The NGO is financed mainly from the European Social Fund for its current projects "Good
Practice Models in the Field of Social Inclusion" and "The Role of Social Dialogue in
Promoting Active Social Inclusion". Mihaela Vetan, the NGOs president, was fond of the idea
of starting CSA partnerships already since a longer time. She believed in the opportunity of
developing such partnerships in Romania and promoted ASAT as an alternative development
model. Today CRIES is developing a network to support ASAT at the national level, around
the main urban centres. The aim is to multiply partnerships and offer support (distribution
points, space for consumers to meet, make them known to the community) without obtaining
any financial benefit.