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Association “SHIFT” is a young association, founded in Kutina aiming to promote good governance and transparent management and protect whistleblowers in Croatia. The whistleblowers are a marginalized group in Croatia, as well as CSOs dealing with the topic. We have been neglected and left to individual initiatives. With this project we want to strengthen the capacity of CSOs, provide adequate knowledge on leadership and volunteers to work systematically at the local level with marginalized groups and groups whose human rights were violated. With quality education in management and fundraising, we provide a tool to CSOs for further systematic work and sustainability.
Through a public advocacy campaign and an educational-promotional event, we want to encourage networking of related CSOs, sensitize and educate the public, in order to achieve a stronger public perception of whistleblowers as individuals who boldly advocate for the preservation and protection of public interests.
We expect to strengthen the position of the Association Shift, and thus the position of whistleblowers at the local and state level. We believe that the leadership of the association and volunteers will have greater competencies and knowledge of management, positioning and communication and fundraising. By educating the leadership skills, we expect to support new partnerships between associations, and thus the advocacy forces of the marginalized group.
Through the public advocacy campaigns, we will sensitize the general public to the problems of whistleblowers, and we expect greater support from relevant stakeholders (ombudswoman, public, media) to report irregularities, thus strengthening the democratization of society and the importance of transparent and good governance.
We expect that the general public will be more informed and informed about whistleblowing, and that whistleblowers themselves will have an adequate address for receiving informative support in their work.
Summary of project results
Association “SHIFT” is a young association, founded in Kutina with the aim of promoting good governance and transparent management and protecting whistleblowers in the Republic of Croatia. As whistleblowers are a marginalized group in Croatia, CSOs dealing with this topic are also. We have been neglected and left to individual initiatives. With this project we want to strengthen the capacity of CSOs, provide adequate knowledge to leadership and volunteers to work systematically at the local level and with marginalized groups and groups whose human rights were violated. Also, with quality education in management and fundraising, we provide a tool to CSOs for further systematic work and sustainability of the association at all levels, even when the project is completed.
Through a public advocacy campaign and an educational-promotional event, we want to encourage networking of related CSOs, sensitize and educate the public, in order to achieve a stronger public perception of whistleblowers as individuals who boldly advocate for the preservation and protection of public interests.
We expect that based on the planned activities, we will strengthen the position of the Association Shift, and thus the position of whistleblowers at the local and state level. We believe that the leadership of the association and volunteers will have greater competencies and knowledge of managing the association, positioning and marketing and fundraising for the association. By educating the leadership of related associations, we hope and expect to support new partnerships between associations, and thus the advocacy forces of the marginalized group.
Through the implementation of public advocacy campaigns, we will sensitize the general public to the problems of whistleblowers, and we expect greater support from relevant stakeholders (ombudswoman, public, media) to report irregularities, thus strengthening the democratization of society and the importance of transparent and good governance.
We expect that the general public will be more informed and informed about whistleblowing, and that whistleblowers themselves will have an adequate address for receiving informative support in their work.
Through the project we mobilized 15 volunteers for a one-day event education called "Effective management of the association" . Mentoring sessions on the development of the Strategic Plan and the Operational Plan were held, and on that way was achieved as a result of promoting, mobilizing and engaging citizens the education is intended to work on the quality management of the association. During the third month of the project, the education of the association''s leadership and employees began (5 person) from the field of drafting, application and management of EU projects and diversification of sources financing of the association, management and employees (5) passed the exam and received Certificates of training. The result was an increase in the capacity and sustainability of civil society and supported work and expansion of CSO work with citizens and local communities. Teaching is carried out by the HYBRID method with continuous monitoring. During the third month of the project, the development of the visual identity of the advocacy group began campaign that took place in the second half of the project''s implementation period, and the result will be promotion of international human rights standards.
In the fifth month of the project, the Association mobilized 15 volunteers for a one-day event the education is called "Branding and promotion of the association". Mentoring sessions were also held and a Communication Plan was created. In this way was achieved the result of promoting, mobilizing and engaging citizens. The education is intended to work on the quality management of the association, which achieves the result increasing the capacity and sustainability of civil society.
In the eighth month of the project, the Association realized a public campaign to raise public awareness, with the help of media experts, volunteers and the leadership of the association. Public campaign lasted half a day at a stand on the town square in the city of Varaždin, and through social media network. The result is the promotion of international standards and human rights and strengthened capacities for further work in this area.
We planned to achieve the following results:
- supported work and expansion of CSO work with citizens and local communities
- supported capacity building of CSOs
- the mobilization and engagement of citizens was promoted
- increasing the capacity and sustainability of civil society
- promotion of international human rights standards
We achieved the following results in this reporting period:
- so far, over 150 people have been involved in our advocacy activities
- we gathered 15 volunteers who are being educated to work in the Association and 5 members of professional management
- The association created a strategic, operational and communication plan and the visual identity of the campaign
-supported work and expansion of the work of CSOs with citizens and local communities
- increasing the capacity and sustainability of civil society through three educations.
- promotion of international standards of human rights because of previous educations and public
with the campaign, we strengthened the capacities of the association for further work in this area.
- the capacity building of CSOs was supported
- the mobilization and engagement of citizens was promoted