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UNICEF awarded the best youth project of the previous school-year
Čakovec, January 26, 2024 – UNICEF office for Croatia awarded the best project created in the social entrepreneurship program for young people UPSHIFT in the school year 2022./2023. The, award-winning project "Grandchildren's Club Čakovec" was created by the students, of Josip Slavenski Čakovec High School, Žana M...
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The European Commission and UNICEF conclude three-year Child Guarantee pilot scheme
BRUSSELS/GENEVA/SOFIA, Bulgaria, 20 April 2023, – The European Commission and UNICEF today, together with the representatives of the Member States, marked the achievements of a three-year pilot programme implemented in seven countries across Europe to tackle child poverty and social exclusion. The pilot programme ...
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Are young people in Croatia prepared for labor market?
Zagreb, November 22, 2022 - The, UNICEF Office for Croatia and the Advisory Board for Children’s Rights and Social Responsibility, held the conference, "What young people need to be more competitive in the Labor Market". The conference offered the opportunity to present, the results of a mapping of the responsible...
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More than 1000 stars already shine at UNICEF's Milky Way Race!
Zagreb, June 17, 2022 – This year, once again, UNICEF is organizing its traditional humanitarian Milky Way Race which will take place from September 9 to 18 on thousands of paths, via mobile application and live events, and will gather participants from all parts of Croatia around a common goal –, support the ment...
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Series of dedicated webinars within pilot-programme EU Child Guarantee
A webinar on the topic of, Child and Adolescent Participation in ‘Phase III of the Preparatory Action for a Child Guarantee’, will be held on Thursday, January 13 th , 2022 from 13:00-15:15 (pm CET/Geneva time). It is a first webinar in, series of thematic webinars which will be organized in the period from Januar...
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UNICEF awarded the best youth project for positive social change
Zagreb, November 20 th , 2021 – On World Children's Day, the UNICEF Office for Croatia presented the award for the, best youth project created within the UPSHIFT program, in the school year 2020/2021. The award-winning, project "Society's lack of information about dyslexia", is the idea of a, team of high school...
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UPSHIFT successfully held in Medjimurje County, with 6 teams winning financial and mentor support to realize their ideas
From October 8 th to 10 th , a three-day, UPSHIFT workshop, for young people was held in Prelog, in the heart of Medjimurje. The workshop was organized by the UNICEF Office for Croatia and the Croatian Office for Creativity and Innovation (HUKI), as part of the activities of t, he pilot programme EU Child Guarant...
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Putting ourselves on hold, or why we need to move out of our parents’ house
In the last few weeks, I have looked at so many apartment rental ads that I can no longer see the difference between the good ones and the bad ones, between the decent ones and the inhumane ones, and between those I saved and those, I ditched. They were all washed away and merged into one in a glitched haze of fra...
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Youth and adolescent development
Adolescence is a unique stage of life, the transition from childhood to adulthood, which brings great opportunities and potential for growth and development. The second decade of life is characterized by rapid brain development and physical, biological, emotional and cognitive transformations, greater independence...
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UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah inspires Zagreb's secondary school students
Zagreb, 30 September 2019, – Ishmael Beah, UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador and a bestselling author, spent some time with Zagreb’s secondary school students during a recent visit to Croatia. He related his inspiring life story. Ishmael’s personal experience as a former boy soldier was an opportunity for more than 100...
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Children and young people focus on fake news and developing critical thinking skills
Zagreb, 3 May 2019 –, Over 13,000 children and young people, from the whole of Croatia took part in the Second Media Literacy Days organised by the, Agency for Electronic Media, and, UNICEF, with the help of many partners. Across Croatia,, 273 events, were held in, 90 towns and locations, aiming to develop critica...