DAY LIKE DREAM REPUBLIC OF CROATIA MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL POLICE DIRECTORATE NATIONAL PREVENTION PROJECT DAY LIKE DREAM The European Crime Prevention Award and Best Practice Conference - 2016 Maja Vrbek, Police officer for crime prevention KOPRIVNIČKO-KRIŽEVAČKA COUNTY POLICE ADMINISTRATION

OVERALL ANALYSIS OF STATISTICAL INDICATOR OF CRIME PREPARATORY ACTIVITIES FOR PROJECT OVERALL ANALYSIS OF STATISTICAL INDICATOR OF CRIME EXPERT AND SCIENTIFIC PAPERS DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF ASSOCIATIONS AND WITH ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT To help disabled and elderly people to recognise possible and potential threat in terms of crimes and obnoxious behaviour To develop tolerance among children, better connect the young and the elderly population To improve the knowledge of police officers who work with elderly and disabled people MAIN GOAL To raise the elderly and disabled people’s awareness/level of being informed and their subjective feeling of security

PARTNERS Koprivničko-križevačka County Retirement homes Association of people with disabilities „Bolje sutra” Koprivnica Club of elderly persons „Mariška” Koprivnica Association of patriotic war volunteers and veterans Koprivnica Association of blind persons of the Koprivničko-križevačka County Cities and muncipalities in the Koprivničko-križevačka County Primary schools in the region The media Retirement homes General Police Directorate Koprivničko-križevačka County Police Administration

COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT 1. Interactive workshop „If I know, then I am safe” 2. Dedicated theatre performance „Forewarned is forearmed” 3. Interactive workshop „Put yourself in my place…” 4. Interactive workshop „Youth + Wisdom = Security” 5. Be informed, be safe…

1. „IF I KNOW, THEN I AM SAFE”

2. „FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED” FAMOUS CROATIAN ACTORS Mr. Relja Bašić Mr. Špiro Guberina FAMOUS CROATIAN ACTORS

3. „PUT YOUSELF IN MY PLACE…”

4. „YOUTH + WISDOM = SECURITY”

5. BE INFORMED, BE SAFE…

PROMOTIVE MATERIALS

evaluation PROCES EVELUATION IMPACT EVALUATION The number of the involved in project activities was achieved completely Survey was carried out among the participants who rated all the activities with the highest rating Police officers included in the survey stated that workshops were extremely useful The representatives of senior citizens associations and people with disabilities associations proposed the Project to be continued. IMPACT EVALUATION Comparison of figures to a five-year period before the implementation of the Project After implementation of the Project the number of elderly and people with disabilities victims of offences has decreased by 17%. EVALUATION  Project recommended and adopted in the whole territory of the Republic of Croatia.

THE INNOVATIVENESS OF THE PROJECT THE POLICE MADE PERMANENT AND STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS, POLICE OFFICERS WERE TAUGHT BY ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, WORKSHOPS OF GRANDMOTHER/GRANDFATHER AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN, SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED PERFORMANCE BASED ON REAL CASES WITH FAMOUS CROATIAN ACTORS, DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL LEAFLETS WITH UTILITY BILLS…

MEDIA ACTIVITIES

International promotion Our partners were in… Albany, January, 2014 Turkey, September, 2013 Austria, April, 2015

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !!! e-mail: mvrbek@mup.hr