14-05-2012.
Get Involved

Young people from the village Straža, near Loznica, have joined in the project to arrange the village center, through the action Get Involved...
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13-05-2012.
5 Tons of Waste Collected in Get Planet Wise! Recycle Actions in Knjaževac and Bor

During the last weekend, within the campaign Get Planet Wise! Recycle, The Green List of Serbia and Green Initiative have organized actions of collecting recyclable waste  in Knjaževac and in Bor. 1300 citizens participated in this actions and collected up to 5 tons of waste that was transported to recycling factories...
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12-05-2012.
Arranging the Ripaljka Waterfall Surroundings

Within the first phase of the project “Nature and Tourism – Sokobanja and Ripaljka”, implemented by Mountaineering society “Sharp pike” with the support of Balkan Community Initiative Fund through the program “Active Communities”, two wild landfills have been removed, pedestrian paths have been widened and arranged, billboard with tourist information set as well as garbage cans and little bridge at the base of Ripaljka waterfall has been built...
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05-05-2012.
Networking in Local Communities – Training for Civil Society Organizations Held

Balkan Community Initiative Fund, in partnership with Soft Tulip Foundation from Netherlands, has conducted a three-day training on networking of civil society organizations with other stakeholders in local communities. The training took place in Hotel  Šumadija in Belgrade, on April 27th to 29th...
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03-05-2012.
During 1st of May Holidays 1000 Kilograms of Packaging Waste Collected in Fruška Gora

In a follow up of the campaign “Oplaneti se! Recikliraj” during action “Let's take care of Fruška Gora”, visitors of Fruška Gora National park were distributed 2000 biodegradable garbage bags, and on central point more than 1000 kilograms of packaging waist was collected and sent to recycling factories in cooperation with Public Utility Company Novi Sad...
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30-04-2012.
Within the Campaign Oplaneti se! Do Recycle Citizens of Bački Petrovac Collected Over 4 Tons of Paper and Plastic

In a follow up of the campaign “Oplaneti se! Recikliraj”, over 300 citizens of Bački Petrovac collected more than 4 tons of old paper and PET plastic that was sent to recycling factoris that to cooperation with companies Tehnopapir and Greentech d.o.o...
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28-04-2012.
The Round Table on Employment of Persons with Disabilities organized by Association for Promotion of Inclusion - API

The round table on the topic “Possibilities of employment of persons with intellectual disabilities within an open environment” organized by Association for Promotion of Inclusion – API and Group for Self Representation of API Serbia, took place in Belgrade, in the Official Hall of City Municipality Savski venac, on April 26th 2012 at 12 o'clock...
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25-04-2012.
Penny is Not Petty – Giving Hand, Joyous Heart – Campaign Report

Balkan Community Initiative Fund (BCIF), supported by US International Development Agency (USAID) and in partnership with Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) conducted campaign “Penny is not petty – giving hand, joyous heart” with the aim to raise awareness and solidarity of citizens about the importance of philanthropy, especially individual donations for common good and those who are in need. Funds raised during campaign have been donated to the children from dysfunctional  families, gathered within the Children’s club “Moonlight” in Subotica  http://www.foundmoon.erdsoft.eu, association that organizes children’s evening clubs in cooperation with primary schools...
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24-04-2012.
The Third Training within the Program “Public Advocacy for Social Inclusion”

The third module within the program “Public advocacy for social inclusion”, organized by Balkan Community Initiative Fund, took place in the hotel Šumadija, in Belgrade, in the period April 22nd to 24th.  Training was organized for the representatives of twelve organizations whose project proposals regarding advocacy in local community have been marked as the best by the Grantee Selection Committee...
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23-04-2012.
Celebrating Day of Planet Earth citizens of Nis and Pirot Collected 7 Tons of Recycling Materials

Green Initiative and Green list of Serbia,  celebrated the Earth Day collecting  recyclable materials in Nis and Pirot last weekend,  within campaign Get Planet Wise! Recycle and with participation of a large number of citizens, collected 7 tones of recyclable materials...
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15-04-2012.
Working Center within Day Care of Association for Help to Mentally Challenged Persons Started to Work in Trstenik

Working center where users could produce decorative and utility products from clay started to operate within the newly built “house in the center of the city” where Association for Help to Mentally Challenged Persons in Trstenik provides the service of day care for twenty five beneficiaries. With the support of instructors, experts in working with clay, both team members and beneficiaries have been trained to produce objects from clay and foundry mass...
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14-04-2012.
The Protocol for Advancement of Cross Sectoral Cooperation in the Area of Inclusive Education, Employment and Integrative Social Protection in Local Community Signed in Kruševac

At the initiative of the Association for sustainable development “Bridges” and after long process of advocating and lobbying The Protocol for Advancement of Cross Sectoral Cooperation in the Area of Inclusive Education, Employment and Integrative Social Protection in Local Community was finally signed in Kruševac...
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12-04-2012.
Grants Awarded within February Round of Active Communities Program

Within February decision making round, Balkan Community Initiative Fund has awarded grants to twelve projects in the total amount of  3.572.737 dinars. For the realization of their initiatives, the support has been given to...
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07-04-2012.
20000 Plastic Bottles Collected in Vučje

Within the first spring local activity of Get Planet Wise! Recycle campaign, approximately 250 citizens of Vucje  and neighborhood  had collected a ton of PET recyclables  (20,000 plastic bottles), which is in cooperation with Porr – Werner & Weber Ltd.  shipped to recycling center “Željkovac”...
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05-04-2012.
Be a Friend

