Volunteer Centres - Link Between Volunteering and Employability of Youth

Project Title:

Volunteer Centres – Link Between Volunteering and Employability of Youth

Project goal:

The project will promote the involvement of unemployed youth in volunteer activities in the non-profit sector, local/regional government where the unemployed youth will have the ability to acquire and improve various competencies, knowledge, skills and attitudes and thus increase their employability in the labour market.

Duration: May 2011. – April 2012.

Key activities:

Volunteer placement & NPO Career Resource Centre
Volunteer placement in
the relevant NPO’s including local/regional authorities
Strengthening co-operation between regional volunteer centres and the Croatian Employment Service

Partners:

The Association for Civil Society Development SMART, Rijeka
Volunteer Centre Osijek (VCO)
Volunteer Centre Zagreb (VCZ)
Association “MI” – Split
City of Rijeka

Budget:

Total project value EUR 129,384.40, the City of Rijeka participated in the programme with EUR 3,500.00

Financed under:

IPA programme – Human Resources Development 2004. – 2009. – Youth in the Labour Market