Objavljeno: 11.02.2016.
Grad Koprivnica i Europska zaklada za filantropiju i društveni razvoj iz Zagreba potpisali su Sporazum o suradnji na inovativnom Programu “Mladi: snaga zajednice”koji će se do kraja ove godine provoditi na području Grada Koprivnice.
Program je pokrenut u okviru Tematskog fonda “Demokratizacija i razvoj civilnoga društva 2.0” Nacionalne zaklade za razvoj civilnoga društva, a Europska zaklada za filantropiju je u tom segmentu partner Nacionalnoj zakladi.
Cilj je Programa povećanje i ohrabrivanje sudjelovanja mladih ljudi, starosti od 17 do 30 godina, u razvoju svoje lokalne zajednice, gdje oni preuzimaju aktivnu ulogu u procesima donošenja odluka i pružanju podrške neformalnim skupinama mladih ljudi unutar svoje lokalne zajednice. Program stvara mogućnosti za neformalne skupine mladih da, u skladu s prioritetima i potrebama u svome gradu, rade na konkretnim projektima kojima rješavaju neki problem/e u zajednici.
U našoj zemlji do sada nije sustavno primjenjivan model podrške neformalnim skupinama, već samo organizacijama civilnoga društva pa upravo u neformalnom okupljanju mladih oko neke ideje i/ili rješavanja problema postoji veliki potencijal koji treba iskoristiti na najbolji mogući način.
Budući da Program potiče mlade ljude da svojim poduzetničkim aktivnostima pokrenu prepoznavanje i rješavanje izazova u lokalnoj zajednici te ih kroz izobrazbu i provedbu odobrenih projekata uči o najrazličitijim aspektima društvenog poduzetništva, uspješno provedeni projekti u lokalnoj zajednici dat će dobar temelj uključenim mladim ljudima za daljnji razvoj njihovih poduzetničkih kapaciteta koje mogu primijeniti u razvijanju vlastitih poduzetničkih ideja za korist lokalne zajednice. – istaknula je upraviteljica Europske zaklade, Smiljana Rađa.
U provedbi ovoga Programa sudjelovat će na lokalnom Javnom pozivu odabrana skupina od desetero mladih ljudi koji će ujedno biti i nositelji Programa na razini Grada. Nakon provedene obuke, ta će skupina mladih, odnosno Odbor “Mladi za mlade”, biti u mogućnosti raspisati Natječaj za prijavu projekata neformalnih skupina mladih koje zajednički financijski podržavaju Grad i Europska zaklada, te odabrati najzanimljivije i najkorisnije projekte za razvoj lokalne zajednice i pratiti i ocjenjivati njihovu provedbu.City of Koprivnica and European Foundation for Philanthropy and Society Development from Zagreb have signed the Cooperation agreement on innovative Program “Youth: The Strength of Community”, which will be carried out in the City of Koprivnica area until the end of this year.
Program was started as part of Democratization and development of civil society 2.0 theme fund of National Foundation for Civil Society Development. European Foundation for Philanthropy acts as a partner of National Foundation.
The goal of this Program is increasing and encouraging the participation of young people, aged from 17 to 30 years, in development of their local community where they assume the active role in processes of decision making and aiding the informal groups of young persons in their local community. The Program creates the opportunities for informal groups of young persons to work on projects which solve some problems in community, according to priorities and needs in their city.
Until now, the supporting model for informal groups was not applied systematically in our country, except for organizations of civil society. Because of that, informal gathering of young people around ideas and solutions to problems presents a big potential which should be used in best way possible.
Program encourages the young people to start the acknowledging and solving of challenges in local community by their entrepreneurial activities and to teach them about different aspects of social entrepreneurship through education and implementation of projects. Successfully implemented projects in local community will be a good foundation for development of entrepreneurial capacities of young people which they could use for further development of their entrepreneurial ideas in interest of local community, said Smiljana Rađa, director of European Foundation.
The group of ten young persons which shall participate in implementation of this Program will be chosen after the Public call procedure. Following the education, this group i.e. the “Young for Young” Board will be able to announce the Tender for project application of informal groups of young people which will be financially supported by City of Koprivnica and European Foundation. They will also choose the most interesting and useful projects for development of local community and they will monitor and evaluate their implementation.
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