Cătălin Teniță

Cătălin Dragoș Teniță (Romanian pronunciation: [kətəˈlin teˈnit͡sə]; born 4 October 1977, in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian politician serving as a member[1] of the Romanian Parliament, Chamber of Deputies since December 2020. Before December 2020 he was a digital entrepreneur and civic activist. He was a founder of Treeworks, Zelist Monitor and Geeks for Democracy, a specialist in online communication and digital communities, and he was an Eisenhower Fellow 2020.

Cătălin Dragoș Teniță
Born (1977-10-04) October 4, 1977
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania
CitizenshipRomanian
Academic career
InstitutionParliament of Romania
FieldPolitics, Digital marketing,
Media activism,
Digital citizenship
Alma materUniversity of Bucharest
AwardsEisenhower Fellow
Websitewww.catalin-tenita.ro (blog)

Political activity

Cătălin Teniță is a member of the Romanian Parliament (Chamber of Deputies), being elected in the Bucharest electoral district, on the USR PLUS list in December 2020.[2] He is Vice Leader of the USR PLUS parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies.

Committee assignments
  • Committee for Human Rights, National Minorities and Cults (Vice-chair)
    • Chair Subcommittee for the Civic Society (Chair)
  • Committee for Arts, Culture, and Media
  • UNESCO Committee

Early life

In 1996 he graduated from the Spiru Haret National College. In 2000 he graduated from the Law School of the University of Bucharest.

Between 1995 and 1997 he was co-editor and translator at the Jurnalul SF, publishing over 100 materials (translations of short stories and novellas, as well as original book reviews), and a translator for various Romanian publishing houses.

In the spring of 2002, together with two high school classmates, he founded TreeWorks – an I.T. company with its own programming and product development activities and has been the company's managing partner until the election as Romanian MP.[3]

Civic involvement

In the summer of 2016, he co-founded a civic affinity group called Geeks for Democracy, which became a non-profit association with legal personality in 2018. The purpose of this entity is to use the resources and know-how in the area of creative industries (I.T., communication, design) for civic actions.[4]

Over time, Geeks for Democracy has carried out, either in its own name or in coalitions with other associations and groups, civic actions such as:

  1. Every Vote Matters is the platform for recruiting and training the voting observers (in cooperation with ExpertForum, Funky Citizens, CIVICA Iasi, Ghepart, Electoral Observatory)[5]
  2. The Fund for Democracy – a donor community for civic startups and investigative journalism[6]
  3. Crowdfunded national opinion polls on political opinions on current issues (February 2017 – OUG 13/2017,[7] January 2018 – socio-economic/political correlations,[8] December 2018 – opinion Romanians on pardoning/amnesty for corruption offenses in relation to those of common law[9])
  4. Our money – monitoring the public procurement in SEAP / SICAP[10]
  5. AtlasElectoral.eu – analysis of election results and presence[11]
  6. The Memorial of the Decree – a cross-media product of oral history type of the harmful consequences of Decree no. 770 of 1966 which established ruthless pronatalist policies
  7. Creative actions to support the protests caused by the attacks on justice during 2017-2019, both offline (Victoriei Square[12][13][14] ) and online (statulparalel.ro,[15][16] mitingucujapca.ro[17])
  8. New People in Politics – A Citizen Legislative Initiative to Reform Electoral Legislation to Simplify the Access of Competent Citizens in Politics[18]
  9. Actions of public commemoration of the heroes of the Romanian Revolution on its 29th anniversary,[19] respectively 30th anniversary (2019)[20]
  10. Shopping at Your Door – an initiative to respond to the needs of the elderly or other risk categories in the COVID-19 crisis (a crowdsourced call-center and teams of volunteers for home delivery of food and medicine, as well as interventions of the mobile food bank in disadvantaged or quarantined communities).[21][22]

In 2018 he participated in the course "Current U.S. Social, Political, and Economic Issues for Young European Leaders II", organized by the United States Department of State under the International Visitor Leadership Program.

In the fall of 2019 he was selected by Eisenhower Fellowships, Philadelphia as a Global Fellow 2020.[23]

Recognition

Awards
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
2017 Romanian PR Award non-profit campaign Every Vote Matters Won
2017 Civil Society Gala Civic Participation Category Every Vote Matters Won [24]
2018 Civil Society Gala Civic Initiatives Category The Fund for Democracy Won [25]

Recognition and fellowships
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
2017 CeRe Public Participation Awards Special Award Teniț@ and his Friends for Democracy Won [26]
2017 Romanian PR Awards Communicator of the Year Cătălin Teniță Won [26]
2018 U.S. State Department International Visitors Leadership Program Cătălin Teniță Won
2020 Eisenhower Fellowships Global Fellow Cătălin Teniță Won [27]

