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Declaratii Fiscale ANAF

2026-04-24T20:46:00.001+03:00

Recent news suggest that ANAF, the Romanian agency tasked with tax collection, is targeting NGOs for donations and how the money is used.

The article in Profit suggests that the actions taken by ANAF don’t make much sense, quoting a professional.

Lawyer Luisiana Dobrinescu, Partener, Dobrinescu Dobrev SCA, is quoted saying that the ONG must keep and be able to present proof.

“În primul rând, trebuie să poată prezenta acte doveditoare pentru fiecare caz căruia i-a alocat fonduri: de la contract de susținere financiară, la documente care să ateste cauza finanțată (studii, tratament medical etc.) și, cel mai important, dovada plății. Plățile cash ridică din start semne de întrebare suplimentare.”

Cash is worst, apparently.

“First and foremost, they must be able to provide supporting documentation for each case to which they have allocated funds: from the financial support agreement to documents certifying the purpose of the funding (studies, medical treatment, etc.) and, most importantly, proof of payment. Cash payments raise additional questions from the outset.”

The requirements NGOs must fulfill are quite extensive, as can be seen below.

Surse / + info: intv-declatr, tmn-prft-anfmfintc, fr-declnpo-d101, zc-anaf25, nmr-sponf, lf-ttl24, ic-anfnot, avn-ghid-cpdf-vpdf

#Reciclop, #anaf, #taxe, #taxa, #birocratie, #taxes, #tax, #lege, #legislatie, #ong, #ngo (Tags)

Best domain: EU or RO?

2026-04-12T18:00:00.001+03:00

Registering a domain name can be done at any point – here’s how we did it and why.

Our domain name is, obviously, reciclop.eu which was registered under the EU TLD (top level domain).

We considered a .ro domain, but that one is 12 euro at rotld and we were able to register this EU domain for much less. At our reseller, a .EU domain is 1 euro cheaper than a .RO domain – and the latter is itself cheaper than the 10 euro.

Other options, all more expensive and in euro, are .org 16, .net 17, .info 30, .agency 31, .ai 180, .cloud 35, .club 26, .blog 35, .md 150, .me 24, .wiki 34.

In USD we have .org 15, .online 33/5, .site 33/8, .tech 60/15, .fun 35/8, .website 25/8, .io 60/34 .charity 35, .click 15, .community 46, .contact 18, .coop 95, .courses 43, .dance 28, .design 64, .digital 43, .diy 43, .forum 46, .foundation 33, .free 43, .fund 77, .fyi 10, .giving / .gives 35, .global 102, .gratis 26, .green 95, .group 27, .guide 43, .help 34, .how 31, .institute 28, .international 35, .is 84, .it 16, .lol 36, .media 46, .meme 18, .mobile 23, .moi 33, .name 16, .new 495, .news 36, .ngo / .ong 22, .page 15, .re 18, .repair 41, .rent 82, .rentals 45, .review 33, .security 2450, .services 41, .ski 69, .so 110, .social 43, .solar 74, .solutions 35, .space 30/8, .sucks 255, .team 39, .technology 33, .tel 14, .theater 74, .theatre 645, .tips 35, .tm 565, .to 87, .today 29, .tools 39, .top 12, .travel 147, .tv 44, .university 67, .ventures 60, .vip 22, .vote 102, .win 33, .work 15, .works 41, .wtf 39, .you 26, .zone 41 (we included limited time sales as a /#).

So, if your preferred domain is taken, don’t despair! Go to wintegrated or any other domain reseller who sells domains to ONGs / NGOs at cost and get it!

Surse / + info: wintegrated, rotld

#Reciclop, #domenii, #domains, #domain, #internet, #dns, #web, #www, #publishing, #domain registration, #inregistrare domenii, #inregistrare domeniu, #registrar, #tld (Tags)

New Banner

2026-03-29T06:30:00.001+03:00

We got around to generate a few banners for our social media accounts and some are quite funny!

Having created a few social media accounts, we acutely felt the lack of a banner, wherever that was possible.

