Networking and support to volunteer organizers for the sustainable development of volunteering
Volunteer Forest
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Project name:
"Volunteer Forest - Networking and Support to Volunteer Organizers for the Sustainable Development of Volunteering"
Project leader:
Association for the Promotion of Organic Food Production, Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development "Eko Zadar"
Partners:
Obrovac High School
Association of Social Workers Zadar - Volunteer Center Zadar
Ecological Association of Zrmanja
Agency for Rural Development of Zadar County - AGRRA
Short description of the project:
The project "Volunteer Forest" will increase the number of quality and sustainable volunteer programs and programs of volunteering and volunteering education in the less developed parts of the Zadar County. The project will strengthen the capacity of volunteer organizers to implement sustainable volunteering programs and strengthen the contribution of volunteering in carrying out activities for social and economic growth and a participatory model of development.
Target groups of the project: Civil Society Organizations (OCDs), educational and public institutions and their employees, high school students and volunteers.
Objectives and expected results of the project:
Increasing of the number of quality and sustainable volunteer programs and programs of school volunteering and volunteering education in the less developed parts of Zadar County.
Main activities of the project:
– Preparation and implementation of the program of volunteering and volunteering education in the cooperation of local Civil Society Organizations (OCDs) and Obrovac High School and their inclusion in the school curriculum;
– "Volunteer Management" education (training for Civil Society Organizations volunteer coordinators and employees of educational and public institutions);
– Organizing a Festival of Volunteering;
– Activities to promote volunteering among target groups and the public;
– Promotion and visibility.
Project implementation area:
The towns of Benkovac and Obrovac and the municipalities of Posedarje, Novigrad and Poličnik
Project Implementation period:
June 1, 2017 - November 30, 2018
Total project value: 759.857,25 HRK
The project is co-financed by the European Union from the European Social Fund and the Office for the Associations of the Croatian Government in the amount of 100%.
ESF + Office for the Associations of the Croatian Government = 100%
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Contact person for more information:
Taida Garibović
MSc. Ecology of Landscape and Nature Conservation
Project manager
taida.garibovic@gmail.com
098/449 371
Matej Mikulić, mag. iur,
Event organizer
tel: 023 628 451;
mob: 099 880 34 79
Link to relevant web sites:
http://www.strukturnifondovi.hr/
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/index_hr
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