Publications
  • Pierdut in timp (The Timeships, volume I) by Stephen Baxter, Nemira Publishing House, 1999, ISBN 973-569-396-8, translated in Romanian by Cătălin Teniță
  • Corabiile timpului (The Timeships, volume II) by Stephen Baxter, Nemira Publishing House, 2001, ISBN 973-569-428-X, translated in Romanian by Cătălin Teniță
  • I. L. Caragiale Virtual Encyclopedia - editors: Remus Cernea, Gabriela Bagrinovschi and Cătălin Teniță, published by Noesis Cultural Society, Bucharest, 2002
  • Constantin Brâncuși Virtual Encyclopedia - editors: Remus Cernea, Gabriela Bagrinovschi and Cătălin Teniță, published by Noesis Cultural Society, Bucharest, 2003
  • Nichita Stănescu Virtual Encyclopedia - editors: Remus Cernea, Gabriela Bagrinovschi and Cătălin Teniță, published by Noesis Cultural Society, Bucharest, 2004[28]
  • "Searching the PR relevancy in the Social Media Age" published in The Golden Book of Romanian Public Relations, editor Dana Oancea, Forum for International Communications, Bucuresti, 2017, ISBN 978-973-0-25583-6
  • "Cine sunt tefeliștii. Și de ce le este lor frica?" in Vă Vedem by Ramona Ursu, Humanitas Publishing House, 2018, ISBN 978-973-50-6133-3
  • "Statul paralel al vrajitorilor, zeilor si sobolanilor" in Statul Paralel by Ramona Ursu, Editura Humanitas Publishing House, 2019, ISBN 978-973-50-6609-3
  • "Povestind cu Ursula" in Scena 9, 2018, https://www.scena9.ro/article/povestind-cu-ursula
  • The Step by step Revolution in The Wilson Quarterly, Winter 2020 Issue: https://www.wilsonquarterly.com/quarterly/the-power-of-protest/the-step-by-step-revolution/

References
  1. "Dragoş-Cătălin Teniță - Sinteza activității parlamentare în legislatura 2020-prezent". Romanian Parliament - Chamber of Deputies official Website (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2021-02-28.
  2. Cozighian, Paul. "Législatives en Roumanie: à Bucarest, Catalin Tenita veut incarner le renouveau". Le Figaro (in French).
  3. Oancea, Daniela (2018-12-10). "Cătălin Teniță: "ORICINE TREBUIE SĂ ÎNCERCE, CU PROPRIILE MIJLOACE, SĂ SCHIMBE CEVA"". Leaders (in Romanian). Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  4. Dumitrascu, Mihaela (2017-07-27). "#Rezist". CSR Report. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  5. Stefanescu, Cristian (2019-07-12). "Concluziile observatorilor: nu au existat fraude la votul din 26 mai" (in Romanian). Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  6. "Detalii de functionare". Fondul pentru Democratie (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  7. Ionescu, Costin (2017-02-14). "Sondaj independent – PSD este cotat cu 31% din voturile populatiei, PNL 17%, USR 7%, ALDE 2% / Numar urias de nehotarati". HotNews (in Romanian). Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  8. "STUDIUL "ROMANIA, CE URMEAZA"". Geeks for Democracy (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  9. "28 de organizaţii îi cer preşedintelui un referendum pe justiţie. Cine e în spatele sondajului în baza căruia se cere consultarea populară?". Mediafax (in Romanian). 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  10. Florin, Pop. "Our Money Facebook Page". Banii Nostri (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  11. "Atlas Electoral Homepage". Atas Electoral. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  12. Radu, Cristina (2017-02-18). "Noi proteste anunţate pentru weekend în Bucureşti şi în ţară: "Hrănim porumbeii, nu corupţia!", "Educaţie pentru democraţie – Lecţia de educaţie civică", "Rezistăm. Schimbăm" şi citirea Constituţiei. Vor fi împărţite insigne #rezist". News.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  13. Ilie, Luiza (2017-06-26). "Romania names new prime minister to defuse crisis" (in Romanian). Reuters. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  14. Fontaine, Aline (2019-01-14). "Recours à l'Europe pour la justice roumaine menacée". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  15. "Statulparalel.ro: Statul paralel, toti politicienii si toti demnitarii care te fura". Revista 22 (in Romanian). 2017-11-19. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  16. "Insight - Romanian ruling party conjures parallel state fears in legal 'blitzkrieg'". Euronews (in Romanian). 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  17. "Miting cu japca. Bărbat amenințat să nu meargă la nunta fiului, ca să-și păstreze locul de muncă". Digi 24 (in Romanian). 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  18. "Comunicat de presă - Asociaţia Platforma Iniţiativa România". Agerpres (in Romanian). 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  19. "Mii de foi cu cei care au murit la Revoluție, pe gardul Palatului Regal. Poate singura imagine-simbol pentru România in an centenar". Ziare.com (in Romanian). 2018-12-22. Archived from the original on 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  20. "Sute de persoane au participat la un marș de comemorare a eroilor Revoluției, Klaus Iohannis li s-a alăturat în Piața Universității" (in Romanian). Europa Liberă Romania. 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  21. Orosz, Andreea (2020-03-30). "Campania "Cumpărături la ușa ta" pregătește kituri cu alimente de bază la nivel național" (in Romanian). Radio France Internationale Romania. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  22. "Fellows Confronting COVID". Eisenhower Fellowships. 2020-05-11. Archived from the original on 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  23. "Eisenhower Fellows". www.efworld.org. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  24. "Gala Societatii Civile editia 2017". Gala Societati Civile (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  25. "Fondul pentru Democrație // Premiul 1 Initiațive cetățenești // GSC 2018". Gala Societatii Civile (in Romanian). 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  26. "Premianţii Galei Premiilor Participării Publice din 2017 sunt oamenii care aprind lumina în comunităţi". Radio France International (in Romanian). 2017-03-25. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  27. "Cătălin Teniță, fost participant în programul International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) este unul dintre cei doar 22 de profesioniști din lume selectați pentru competitivele burse Eisenhower Fellowships 2020!". US Embassy Bucharest (in Romanian). 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  28. Frâncu, Victoria. "An interpretation of the FRBR model" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-05-22.

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