At the last, fourth session of the County Assembly of Koprivnica-Križevci County, which was held on Monday, November 22nd, in front of the HSS Club, County Councilor Marko Martinčević requested the establishment of the Council for Social Welfare of our County as quickly as possible." In accordance with the new Social Welfare Act, which is currently in the e-consultation system and will inevitably be adopted, all regional self-government units therefore have the legal right to establish a Social Welfare Council," Martincevic said, explaining that Article 250 of the new Law correctly determines the role of the Council and its composition." I call on all county councillors and councillors to actively engage in the work of the Council and develop the Social Plan as a three-year strategic document.

Despite the fact that the Act has not yet been passed in parliament or the Regulations on how to draw up the Social Plan have been published, what we can already do is analyse the current situation," he said, adding that the County can be ready to elaborate a much-needed Social Plan in time based on the research done and analysis of the collected materials from all institutions. The social plan includes capacity analysis, availability of social service providers, needs analysis and specific objectives of institutional and non-institutional social services development, with a particular focus on services for groups at higher risk of social exclusion.