2010 – 2011 collaborator in the Matra project (funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs) “Community Development in Croatia, Education for Students and Professionals in Social Work” (066-0000000-3617). Project holder HAN University, Netherlands; project partners Faculty of Law in Zagreb and the Centre for Civil Initiatives. As a part of the Matra project since 2012 – one of the programme directors of the Social Work and Community Development Summer School
Since 2015 – researcher on the project “HR.3.2.01-0266 Educational outcomes and work careers of young people who grew up in poverty” financed by the European Social Fund and approved within the project call HR.3.2.01 Research scholarships for the professional development of young researchers and postdoctoral studies (OP Human Resources Development 2007 – 2013).
2012-2013 – Pilot project Preparing for deinstitutionalisation in Stančić Rehabilitation Centre¸ Host: Anglia Ruskin University
2011 – Balkan Epidemiological Study on Child Abuse and Neglect financed under the European Community’s 7th Framework Program (Seventh Framework Program FP7) of the European Union
2014 – 2020 DESIrE project: Demand for Sexual Exploitation in Europe, financed by the European Union’s Internal Security Fund Police
2017 – Social Services for Families in Rural Areas, financed by the University of Zagreb
2018 – Social Change and the Right to Life in the Community of People with Disabilities, financed by the University of Zagreb
2019 – The Perspective in the Development of Foster Care for Young People with Behavioural Problems, financed by the University of Zagreb
2018 – 2020 Study on the Participation of Children from Vulnerable Social Groups, funded by UNICEF
2018 – 2020 Social Work in Social Care Centres, financed by the funds of the Croatian Chamber of Social Workers
2018 – 2020 Socially Useful Learning for Organising Inclusive Communities, financed by the European Social Fund
2020 – 2023 THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY OF POST-INDUSTRIAL CITIES BOOSTING MOBILITY & INCLUSION FOR SOCIETAL IMPACT, financed through the Erasmus + programme
2020 – 2023: Inclusive Communities – an Initiative for Universally Accessible Basic Social Services in the Community. Financed from the Programme of the Fund for Active Citizenship in Croatia, through the financial mechanisms of the EEA and the Kingdom of Norway
Professional activities and projects
from 2021 – Deputy member representing the Croatian Chamber of Social Workers in the working group Solidary Croatia, for the preparation of programme documents for the financial period of the European Union 2021 – 2027.
since 2014 – member of the Committee for awarding the status „Cities Friends of Children“
since 2018 – member of the European reference group for the development of social services
- Evaluator of the local social plan for the area of competence of the Centre for Social Care in Hrvatska Kostajnica, as a part of the project Get Active and Be Employed, financed by the European Social Fund, holders: Association for Creative Social Work and Centre for Social Care Hrvatska Kostajnica
2014 – 2016 – member of the Council for Social Care of Sisak-Moslavina County and co-author of the Social Services Development Plan 2015 – 2020
Since 2015 – PRECEDE – Partnership for Reconciliation through Early Childhood Education and Development in Europe, holder: Centre for Civil Initiatives, a project financed by EU funds through Framework Partnership Agreements for civil society organisations.
2014 – 2015: Kostajnica Community Centre: community support network for people with disabilities, holder Rehabilitation Centre for Stress and Trauma Zagreb, project financed by EU funds as an IPA project
2012: Promotion of the Value System of the EU through the Improvement of the Capacity of Civil Society in the field of Addiction Suppression and Prevention, holder: Society for Social Support, the project is financed from the budget of the City of Zagreb, the Office of the Mayor in the Service for European Integration and European Union funds; role in the project: leader of educational workshops, conducting research and producing publications.
Member of the organizational and program committee of the conference: Treatment of Alcoholism in the Local Community – State of Affairs and Possibilities for Improvement in the Light of European Standards, Zagreb, 15 November, 2012.
Evaluator on projects
- 2019 – 2021. Strengthening of Professional Capacities for the Successful Integration of Asylum Seekers, financed by the European Social Fund, holder: Croatian Association of Social Workers
- 2015: Home Sweet Home: Community Based Social Services for Elderly and Infirm Persons, Host: Rehabilitation Centre for Stress and Trauma Zagreb, HR.2.3.03-0008
- 2014: Education for Employment, holder: Rehabilitation Centre for Stress and Trauma Zagreb, IPA 4.1.2.1.05.01.c01
- 2011 – 2013: Three-year project Support for Young People in the Community: Development of Social Services for Young People, holder: Association Pragma, financed by the Ministry of Social Policy and Youth
- 2013: Young People Facing the Challenge of Continuous Education, holder: Pragma Association, financed by the Ministry of Social Policy and Youth
- 2011-2012: Let’s Empower the Weakest on the Labor Market, holder: Rehabilitation Centre for Stress and Trauma Zagreb, IPA4.1.2.1.02.02.c03
