7-8 November 2011 SEMINAR
IMPACT Center
Zadar, Croatia
Support to Civil Society Sustainability –
Croatian Experience
PROGRAMME
MONDAY 7 November 2011
08.30 – 09.00 Registration
09.00 – 10.30 Creating an enabling environment for civil society
development: strategic documents, structures, coordination
 legal framework, National Strategy for the Creation of
an Enabling Environment for Civil Society
Development, Role of the Council for Development of
Civil Society, Code of Practice on Consultation... - Ines
Loknar Mijatović, Council for Development of Civil
Society, Government Office for Human Rights
 regional foundations, regional networks – Cvjetana
Plavša Matić, Director of the National Foundation for
Civil Society Development
 role of CSOs in the reform of the social care system Tatjana Katkić Stanić, Director of Social Care
Directorate, Ministry of Health and Social Care
10.30 – 11.00 Discussion, Q&A
11.00 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 12.30 Financial mechanisms for CSO support (state financial aid,
tenders, concessions; co-financing of EU projects)
 annual plan of grant tenders and award competitions,
calls for proposals – Marija Boltek, Head of
Department at the National Foundation for Civil
Society Development
 tenders for CSOs, possibilities for sub-contracting /
concessions - Dunja Skoko Poljak / Mirjana Znaor,
Ministry of Health and Social Care
12.30 – 13.00 Discussion, Q&A
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 15.30 How to use EU pre-accession funds for institutional
strenghtening and capacity building of CSOs – case study
 "Delivery of Services by the Non-Profit Sector in the
Field of Health, Social Care, Noninstitutional Education
and Family Care", CARDS project - Cvjetana Plavša
Matić, Director of the National Foundation for Civil
Society Development
15.30 – 16.00 Break
16.00 – 17.00 Possibilities for financing of CSO projects from EU preaccession funds (IPA components I and IV) – case study:
 Projects for inclusive education (support to pupils with
developmental difficulties in elementary and high
school), Darko Kobetić, principal of the School for
Adult Education, NGO „IDEM“
17.00 – 17.30 Discussion, Q&A
TUESDAY 8 November 2011
9.00 – 11.00 Case studies of financing NGOs from national and EU
sources:
 NGO "Svjetlo" Zadar, Lepa Filipi, Secretary
 project financed by EUfunds (IPA grant):
"Enhancement of Social Inclusion Skills for
Persons with Intellectual Difficulties"
 NGO "Mi" Split, Slobodan Škopelja, president
- Mi Center for Assistance and Care, Programme
Step, Volonteering center Split
11.00 – 11.30 Discussion, Q&A