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Description
Student work is regulated by Croatian Law, but it puts student workers in a much more unfavourable position than the rest of the labour market in Croatia. The situation with COVID-19 further emphasizes the differences between labour rights of students and other citizens in the labour market. The main goal of the project is to correct the shortcomings in regulation of student work.
Other goals are to: Gather information that supports and proves problems related to regulation of student work through research, focus groups and public discussions; Propose public policies and amendments to regulations aimed at improving student work standards; Involve different groups of students; Encourage intergenerational cooperation through establishing dialogue with decision makers.
The expected goals and results will be achieved by the following activities: 1)Research on the representation, advantages, disadvantages and forms of student work among students of the Republic of Croatia; 2)Presentation of the conclusions of the research and held focus groups with the help of the media, as well as organization of events that will bring together relevant stakeholders in Zagreb, 3)Compilation of public policy proposals and amendments to regulations related to student work, with a panel discussion that will be held online through Zoom platform and will include students, student representatives and decision makers. The target groups of the project are student representatives, students belonging to vulnerable groups, students who work or have worked through student contracts, and decision makers.
Sustainable Development Forum Green Window is in charge, as an applicant, of organizing the project, presenting the conclusions of the research and focus groups and compiling the conclusions of the research and focus groups, while the Youth Association Varaždin Underground Club is in charge of conducting research and assisting the applicant in other project activities.
Summary of project results
As part of the project "Students for students - our voice for the dignity of student work", the following was done:
• An online survey was conducted on the representation, advantages, disadvantages and forms of student work among students of the Republic of Croatia
• Online focus groups were conducted with three different groups of students - students with disabilities, students active in student associations, student unions or other civil society organizations, and other students with experience working on student contracts.
• An online public forum was held to discuss the results of the online research and to ask various questions related to student work
• A campaign on social networks called #imojradvrijedi was conducted
• An infographic was made with the main results of the project.
The information gathered is extremely useful for drafting public policy proposals and amending existing regulations.