Prioritety and thematic area:

Promoting citizens' initiatives and transparency

Objectives

The overall goal is to strengthen democratic structures and processes through civic engagement to reduce economic and social disparities.

Strategic focus

The Programme shall finance activities selected under Calls for proposals and provide capacity building and management support to civil society organisations. The Programme will contribute to balanced regional socio-economic growth and democratic development of the Republic of Croatia by strengthening the capacities of civil society organisations.

The Programme will implement activities that empower partnerships of civil society organisations and local stakeholders within four Components:

Component 1:
Sustainable Development Education
The component aims to increase the role of civil society organisations in the development of competencies of children and youth on sustainable development issues; and to empower partnerships of civil society organisations, schools and local communities in raising awareness on sustainable development issues.

Component 2:
Strengthening Volunteering
The objective is to strengthen the contribution of volunteering to social and economic growth and democratic development, where volunteering is defined as a voluntary investment of personal time, effort, knowledge and skills that perform services or activities for the benefit of another person or for the general benefit. The component aims to increase the number of quality and sustainable volunteer and volunteering education programmes and to encourage the development of inclusive volunteering. Activities supported shall target efficient volunteering management and the empowerment of volunteers.

Component 3:
Micro Projects
The objective is to support innovative micro projects of civil society organisations. The aim is to ensure an active role of civil society organisations in local community development and to find tailor-made solutions to local problems. The Programme also promotes cooperation and partnership between institutions, local governments and civil society organisations.

Component 4:
Service-Learning Programmes
The objective is to support the development of sustainable partnerships of civil society organisations and higher education institutions for the implementation of service-learning programmes.. The Programme should contribute to strengthening professional, analytical and advocacy capacities of civil society organisations by engaging students and higher education employees in service-learning activities.