Review article
https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v3i2.473
Non-Governmental Humanitarian Organizations in Croatia Today – Conditions, Problems and Prospects
Mladen Havelka
; Visoka zdravstvena škola u Zagrebu
Abstract
In the post-war period the non-governmental humanitarian organizations should take a significant role in solving numerous social and psychosocial problems caused by war. They should be flexible in approaching the different problems, they must readily adjust to the current needs and they should respect the interdisciplinary and non-institutional principles in providing care. However; there are still many obstacles in their development: some of the problems arise from the previous non-existence of the private sector in this field, the poor relations with other NGOs, a poor coordination with governmental organizations and insufficient legal provisions concerning humanitarian and other NGO activities. Unless these problems are solved in due time, a great number of humanitarian organizations will be forced to stop working, for which reason the system of social, health and other public services in Croatia is likely to remain deprived of the highly respectable and widely developed activities all over the world.
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29832
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Publication date:
1.2.1996.
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