Brief History
AIDRom (Inter-Church AID Department Romania) started its activity in 1991 under a form of cooperation between the Churches of the country: Romanian Orthodox, Reformed and Lutheran, in cooperation with Unit IV (Sharing and Service) of the World Council of Churches. It had functioned in this way until 1993 when it became a Romanian juridical body under the name of: The Ecumenical Association of Churches in Romania. In 1994 other two Romanian Churches became members: the Evangelical Lutheran Synodal Presbyterian Church and the Armenian Orthodox Church.

AIDRom underwent a process of Development and with time became a national platform for ecumenical dialogue and collaboration of Churches in Romania and at the same time continued to operate as a development agency, processing projects aiming at the improvement of educational systems, both formal and informal, social-economic, moral-spiritual situation and protection of environment in the country.

AIDRom works in three main departments: Ecumenical Platform and Formation, Interchurch Aid and Development and Education for Peace and Reconciliation.

Mission and Mandates
The mission statement of AIDRom is relevant to its real work as what is perceived as the “ethos” of the organisation, “summoning the churches and the civil society for a common response to social problems in Romanian society”.

"Churches in mutual respect, acting together in Christian faith for social justice, human dignity and integrity of creation"

There are three distinct mandates of AIDRom:
- Promoting unity, dialogue and common witness of Churches in Romania
- Supporting the social diaconal activity and of the mission of the Church in society
- Promoting reconciliation between Churches and communities in Romania.


AIDRom carries out its activity within the following departments:

· Ecumenical Platform and Formation
- Ecumenical Commission
- Prayer for Unity
- Inter-theological Conferences
- Lay and Youth Ecumenical Formation

· Interchurch Aid and Development
- Women’s Programme
- Social Diakonia
- Children at Risk
- Environment and Sustainable Development
- Emergency Response and Disaster Preparedness

· Education for peace and reconciliation
- Educational Programs
- Programs for Minorities
- Human Rights

AIDRom’s Current Priorities and Programmes:

Training for Transformation:
- Project Management
- Fundaments of fundraising
- Conflict analysis and negotiation skills
- Communication Management
- Training for Interethnic and inter-confessional reconciliation

Women:
- Prevention of domestic violence
- Fighting against trafficking in human beings
- Equal opportunities – training on gender issues
- Women empowerment
- Women's working condition
- Unemployed women and their position in society
- European Union structures
- New opportunities on EU’s labour market

Children at risk:
- Health care/ medical assistance
- Young mothers
- Education
- Combating drug use
- Preventing criminal activities
- Preventing child abandonment
- Family planning

Education:
- Youth at risk
- Approach into the perspective of EU integration
- Confessional schools
- Vocational learning
- Churches and the EU integration process
- Church ecumenical HIV/AIDS Networking

Ecumenism:
- Implementation of recommendations of the 2nd European Assembly of European Churches, Graz, 1997
- Implementation of recommendations of the General Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Harare, 1999
- Theological trainings and reflections
- Ecumenical prayer
- Ecumenical scholarship

Ecology:
- Ecological Agriculture in Church sites
- Ecological Education
- Implementation of resolutions of European environmental networks

Rroma issues related to:
- Literacy
- Education - civic education
- Health care
- Child labour
- School dropout
- Anti-discrimination legislation