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The project "Platform for development of school volunteering" aims to systematize the long-term practice and efforts of LDA Sisak and educational institutions in the Sisak-Moslavina County for the development of school volunteer clubs through the establishment of the Platform. The platform consists of schools in which volunteer clubs exist and those schools that are interested in developing this type of extracurricular activities. The need for synergy work and joining different competencies and knowledge through collaborative learning and cooperation between the two sectors (educational and civil) has been recognised through the continuous implementation of previous activities of project partnership and educational institutions. The platform is a place for exchange, innovation, capacity building, new projects, tailored professional development of teachers in the field of participatory democracy (human rights, civic activism, social justice, social inclusion, interculturality and similar topics of civic engagement) through very specific activities in schools and communities. The backbone of the work of the school Volunteer Club is the collaborative (co-creative) work of teachers and students in detecting the needs and problems in the community, finding the best solutions and implementing concrete actions. The volunteer club will be developed at the Vocational School Sisak in which that innovative methods and approaches designed through the platform will be tested. The development of active youth citizenship is necessary for the development of civil, social and economic cohesion and the strengthening of civic awareness in the county, which is burdened by long-term neglect and recent crises (earthquakes, pandemics).