Clujul Has a Soul designated “project of the month” by website www.responsabilitatesociala.ro

Clujul Has a Soul was designated the best project of the month , based on the votes cast on www.responsabilitatesociala.ro . The “Project of the Month” section of the website proposed three case studies, and that of Banca Transilvania – Cluj Has a Soul – got most of the votes, namely over 40% of all votes.

www.responsabilitatesociala.ro is a niche website for people who want to find information about CSR and companies that are involved in community life. Moreover, on the website, one can view case studies and news related to this field.

Cluj Has a Soul is a foundation set up by Banca Transilvania in 2007, in Cluj-Napoca , and its goal is to support underprivileged children from Cluj, aged between 14 and 20. Banca Transilvania partnered up with the

Romanian Foundation for Children, Community and Family (FRCCF) for the project, and together they come up with special programmes for teenagers aiming at: motivating young people to continue school, personal and career development, social reintegration, psychological counselling. An important stage of the project was the opening of a day-care centre in Cluj, earlier this year, where over 60 young people, already enrolled in the programme, get all the support they need for identifying their future profession and finding a job. Cluj Has a Soul is a highly known project – especially in Cluj – and about 100,000 citizens of Cluj signed the list supporting this initiative.

Cluj Has a Soul is not the first CSR project of the bank which is appreciated by the visitors of www.responsabilitatesociala.ro . In 2006, “You Choose, Banca Transilvania Gets Involved” was also chosen “Project of the Month”.

obert C. Rekkers, CEO of Banca Transilvania, stated : “Banca Transilvania is all about people, and it grows together with its clients. Each new idea – products, services, offices, CSR projects – brings us closer to the community, to people. Clujul Has a Soul confirms it once more”.