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Donor: Ministry of Labor, Pension System, Family and Social Policy
Implementation period: 01.01.2022. - 31.12.2022.
Total project value: 150,000.00 kn
Partners: Social Welfare Center Đakovo, Social Welfare Center Vukovar, Social Welfare Center Županja
Project description:
The counseling center provides assistance to victims of domestic violence through responses to inquiries sent by email or mail, via the SOS crisis line 0800 200 144, personal counseling and writing submissions to administrative and judicial bodies, psychological empowerment and psychosocial assistance to victims facing difficulties that affect their work and family life.
Project implementation period: 01.01.2022. - 31.12.2022.
Total project value: 95,000.00 kn
Donor: Ministry of Justice
Project description:
The main goal of the project is to organize accessible and effective mechanisms for providing primary legal aid to the most vulnerable social groups who, due to various unfavorable life factors, insufficient information and ignorance, are unable to exercise their rights themselves or have the financial means to obtain legal aid in another way. Project activities are aimed at providing legal aid to vulnerable groups of citizens through a legal advice center, which has become an integral part of the association during our many years of work and has so far proven to be useful in many ways, both on an individual and a general social level.
Donor: European Social Fund (85%), State Budget of the Republic of Croatia (15%)
Project name: "The impact of public policies on the quality of family and working life and on the demographic picture of Croatia - spaces of change"
Project duration: 28.10.2020.-27.10.2023.
Project value: 3,599,941.69 HRK
Project description:
Project 'The impact of public policies on the quality of family and working life and on the demographic picture of Croatia - spaces of change' aims to strengthen civil society organizations included in the Thematic Network through partnerships, cross-sectoral cooperation with higher education institutions, and local and regional self-government units in order to achieve effective social dialogue with the purpose of developing and proposing adequate public policies, adapted to the cultural specificities of each region, in order to contribute to the harmonization of private and business life of the citizens of the Republic of Croatia.
The project is carried out through 3 key groups of activities: building a network of CSOs to identify needs and propose public policies for the reconciliation of private and professional life and their regional implementation; multi-stage action research into the real needs of women and men of working age; promotion and social dialogue on public policy measures that contribute to the reconciliation of private and professional life.
The project lasts 36 months and is implemented in the City of Zagreb and the following counties: Sisak-Moslavina, Koprivnica-Križevci, Osijek-Baranja, Vukovar-Srijem, Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Zadar, Split-Dalmatia and Istria counties.
Project partners:
The project leader is the BaBe association, and the project partners are: the University of Zadar, the City of Novska, Vukovar-Srijem County, the Association for Human Rights and Civic Participation PaRIter, the Association 'HERA' Križevci - For the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights, the Center for Civic Initiatives Poreč, the Women's Association "IZVOR", the Croatian Association of Business Women Krug, Domine - an organization for the promotion of women's rights, the Space for Gender and Media Culture K-Zona, and the Croatian Youth Network.
Research report:
Policy Recommendations:
ANNOUNCEMENT: Call for submission of project proposals "Art and culture for young people"
Safe house - providing existential protection and psychosocial support to women victims of violence and their children in Vukovar-Srijem County through the Safe House. The Safe House has been operating since 2008. The program is implemented with the financial support of the Vukovar-Srijem County (cooperation agreement of 275,000.00 kuna per year) and a mutual relations agreement has been concluded with the Ministry of Labor, Pension System, Family and Social Policy for 20 beneficiaries of temporary accommodation in the amount of 4,000.00 kuna per beneficiary. The project is also financed by donations from citizens and business users.
Donor: Office for NGOs of the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the National Foundation for the Development of Civil Society
Implementation period: 21.3.2022. to 21.6.2023.
Total project value: 477,636.38 kn
Partners: Vukovar-Srijem County and the Association for Support to Victims and Witnesses.
Project description: The project addresses the problem of organizational and financial undercapacity of local civil society organizations that deal with the protection of the human rights of the most vulnerable groups with the aim of transferring knowledge, experience and good practice and forming local civil society organizations and their empowerment as long-term stable and sustainable organizations that will be able to timely identify the problems faced by citizens in their local community and respond to them effectively and timely, especially in crisis and emergency situations, thus encouraging the development of local communities and the prosperity of citizens as the ultimate user.
The project contains two elements. The first is to strengthen the capacities of local civil society organizations, the second is to strengthen the capacities of CSOs and implement counseling for associations as employers in crisis situations.
