On September 13, 2019, a regular 8th partnership meeting of the LO.PA.Z. PLUS project was held at the premises of the Centre for Technical Culture Rijeka. The agenda of the meeting discussed the progress reports approved so far on the project and the budget spent per partner and overall.
In the 6th quarter of the project implementation, from 15 August to 14 November 2919, the remaining planned activities will be implemented, so the project team members discussed the terms of their implementation. Activities that will be implemented relate to education for the unemployed (Computer use, Systematic entrepreneurship) , education for members of the Local Partnership for Employment of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and their employees (Psychological aspects of career management, Development and implementation of EU projects); production of professional materials such as: Identification of shortage occupations, Programme for Entrepreneurial Promotion in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Development of tools for monitoring the needs of staff in the IT sector, Creation of a coalition of development of digital knowledge and skills; providing mentoring for beneficiaries of support for self-employment and organising a meeting with employers to present a programme to encourage entrepreneurship in PGC and invite them to cooperate for mentoring start-up entrepreneurs. At the end of the month, the members of the Local Partnership for Employment of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and their employees will organize team building and a joint bocce activity to strengthen team work.
The project was co-financed by the European Union through the European Social Fund. The beneficiary of the project is the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o., and the other partners are the City of Rijeka, the University of Rijeka, the Centre of Technical Culture Rijeka, the municipalities of Viškovo, the Croatian Chamber of Economy-County Chamber of Rijeka, the Chamber of Trades and Crafts of PGC and the CES-Regional Office Rijeka.
