Leader: Local Democracy Agency Sisak

Partners: Mate Lovrak Primary School Petrinja and Ivan Antolčić Primary School Komarevo 

Duration: 14 November 2024 – 31 August 2025

Grant value: 10,316.67 EUR

Donor: Ministry of Science, Education and Youth

The project “VIR: Volunteers for Innovation and Development” represents a public-civil partnership aimed at enhancing life skills among children and young people in Sisak-Moslavina County. It focuses on education and upbringing for volunteering as an activity that fosters the development of a more humane and equitable democratic society.

Faced with depopulation and an ageing population, we recognise the urgent need to revitalise both formal and informal education and to systematise learning opportunities in the fields of active citizenship, volunteering, and civic education. Young people are a vital part of the population, and beyond formal education, it is essential and desirable that they engage in various forms of non-formal and lifelong learning.

Over ten months, LDA Sisak, in partnership with M. Lovrak Primary School in Petrinja and I. Antolčić Primary School in Komarevo, will establish school volunteer clubs in partner schools. These clubs will enable students to plan and implement volunteer actions aimed at improving the quality of life in their communities.

Through this project, we aim to empower schools to become centres of volunteering, where students will not only learn about the values of solidarity and active citizenship but also apply them in practice. By introducing a structured school volunteering programme, we promote the long-term sustainability of this model in educational institutions while simultaneously linking the education sector with civil society. In doing so, we contribute to the development of a society that encourages youth participation and recognises volunteering as a tool for personal growth, social cohesion, and strengthening social capital.

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This project is implemented with financial support from the Ministry of Science, Education and Youth.

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