Balkan Community Initiative Fund (BCIF), supported by Skan Foundation and the Co-operating Netherlands Foundations for Central and Eastern Europe (CNF CEE), and in partnership with Voluntary social service within Young Explorers of Serbia, is starting campaign “Be a fiend” with the aim to promote voluntarism among young people, and better social inclusion of marginalized groups, especially youth and children with disabilities, in all segments of Serbian society...
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03-04-2012.
The Annual Competition of Erste Bank and Balkan Community Initiative Fund, Centrifuge 12 – Now Open

For the sixth year in a row, within Centrifuge program, Erste Bank, a.d Novi Sad and  Balkan Community Initiative Fund (BCIF) open a competition to award grants in the field of culture...
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19-03-2012.
Novi Pazar and Trstenik Successful in Fund Raising

Within the program “Successful Fund Raising”, Association for help to mentally challenged persons Novi Pazar and Moravski orašak from Trstenik have successfully finished fund raising within their local communities and they have collected maximum amount of 5000 USD that was later doubled by BCIF...
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04-03-2012.
Philanthropic Bazaar

Novi Sad Youth center CK13 has initiated campaign to raise funds within the program “Successful Fund Raising”. The beginning of the campaign was on Saturday, March 3rd, and it was earmarked by sales bazaar of craft works where everybody could contribute by buying painting, broach or felt hats...
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02-03-2012.
360 Packages Delivered to Endangered Citizens During BCIF Action

During February, Balkan Community Initiative Fund (BCIF) has sent urgent financial help for citizens threatened by extreme cold. In cooperation with companies Erste bank a.d. Novi Sad, Telenor d.o.o.,  Ernst and Young and Banca Intesa a.d. Beograd, BCIF has supported associations of citizens “Cobras” from Donja Trnava, “Flores” from Sjenica, “Luznica craft works” from Babusnica, Association for Local Development “Kamenica” from Svrljig, “Romanian” Association of Roma from Bački Monoštor, Association of pensioners “independance” from  Vladičin Han, Scouts Squad “Bajina Bašta” from Bajina Baštawhose activists supported imperiled citizens in the field...
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27-02-2012.
The Kitchen on Wheels

The Kitchen on Wheels is a new service for old and mobility impaired people established by the Association for supporting people with developmental challenges “Our home” with the support of Zvezdara Municipality and Balkan Community Initiative Fund. Namely, people with intellectual disabilities, beneficiaries of “Our home” will pack and deliver food prepared by Top Rest catering to the old and mobility impaired people on the territory of Zvezdara Municipality...
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24-02-2012.
Eight Projects Recommended for the Social Transition Program

Grant Making Committee of Balkan Community Initiative Fund, within January round of Social Transition program competition, has decided to recommend to Cooperating Netherlands Foundation for Central and Eastern Europe (CNF CEE) projects of the eight organizations...
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14-02-2012.
Companies Provided Help for the Most Endangered Citizens and Supported Follow-up of BCIF Action

Balkan Community Initiative Fund (BCIF) in cooperation with companies Erste Bank a.d. Novi Sad, Telenor d.o.o. and Banka Intesa a.d. Belgrade has sent urgent financial help to associations of citizens “Cobras” from Donja Toponica, Flores from Sjenica, Luznica craft works from Babušnica, Association for Local Development “Kamenica” from Svrljig, Roma Association  Bački Monoštorand Scout Squad “Bajina Bašta”  from Bajina Bašta whose activists  in the field support the most endangered citizes hit by extreme cold...
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13-02-2012.
BCIF Action – Help to the Most Endangered Citizens Hit by Extreme Cold

Dear Sirs and Madams

Thank you all very much for the expressed humanity and readiness to support BCIF action and help the most vulnerable citizens who are facing threats from extremely low temperatures and massive snowfall...
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21-01-2012.
“Birdie” - the Newly Opened Shop of the “Blue Bird“ Society for Mentally Under-Developed Persons in Kula

Five beneficiaries of the “Blue Bird“ Society for Mentally Under-Developed Persons, supported by the work instructor, will be employed at the newly opened shop “Birdie”. The shop has been equipped with clay souvenirs made by intellectually disabled persons at the day care center of this organization...
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19-01-2012.
British Experience – Lindsay Driscoll

Discussion on International and European good practice examples for sustainable civil societydevelopment was held today at National Assembly. Discussion was organized by the Office for cooperation with Civil Society...
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17-01-2012.
“Rooted in the country, rooted in the community”: The Story of the Balkan Community Initiatives Fund

(from the website http://www.globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/)

The GFCF asked Tanja Bjelanovic, Programme Director at the Balkan Community Initiatives Fund, about the establishment of the organization in 1999 and some of the challenges that Serbia’s largest grassroots grantmaking fund has encountered along the way.
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11-01-2012.
The Competion “Local Community Advocacy to Support Social Inclusion” Open till January 31st 2012

Balkan fund for local initiatives (BCIF) opens a competition titled  Local Community Advocacy to Support Social Inclusion. Competition is the integral part of the Project  “Developing Community-based Services for Children with Disabilities and their Families” implemented within tripartition partnership of EU Delegation, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and UNICEF (IPA 2008 – Social Inclusion)...
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10-01-2012.
Animation “What Is Social Inclusion?”

The Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit within the Government of the Republic of Serbia created an animation “What Is Social Inclusion?”. This educational animation is dedicated to the wider public in order to mainstream the phrase and the values of social inclusion. This video explains..
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