iu Valley, Romania’s former largest coal mining area, 135.000 inhabitants, 6 towns, 30 years of badly done transition, has a new opportunity to revitalise and reinvent itself, especially in the context of the Green Deal. The NGOs of Engaged Jiu Valley coalition got rid of the pessimism specific to the last decades of the region and started to strongly collaborate for its sustainable development. Defining its post-mining identity, improving the quality of life of marginalised families and its citizens, and deciding its innovative future in a green sustainable environment are Jiu Valley’s priorities. We strive to be creative and collaborative in transforming it into a sustainable, digitised and innovative destination, overcoming the impact of past economic politics, brain-drain, underestimated potential, and major contrasts. With huge investment potential in green energy, tourism, high-technology, urban regeneration, and with rising civil society aiming to make it more attractive for people, tourists, and investors, Jiu Valley's future is resilient, sustainable, and bright.

• Non-profit organisation (i.e. pursues a particular social cause, e.g. schools, foundations, social movement)

• Raising awareness and/or political agenda-setting
• Designing policies and/or (management) strategies
• Facilitating dialogue and networking