Annual Report for 2018

Annual Report for 2018

2018 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT 15 years of support 2018 PODNASLOVI 1 2018. Annual Report Title: Annual Report for 2018 Subtitle: It’s important to have support! Publisher: National Foundation for Civil Society Development Zagreb, Štrigina 1a https://zaklada.civilnodrustvo.hr For the publisher: Cvjetana Plavša-Matić Design: Ideo dizajn d.o.o. Print run: 700 Print: Tiskara Zelina d.d. ISSN 1848-0519 Zagreb, March 2019 The National Foundation is a member of 15 YEARS OF SUPPORT IN CREATING A BETTER SOCIETY The Annual Report of the National Foundation for ro-Med Academy for Philanthropy and Social Develop- 2018, which is before you, marks 15 years of continu- ment, while the National Foundation stood out in the ous activity of the National Foundation for Civil Soci- management of the European Social Fund in its capac- ety Development in creating a better society through ity as Intermediate Body Level 2, which is manifested, civic activism, cross-sectoral cooperation, partnership for example, in the number of resolved applications for and harmonised regional development, and through reimbursement through the ESF Plus platform (292 in responsible and transparent activities for the develop- 2018) and 186 executed grant agreements. ment of the civil society in the Republic of Croatia. 2018 was also the year of measurable indicators of the It was a year of summarising the results which showed changes and impact we had achieved by investing into that in the past 15 years, through 81 published calls for 329 grants to civil society organisations, which pro- proposals and 63 calls for expression of interest, the Na- vided for the employment of a total of 810 persons and tional Foundation approved 5209 grants to civil society about 18,500 volunteers, with approximately 624,000 organisations and invested about HRK 501,300,000.00 hours of volunteering engagement with multiple ef- into civic initiatives, projects, programmes and institu- fects on the improvement of the quality of life of our tional grants to civil society organisations, cooperation fellow citizens, increase in the level of social capital, programmes and programmes for the decentralisation promotion and protection of human rights, preserva- of financial grants, regional development and centres tion of the environment, sustainable development, in- of knowledge for social development. Owing to those clusion of excluded groups into the society in different grants, about 11,727 persons (m/f) were employed, and ways, construction of democratic institutions in the over 270,000 volunteers were engaged. society, development of social entrepreneurship, al- leviation of poverty and re-recognition of the value of What has marked the year 2018, besides the 15th an- empathy and solidarity among people. niversary of the National Foundation’s activities, is sev- eral important achievements of which the following I believe that in reading the 2018 Annual Report of should be highlighted: launching of 4 separate calls for the National Foundation which is before you, you will institutional grants in which a total of 79 grants were obtain all the necessary information on the support approved, launching of the Call for Initial Programme provided by the National Foundation in the area of civil Cooperation in 7 new programme areas, introduction society development in the Republic of Croatia and its of new tools (POKEN) to aid in the networking of the results. participants of 4 regional events, demonstration of capacity to accept a large number of new employees, establishment of the College for ESI Funds and EU Pro- grammes, and support to the establishment of the Eu- Cvjetana Plavša-Matić, MSc Econ, Director THE YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENTS The Annual Report before you marks the year in which One of the greatest achievements in 2018 was the Deci- we celebrated 15 years of activities of the National sion of the National Foundation’s Management Board Foundation for Civil Society Development (2003-2018), in December 2018 to establish the College for Euro- and also the year in which we not only analysed but pean Structural and Investment funds and European also rejoiced over all the achievements in the given Union Programmes. The College was established as time period. a horizontal body and coordinator of the activities of With its activities and support, from 2003 to 2018 the the National Foundation for Civil Society Development National Foundation had influenced changes in the so- in providing support to potential applicants for calls, ciety and civil society development in the Republic of and as the coordinator of activities for the develop- Croatia through a systematic approach and diversity of ment, training and investment in the administrative its forms of support and financing of: capacities of competent authorities and authorities within the ESF structure for efficient programme • Civic initiatives/actions management and implementation through educa- • Development of social capital in local communities tion and training. The College will implement educa- • Democratisation and civil society development tional programmes and activities for the following • Institutional and organisational development of CSOs target groups: employees of the ESF structure and its horizontal bodies, employees of the institutions of • Networking of CSOs potential applicants to calls and grant beneficiaries, • Cross-sectoral and international development employees in the state administration and local and cooperation regional self-government units. Beneficiaries of the • Non-profit media projects College’s programmes will be the bodies of the ESF • Harmonised regional development structure and its horizontal bodies, state administra- • Decentralised financing tion bodies, local and regional self-government units, • Exchange and transfer of knowledge and experience civil society organisations, development agencies and • Ad hoc initiatives other involved organisations/institutions. • Research on civil society development I wish you a pleasant reading of the Annual Report for • Children and youth volunteering the National Foundation for the previous year, in the hope that the coming period will provide us with new • Solidarity opportunities through sound investments into further • Social innovation civil society development, but also with the prepara- • Ethical financing tion for the new programming period for the use of the • Rural development European Social Fund from 2021 to 2027. • Social entrepreneurship • Philanthropy and foundations • Space for co(activity) through social and cultural centres • Centres of knowledge for social development in the Republic of Croatia • Thematic networks and CSO platforms Prof. Dražen Vikić-Topić, PhD • Cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean President of the Management Board 4 PODNASLOVI CONTENTS: ABOUT THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION 7 TM 15 YEAR OF THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION’S ACTIVITIES (2003 - 2018) 8 ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2018 AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS 10 CONTRIBUTION OF THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION 15 SUPPORT IN 2018 22 TRANSPARENCY AND CRITERIA 25 SUPPORT FOR ACTIVE CITIZENS – OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY 27 SOCIAL CAPITAL IN THE COMMUNITY 32 NON-INSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING 34 INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS – INVESTMENT IN CSO DEVELOPMENT 37 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 44 ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY 48 CENTRES OF KNOWLEDGE FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 52 MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTRES OF KNOWLEDGE IN 2018 54 INITIAL PROGRAMME COOPERATION 61 KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT BORDERS 62 HEART PRINT AWARD 63 CROSS-SECTOR AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 67 COOPERATION IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN 68 DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION 69 VISIBILITY AND INFORMATION 72 DIGITALISATION OF GRANT APPROVAL AND MONITORING 77 EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND 80 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION 92 Grants Overview Tables 103 6 PODNASLOVI IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE: SUPPORT! About the National Foundation 7 ABOUT THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION The National Foundation for Civil Society Develop- society organisations in the Republic of Croatia, which ment was founded by the Republic of Croatia under lex has held since 2006 the internationally recognised specialis, the Act on the National Foundation for Civil certificate HRN ISO9001:2008 for the management of Society Development, adopted by the Croatian Parlia- the grant award system. ment on 16 October 2003, as a public foundation with the main purpose of promoting and supporting civil Through systematic investments in human potentials society development in the Republic of Croatia. The and developed internal communication, the National Foundation was registered on 24 November 2003 with Foundation has built a competent team of creative, ca- the aim of providing professional and financial support pable and motivated employees with whom it respon- to programmes promoting sustainability of the non- sibly and transparently achieves the given objectives. profit sector, cross-sector cooperation, civic initiatives, philanthropy and volunteering, and to programmes en- Adapting to the needs of development in Croatia and hancing democratic institutions of the society. in Europe, the National Foundation conducts research and transfers the knowledge and information needed According to the European and global classification, for the development of active citizenship and cross- the National Foundation is a mixed public foundation sector cooperation. By sound management of the foun- engaging in grant-giving activities (Grant Giving Foun- dation’s assets and revenue from public

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