Non-Governmental Organization

Creative workshop "A Step Into Growth" (NGO) is founded in 1995 in the town of Valjevo (Serbia, ex-YU). Our main aim is to stimulate and help develop various potentials and skills of pre-school (P/S) and school (S) children (with problems and without problems in psychomotor development), adolescents and grown-ups , the re-socialization of children and adolescents and their reintegration into the social and natural environments, optimization of communication of grown-ups in their family or professional environments with the help of a group of experts (psychologists, lawyers, a special pedagogue, a teacher of English, artists, musicians, an art history teacher, a PE teacher, a psychiatrist...).

Activities mentioned so far referred to the rights of the children passing through normal psycho-motor development who enjoy the rights to supplementary education, to the special education for the children with special needs, to the right of children to a supplementary health care, to the right of children to play and integrate into the social environment and the right of children to take part in social activities of the locality.

planning of development projects

SMART encourages efficiency of non-profit sector and intersectoral cooperation and promotes volunteering. In its work SMART combines non-formal eduation with consulting, informing and influencing public policies. SMART cooperates with civil society organisations, pubic instituions, local and regional self-government and civil initiatives.

“artifact” is a center for sustainable development and global learning in Glücksburg on the Baltic Sea. The project “solivol” offer young German adults between 18 and 28 years the possibility to learn within the scope of the developing-political voluntary service “weltwärts” and to work for a year at partner organizations in countries of East Africa. The aim of the program is the acquisition of intercultural competence and knowledge of sustainable development and local like global solution strategies on subjects like climate protection and energy production. Beside “solivol” “artefact” offers a wide range of learning offers on lastingness subjects in the German Danish border space.

education to fair trade, internacional justice and world economy

GONG is a non-partisan citizens' organization founded in 1997 to encourage citizens to actively participate in political processes. GONG conducts non-partisan monitoring of the election process, educates citizens about their rights and duties, encourages mutual communication between citizens and their elected representatives, promotes transparency of work within public services, and manages public advocacy campaigns and encourages and helps citizens in self-organizing initiatives.

The highest GONG body is the Assembly composed of all GONG members. It convenes once a year when it adopts the annual report and chooses Council and Supervisory Board members. Executive Board members are appointed by the Council.

GONG functions through its office in Zagreb, Croatia and GONG's regional partner is Delta organization from Rijeka, Croatia.

GONG conducts its activities within 4 main program domains:

1. ELECTORAL SYSTEM PROGRAM DOMAIN
   Main goal: achieving high democratic standards of the Croatian electoral system which ensures transparency and political participation of all informed stakeholders.
2. GOOD GOVERNANCE PROGRAM DOMAIN
   Main goal: achieving high standards in governing of institutions and political authority representatives who distinguish themselves by honesty, responsibility and openness to the public.
3. ACTIVE CITIZENS PROGRAM DOMAIN
   Main goal: promoting activism, educating and instigating citizens and CSOs to activism and cooperation.
4. CROATIA AND EU PROGRAM DOMAIN
   Main goal: achieving high standards regarding transparency, deliberation and participation in the process of adjusting to the EU standards.

Forum for Freedom in Education is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation, which has been active in Croatia since 1992 and was registered in 1998 in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Associations.

The main goal of Forum is to introduce the educational standards of the contemporary democratic society into the Croatian education system.

The members of the Forum are education experts, experienced practitioners and academics, professors and teachers, parents and students that want to improve on various education issues.

During the past 20 years, main activities of the Forum include creating and implementing education programs for methodological training of the teaching professionals, non-violent conflict resolution, health education, civic education, student scholarships, and training in the field of methodology of teaching.

CESI advocates for improvement of position of women in society and for achieving gender equality, as well as full implementation of all laws and international instruments for protection of human rights. Our main activities are education and training,advocacy and lobbying,media projects,publishing of manuals and brochures, networking.

CESI Strategic Goals are:

• to advance protection of women's human rights and civil society values in Croatia and in the region,
• to influence adoption and implementation of gender related policies – in health, education, labour, and political participation domains
• to promote citizens' active participation in decision-making processes
• to encourage inclusion and empowerment of marginalised groups for participation in social and economic processes.

CESI works in Croatia but also initiates and participates in various projects in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia.