Project holder: Municipality of Marčana
Partners: Foundation for Partnership and Civil Society Development, Association of the Blind of Istria County, Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing of Istria County, Association of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities of Istria, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Istria County, Association of Cerebral Palsy of Istria County
Provider of financial support: European Social Fund
Duration: May 28, 2021 – May 28, 2023
Location: Istria County
The total value of the project: HRK 2,201,232.00
The project “Development and support for the development of sustainable employment models for vulnerable groups in the urban area of Pula” aims to increase the employability of vulnerable groups. In addition to the above, the goal is to raise awareness of the importance of social inclusion of all groups in one society, one community by creating preconditions for the employment of people from vulnerable groups. In addition, special attention is being paid to reducing discrimination as it is recognized as a serious obstacle to the social inclusion of vulnerable groups, especially through employment.
This project will carry out activities to empower and prepare vulnerable groups for easier employment, as well as activities to prepare and raise awareness of employers about employment opportunities for vulnerable groups and their networking and potential match-fixing. Furthermore, mentors will be trained and their salaries provided to accompany people from vulnerable groups to work to facilitate their adjustment and help them adjust and overcome difficulties in the first few months of employment. Furthermore, within this project, the educational curriculum “Manager and management of a social enterprise” will be developed, training for future social entrepreneurs will be conducted, social innovation workshops will be conducted and the Social Impact Program of HUB will be developed. In addition, many PR activities are planned to raise awareness of the importance of social inclusion of vulnerable groups through a media campaign, short documentary, video content, public events, and cooperation with influencers.
The project, with a total value of HRK 2,201,232.00, is fully funded by the European Social Fund through the Operational Program Efficient Human Resources, as part of the Integrated Territorial Investment (ITU mechanism) for the Pula Urban Area.
PARTNERS
All partner associations in this project, but also those that are not, but will be involved in the activities have expressed a great need to work with their members on their empowerment and preparation for inclusion in the labour market, but it is very important to raise awareness of employers for the company and also the wider community from employing people from vulnerable groups.
Municipality of Marcana
Foundation for Partnership and Civil Society Development
Association of the Blind of the Istrian County
Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing of Istria County
Association of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities of Istria
Istria County Multiple Sclerosis Society
Association of Cerebral Palsy of the County of Istria