Organized by the Office for Cooperation with NGOs of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, a ceremony was held in Zagreb on Thursday to award grants for projects approved for contracting based on the 14th, 15th, and 16th Decisions on financing under the call for "Strengthening the capacity of civil society organizations to respond to needs of the local community".
The signatories of the contract were greeted by representatives of the Intermediary Bodies: Director of the Office for NGOs Helena Beus and Margareta Mađerić , State Secretary in the Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy and Luka Bogdan, Deputy Director of the National Foundation for Civil Society Development.
On the basis of the three Decisions on financing, 32 projects were contracted with a total value of HRK 14,230,549.56 , and all projects are co-financed from the European Social Fund and from the State Budget at the position of the Office for Cooperation with NGOs.
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.
In addition to the above, Luka Bogdan pointed out that the goal of this call is to send a clear message that the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the bodies in the system have and are responding to the needs of society, and with this call, which has so far contracted a total of 203 projects for the development of the local community, they show that they are successfully and react to the needs of society.
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Based on the 14th Decision on financing , 12 projects with a total value of HRK 5,121,110.50 are contracted for the second and third groups of financing.
Based on the 15th Decision on financing , 10 projects with a total value of HRK 4,544,538.27 are contracted for the first and second financing groups.
Based on the 16th Decision on financing , 10 projects with a total value of HRK 4,564,900.79 are contracted for the first and second financing groups.
