and youth mobility programs, primarily funded through European Union grant instruments including Erasmus+, CERV (Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values), and Romania's POCU/POCA operational programs. The organization serves young people aged roughly 13–30 across Europe, with secondary adult learner cohorts (e.g., 25–40 in media literacy initiatives), and operates through transnational project consortia that have expanded to include partners in more than 20 European and Eastern Partnership countries. Its programmatic portfolio spans peace-building (InnovatorsLab), media literacy, environmental sustainability, rural community development (HiCoMa), and inclusion of displaced populations (e.g., Ukrainian refugees via the Bridge to New Beginnings initiative), with methodologies including gamified learning, escape-room pedagogy, and trainer-of-trainers cascades.

The organization runs a small permanent staff of approximately 8 employees supplemented by accredited trainers and project-specific contractors, and produces open educational resources (guidebooks, empathy card decks, facilitator manuals) under Creative Commons licenses. It holds an Erasmus+ Youth Accreditation, which streamlines access to mobility funding streams and represents the organization's principal structural asset. There is no commercial product line, proprietary software, or recurring fee revenue; the entire operating model is grant-funded, with individual project budgets ranging from approximately €30,000 (small cooperation partnerships) to €480,000 (strategic partnerships such as VIRAGO, 2019–2022). Outputs are co-produced with partner NGOs across host countries, and dissemination is handled via social media and the organization's web presence rather than a dedicated sales motion.

The business model is therefore a project-based non-profit: each funding cycle (typically 12–30 months) constitutes a discrete revenue event, with overhead recovered through standard EU co-financing percentages. The organization's strategic posture is to maximize grant throughput, diversify across EU instruments to reduce single-program risk, and convert project deliverables into reusable intellectual capital that lowers the marginal cost of future bids. There is no pricing model in the commercial sense, and beneficiary "customers" (youth participants) do not pay — they are selected via partner outreach or open calls.

Name

ASOCIATIA SE POATE

Legal name

Asociația Se Poate

Website

https://asociatiasepoate.ro

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Asociația Se Poate is a Bucharest-based Romanian NGO founded in 2014 that designs non-formal education and youth mobility programs across Europe, funded almost entirely by EU grants including Erasmus+ and CERV. It serves young people aged 13–30 in peace-building, media literacy, environmental sustainability, and rural development projects via transnational consortia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Development and Non-Formal Education Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (61), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

In-Country Placement, Homestay & On-Ground Coordination Services (EDAIAGAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

International Development & Donor-Funded Education Programs (EDADALAB), Education Access & Quality (International Development) (BPAGABAE)

Keywords

• Youth development programs
• Non-formal education
• Erasmus+ projects
• Community engagement
• International youth exchanges

Headquarters

HQ city

Bucharest

HQ country

Romania

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. EU Erasmus+ Programme Funding: Primary revenue stream through Erasmus+ Youth Accreditation and project grants. Funding supports youth exchanges, training courses, and mobility projects. The fourth year of accreditation (2024-2025) included 5 international mobilities comprising three youth exchanges, one professional training course, and one study visit.
2. CERV Programme Funding: European Union Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme funding for projects addressing social inclusion, democracy, and fundamental rights. Projects include Solidaritown, FutureUp, Green IT, GREEN_YOUTH, and READ TWICE-R2.
3. National Project Funding: Romanian national funding through POCU and POCA programmes for projects like Construct Your Future. Administrative tasks managed by staff experienced in national project requirements.
4. Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Youth Action: Funding for InnovatorsLab project focused on peace building education for Gen Z, bringing together partners from Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, and Armenia with e-learning platform development.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Asociația Se Poate is a Romanian non-governmental organization that designs and delivers EU-funded youth empowerment programmes through Erasmus+ and CERV frameworks. It runs international youth exchanges, training courses, study visits, and capacity-building projects across Europe covering non-formal education, environmental sustainability, media literacy, peace-building, and rural community development. Services are funded primarily through EU grants and national programmes, with activities hosted in Romania and partner countries.

