Organized by the Office for Cooperation with NGOs of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, a ceremony was held in Zagreb on Tuesday to award 27 contracts for projects from the twelfth and thirteenth Decision on financing under the call "Strengthening the capacity of civil society organizations to respond to the needs of the local community".
The contracted projects are worth almost HRK 12 million, and all projects are co-financed from the European Social Fund and from the State Budget at the position of the Office for CooperatAssociations.
The signatories of the contract were greeted by representatives of the Intermediary Bodies: Director of the Office for Associations Helena Beus and Deputy Director of the National Foundation for Civil Society Development Luka Bogdan. Marko Pavić, member of the Croatian Parliament and president of the Parliament's Committee for Regional Development and European Union Funds, also attended the contract awarding ceremony .
The call for a total value of HRK 120 million aims to ensure the development of civil society, which ensures uniform regional socio-economic growth and democratic development of Croatia.
Specifically, the call seeks to strengthen the capacities of civil society organizations (CSOs) active in local communities for the implementation of activities adapted to local problems and for direct work in areas financed through the European Social Fund for employment, education, social inclusion and good governance at the local level. It also aims to improve the capacity of civil society organizations to provide an effective response to the needs of the local community in crisis situations. The contracted projects are worth more than HRK 12 million, and all projects are co-financed from the European Social Fund and from the State Budget at the position of the Office for Associations.
List of contracted projects based on the 12th Decision on financing :
1. "Project to strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations for the connected provision of social services to users in Poreč and the development of support in times of crisis: Point on P - Support." Connection. Poreč." - Center for civic initiatives Poreč
2. "MI-MODE: Mitigation model in crisis situations as a response to the needs of the local community" - Center for entrepreneurship - for the development and promotion of entrepreneurial behavior
3. "STRONG TO THE GOAL" - CITY SOCIETY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY ĐURĐEVAC
4. "Volunteering for sustainable development on the mainland and islands" - Attention! - Projects and education for sustainable development
5. "Proactive network" - PRONI Center for social teaching
6. "Scout city - a city tailored to children - II. generations" - Split scout choir
7. "Together we are stronger - knowledge against the crisis" - Association for the promotion of cultures "Kulturtreger"
8. "Strengthen, help - a community of cancer fighters" - Association of women suffering from and treated for cancer SVE for HER
9. "Strengthening capacity for strengthening the local community" - ARTECO PAVLETIĆ
10. "Strengthening the capacity of the Sunce Center for the local community - Sun among us" - Center for education and counseling Sunce
11. "PPCD - Let's launch the potential of Civil Society" - Cluster for eco-social innovation and development CEDRA Split
12. "Associations of the Deaf - centers of knowledge and dissemination of timely and comprehensible information" - Croatian Society of Sign Language Interpreters for the Deaf
13. "5 shades of crisis" - OCEAN OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
14. "KNOWLEDGE CREATES OPPORTUNITIES - LET'S MOVE" - ASSOCIATION PARENTS "LET'S LEARN" VIŠKOVO
15. "Heritage after the earthquake" - ASSOCIATION OF LEARNING, WORK AND ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP "URA"
List of contracted projects based on the 13th Decision on financing :
1. BeUp2date - Center for research, education and application of new knowledge "UP2DATE"
2. Through knowledge to change - Local action group Posavina
3. Be a man - Status M
4. JOIN FOR KAJ - SPOJKAJ - Kajkaviana - Society for collecting, preserving and promotion of the Croatian Kajkavian heritage
5. Empowered, we create a better tomorrow - Krugovi, Center for Education, Counseling and Humanitarian Action
6. FOR-ONE-FOR-ALL - Zagreb Association of Disabled Workers
7. Support - strengthening of organizational capacities to provide professional and volunteer psychosocial support in crisis situations - Association Terra
8. The importance of psychophysical health for action in crisis situations - Association for the protection and promotion of human rights "Sofija"
9. Let's strengthen ourselves for change - Center for peace, non-violence and human rights-Osijek
10. STRENGTH OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY - Novigrad Association for promotion of local administration and self-government
11. Let's start and encourage the needy - Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia, Eparchy of Zagreb-Ljubljana, Church Municipality of Zagreb
12. IKT Cloud-io - Association of tourist guides "Međimurje guides"
