To enhance the capacities for volunteer management and the use of digital tools in the work of civil society organizations, we participated in a three-day volunteer management training together with The Foundation for Research, Development, and Innovation, as well as the Association of Olive Growers of Kaštela “Mastrinka“.

In addition to learning the basics of volunteer management, as well as using digital tools in working with volunteers, all who participated had the opportunity to get a detailed insight into the development of an application that will automate the collection of donations and organization of local volunteer actions.

The application in question is also being developed through the Digital Volunteer Community project and it will be tested already in December during our annual humanitarian cage ball tournament, while two other pilot volunteer actions will be held through the spring of 2023 in ​​Kaštela and Benkovac.

The overall goal of the Digital Volunteer Community project is to aid the digitization and transformation of civil society organizations in the field of organization and management of volunteer activities.

The Digital Volunteer Community project is financed by grants totaling HRK 462,648.00, with HRK 393,250.80 HRK coming from the ESF and HRK 69,397.20 being covered from the state budget through the call “Strengthening the capacity of CSOs for responding to the needs of the local community“.

Through this Digital Volunteer Community project lasting 14 months, until the end of May 2023, a whole series of free educational activities are planned to strengthen the capacity of employees and volunteers in CSOs.

Project Carrier: STARTUP – Association for encouraging and developing the IT sector of Split and the region
Project Partners: Foundation for Research, Development, and Innovation; Association of Olive Growers of Kaštela “Mastrinka”, Association for children, youth and family “Mali koraci”