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The Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o. is a member of the Local Partnership for Employment of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and it is the body in charge of the process of preparation and implementation of the Human Resources Development Strategy of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. Thus, on 30 March 2011, the Code of Local Partnerships for Employment of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and the Partnership Agreement signed by 22 members were adopted. Today, LPZ has 26 members. The legal representative of the LPZ is Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The membership structure is as follows:

– Public sector 31%

– civil sector 38%

– private sector 19%

– Supporting institutions 12%

 

The members of the LPZ are:

1. Primorje-Gorski Kotar County (PGC)
2. City of Rijeka
3. Croatian Chamber of Economy – Rijeka County Chamber (HGK)
4. Croatian Employment Service, Regional Office Rijeka (HZZ)
5. Croatian Chamber of Trades and Crafts of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County (HOK)
6. University of Rijeka
7. Croatian Employers' Association, Regional Office Rijeka (HUP)
8. National University, Institute for Education and Culture, Rijeka
9. Local Development Agency PINS d.o.o., Skrad
10. Entrepreneurial center Vinodol, Novi Vinodolski
11. Centre of Technical Culture Rijeka (CTK)
12. Association UMKI, Rijeka
13. Association for Civil Society Development SMART, Rijeka
14. Lovran College - Adult Education Institution, Lovran
15. Centre for Education Rijeka
16. Nexus d.o.o. Rijeka
17. Centaroprema RE&ZIN d.o.o. Rijeka
18. Association for Family Protection UZOR, Rijeka
19. Society of Physically Disabled Persons of the City of Rijeka, Rijeka
20. Association of Autonomous Trade Unions of Rijeka, Office of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Rijeka
21. Republic Union of Workers of Croatia, Rijeka
22. Family Center of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Rijeka
23. Cooperative PUT, Rijeka
24. Secular Franciscan Order, Local Fraternity Trsat, Rijeka
25. Association Moj otok, Punat
26. Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o. (RRA PORIN)

 

The Local Partnership for Employment of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County (LPZ) is therefore the body for the preparation of the Human Resources Development Strategy at the county level, and the main tasks relate to:

 

The main tasks of the LPZ under the Partnership Agreement relate to:

– identifying problems, ideas, growing clusters and any other employment policy issues;

– engaging all available sources in favour of an integrated strategy accepted by all partners, based on the needs of the county and established by a formal mandatory LPZ;

improving the coordination of measures related to employment, with the aim of developing the county strategy of the LFS, as part of and elements for encouraging it,

-Support the implementation of case-related measures in line with the LSP strategy.

 

Membership of the LPZ has the obligation to actively participate in all its activities and to provide the necessary and agreed contributions to:

• developing the RLJP strategy in cooperation with the bodies responsible for the development of the new County Development Strategy, the CES and the stakeholder group,
• developing an action plan, describing the process of implementing the PSLF strategy in line with possible sources of funding;
• thematic working groups, established in the LPZ and chaired by its appointed member,
• organization of project consortia and encourage the development of quality projects under certain calls for proposals and the use of other EU, national and community programmes,
• the functioning of the LPZ itself by enabling similar contributions and ensuring the active participation of responsible persons,
• making recommendations in defining the enrolment policy and school programs of educational institutions in the area of PGC.

 

The tasks referred to in the LPZ Code are:

1. a) LPZ is the most appropriate body for the preparation and implementation of County Human Development Strategies

Potentials (GDPs) that support the county's development strategy on the basis of consensus

its partners/stakeholders as an umbrella organisation covering all local/regional

Competence and initiatives for labour market development:

1. programming, developing a coordinated strategy, advising on the county development of the RLJP; liaising with the Regional Partnership Council;
2. creating its own programmes at county level – in line with the development strategy and organising their implementation, using all sources of funding;
3. Encouraging and ensuring the involvement of stakeholders in the process of planning and implementing the LSD policy.
4. b) during the organisation and implementation of the activities, the LPZ will apply the working principles of the partnership; and

transparency, both internally and externally;

1. c) LPZ's work is public.

 

The Local Partnership for Employment has the Assembly, the Management Board and the Secretariat, as well as three thematic working groups: for improving partnership relations and activation measures in the labour market (TRS 1), for the inclusion of socially excluded persons (TRS 2) and for improving the quality of education and science (TRS 3).

 

The LPZ operates through regular annual sessions of the Assembly, the Management Board and the DSB, where it discusses the implementation of the strategy, evaluating project ideas and monitoring the implementation of various projects, presenting new initiatives for projects and activities that contribute to the implementation of strategic objectives, and others.

