Webinar and panel discussion: “COVID-19 as a catalyst of change in planning sustainable traffic”

Association ODRAZ – Sustainable Community Development, in cooperation with CROSOL, organised a webinar and panel discussion titled “COVID-19 as a catalyst of change in planning sustainable traffic” on 13 April 2020. Presenters on the webinar were: Predrag Brlek, University North Tadej Brezina, Institute for Traffic, Vienna University of Technology Morgane Juliat, German research and consulting […]

Discussion: Dealing with the past and transitional justice in the Western Balkans

An online discussion titled Dealing with the past and transitional justice in the Western Balkans was held on Wednesday 10 March 2021, organized by Documenta – Centre for Dealing with the Past and Croatian Platform for International Citizen Solidarity. The discussion focused on topics such as processing of war crimes, reparations programmes for victims of […]

Health of Our Democracies Compromised by Many EU Leaders During 2020: Liberties Report

Democracy and the rule of law have regressed across a large number of European countries in 2020, according to Liberties’ new report ‘EU 2020: DEMANDING ON DEMOCRACY’. The report, covering 14 EU countries, responds to the Commission’s request for information as it prepares its second annual audit of EU countries’ democratic records. The report covers 14 […]

EU Civil Protection Mechanism – post-earthquake relief

Lidija Knežević, Obris.org On Friday, January 29, it was exactly a month since the 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Sisak-Moslavina County, leaving unforeseeable consequences for space and people. During those first months, another 622 earthquakes of magnitude greater than or equal to 2.0 followed, which further traumatized the citizens of the affected area, but also caused […]

EU Presidency Project Small Grants Programme Final Report

SOLIDARNA Foundation was subcontracted on 15 April 2019 by CROSOL as the Contracting Authority for the management of the small grants program during the project “Towards an open, fair and sustainable Europe in the world – EU Presidency Project 2019-2021”, with a focus on regranting and providing technical support in the preparation, implementation and monitoring […]

Reporting from Banija: 72-year old man slept in tractor carry basket for days

Written by Barbara Matejčić, published by Index.hr IT is eight in the morning, we are on the road to Banija, it’s January 8th, ten days after the big earthquake. Luka Juranić is driving. Ian Grgić is co-driver and navigator. Ivana Kordić is sitting in the back next to me. She is going to Petrinja for […]

Round table discussion with Sakharov award lauréats at Human Rights Film Festival 2020

This year CROSOL is again participating in the Human Rights Film Festival program, albeit in an online form. In cooperation with European Parliament’s Office in Croatia, we have organized a discussion with this year’s winners of the Sakharov award for freedom of thought.  The Sakharov award for 2020 was awarded to the democratic opposition in […]

EU, Croatia and “Europe that protects”

By: Igor Tabak (obris.org) At the end of 2019, the Republic of Croatia presented its Presidency Program of the Council of the EU, aptly named “Strong Europe in a world full of challenges”. It identified four main priority areas, including “Europe that protects” in third place – an area that would largely include the fight […]