On August 2nd, 2022, in Kino Plaški we held a short interactive workshop for children and young people on the topic of the European Union and the opportunities that are available to them. The workshop was organized by Studio Europa. In a pleasant and casual environment, elementary and high school students from different parts of Croatia were provided with initial information about the European Union, the new currency that awaits us, and European youth programs.
Since moment when Euro becomes the official currency in the Republic of Croatia is less than six months away – yesterday, on July 14, 2022, in the organization of the Representation of the European Commission in Croatia, Europe Direct Karlovac and the Public Institution Regional Development Agency of Karlovac County, an information workshop for entrepreneurs on the topic of the introduction of Euro as the official currency was held.
With comprehensive presentations, the lecturers Branka Augustinović and Lucija Sušić from the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable development; and Amalija Jurin from the Ministry of Finance, brought up the changes that will occur with the introduction of Euro, which will directly affect all business processes.
Amalija Jurin predstavila je glavne odrednice novog Zakona o uvođenju eura kao službene valute u RH te kronologiju postupka uvođenja istog. Predavačica se osvrnula na najvažnije aktivnosti i promjene poslovnih procesa koji se očekuju u periodu do 5. rujna 2022. godine, kada započinje obvezno dvojno iskazivanje cijena. Također je naglašeno i što očekivati nakon 1. siječnja 2023. kada Hrvatska planira uvođenje eura, ali i od kolike je važnosti da se svi poslovni subjekti u Hrvatskoj na vrijeme pripreme za poslovanje u novoj službenoj valuti, posebno prema krajnjem potrošaču.
Branka Augustinović and Lucija Sušić presented to the attendees the Guidelines for adjusting the economy in the process of replacing the Croatian kuna with the Euro, a document whose purpose is to timely inform business entities about the necessary adjustments, encourage timely preparations for double reporting and coordinate the implementation of consumer protection measures.
At the workshop, the concept of the Code of Ethics was also clarified. Its purpose is to determine the way business entities should act for the purpose of reliable and transparent introduction of the Euro, with the aim of creating trust and a safe environment for consumers. All business entities are invited to join this initiative.
More information about the Code of Ethics, adopted Guidelines and Instructions for adaptation, as well as the most frequent questions and answers related to the introduction of the Euro, can be found at the following link:
https://mingor.gov.hr/smjernice-za-prilagodbu-gospodarstva-u-procesu-zamjene-hrvatske-kune-eurom/8652.
Šest mjeseci dijeli nas od dana kada euro postaje službena valuta u Republici Hrvatskoj. Stoga, Predstavništvo Europske komisije u Republici Hrvatskoj i Javna ustanova Regionalna razvojna agencija Karlovačke županije u sklopu provedbe projekta EUROPE DIRECT Karlovac organiziraju informativnu radionicu o uvođenju euru u četvrtak, 14. srpnja 2022. godine u 11 sati u dvorani Udruženja obrtnika Grada Karlovca, Ulica Jurja Haulika 14. Planirano trajanje radionice je sat i pol.
Proces uvođenja nove valute zahtjeva prilagodbe i promjene, kako poslovnih procesa tako i pravovremeno osposobljavanje djelatnika za rad u novoj službenoj valuti. Izrazito je važno ne podcijeniti opseg aktivnosti i prilagodbe koje je potrebno poduzeti kako bi se svaki poslovni subjekt pravovremeno pripremio za poslovanje u novoj službenoj valuti. Stoga, na radionici će biti predstavljene glavne odrednice postupka uvođenja eura kao službene valute u Republici Hrvatskoj koje su sadržane u krovnom Zakonu o uvođenju eura kao službene valute u Republici Hrvatskoj (NN 57/22), zatim što je to Etički kodeks i zašto bi se poslovni subjekti koji su u direktnom odnosu s potrošačem trebali priključiti toj inicijativi. Prezentirat će se najvažnije aktivnosti i potrebne zakonske prilagodbe u postupku uvođenja eura za gospodarstvenike i tijela javne vlasti. Također, ukratko će biti predstavljena iskustva iz drugih zemalja članica gdje je euro zajednička valuta.
