Angela Achiței, President of ADV Romania, speaks about the urgent need for financial instruments dedicated to the social economy and about the courage to innovate when the system fails to provide solutions. 🎯 This is how AFIN IFN was born – the first social finance institution in Romania, created by ADV Romania precisely because... there was nothing available for social enterprises.
At the launch event of Edge Institute, a leader from the business sector, one from social entrepreneurship, and one from higher education outlined several key ideas needed for Romania’s digitalization process.
The three speakers were Elisabeta Moraru, board member of Edge Institute and Country Manager of Google Romania, Răzvan Rughiniș, board member of Edge Institute and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science at University Politehnica of Bucharest, and Angela Achiței, social entrepreneur and President of ADV Romania Group.
- Her discussion was moderated by Dragoș Stanca, board member of Edge Institute and founder of Upgrade 100. IQ Digital – a co-production by U100 x George / BCR – was the amplification partner of this event.
📣 **Angela Achiței:** *“Everything we do each day defines our future.”*
In the European Union, the social economy generates 10% of the GDP and supports over 11 million jobs. In Romania, this potential remains largely underutilized.
Angela Achiței, President of ADV Romania, makes a clear call to action:
🧩 We need vision, strategy, and real investment in the social economy.
🔧 We need inclusive digitalization that builds bridges for people with disabilities, not barriers.
❤️ And above all, we need decisions made with love for people, not just out of a sense of duty.
**“Even when we talk about technology, we ultimately come back to people. And everything we do must be for their well-being.”**
Let’s make a conscious choice to collaborate with social enterprises. Let’s invest in impact. Let’s build the future through what we do today.
🔗 Am creat AFIN pentru că nu exista nimic – mai bine construim, decât să ne plângem
🧩 “Instead of complaining that we lack tools to support the social economy, we created one ourselves: AFIN.”
– Angela Achiței, President of ADV Romania
**ADV Romania doesn’t just talk about impact – it builds it, step by step. When we realized that social enterprises in Romania had no access to funding, we created AFIN – the first NBFI dedicated to social financing.**
💡 We didn’t wait for the state or the market to provide solutions. We did it ourselves, out of responsibility and belief in the potential of this sector.
AFIN is just one of the tools developed by ADV Romania to support the social economy ecosystem. Through it, social enterprises can access microcredits, guidance, and most importantly, an alternative to the traditional financial system, which often overlooks them.
**“I believe Romania has an extraordinary foundation – passionate people and great ideas. What else do we need? A bit of collaboration and the courage to build together.”**
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