Motivational meeting of the local expert platform in Nova Gradiska, 28 October 2016

Fotka - platforma Nova Gradiška 28.10.2016.

Fotka - platforma Nova Gradiška 28.10.2016.

The third motivational meeting of the local expert platform was held on 28 October 2016 in Nova Gradiska. It’s main purpose was to strengthen the principle of good governance and anti-discrimination on the local level.

In addition to ILC's project team members in IPA 2011 "Civil society for responsible governance" project, coordinator Natasa Kovacevic and project assistant Marina Baric-Gacic, the meeting was attended by members of the platform: Mihaela Djeraj, representative of the City of Nova Gradiska; Ivana Mikanovic, representative of the Center for social welfare Nova Gradiska; Momir Divjak, representative of Civic initiative "NG-rebels" and Petar Herljevic, representative of the Association for the prevention of social pathological behavior "Prevention" from Nova Gradiska.

A summary of the project activities "Civil society for responsible management" in 2015 and 2016 and presentation of local monitoring reports were topics of the meeting.During the meeting, the participants were invited to attend the Regional Forum in Osijek which will be held in the beginning of December 2016 and during which the analysis on "Monitoring the implementation of anti-discrimination law focused on improving the status of vulnerable groups  on the local level" will be presented.

Organisation of motivational meetings with local expert platforms is one of the key activities that Information Legal Centre is conducting within the two-year project "Civil society for responsible management" funded by the European Union from IPA 2011  „Strengthening Support to Civil Society Organizations for Increasing Transparency and Good Governance Public Administration in Croatia“.