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CSOs in Croatia often lack human and financial capacities to systematize their organizational memory and transfer it to younger generations or present it publicly, which is particularly important in case of CSOs catering to minority and vulnerable groups. In order to address this problem the partners jointly implement the project aimed at CSOs and decision-makers in order to:
- establish a functional advocacy platform of independent archives and libraries
- raise awareness in the interested and wider public of the importance of organizational memory for strengthening the role of civil society in the community
- influence the institutional framework for the improvement of the care of CSOs organizational memory
This will be achieved by:
- establishing and working of the advocacy platform that will conduct researches and create a white paper which will serve as the basis for the advocacy process
creating a manual for self-archiving as an online resource of innovative methodology whose purpose is to activate CSOs organizational memory for community building; and conducting a media campaign presenting how care for organizational memory directly contributes to community building
- organizing meetings with local and national decision makers and public events for advocacy purposes
The project will result in an increased number of CSOs that participate in the advocacy platform’s work and in utilization of the manual for the community development and building. The manual’s methodology enables transfer of knowledge and experiences among CSOs, greater visibility of their communities, inclusion of younger generations of activist and volunteers in the work of CSOs, and connection to other communities, all which has a clear multiplication effect. Hence, the project contributes to strengthening civil society in Croatia.