 

The Local Partnership for Employment of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County was adopted on 29 January 2015. Human Resources Development Strategy of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County 2015-2020

 

Link to Human Resources Development Strategy 2014-2020:

Development Strategy ljud.potenc.2014-2020

 

Type of competition: Open call for proposals (grants)

Status: open from 03/03/2017 to 12/05/2017

Area: Education, skills and lifelong learning

Summary: This call focuses on the identified problem of low representation of adults in adult education programmes, which leads to a lack of qualifications needed in the labour market. Within the priority sectoral areas of the Operational Programme Efficient Human Resources The selected programmes (tourism and hospitality, agriculture, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, information technology and health) will support the upskilling of adult learners for the following target groups:

– adults without a primary education;
– adults with lower qualification levels;
– adults aged 15-34 without qualifications (only with a basic level of education);
– long-term unemployed over 34.
General objective
Increasing the inclusion of adults in employment education

Specific objective

Enable first qualification and/or higher qualification and retraining to increase the level of knowledge, skills and competences of adults and their competitiveness in the labour market.
Eligible applicants
Adult education institutions

Total amount of the Call: 30.039.000,00 HRK

Minimum aid amount: 500.000,00 HRK
Maximum aid amount: 1 500.000,00 HRK

For the purpose of the Erasmus+ funded ‘Enterprise in interface’ (ENTER) project, a second newsletter was published. The aim of the project is to improve the access and quality of training of social organizations to vulnerable groups living in the areas of confrontation by updating their knowledge, skills and organizational abilities.

You can view the newsletter here: Enter – Ezine edition 2

The prize draw was held on 28 December 2016 at 10 a.m. on the premises of the Rijeka Development Agency Porin, and the winners were drawn as part of the FIESTA prize game ‘Energy Savings and Rewards Benefits’, implemented as part of the European FIESTA project — Families Intelligent Energy Saving Targeted Actions (Promotion of Intelligent Energy Savings in Families).

The prize fund for the prize game "ENERGY OF DUE AND VALUE AWARDS" was HRK 25,679.00 (including VAT) and the prizes were won by:

 

1. Gorenje fridge NRK6193TX A+++ - Reward Coupon No. 68 - Rade Ivošević
2. Gorenje washing machine W9955SE A+++ - Reward voucher No 72 - Juliana Brljavac
3. Gorenje tumble dryer D8666N A+++ - Reward voucher No 47 - Marina Bjelanović
4. Candy Dishwasher CDP1L39X A+++ - Reward Coupon No. 90 - Claudio Jardas
5. TV LG LED 43LH541V A++ - Reward Voucher No. 23 - Simo Draganović
6. Gree dehumidifier 24 L - Reward Voucher No 84 - Katarina Badurina Miculinić
7. Gree dehumidifier 24 L - Reward Voucher No. 38 - Igor Bonefačić
8. Gorenje boiler 80 NG - Reward Voucher No. 39 - Ado Žigman
9. Gorenje boiler 50 NG - Reward Coupon No. 77 - Dean Caput

 

The three-member prize draw committee was composed of : Ernest Cukrov, Marta Zubčić and Nevenka Kos, employees of the Rijeka Development Agency Porin, which also carried out the draw of the winners under the leadership of the City of Rijeka.

The right to participate was acquired exclusively by adult representatives of family households residing in the territory of the City of Rijeka, provided that they participated in the activities of the FIESTA project with one coupon each in household workshops where educated FIESTA energy advisors filled out a questionnaire with the aim of expressing the consumption of electricity in the household, through educational workshops and through participation in free energy consultations.

As part of the FIESTA prize competition, another round of prize draws will be held for citizens who participate in the project.

The total value of the FIESTA project is 2.379.827,00 EUR, of which the EU co-financing amounts to 1.708.250,00 EUR, or 72 percent. The estimated budget for the City of Zadar is 79,298,00 EUR, of which the EU co-financing amounts to 60,772,00 EUR.

The project is funded by the CIP Intelligent Energy Europe (CIP IEE) programme and its implementation started on 1 October 2014 and will last until 30 September 2017, i.e. 36 months.

The project consortium consists of 19 partners from five European countries (Italy, Spain, Croatia, Bulgaria and Cyprus), and the project coordinator is the AREA Science Park from Trieste. The City of Zadar is a partner in the project.

Partners in the project are:   AREA Science Park Trieste – Italy (project coordinator), City of Trieste – Italy, City of Ravenna – Italy, City of Forlì – Italy, Centre of Research for Energy Resources and Consumption (CIRCE) – Spain, City of Zaragoza – Spain, City of Pamplona – Spain, City of Logroño – Spain, REA Kvarner – Croatia, City of Pula – Croatia, City of Rijeka – Croatia, City of Zadar – Croatia, Regional Energy Agency of Pazardjik – Bulgaria, City of Burgas – Bulgaria, City of Pazardjik – Bulgaria, City of Vratsa – Bulgaria, STRATAGEM Energy – Cyprus, City of Limassol – Cyprus and City of Larnaca – Cyprus.

The aim of the project is to encourage citizens to save energy in households, and to encourage them to change their mindset about the consumption of electricity in terms of more efficient use of their household appliances, heating systems and cooling.