Leader: Local Democracy Agency Sisak
Partner: City of Sisak
Contract Number: SF.3.4.11.01.0484
Program Name: Zaželi – Prevention of Institutionalisation
Duration: 30 January 2024 – 30 January 2027
Grant value: 792,000.00 EUR
Donor: The project is fully funded with 100% non-refundable funds; the funding is secured through the European Social Fund+ (85%) and national co-financing from the Croatian State Budget (15%).
This project aims to provide support services to individuals aged 65 and over and adults with disabilities (18 years and older), contributing to their increased social inclusion, prevention of institutionalisation, enabling them to remain in their homes, and ensuring their right to live in the community.
The provision of support services will be implemented in the area of the City of Sisak, including urban and rural parts, and will start on 1 April 2024. A public call for expressions of interest from the target groups, including eligibility criteria for users, will be published on our website.
The project will be implemented over 36 months, with support services being provided for 33 months.
Project Activities:
- Employment of 16 service providers for at least 96 members of the target group to:
Organise food provision,
b. Perform household chores,
c. Maintain personal hygiene,
d. Meet other daily needs. - Monitoring and controlling the delivery of services;
- Procurement and distribution of household and basic hygiene supplies, in accordance with donor rules;
- Communication and visibility;
- Project management and administration.
Users of the Sisak Physical Disability Association have been educated about volunteering
At the invitation of the Association of Persons with Disabilities of Dystrophy, Cerebral Paralysis and Polio, and Persons with Other Physical Disabilities of the Town of Sisak, on 5 February 2020, Local Democracy Agency Sisak held a volunteering workshop adapted for...
Primary school volunteers and Elderly home users celebrated World Disease Day
As part of the project "The Future: for us and for you!" on February 11, 2020, a volunteer action was held at the Sisak Elderly Home, celebrating World Disease Day, organized by the Local Democracy Agency Sisak and Ivan Kukuljevic Elementary School in Sisak. The...
Volunteers participate in Sisak’s “Nights of Museums 2020”
As part of the project "The Future: for us and for you!", On January 31, 2020, a volunteer action was held during the event "Night of Museums 2020!" at the Sisak City Museum, where parents and students were introduced to the work of the cultural institution. Our...
Project “Follow my Steps!” was publicly presented
On January 29, 2020, a press conference was held in Sisak, presenting the activities and the results of the project “Follow my Steps!”. The project activities at the conference were presented by Paula Raužan, President of Local Democracy Agency Sisak, Tamara...
