VOLUNTEERING INFRASTRUCTURE

Recommendations on a European level are to:• promote volunteering infrastructure as a tool for encouraging citizens to volunteer• ensure basic elements of a volunteering infrastructure• achieve a common understanding at a European level about what is meant by ‘volunteeringinfrastructure’ and what are its main roles and elements• support the good balance between spontaneity of volunteering and organised volunteering• showcase good practice examples as well as bad practice ones in order to improve quality ofvolunteeringThese types of recommendations are particularly important for the countries such as Croatiathat still lag behind other EU countries in terms of volunteerism development.ResourcesForčić, G., 2007. Volonterstvo i razvoj zajednice - rezultati istraživanja uključenosti građana u civilneinicijative u zajendici kroz volonterski radLedić, J., 2001. Biti volonter/volonterka? Istraživanje uključenosti građana u civilne inicijative uzajednici kroz volonterski radLedić, J., 2007. Zašto (ne) volontiramo. Stavovi javnosti o volonterstvuNational Board of Volunteering Development, 2009. Annual Report of the National Board ofVolunteering Development, November 9th 2007 till October 25th 2009National Foundation for Civil Society Development, 2007. Assessment of the development level ofCSOs in CroatiaThe Government of the Republic of Croatia, 2006. National Strategy for the Creation of an EnablingEnvironment for Civil Society Development 2006 - 2011 and the Operational Implementation PlanThe Ministry of the Family, Veterans’ Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity, 2009. Yearly reportof the volunteer involving organisationThe Ministry of the Family, Veterans’ Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity, 2004. NationalYouth Programme for Action77 Volunteering infrastructure in Europe 5 Croatia