Social innovations
Social innovations are one of our programs as well as the principle of work. We act with the awareness that problems that have existed for decades require new approaches on the way to solutions.
Technological innovations bring new challenges for individuals and families, new opportunities, and also risks. That is why we think it is important to deal with the impact of digital transformation and the fourth industrial revolution on society in Serbia, along with existing inherited problems.
It is necessary to consider all potential impacts of technological changes and to make decisions that will help maintain social and economic balance. This means providing individuals and families with appropriate education and support in adapting to new technologies and preventing misuse of technology.
This program is a kind of experimental laboratory for designing social solutions, researching and testing new strategic approaches in social protection and population policy, as well as new methods of working with children, young people, and the elderly. Social innovations are not just a trend because the work of our organization is result-oriented and has a measurable impact on the quality of life of citizens.
Within this program, we are particularly developing an approach to intergenerational cooperation, and in this sense, we are implementing various activities aimed at improving intergenerational solidarity and responsibility, both at the national and regional levels. Help Net has also created a special website “Intergenerational Solidarity” which is dedicated to promoting and sharing trends in this area.
Projects
Raising competences of hard-to-employ women
Project name: Raising competences of hard-to-employ women
Project goal:
The proposed project aims to provide employment opportunities for women in the area of social protection through building their professional skills and capacities for provision of the home care service. Help Net is the copyright holder of the program named: "Training program for home caregivers for the provision of Home care service for the elderly and persons living with disabilities” which is accredited by The Republic Institute for Social Protection.
Period of realization: November 2024 - April 2025
Financial support: Slovak Agency for international Development Cooperation
With the Financial support of the the Slovak Government
Improvement of qualifications and employability of hard-to-employ groups
Support to improvement of professional capacities and possibilities for employment of persons belonging to hard-to-employ groups, through facilitated access to information about training programs for jobs in the area of social protection, accredited by the Republic Institute for Social Protection.
Period of implementation: jun 2024. – February 2025.
Improving the competencies of informal caregivers and professionals in the Republic of
Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
The project "Improving the competencies of informal caregivers and professionals in the
Republic of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina" is being implemented in collaboration by the
Help Net Support and Inclusion Center from Belgrade, as the lead applicant, and Caritas Šabac
and the Center for Social Innovation Tuzla as partners.
Financial support is provided through the grant scheme of the Cross-Border Cooperation
Program between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014 – 2020, under the European Union's
Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance ..
Delicatessen Monday
The project aimed to make connection between minority women with women from Serbia in order to save cultural and historical heritage.
Implementation period: September 2019 - February 2020
Financial support: Ministry of public administration and local self-government
The research “Roma cultural – historical heritage”
The project ’Roma cultural - historical heritage’ has a goal to connect the knowledge of the young to the descendance, history and culture of Roma in Serbia.
Implementation period: June - December 2020
Financial support: Ministry of public administration and local self - government
Linking local level existing strategies in the relevant areas
The goal of the activity is to develop a Social protection strategy on the territory of municipality of Irig.
Implementation period: April - September 2021
Financial support: Council of Europe