Na radionici će sudjelovati predstavnici Ministarstva financija te Ministarstva gospodarstva i održivog razvoja koji će odgovoriti na pitanja: Što uvođenje eura znači za poduzetnike (uključujući i obrte te OPG-ove), ali i regionalnu i lokalnu samoupravu?
Pozivamo sve zainteresirane da se pridruže na radionici u Dvorani Udruženja obrtnika Grada Karlovca, u Karlovcu na adresi Ulica Jurja Haulika 14. Zbog organizacijskih potreba, prijavu sudjelovanja je potrebno izvršiti putem prijavnog obrasca Radionica o uvođenju eura (google.com).
OBILJEŽAVANJE EUROPSKOG DANA PARKOVA, MEĐUNARODNOG DANA BIORAZNOLIKOSTI I DANA ZAŠTITE PRIRODE RH 2022.
Europe Direct Karlovac, in cooperation with Public Institution Natura Viva, Karlovac County, City of Karlovac and Karlovac School for Forestry and Wood-work, celebrated European Day of Parks, International Day for Biological Diversity and Nature Protection Day of the Republic of Croatia. We have thus placed emphasis on the European Green Plan and the very important EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030.
This special day for nature protection is traditionally marked in our Vrbanić park by setting up houses for birds, bats and squirrels. By doing so, we wanted to ensure that our smallest park’s inhabitants become permanent residents of our city of parks.
European Day of Parks is designed to raise public awareness of the importance of protected areas in Europe. The initiative was launched in 1999 by the EUROPARC Federation to commemorate May 24th, 1909, when Sweden declared the first 9 national parks in Europe.
International Day for Biological Diversity and Nature Protection Day of the Republic of Croatia are celebrated every year on May 22nd, and this year under a slogan that says "Building a common future for all life".
Vrbanić Park is protected as a monument of park architecture and all in order to preserve its landscape, cultural and biological value, as it is the most valuable park in the city of Karlovac. By doing this joint activity in Vrbanić Park, we wanted to send a clear message of commitment. Preservation of biodiversity and park’s species and habitats is a must – which also determinates one of the main tasks of Public Institution NATURA VIVA.
Citizens of Karlovac County have yesterday, May 9th, celebrated Europe Day. The event was organized by Europe Direct Karlovac and Public Institution Regional development agency of Karlovac County. In addition to the hosts; the Head of Karlovac County Martina Furdek Hajdin, Mayor of Karlovac Damir Mandić and Director of Regional Development Agency Vilko Klasan, Head of European Commission Representation in Croatia Ognian Zlatev was also present. Along with music programme performed by Karlovac Music School, the citizens of Karlovac and Karlovac County had the opportunity to get introduced to the local products at the Mini Green Market and an exhibition of student works on the topic of "Croatian Euro".
After the programme in the center of Karlovac, which was intended for the general public, the Head of Karlovac County Martina Furdek Hajdin, Mayor of Karlovac Damir Mandić and Director of Regional Development Agency Vilko Klasan have participated in the Dialogue with the Youth while sailing on the Grain Boat. Some of the topics of the Dialogue were entrepreneurship, opening a business after graduation and what are the problems that young people face today when they have to decide which high school or college to enroll in. The moderator of the whole event was young entrepreneur and Tik-Toker from the Karlovac County, Dario Marčac. Iva Rukavina, Nick Vrnoga and a young musician and composer Krešimir Klarić are other young entrepreneurs who spoke about their experience.
New call to participate to allow even more young people to travel - DiscoverEU
DiscoverEU, which allows 18-year-olds to explore Europe by travelling mainly by train, opens its first round of applications in 2022. From tomorrow 7 April at noon until noon, young people living in Erasmus+ countries will be able to apply for one of the 35,000 free travel passes.
This year’s application round marks the inclusion of DiscoverEU in the Erasmus+ programmeThanks to this change, 70 000 travel passes will be distributed Year of Youth in 2022: in today’s application round, 35 000 travel passes have been announced and a further 35 000 are foreseen for the next application round in October. Integration into Erasmus+ also opens the door to candidates from Iceland, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia and Turkey, who are the first chance to participate.
Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life Margaritis Schinas DiscoverEU offers more travel opportunities for young people than ever before. In the European Year of Youth, we put young people at the heart of our attention. We owe it to an entire generation that hasn't been able to travel for the last two years. Good luck, everybody!“
Candidates who have successfully completed a selection quiz, born between 1 July 2003 and 30 June 2004, will be able to travel in Europe for a maximum of 30 days between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023. Those who reach the age of 18 in the second half of the year will be able to apply in the next round of applications in October.
In addition, the winners of the travel pass will also receive a DiscoverEU discount card. With this new card, winners will be able to receive more than 40 000 different discounts for public transport, cultural events, accommodation, food, sports events and other services available in all eligible countries.
To increase the learning dimension of DiscoverEU, Erasmus+ National Agencies National Agencies organise information sessions and meetings to prepare young travellers for travel and to facilitate the exchange of experiences. DiscoverEU aims to promote, inter alia, discussions on sustainability, culture and European identity at these meetings. Special emphasis is placed on inclusion. Participants with disabilities or health problems may be accompanied while travelling. In addition to travel expenses, additional individual assistance is provided.
The Commission shall promote sustainable rail travel. Exceptions are cases where young people cannot travel to continental Europe by train before starting their journey. Therefore, specific arrangements are available for young people from the outermost regions, overseas countries and territories, remote territories and islands.
More information:
New European Bauhaus (NEB) three new calls for projects
The Commission announced three new calls for projects to make the new European Bauhaus a reality. They are intended to help citizens, cities and villages integrate the new European Bauhaus project in detail in their communities.
The first and second calls launched by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT),focus on citizen engagement activities and co-creation of public spaces with citizens. The projects selected under the first call the first call will help citizens adopt more sustainable habits and develop new products, services or solutions.
It will also help community members to become drivers of change. Projects in the second call will invite local actors to inspire and reflect on public spaces in cities, urban and rural areas in their ideas by creating new solutions for the future.
The third and final call provides technical assistance to small and medium-sized municipalities that lack the capacity and expertise to translate project ideas related to the new European Bauhaus.
On 7 April, the Commission will launch the New European Bauhaus laboratory as a space for reflection and action on co-creation and testing processes for tools, solutions and policy recommendations, as announced in September 2021..
For more information on the calls see on link.
Educational conference “From the Recovery and Resilience Plan to Energy Renovation of Buildings”
Ahead of the first public call for energy renovation of buildings under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan,the Representation of the European Commission in Croatia, in partnership with the Ministry of Spatial Planning, Construction and State Property and ZGRADOnačelnik.hr held an educational conference “From the Plan for Recovery and Resilience to Energy Renovation of Buildings”., u partnerstvu s Ministarstvom prostornoga uređenja, graditeljstva i državne imovine i ZGRADOnačelnik.hr održalo je edukativnu konferenciju „Od plana za oporavak i otpornost prema energetskoj obnovi zgrada“.
The conference presented the investments and reforms in the area of building renovation foreseen in the Recovery and Resilience Plan, as well as the conditions required to apply for a public call. Video of the entire conference can be viewed here..
Along with the State Secretary of Physical Planning, Construction and State Property Sanju Bošnjak, senior economic advisor at the European Commission Representation in Croatia, Judita Cuculić Župa, senior research associate at the Hrvoje Institute Požar Toni Borković, Domagoj Šešok in front of the Association Manager, GSKG, Antonija Mlikota, representative of co-owners, Natko Bilić, Planetaris and other representatives of the Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Property participated at the conference.
On this occasion, Judita Cuculić Župa, Senior Economic Advisor to the Representation of the European Commission in Croatia, said: "Out of the total amount available to Croatia under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, EUR 6.3 billion in grants, as much as 40.3 % of the funds are dedicated to investments and reforms that will contribute to achieving climate objectives. A significant part of this is investment in energy renovation of buildings that will reduce emissions of harmful gases, increase the quality of life of citizens and provide high savings on energy bills. The call for energy renovation of residential buildings, which was discussed at today’s workshop, is only the beginning of this process.”
The Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Property by the end of March a public call inviting interested parties to submit project proposals for energy renovation of residential buildings undamaged in the earthquake. For this purpose, funds in the amount of 300 million kuna have been secured.
Today, the European Union is facing a climate and environmental crisis, but also a crisis in the security of gas supply and dependence on its supplier, which explicitly threatens itTherefore, the implementation of the European Green Deal and the transition to renewables must be accelerated.
Energy renovation of buildings is a significant step in this direction. This is the first step towards reducing energy bills and moving building co-owners away from the risk of energy poverty. In line with the objectives of the European Green Deal and with funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the European Commission co-finances energy renovation of residential buildings in Croatia, as part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NPOA).
U sklopu međunarodnog dana sigurnijeg interneta, EUROPE DIRECT Karlovac nastavio je suradnju s Policijskom Upravom Karlovac te se pridružio organizaciji predstava „DISLIKE“ u nekoliko osnovnih škola Karlovačke županije. Djeci su podijeljeni prigodni materijali i informativni letci Centra za sigurnost Interneta (www.csi.hr). 10.02.2022. posjetili smo Dom Vladimira Nazora u Karlovcu te pratili sve organizirane aktivnosti u sklopu međunarodnog dana sigurnijeg interneta.
Isto tako, tijekom veljače 2022. godine Europe Direct Karlovac u suradnji sa Desk Kreativne Europe – Kultura pri Ministarstvu kulture i medija organizirao je online radionicu na temu: „Kako prijaviti projekt na natječaje programa Kreativna Europa – Kultura“. Interes za sudjelovanje su iskazale brojne osobe i organizacije iz cijele Hrvatske, što dokazuje i više od 150 prijava! Nadamo se brojnim projektnim prijavama.
16.02.2022. godine organizirali smo online raspravu, na temu uvođenja eura i posljedica za unutarnje tržište, sa zastupnicom u Europskom Parlamentu gđom Biljanom Borzan i učenicima Gimnazije Karlovac, Ekonomsko-turističke škole Karlovac te s Veleučilištem u Karlovcu. Prema anketi koju smo proveli tijekom online prezentacije, preko 50% anketiranih osoba je izjavilo kako su za uvođenja valute eura (sada ili kasnije), preko 20% izjasnilo se da su protiv, a 22 % su neodlučni. Zaključak rasprave bio je kako se kampanja informiranja o uvođenja eura treba znatno pojačati te da postoji više koristi nego negativnih posljedica u procesu prelaska na novu valutu. Anketa u prilogu:
Desk Kreativne Europe – Kultura pri Ministarstvu kulture i medija organizira online radionicu u suradnji s EUROPE DIRECT Karlovac (Javna ustanova Regionalna razvojna agencija Karlovačke županije – JURRA) na temu: Kako prijaviti projekt na natječaje programa Kreativna Europa – Kultura? koja će se održati u utorak 8. veljače 2022. s početkom u 10:00h preko Zoom platforme.
Radionica je namijenjena svim zainteresiranim udrugama, institucijama i organizacijama koje su aktivne u kulturnim i kreativnim sektorima te su otvorene za europske suradnje.
Online radionica u trajanju od 2h pružit će kratak uvod u program EU Kreativna Europa – potprogram Kultura s naglaskom na natječaj za Europske projekte suradnje čije otvaranje se očekuje 1. veljače 2022. godine. Nakon kratkog uvoda slijedi prezentacija FTOP-a – Funding and tender opportunities portal – centralnog portala EU za prijavu i financiranje projekata u okviru programa EU što će obuhvatiti provjeru i kreiranje PIC broja, a zatim će se pružiti uvid u prijavnicu, kriterije ocjenjivanja sa savjetima i napomenama za ispunjavanje.
Sudjelovanje je moguće isključivo uz PRIJAVU, te će svakom sudioniku po prijavi biti poslan link za sudjelovanje.
WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
10:00 – 10:30 UVOD – program Kreativna Europa
10:30 – 10:40 Primjeri prakse
10:40 – 11:20 FTOP-a – Funding and tender opportunities portal
11:55 Q&Q