Doprinos udruge civilnog društva socijalnoj rekonstrukciji zajednice.

The paper represents the results of the research which is deepening and broadening the knowledge about developmental experience and sustainability of a psychosocial civil society association's work in the post-war community in the process of social reconstruction. The data were collected and analyzed by the application of qualitative methodology and interpreted within the context of theory of social capital and social networking. Six women who founded the civil society organization participated in the focus group. Ten categories related to actual needs in the community and eight categories related to civil society's experience of working in the community were isolated by the means of qualitative analysis. Categories' concepts are supported by verbatim quotations from participants. Research participants have reflected on the non-existence of the basic work conditions, support or recognition by the local authorities, which is related to the survival and possibility of further activities of the association in the community. The restraints that the association is faced with represent a continuation on the existing research that emphasized how human and social capital is lowered by the systematic neglect of the existing potential in the community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]