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
