Call for Proposals: GEAR UP! – Small Grants for Local Actions on Global Citizenship Education and Sustainable Development in Serbia and Montenegro

CROSOL – Croatian Platform for International Citizen Solidarity is pleased to announce the launch of the GEAR UP! Call for Proposals for small grants supporting local actions on Global Citizenship Education, Youth Engagement, and Sustainable Development in Serbia and Montenegro. Through this Call, civil society organisations (CSOs) and local authorities (LAs) will have the opportunity […]

Online discussion: Citizens in energy transition

Online discussion “Citizens in energy transition” was organised by Terra Hub Croatia, Crosol and Green Energy Cooperative on 27 April 2021. The discussion was focused on models of ensuring citizen participation in energy transition in their local communities. In the first part of the event, several experts gave presentations that offered insights and practical examples […]

Presentation of the report on SDGs implementation in Croatia

CROSOL – Croatian Platform for International Citizen Solidarity presented its report and held a discussion on sustainable development goals and Agenda 2030 implementation in Croatia on 20 April 2021. The participants in the discussion were experts on sustainable development: Mirta Mandić, Head of Global Development Service, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Lidija Pavić Rogošić, […]

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 […]

No room for the environment at the EU-Western Balkans Zagreb Summit

“Zagreb– The Declaration, which came out last week at the conclusion of the EU-Western Balkans Zagreb Summit, failed to recognize the transition towards a just and sustainable future, which can be implemented through the European Green Deal. Furthermore, it ignored the European sustainability agenda, important in the context of European integration of Western Balkans. In […]

Croatia’s love affair with dirty energy

“Council presidency sponsorship, high-profile events, new fossil fuel investments…. Corporate Europe Observatory turns a quizzical eye on the Croatian Government’s love affair with the fossil fuel industry (inspired by The Guardian’s Pass notes column). Name: INA, d.d. Never heard of them. Who are they? INA is a Croatian oil company which plays a key role in oil and […]

Big Oil sponsors Croatia’s EU presidency

“The six-month Croatian presidency of the Council of the EU has signed a deal with the country’s national oil company INA to supply its fuel. The part state-owned firm is now designated as the EU council presidency’s “official gasoline supplier” – and comes during the launch of the European Commission’s European Green Deal, a seminal policy […]