We first asked Copilot what were the preferred dimensions, having already looked at our blog template and having inferred a 1600x1066 dimension, and they obliged:

X:1500x500 & Meta:851x315

Recommended X Header Banner Size

• 1500 × 500 px

• Aspect ratio: 3:1

• Tips:

• Keep important text/logo centered—edges may crop on some screens.

• Use high‑resolution images to avoid compression artifacts.

Recommended Facebook Page Cover Photo Size

• 851 × 315 px (upload size)

• Display sizes:

• Desktop: 820 × 312 px

• Mobile: 640 × 360 px

• Safe zone:

• Keep key elements within 820 × 360 px to avoid mobile cropping.

• For higher quality:

• You can upload up to 2037 × 754 px for sharper results.

That was useful.

Armed with that knowledge, we got to the prompt and came up with:

Create a banner for social media accounts with main elements to be found in the center 820x360. A long haired cyclist is on their bicycle taking a break and sunbathing. The cyclist's gender cannot be ascertained. The cyclist is smiling and has a milk moustache, exuding zen-like harmony. The bicycle has RECICLOP.EU written on it and it is very visible. The clouds in the sky are shaped like kefir grains. The bicycle frame holds a bottle with the word KEFIR on it.

Kimi was too busy and couldn’t pull it off, while DeepSeek wouldn’t do it but rephrased it.

A horizontal social media banner, 820x360 pixels. Centered composition. A long-haired cyclist sits on a bicycle, taking a break and sunbathing. The cyclist's gender is ambiguous. The cyclist smiles peacefully, has a visible white milk mustache, and exudes a zen-like, harmonious expression. The bicycle clearly displays the text "RECICLOP.EU" on the frame, large and legible. In the sky, clouds are shaped like kefir grains. Attached to the bicycle frame is a bottle labeled "KEFIR". Warm, natural lighting, soft colors, eco-friendly and calm mood. No logos except the mentioned text.

Microsoft Designer created an illustration with a physically impossible position, whereas Meta’s illustrations are quite decidedly featuring females and the writing is not readable or it is non-existent. Gemini created realistic photos except that there’s the same problem of back support that, while possible, would require strain so it’s a bit faked. Same goes for ChatGPT, though even less realistic. Perplexity did quite alright, showing a cyclist in a field, although it overdid the bottles: 3. Grok also showed a female in a quite realistic photo, and then a naked cyclist in an illustration. Claude was the only one to create an SVG, sacrificing esthetics in the process.

We were able to load even the SVG in the album below!

Surse / + info: gPh

#Reciclop, #social media, #design, #generative ai, #logo, #banner design, #banner, #banners, #image, #images, #imaging, #diffusion, #prompt engineering (Tags)

Banking and Financing

2026-03-23T17:00:00.004+02:00

Making sense of banking – Patria, BCR, Wise and sources of financing.

As summarized in the previous article, the legislation for associations was simplified greatly in 2020 and the requirement for a “starting capital” was eliminated, but some commentators warn that some judges didn’t get the memo and still require banking info in the file.

We contacted Patria Bank and even visited one of their locations, but nobody seemed to know about their offer (currently at 5 RON/month, previously at 3). That may be a blessing in disguise, as the other bank with an offer for NGOs, BCR, has actually 0 monthly fees.

As we talked to others about NGOs, people were naturally interested in the availability of funds, se here (below) are a few links.

Surse / + info: ic-ong, ws-cmd-pa, ao-11lu, bcr-ong-pdf, stc-cfe26-mfe-xls-gd, mc-adrc-gl-cepu-ngom-didi-opue

#Reciclop, #ong, #ngo, #banca, #banking, #finance, #financing, #fonduri, #finantare, #finante, #george, #bcr, #patria, #wise, #bank (Tags)

Visible NGOs

2026-03-17T19:00:00.005+02:00

Let's have a look at the NGO/ONG environment in Romania - legislation, examples, videos. We plan to review these later.

