CROSSBORDER RURAL DEVELOPMENT

A CHANCE FOR FUTURE

COMUNA BUCSANI

The Commune of Bucsani is situated at a distance of 65 km of Giurgiu and 50 km of Bucharest and counts 4000 inhabitants.

Bucsani Commune is composed of 7 villages as follows: Bucsani, Vadu-Lat, Podisor, Uiesti, Goleasca, Anghelesti, Obedeni and is situated on a 20 km area between Podisor and Goleasca. Is composed of 8000 ha arable land, 2000 ha intra - village land and 400 ha meadows.

In Bucsani village there is also the headquarters of Local Council, The Human and Veterinary Heath Centres.

 Farming is the main occupation of the locals but there aren’t any markets available in Bucsani.

All the villages, except Anghelesti, have optical fibre telephony systems and cable TV.  A local system for potable water is available in Bucsani, Vadu-Lat and Podisor, with possibilities for extension in the entire community.

Road 412c Bucsani- Goleasca is in good conditions, in asphalt (80%).The last 2 km are included in the Development Plan for the next 4 years.

In the Village Podisor, the methan gas network is almost finished and the other villages of the commune are in the process of getting connected to the system.

The commune is in need of employment.

In the commune Bucsani there are 2 schools with legal status:

-         Primary School (classes from 1 to the 8^th grade and School for Professional Skills-  which offers the graduating students a qualification for „Wood works” and „Carpenting” levels 1 and 2) co- existing with the Schools from Podisor, Uiesti and Goleasca (classes from the 1 to 4^th grade);

-         Primary School from Vadu Lat (classes from the 1 to the 8^th grade) co-existing with the Schools from Obedeni and Anghelesti (classes from the 1 to the 4^th grade).

Bucsani Primary School has the fallowing facilities:

-         1 Laboratory for Physics and Chemistry;

-         1 Laboratory for Informatics;

-         1 Class-Room for Mathematics;

-         1 Class-Room for History;

-         1 Class-Room for the study of Religion;

-         1 Class-Room for Romanian Language and Literature;

-         Health Assistance Room with all the necessary medical instruments;

-         Centre for Documentation and Information, which creates the necessary conditions for auto-documentation activities and the individual works, access to the new technologies and the information resources and has become the main factor for preventing the process of study interruption in the community.

The existence of such a centre can be a big gaining factor for the community considering the availability that is offering to all the young people of the commune.

Considering that the School for Professional Skills Bucsani is frequented by students from all the communes from the neighbourhood, the local authorities have created dormitory facilities for all of them, a project that was the result of a partnership between Bucsani Local Council, Giurgiu County Council and Bucsani School.

The partnership contract was developed for the sustainability of the project „A weekly Centre for the North-West area students which are attending the classes of the Bucsani School for Professional Skills”. The funds were obtained from the programme „Investment in Social Services”.The Centre was opened in September 1^st 2005.

The dormitory building consists in apartments, with new furniture and TVs and kitchen (refrigerators and cooking ovens) and bathroom facilities.