Volunteers are people who voluntarily invest their time, effort, knowledge and skills by providing services or activities for the benefit of another person and society as a whole, without claiming material and financial gain. -Croatian Law on Volunteering (Official Gazette, No. 58/07 and 22/13)

The volunteer story in the Association Sunce has started developing since the very beginning of the Association – 1998. Every year, the Association records an increase in the number of volunteers who support with their selfless contribution the achievement of the strategic goals of the Association Sunce, gain experience and knowledge in the field of environmental protection, nature conservation and sustainable development as well as active civic engagement.

As the organizer of volunteering, the Association Sunce is obliged to submit an annual report on volunteering to the Ministry for demography, family, youth and social policy, as the body responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Croatian Law on Volunteering and the development of volunteering policy.

The involvement of international volunteers in the work of the Association began in 2015, mostly through the Erasmus + programme of the European Union – European Voluntary Service and later, the European Solidarity Corps.

These are the international volunteers who have volunteered at the Sunce Association so far:

Mile Krstev, Zorica Azmanova and Predrag Lazarevski, Republic of North Macedonia

European Solidarity Corps

Project „Solidarity for Green Dalmatia“, 2019.

Veljan Parizov and Stefan Markovski, Republic of North Macedonia

European Voluntary Service, Erasmus+

Project „Total Eco Dalmatia“, 2018.

Milana Peshikj and Sasho Radulov, Republic of North Macedonia

European Voluntary Service, Erasmus+

Project „4S – Small Steps for Sustainable Society“, 2017.

Nastja Logar, Slovenia

European Voluntary Service, Erasmus+

Project „GoGreen Dalmatia – Nature protection & sustainable development in Dalmatia“, 2016.

If you wish to know more about the volunteering possibilities in the Association Sunce, feel free to contact us at 0038521360779 or by e-mail: [email protected]

If you would like to see the annual volunteer reports they are available in Croatian only, but feel free to contact us for more information.