Luckily, there are quite a few videos that can be uncovered with a simple search on Youtube. We made a playlist of these videos, most being helpful, but some leveling criticism on NGOs, indicative of what many in Romania think about them.

(If you’re wondering, the logo shown is based on one generated by Grok using the prompt shown in the previous article.)

We started creating all our necessary documents using this Google Doc containing all the necessary templates.

The first step in getting an NGO off the ground in Romania is reserving the name with the Ministry of Justice. This can be done by email, after making a payment. They will most likely approve it in 5 days or so and then you have 3 months to register it; you can extend the expiry only once by making another payment.

The legislation governing NGOs has been amended a few years ago. NGOs are still seen poorly by some parts of the press. As such, some of the older information is not accurate (e.g., tm-cnstasc, tw-rezden, hw2ong-f502-2706, ifnis-PDF, cntzn-mdlst, avp-modstut, song-25).

IAS: The following are NGO listings for Iasi (since there’s a ton in Bucharest): cylx, lio, ybly, subi, lai, frmn, judis, neatis.

AVN: One particular forum has a number of Q&As that may be helpful: mmb, modcnsdir, ext, selmoncs, prlsdmndpres, modst, persal, desf.

PDF: If you have specific requirements for the NGO “constitution” and need to deviate from the standard, the following online examples may be useful: roc-ong, t23-stPDF, sctim-pdf, ordspf-PDF, icc-PDF, aib-st, avocl-inf.

The governing legal framework are [mod] 276/2020 (ljr, fPDF, mjr, rujr, avn-s, lgPDF, ear, saa), 26/2000 (original: l5, avnr), resulting in MJ orders 2.534/C/2012 (EU, ljr, avn, jur, cdep) and 954/B/C/2000 (ljr, lgx, mjr, kPDF, cdep).

Surse / + iNFO: cr-ong, sdw-infong, canr-catnl, od-ongh2, adb-600, mjPDF-actenec, yt-bbtgr, fr-asoclst, stong-ghid (PDF, rsrcs, '23), nndkp, te-ong, lm-ong, cp-ngo, eguv-PDF, ob-reznm, mtb-ong, cjr-infong, sfrl-asoc

#Reciclop, #ong, #ngo, #birocratie, #bureaucracy, #legislatie, #non-profit (Tags)

reciclop logo design

2026-03-14T17:00:00.006+02:00

One of the first steps in a startup is designing a logo. NGOs are not that different, right?

Am incercat Microsoft Desginer (Copilot), Grok, ChatGPT and Claude using this prompt:

draw a vector image of the 3 recycling arrows made to resemble a bicycle tire envelope. there are 5 spokes that look a lot like screwdrivers of different types (flat head, philips, hexa etc) that are long and thin, with their thin handle toward the tire.

Claude won by a landslide, producing SVG output.

The code was a bit rough so it was and still is necessary to play with it in Inkscape.

<circle cx="340" cy="340" r="298" fill="none" stroke="#1a1a18" stroke-width="40"/>
<circle cx="340" cy="340" r="298" fill="none" stroke="#555550" stroke-width="8" stroke-dasharray="18 12"/>
<circle cx="340" cy="340" r="258" fill="none" stroke="#888780" stroke-width="5"/>
<circle cx="340" cy="340" r="275" fill="none" stroke="#333330" stroke-width="3"/>

<path d="M 181.6,265.9 A 175,175 0 0,1 440.4,196.7" fill="none" stroke="#E24B4A" stroke-width="72" stroke-linecap="butt"/>
<polygon points="474.1,227.5 466.8,159.0 414.0,234.4" fill="#E24B4A"/>

<path d="M 483.3,239.5 A 175,175 0 0,1 414.0,498.6" fill="none" stroke="#EF9F27" stroke-width="72" stroke-linecap="butt"/>
<polygon points="370.4,512.3 433.5,540.3 394.5,456.9" fill="#EF9F27"/>

<path d="M 355.2,513.3 A 175,175 0 0,1 165.7,324.8" fill="none" stroke="#378ADD" stroke-width="72" stroke-linecap="butt"/>
<polygon points="175.6,280.2 119.9,320.8 211.5,328.8" fill="#378ADD"/>