Product overview

Asociația Se Poate is a Romanian NGO founded in 2014 that operates as a portfolio of EU-funded youth empowerment programs rather than a commercial product company. The organization manages multiple concurrent projects across Erasmus+ and CERV programmes, organized around thematic pillars: non-formal education, environmental sustainability (Green Deal initiatives), youth employability, active democracy/citizenship, and social inclusion. Key project families include: InnovatorsLab (peace-building through gamification/escape rooms), Media Literacy initiatives, GreenACT and environmental reforestation (New Trees for New Life), HiCoMa (rural community management), and various youth exchanges on topics from sports to cultural heritage. The organization functions as a project coordinator and implementer, not a software product provider.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Erasmus+ Youth Accreditation Programme: The organization's Erasmus+ accredited youth mobility programme enabling international exchanges and training courses for young people.
• New Trees for New Life
• HiCoMa - Highlands Community Manager
• InnovatorsLab: Gen Z's Game-Based Peace Building
• Media Literacy - The Key to Critical Thinking
• SolidariTown
• GreenACT: Youth in Action for a Better Future

Products and services

• InnovatorsLab: Gen Z's Game-Based Peace Building Cross-border initiative (December 2024 – November 2026) transforming peace education for Generation Z through game-based learning, escape room methodology, and an e-learning platform with modules in six languages. Targets young people and educators across Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, and Armenia.
• Media Literacy – The Key to Critical Thinking Erasmus+ project (February 2025 – August 2026) strengthening media literacy and critical thinking among adults aged 25-40. Delivered through mini-reports, educational videos, and an international training programme for adult educators across Romania, Poland, and Latvia.
• Sports for All – Breaking Barriers Together Erasmus+ Youth Exchange in Hungary exploring inclusive and adaptive sport, diversity, and equal access for young people with and without disabilities, with 44 participants from 6 countries over 9 days.
• Youth Participation 360 Erasmus+ Youth Exchange in Bansko, Bulgaria focused on youth participation, EU Youth Dialogue, and democratic engagement for 30 participants through workshops on Power Mapping, Changemakers Lab, and Youthpass certification.
• GreenACT: Youth in Action for a Better Future Erasmus+ Youth Exchange in Predeal, Romania under Erasmus+ Youth accreditation, focused on climate change, deforestation, and local environmental solutions for young people from Italy, Spain, Greece, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Romania.
• HiCoMa (Highlands Community Managers) Transnational Erasmus+ initiative training community managers for rural and mountain areas, with consortium partners from Spain and Italy. Includes an online course (May–October 2025) and transnational meetings producing a community management toolkit.
• Solidaritown EU-funded CERV project on solidarity, cultural heritage, and rural development with partners from Spain, Italy, Portugal, Poland, Slovenia, Ukraine, and Romania, concluding with an international conference in Leuven and Brussels.
• Easter Wishes EU-funded cultural heritage project exploring how Easter Week traditions can be preserved while promoting sustainability, inclusion, and European cooperation, with first event in Medina de Rioseco, Spain involving 127 participants from 8 countries.
• Green Trading (#GreenTrending) Erasmus+ Youth Exchange promoting sustainable development awareness through non-formal education, ecological workshops, digital workshops, and social media campaigns for 30 participants from Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Czechia, Latvia, and Italy.
• Erasmus+ Youth Exchange Portfolio Portfolio of Erasmus+ youth mobility projects covering employability, environment, equal opportunities, and active citizenship, including Sport and Dialogue, Bridge to New Beginnings (Ukrainian refugees), Femme Financial Freedom, FemAle, Green Three Seas, Next Generation, ValEU and You, and Spark of Green.
• CERV Programme Project Portfolio Portfolio of Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme projects focused on social inclusion, active citizenship, and democratic participation, including Green IT, FutureUp, GREEN_YOUTH, and READ TWICE-R2.
• New Trees for New Life Reforestation initiative empowering youth to lead environmental efforts, including an acacia forest in Lipănești spanning nearly 20 hectares started in 2017, aiming to create a community park.
• Non-Formal SE POATE Education Non-formal education methodology providing flexible and individualized learning outside traditional education, organized around Green Deal (sustainable development), Education Through Sport, Social Inclusion, Active Democracy, and Youth Employability.
• VIRAGO – Youth AGenda 2027 EU-funded strategic partnership (2019-2022, €480,000) promoting regional partnerships and civic participation of young women aged 18-29 from Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Italy, Spain, and Turkey under the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027.
• Youth Phoenix EU-funded strategic partnership (June 2022 – May 2024, €150,000, reference 101051382) addressing post-COVID youth leadership and civic participation across Romania, Bulgaria, Italy, Latvia, and France, focusing on EU Youth Goals #3, #4, #10.
• We Shan't Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership (May 2020 – July 2022, €74,520) combating prejudice, racism, and xenophobia among youth through storytelling, sport, and art with partners from Bulgaria and Italy.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,600 participants enabled through VIRAGO project
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

