National youth program

Measure 4. PROVISION OF INCENTIVES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS AND 
PROJECTS WITH THE PURPOSE OF MONITORING GIFTED STUDENTS
IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITY:
DURATION OF 
IMPLEMENTATION:
4.1. To encourage work with gifted students in educational institutions.
ongoing
4.2. To issue public tenders for financial support to projects of associations 
from the field of non-institutional education and upbringing of children and 
youth.
2009
and ongoing
CARRIER:
Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
COLLABORATORS IN THE 
IMPLEMENTATION:
Agency for Upbringing and Education
institutions of higher education
Office for NGOs of the Government of the Republic of Croatia
Croatian Employment Service
civil society organizations working with youth
local self-administration
FUNDING:
Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
REQUIRED FUNDING:
resources from regular activities of state administration bodies
IMPLEMENTATION 
INDICATORS:
− adoption and realization of the Decision

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Measure 5. TO ENCOURAGE ACCESSIBILITY OF SCHOOL AND HIGHER EDUCATION 
FACILITIES TO THE ASSOCIATIONS THAT PROVIDE NON-PROFIT, EDUCATIONAL, 
SPORT, SCOUTING, CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL, AND IT PROGRAMS, CIVIL 
SOCIETY DEMOCRACY, TOLERANCE, NON-VIOLENCE, AND INTERCULTURAL 
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, NATIONAL MINORITY PROGRAMS, ETC., TO PUPILS 
AND STUDENTS
IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITY:
DURATION OF 
IMPLEMENTATION:
5.1. To forward a call to founders of primary and secondary school to cede, 
free of charge, school classrooms and higher education auditoriums to 
associations providing free of charge activities in students’ leisure time.
2009 and ongoing
CARRIER:
Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
COLLABORATORS IN THE 
IMPLEMENTATION:
Office for NGOs of the Government of the Republic of Croatia
Council for Civil Society Development
units of local and regional self-administration
FUNDING:
Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
REQUIRED FUNDING:
resources from regular activities of state administration bodies
IMPLEMENTATION 
INDICATORS:
− Recommendation forwarded
− the number of school classrooms and higher education 
auditoriums available for associations’ programs
Measure 6. RAISING THE LEVEL OF YOUTH IT LITERACY
IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITY:
DURATION OF 
IMPLEMENTATION:
6.1. To provide advanced IT courses for youth, free of charge, in order to raise 
the quality of their IT literacy.
2010 and ongoing
6.2. To disseminate information about the opportunities for free and fast 
access to the Internet to youth in all educational institutions and institutions 
of higher education, even in the furthest parts of the Republic of Croatia by 
exploiting all available technical resources.
2009 and ongoing
CARRIER:
Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
COLLABORATORS IN THE 
IMPLEMENTATION:
IT education institutions
public and open universities
high schools in the Republic of Croatia
universities and polytechnic schools in the Republic of Croatia
student centers
student homes

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FUNDING:
Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
REQUIRED FUNDING:
resources from regular activities of state administration bodies
IMPLEMENTATION 
INDICATORS:
− the number of attendants of free programs
− the number of educational institutions providing free access to 
the Internet
Measure 7. TO FOSTER CO-OPERATION OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WITH THE NGOs
IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITY:
DURATION OF 
IMPLEMENTATION:
7.1. To supplement curricula and programs with facultative subjects drafted 
by high schools in co-operation with associations.
2009 and ongoing
7.2 To adopt a work program and a youth activity plan which must be 
conducted in national organizations’ centers.
2009 and ongoing
CARRIER:
Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
COLLABORATORS IN THE 
IMPLEMENTATION:
civil society organizations working with youth
FUNDING:
Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
REQUIRED FUNDING:
resources from regular activities of state administration bodies
IMPLEMENTATION 
INDICATORS:
− the number of reviewed and accepted facultative subjects drafted 
by high schools in co-operation with associations
− the number of programs implemented in youth hostels, scouting 
centers and culture-art centers