<rect x="336" y="90" width="8" height="213" rx="2" fill="#639922"/>
<rect x="326" y="285" width="28" height="42" rx="6" fill="#3B6D11"/>
<rect x="330" y="283" width="20" height="6" rx="2" fill="#97C459"/>
<rect x="323" y="86" width="34" height="7" rx="1" fill="#639922"/>

<g transform="rotate(72 340 340)">
    <rect x="336" y="90" width="8" height="213" rx="2" fill="#639922"/>
    <rect x="326" y="285" width="28" height="42" rx="6" fill="#3B6D11"/>
    <rect x="330" y="283" width="20" height="6" rx="2" fill="#97C459"/>
    <rect x="323" y="84" width="34" height="7" rx="1" fill="#639922"/>
    <rect x="336" y="74" width="8" height="24" rx="1" fill="#639922"/>
</g>

<g transform="rotate(144 340 340)">
    <rect x="336" y="90" width="8" height="213" rx="2" fill="#639922"/>
    <rect x="326" y="285" width="28" height="42" rx="6" fill="#3B6D11"/>
    <rect x="330" y="283" width="20" height="6" rx="2" fill="#97C459"/>
    <polygon points="340,74 349,79 349,91 340,96 331,91 331,79" fill="#639922"/>
</g>

<g transform="rotate(216 340 340)">
    <rect x="336" y="90" width="8" height="213" rx="2" fill="#639922"/>
    <rect x="326" y="285" width="28" height="42" rx="6" fill="#3B6D11"/>
    <rect x="330" y="283" width="20" height="6" rx="2" fill="#97C459"/>
    <polygon points="340,74 343,81 350,79 347,86 350,93 340,90 330,93 333,86 330,79 337,81" fill="#639922"/>
     <circle cx="340" cy="83" r="3" fill="#3B6D11"/>
</g>

<g transform="rotate(288 340 340)">
    <rect x="336" y="90" width="8" height="213" rx="2" fill="#639922"/>
    <rect x="326" y="285" width="28" height="42" rx="6" fill="#3B6D11"/>
    <rect x="330" y="283" width="20" height="6" rx="2" fill="#97C459"/>
    <rect x="330" y="76" width="20" height="20" rx="1" fill="#639922"/>
    <rect x="335" y="81" width="10" height="10" rx="0.5" fill="#3B6D11"/>
</g>

<circle cx="340" cy="340" r="50" fill="#1a1a18" stroke="#888780" stroke-width="5"/>
<circle cx="340" cy="340" r="32" fill="#2C2C2A" stroke="#666660" stroke-width="2"/>
<circle cx="340" cy="340" r="12" fill="#888780"/>
<circle cx="340" cy="340" r="5" fill="#1a1a18"/>

<text font-family="sans-serif" font-weight="700" font-size="32" fill="#F0EDE6" letter-spacing="6">
    <textPath href="#txt-eu" startOffset="50%" text-anchor="middle">.eu</textPath>
</text>
<text font-family="sans-serif" font-weight="700" font-size="32" fill="#F0EDE6" letter-spacing="6">
    <textPath href="#txt-re" startOffset="50%" text-anchor="middle">RE</textPath>
</text>
<text font-family="sans-serif" font-weight="700" font-size="32" fill="#F0EDE6" letter-spacing="6">
    <textPath href="#txt-ci" startOffset="50%" text-anchor="middle">CI</textPath>
</text>
<text font-family="sans-serif" font-weight="700" font-size="32" fill="#F0EDE6" letter-spacing="6">
    <textPath href="#txt-cl" startOffset="50%" text-anchor="middle">CL</textPath>
</text>
<text font-family="sans-serif" font-weight="700" font-size="32" fill="#F0EDE6" letter-spacing="6">
    <textPath href="#txt-op" startOffset="50%" text-anchor="middle">OP</textPath>
</text>

</svg>

What do you think? Continue with this album or have a look at legalities and other NGOs.