24 partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• Rajs Enterprise (Katarzyna Rajs)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Project coordinator for Media Literacy – The Key to Critical Thinking Erasmus+ KA210 project. Partnership involves development of media literacy toolkit including mini-reports, educational videos, articles, and infographics across Romania, Poland, and Latvia. Se Poate hosts training in Bucharest and contributes to local workshops and project outputs.
• Latvijas Jauniešu Attīstības Centrs (Latvian Youth Development Center)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Latvian partner hosting international training for adult educators in Saulkrasti (September 2025) as part of Media Literacy project. Provided venue and coordination for Digital Safari workshop focusing on identifying manipulation techniques in live online environments. 12 educators from Latvia, Poland, and Romania participated.
• Sdruzhenie Alternativi International (Bulgaria)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Project coordinator for InnovatorsLab: Gen Z's Game-Based Peace Building (December 2024 – November 2026). Partnership focuses on developing e-learning platform, escape room methodology, and Empathy Cards for peace education. Kick-off meeting held in Sofia. Consortium spans Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, and Armenia.
• Youth for Peace and Equality (Georgia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partner in InnovatorsLab peace building project contributing to development of game-based learning methodologies and GenZ PeaceLabs. Participated in intermediate meeting in Bucharest (October 2025) and job shadowing activities.
• Nicea Culture and Education Association (Turkiye)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Turkish partner in InnovatorsLab consortium working on peace education methodologies and escape room design for conflict transformation. Contributing to e-learning platform content in Turkish language.
• Armenian Progressive Youth NGOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Armenian partner in InnovatorsLab project contributing to development of educational modules and pilot testing of peace building tools in Armenian context.
• CREA360 (Spain)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Coordinator of HiCoMa (Highlands Community Manager) project. Spanish partner leading development of training course and toolkit for community managers in rural and mountain areas. Project includes case studies from Dolomiti Hub and Sovramonte municipality.
• A2030 Social Innovation Designers (Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Italian partner in HiCoMa project contributing expertise in social innovation for rural development. Involved in transnational meetings including Pontremoli event (January-February 2026).
• CREA Antropologia (Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Italian anthropological research partner in HiCoMa project focusing on community management and participatory approaches in rural areas.
• Youth Council of Żywiec (Poland)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Collaboration on Green Trading youth exchange enabling exchange of ecological knowledge and experiences enhancing environmental awareness in local community.
• Budapest Association for International Sports (Hungary)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Host organization for Sports for All youth exchange in Szigetszentmárton, Hungary (May 2026). 44 young people from 6 countries participated in inclusive sport activities.
• Amnesty Bisceglie (Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partner in MentorArt study visit (Erchie, Italy, July-August 2025) focused on art, culture, and community engagement methodologies.
• Euro Youth Messina (Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Italian partner in MentorArt project contributing to sessions on community-based cultural event development.
• Lipănești Municipality (Romania)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Romanian municipality hosting HiCoMa intermediate meeting (May 2025) and Youth Space Lipănești. Mayor Robert Viorel Nica participated in conference Connected by Nature. Location of acacia forest reforestation initiative.
• Silvador (Romania)minorOthers · 1 January 2024Forestry specialist Dragoș Parachiv provides expertise for GreenACT project, conducting guided forest tours teaching tree recognition and forest ecosystem importance.
• Ocolul Silvic Prahova (Romania)minorOthers · 1 January 2024Forestry office providing expertise on sustainable forestry during HiCoMa project meeting, including discussions on reforestation benefits and soil erosion prevention.
• Christmas Cities Network (Spain)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Coordinator of Solidaritown CERV project addressing solidarity, Christmas traditions, and cultural economy. Romanian delegation participated in closing conference in Leuven and Brussels (September 2025).
• Medina de Rioseco Townhall (Spain)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Spanish municipality hosting Easter Wishes project event (February 2026) bringing together 127 participants from 8 European countries. Event explored preservation of Easter Week traditions while promoting sustainability and inclusion.
• EducPro (Portugal)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Portuguese partner in Solidaritown project contributing to work package on cultural heritage and entrepreneurship potential.
• Fundacja Autokreacja (Poland)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Polish partner in Solidaritown consortium addressing cultural economy and European solidarity themes.
• Center for Entrepreneurship and Tourism Krško (Slovenia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Slovenian partner contributing to Solidaritown project on cultural heritage and entrepreneurship in European rural areas.
• Lviv Polytechnic National University (Ukraine)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Ukrainian university partner in Solidaritown project. Ukraine participated as unofficial partner due to bureaucratic constraints, but contributed consistently throughout project activities.
• Edushakers vzw (Belgium)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Belgian partner that assumed Ukraine's official partner role in Solidaritown project due to administrative restrictions.
• Student Union of RomaniacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014National student organization where team member Theodora Ana-Maria Sandu serves in HR and Communication departments. Source of Training of Trainer programme for project management, communication, and media literacy facilitation.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AIESEC: Global youth-led network running international exchanges, volunteering, and professional traineeship programmes for young adults. Comparable because both organizations deliver cross-border youth mobility and intercultural learning experiences, though AIESEC operates at much larger global scale.
• European Youth Forum: Umbrella organization representing national youth councils and youth NGOs to EU institutions. Comparable as a pan-European youth-organization operating in the same EU funding ecosystem and advocating for youth-policy outcomes.
• Erasmus Student Network (ESN): Pan-European student organization supporting Erasmus+ students across universities in 40+ countries. Comparable on the Erasmus+ ecosystem positioning and youth-mobility mandate, though ESN focuses on higher-education students rather than non-formal youth projects.
• European Solidarity Corps: EU programme funding volunteering and solidarity projects for young people, structurally adjacent to Erasmus+ youth activities. Comparable as the primary alternative EU funding mechanism that competes for the same youth-mobility demand.

