The purpose of the project is to create conditions and prepare local communities for the integration of persons with an approved international protection (OOMZ) through: providing social support through the Voluntary Schemes in Osijek, Slavonski Brod and the Reception Centre in Kutina; strengthen the role and capacity of the local community for planning and implementing integration through the empowerment and engagement of experts from non-profit organisations/providers of social services; raising awareness of the problems and needs of OOMZ as well as their mutual knowledge and connectivity as a prerequisite for peaceful coexistence and quality of life in the community.