The volunteers of Vukovar Info centre for youth, gathered on July12th in order to discuss creation and development of the first city map for young visitors and inhabitants of Vukovar. As the principles of work of Info centre for youth are, the aim of this action, too, is to make the map available and adjusted to young people, which would provide the information from all fields of National Youth Programme in one place. Besides other information,  you will find on the map the location of youth organizations, what is the cultural offer, where you can do recreation, etc. By participating in survey, the beneficiaries of Info Centre for Youth expressed the wish for having such map, the map will be available on Info Centres's web page starting in autumn 2010. The beneficiaries will have opportunity to use the map, as well as to provide suggestions and comments in order to improve the quality of map, before public imprinting. 

The third meeting of partners involved in the implementation of the project ''EUphoria'' was held on June 30th. The meeting aimed at sharing information on project flow, analysing the additional achievements and defining further actions. The host of this meeting was partner association Imagine from Zagreb, while next meeting and final evaluation will be hosted by partners in Rijeka.

Youth information workers from 4 countries (Luxembourg, Slovenia, Turkey and Croatia), gathered in Training Centre Pirovac in order to actively participate in capacity building training program in the field of youth information work - YINTRO, a study visit to Regional Info center for Youth in Split - Info Zone , as well as in intercultural activities aiming at better cultural understanding of each other.
Activities with 26 participants, lasting for 8 days, started on Friday, June 18th.

These activities are part of the project "And...action!", which is funded with support from the European Commission, through the program Youth in Action, Sub-Action 4.3 - Training and networking of those active in youth work and youth organisations

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A prestigious award ceremony was held on May 31st in the premises of the Regional Youth Information Centre Osijek. "U.S. Council on Social Work Education Award 2009" presented PRONI Centre for Social Education from Osijek with the best international partner organization in the field of implementation of social education in practice award, as known as «2009 Partners in Advancing Education for International (PIE) Social Work Award." PRONI Centre was nominated for this award by Indiana University (United States) at the end of 2009.

On May 14th 2010 PRONI Centre for Social Education conducted a public presentation of research results on Parental Involvement: A Niche for Social Fabric Renewal in Post-Cenflict Communities.
The study was carried out in association with the Faculty of Law, Department of Social Work of University of Zagreb; School of Social Work of Indiana University from the United States of America, and PRONI Center for Social Education from Croatia.
The results were presented to the participants by researchers Carmen Luca Sugawara, PhD., and Andjela Delale, PhD.

Within the project “Youth in the Centre!”, which PRONI Centre implements in partnership with the association Pro comunitate from Chisinau, Moldova, the trainings with young people in 4 rural municipalities in Moldova  were implemented.  In each municipality in the period from May 12th till 22nd, the trainers from PRONI Centre implemented two-day trainings “Management of Youth Clubs”. Trainings aimed at additional development of young people capacities, as well as providing support in the process of Youth club establishment.

Cotiujenni Mari                         Vadul Rascov

Ulmu                                      Varnita

PRONI Centre for Social Education, in cooperation with the representatives of the Sisak-Moslavina and Vukovar-Srijem County, and Faculty of Economics in Osijek, has organized public debates with young people within the European Week.
A public debate ''Opportunities and rights of young people in acceding countries to the European Union and the EU, and Youth policy in EU countries and Croatia'' has been organized in Sisak Gymnasium on May 4th; a public debate 'Values and standards in the EU'' was implemented in Vukovar-Srijem County premises in Vukovar on May 5th; and a public debate "MOBIS" - Mobility of students was organized on Faculty of Economics in Osijek on May 6th.
As the debates were organized within the European Youth Information Day, it also aimed at increasing the level of knowledge and awareness of young people regarding the European Union, and to promote EU values and standards.
These debates and other activities are an integral part of the partnership project EUphoria, which is supported by EU, through the program IPA INFO 2008.

Sisak                                    Vukovar                                   Osijek

After completing 40 hours of education implemented in Vukovar within the project "Development of human capacities for preparation and implementation of projects financed from international funds", the Mayor of Vukovar handed out certificates to participants who successfully completed the education. At this occasion, 28 participants presented their project ideas.
The purpose of education was to educate as many people as possible for the preparation and implementation of projects financed from pre-accession programs IPA and Structural Funds in the first years after gaining EU membership. The education was implemented by the trainers of PRONI Center, using the methodology of "Project cycle management".

This time, just like in April last year, representatives of the PRONI Centre participated in the Social Entreprise Marketplace in Budapest, organized by NESsT. The Marketplace presents various social enterprises undertaken by NGOs from the region, as well as provided possibility to exchange ideas and experience. Also, the same organizations have also participated in the workshop which was organized the day after, aiming at improvement of  the quality of work in the field of marketing and customer relationship management.

Celebrating European Youth Information Day, within the project EUphoria, financed by the EU through the program IPA INFO 2008, another public debate with young people took place. This time debate was ''Who is a citizen of the EU and what are its values''. It was led by the Head of pre-accession funds of Sisak-Moslavina County, Mrs. Tatjana Puskaric, with the support of the Leader of the Youth Information Centre in Sisak. The debate was held on April 20th 2010 in the premises of Youth info centre in Sisak, and it aimed to increase the level of knowledge and awareness of young people regarding the European Union, as well as to promote standards and values of the EU.