Perspectives of the Interrelation between Solidarity, Trust and Voluntarity in the Croatian Society

U radu se iz sociološke perspektive razmatra međuodnos solidarnosti, povjerenja i dobrovoljnosti u hrvatskom društvu, uz korištenje rezultata novijih istraživanja ove problematike. Raspoloživost građana za povjerenje, dobrovoljnost i solidarnost preduvjet je njihova sudjelovanja u izgradnji civilnog društva od razine lokalne zajednice do makrorazine, a važan je čimbenik i u koncepciji cjeloživotnog učenja. Rad se bavi povjerenjem kao ključnom vrednotom za aktivnu participaciju građana u svim sferama njihova društvenog života, ali i povjerenjem kao odnosom. Civilna zauzetost u smislu slobodnog udruživanja i različitih civilnih inicijativa u složenim suvremenim društvima, osim povjerenja, traži znanje i primjenu koncepcije cjeloživotnog učenja, razumijevanje, vrijednosno opredjeljenje i spremnost za prihvaćanje odgovornosti. Jedna je od pretpostavki toga i primjereno definiranje, reguliranje i vrednovanje dobrovoljnog rada na institucionalnoj razini putem donošenja Zakona o volontiranju. To pitanje u Republici Hrvatskoj još uvijek nije riješeno na sustavan način.The interrelation between solidarity, trust and voluntarily in the Croatian society is reflected upon in the paper from a sociological perspective, employing the results of recent researches on this issue. The dispositivity of the citizens for trust, voluntarily and solidarity is a precondition for their participating in the development of the civil society from the level of local community to the macro-level of society, but it is also an important factor in the conception of life-long learning. In the paper we provide the reflections on trust as a key value for the active civic participation in all areas of their social life as well as on trust as a relation. In the complex contemporary societies, civic engagement in the sense of free association and various civil iniciatives, beside trust, requires knowledge and application of the conception of life-long learning as well as understanding, acceptance of the respective system of values, and readiness to take responsibility. A presupposition for this is the appropriate institutional definition, regulation and evaluation of the volunteer work that should be promulgated in the form of a Volunteer Work Act. However, in the Republic of Croatia a systematic solution of this issue has not been reached yet