Stakeholder Insights: Kornelija Barešić on EU Projects

On Octo­ber 15, Kor­neli­ja Barešić, a ped­a­gogue at Spužvi­ca Kinder­garten, met with the Pres­i­dent of the host orga­ni­za­tion in Jez­era as part of the Map­ping of Stake­hold­ers ini­tia­tive. The meet­ing was orga­nized by Friends of Europe Tis­no, project part­ners com­mit­ted to fos­ter­ing com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment.

While Kor­neli­ja doesn’t work direct­ly with youth dai­ly, her expe­ri­ence with EU-fund­ed projects and role as a ped­a­gog­i­cal advi­sor have been invalu­able. She high­light­ed the lack of aware­ness about EU oppor­tu­ni­ties in her rur­al com­mu­ni­ty and praised recent ini­tia­tives at her kinder­garten for improv­ing under­stand­ing of the EU’s ben­e­fits. She empha­sized the impor­tance of such projects in fos­ter­ing engage­ment and strength­en­ing con­nec­tions between cit­i­zens and the EU.