Project goal: To accomplish predispositions for economic independence and the deinstitutionalization of 60 women victims of domestic violence in the Counties of Sisak-Moslavina, Lika-Senj, Primorje-Gorski kotar, as a model for employment of long term unemployed women.
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Work is the Key – Project aimed at strengthening victims of violence
Duration: August 2014 – November 2015
Key activities:
- Selection of women victims of domestic violence (estimation of entrepreneurial competences)
- Deinstitutionalization programme
– Psychological counselling
– Education and change of qualification (ECDL; Management of House Budget; Recycling and energy saving; Pre-qualification; Basic Entrepreneurship)
– Job Placement programme (Networking and Co-working Women Club; Individual Employment plan; Advanced Entrepreneurship; Life-skills workshops; Preparation for working; Coaching on Work Place)
– Day Care Centre for Children - Learning from good practice examples
– Study visits
– Local Communities Support - Creating a Network of Local stakeholders
Partners:
- Regional Development Agency Porin
- Centre of Technical Culture Rijeka
- Family Protection Association
- SOS telephone – City of Rijeka
- Adela Women’s Centre
- City of Rijeka – Department of Entrepreneurship, Department of Health and Social Welfare
- Croatian Employment Service, regional office Rijeka
- Primorje Gorski Kotar County (project co-operator)
Budget:
Total project value: EUR 250,956.39
EU subsidy: EUR 197,828.92
City of Rijeka budget: EUR 12,920.64
Financed under: IPA Operational Programme – Human Resources Development – Broadening the Network of Social Services in the Community