A-grade Citizens!

About this project

<p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Recent survey confirms that 52% of Croatian citizens have a lack of financial means for covering their monthly costs in case of loss of income. Young people are most troubled by the increasing socio-economic problems: low-life standards, lack of life prospects and unemployment. The problem of young people is the lack of economic, financial and media literacy, as well as the lack of social and communication skills needed for better understanding of their role as responsible and active members of the society and effective participation in (personal and social) decision making processes. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Target group are 500 students of primary and secondary schools and 40 teaches including 100 students and 12 teachers of Czech minority, 20 of Roma minority and 25 elderly people. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The project contributes to increasing the civic competencies of target group in 5 underdeveloped counties (Bjelovar-Bilogora, Sisak-Moslavina, Virovitica-Podravina, Osijek-Baranja, Požega-Slavonia and Vukovar-Srijem) and Split-Dalmatia County and Zagreb by increasing the competencies of school staff and the content of teaching curricula. Financial, economic and media literacy activities are aimed at strengthening democratic culture, civic awareness and civic engagement of young people.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">This will be achieved through activities of developing new educational programs, extracurricular activities for students, professional development of teachers, publishing&nbsp;e-manuals of civic education and financial literacy, workshops for vulnerable groups and training of volunteers to work with vulnerable groups, as well as advocating public policies to strengthen civic competencies of young people. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Local partners contribute in development of methodology, educational material and implementation of extracurricular activities (ten schools and two CSOs). Donor partner, Norsensus Mediaforum contributes in preparing of educational material and implementation of workshops for teachers.</span></span></p>

Bilateral cooperation results

A partner organization from Norway was involved in writing, designing and implementing workshops for teachers through 4 modules: 1. Money 2. Work, career choice and personal development 3. Consumption and sustainable development and the 4th module Personal financial planning, The leader and trainer is an employee of a partner organization, with more than 10 years of experience in the field of entrepreneurship and education and financial literacy activities in Canada, Romania and Norway. The partner was also involved in writing, designing and implementing 3 cycles of online storytelling workshops for teachers (the workshop will be led by an employee of the partner organization, the Project Manager and a trainer in the field of storytelling, strategic communication and advocacy.

Project partners

• Norsensus Mediaforum Donor project partner· Norway
• Štedopis Project partner· Croatia
• Croatian Debating Society Project partner· Croatia
• Humanum Association Project partner· Croatia
• Vocational school Virovitica Project partner· Croatia
• Daruvar School of Economics and Tourism Project partner· Croatia
• Czech Primary School J. A. Komensky Daruvar Project partner· Croatia
• Czech Primary School Josipa Ružička Končanica Project partner· Croatia
• Požega School of Economics Project partner· Croatia
• Gymnasium Matija Mesić Slavonski Brod Project partner· Croatia
• Ivan Mažuranić Primary School Vinkovci Project partner· Croatia
• Primary School „22 June“ Sisak Project partner· Croatia
• Antun Matijašević Karamaneo Vis High School Project partner· Croatia