1. 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
Maja Vrbek,
Police officer for crime prevention
KOPRIVNIČKO-KRIŽEVAČKA COUNTY POLICE ADMINISTRATION

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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…

6. 1. „IF I KNOW, THEN I AM SAFE”

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

8. 3. „PUT YOUSELF IN MY PLACE…”

9. 4. „YOUTH + WISDOM = SECURITY”

10. 5. BE INFORMED, BE SAFE…

11. PROMOTIVE MATERIALS

12. 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.

13. 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…

14. MEDIA ACTIVITIES

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

17. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !!!