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 in 1998. Every year, the Association records an increase in the number of volunteers who, with their selfless contributions, support the achievement of the strategic goals of the Association, gain experience and knowledge in the fields of environmental protection, nature conservation, sustainable development, and 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+ program of the European Union, the European Voluntary Service, and later, the European Solidarity Corps.
These are the international volunteers who have volunteered at the Sunce Association so far:
Yuliia Syrotenko (Ukraine) and Aleksandra Nikoloska (Republic of North Macedonia)
European Solidarity Corps, Project „Solidarity for Green Dalmatia 2023”
Fani Angeleska, Republic of North Macedonia
European Solidarity Corps, Project „Solidarity for Green Dalmatia 2022”
Angela Trajanova (Republic of North Macedonia) i Olena Pidleteichuk (Ukraine)
European Solidarity Corps, Project „Solidarity for Green Dalmatia 2021-2022”
Sofija Stojmenović and Ivana Panovska, Republic of North Macedonia
European Solidarity Corps, Project „Solidarity for Green Dalmatia 2020“, 2020
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.