Within the first element, we will carry out the following activities:
1. Organizing the training of representatives of civil society organizations in the field of financial management and fundraising and the legislative framework for the activities of civil society organizations
2. Designing, creating and implementing online programs and workshops, providing psychological and counseling assistance to people who have suffered trauma, stress or loss due to a crisis situation
3. Organizing volunteer activities and volunteer management and introducing innovative tools and mechanisms for the development of crisis volunteering at the local level
4. Strengthening the capacity of CSOs to improve public awareness and advocacy activities and address the needs of vulnerable groups, especially due to crisis situations
5. Designing and implementing training and other forms of strengthening and improving the capacity of employees and/or volunteers of civil society organizations for direct work in the field of employment, social inclusion and education, including adaptation of business with the application of innovation and communication technologies, encouragement of volunteerism in the local community (organization of volunteer programs)
6. Strengthening the capacities of CSOs and providing an effective response to the needs of the local community, especially in crisis situations, mapping the needs and services of the local community for crisis management
7. Creation of online and digital manuals, games, simulations and other tools for self-help and support for vulnerable groups
Within the second element, we will carry out the following activities:
1. Holding a general IT literacy workshop for representatives of CSOs
2. Holding a workshop focused on the presentation of tools and applications for online functioning
teams/home offices
3. Providing mentoring for each organization participating in project activities
Donor: Ministry of Labor, Pension System, Family and Social Policy
Total project value: 180,000.00 kn
Project implementation period: 01.06.2020. - 31.05.2023.
Partners: Home for children and adult victims of domestic violence “Duga – Zagreb”, Vukovar-Srijem County; Center for Social Welfare Vukovar and Županja
Description project:
The project aims to ensure the social integration of victims of domestic violence after leaving the safe house through psychosocial and legal support activities, empowerment workshops and active job search, monitoring of procedures before institutions, as well as activities of action on a broader social level. The project contributes to poverty reduction, combating discrimination and promoting gender equality, as well as the development of additional social integration programs in the deinstitutionalization process for underrepresented victims of domestic violence. The long-term goal of this program is to combat domestic violence, creating conditions for permanent abandonment of violent relationships and integration into the community. The implementation of the program will strengthen the capacities of victims for a life without violence and strengthen the role of the community in combating domestic violence. Successful integration of victims will contribute to the deinstitutionalization process, i.e., reducing the number of people in the institutional care system. By combating domestic violence and providing comprehensive support to victims so that they can achieve the conditions for a quality life in the community, the risk of poverty and social exclusion for this at-risk group will be reduced in the long term.
Donor: National Foundation for Civil Society Development
Project name: Institutional support
The BaBe association is a beneficiary of institutional support from the National Foundation for Civil Society Development for the stabilization and/or development of the association.
Project duration: 01.01.2022.-31.03.2024.
Implementation period: 01.06.2022.-31.05.2024.
Project finances: European Union funds from the program Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV)
The project is co-financed by: Office for NGOs of the Government of the Republic of Croatia
Total project value: €208.716,34
Partners: The City of Zagreb, Dom Duga Zagreb and the Foundation A common path with the support of the Ombudsman, the Association for Support to Victims and Witnesses and the European Social Network.
Description project:
Project puSHed – Protect, Understand, Support: Help the Elderly. is implemented by the BaBe association in partnership with the City of Zagreb, Dom Duga Zagreb and the Joint Path Foundation, and with the support of the Ombudsman, the Association for Victim and Witness Support and the European Social Network.
The project aims to prevent and combat gender-based violence against older women by developing gender-specific responses to support victims and building the capacity of relevant stakeholders in the protection and support system. The project also aims to raise awareness among the general population and improve community responses to gender-based violence against older women, primarily through increased reporting and prevention of violence.
Project activities include needs analysis, development of training materials and guidelines for professionals working with older women victims of violence, training for professionals working with older women victims of violence, knowledge exchange and good practice activities as well as awareness-raising activities on the issue. All project activities are focused on the needs of victims with a special emphasis on needs in crisis situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
The project relies on the Istanbul Convention and aims to promote gender equality and non-discrimination as key European values and fundamental principles for the eradication of gender-based violence against older women.
Implementation period: 1.3.2021. - 28.2.2023.
Project co-finances: European Union from the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020) under the share 80%
Total project value: 1,569,649.87 HRK
Partners: Agency for Electronic Media
Description project:
The project SURF and SOUND – Support, Unite, Respond, Fight to Stop Online violence - of the BaBe association is aimed at reducing the occurrence of online violence against women in society. By working to increase the knowledge and capacity of experts and important stakeholders in society, such as media workers, the project will strengthen the capacity of the system and create recommendations for improving public policies in the Republic of Croatia and a protocol for dealing with cases of online violence. Furthermore, the project will create an integrated model for prevention, reporting and support for victims of online violence via a web platform and will provide support services to victims in the form of free legal and psychological counseling. During the implementation of the project, a national campaign will be carried out to raise awareness of the under-recognized problem of online violence and to influence the suppression of its occurrence in society.