Direct peers

• Youth for Understanding (YFU): International exchange organization running long-term student exchanges and short-term youth programmes, including those co-funded through Erasmus+. Comparable on youth mobility focus, host-family coordination, and intercultural education methodology.
• AFS Intercultural Programs: International NGO operating intercultural exchange programmes, youth leadership workshops, and global citizenship education. Directly comparable on youth-exchange product format, partnership-based delivery model, and reliance on host-country partner networks.
• Eurodesk: European youth information network active in 36 countries providing information on European mobility and engagement opportunities to young people. Comparable on the mission of channelling youth into Erasmus+ and EU programmes.
• Solidarités Jeunesses: French-headquartered international youth NGO running volunteering projects, youth exchanges, and non-formal education across Europe. Comparable on non-formal education methodology, international volunteer exchanges, and European youth-policy focus.

Emerging players

• Association of Baltic Sea Region Youth NGOs (BBSY): Regional network of youth NGOs in the Baltic Sea area delivering cross-border youth projects through Erasmus+ and national funding. Comparable as a smaller-scale, network-based youth NGO collective operating in overlapping EU funding programmes.

Others

• SALTO-YOUTH: Network of EU resource centres supporting quality in Erasmus+ youth projects through training, publications, and partner-finding tools. Comparable as a key enabler in the same Erasmus+ youth ecosystem rather than a direct delivery competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/asociatia-se-poate12
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