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Local Community Advocacy to Support Social Inclusion

Through program Local Community Advocacy to Support Social Inclusion we would like to instigate associations of citizens to launch initiatives focused on providing financial means for financing social services for children with disabilities and their families from the  budgets of local municipalities.

Initiatives should involve citizens into active promotion of problem solutions, as well as direct decision makers to the choice of adequate solutions. At the same time, we would like to promote mutual cooperation of organizations from various regions in Serbia.

Within this program, BCIF provides local organizations both with education and financial support in the amount of 7000 USD (in RSD currency).

The 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).

Ideas (project proposals) submitted by organizations and coalitions of organizations should be focused on resolving the problem of financing social services for children with disabilities and their families, through advocacy – approach  citizens use in order to achieve changes in policies, rules, practices, procedures, financing. Proposed activities should also empower citizens to solve problems and participate in decision making processes through dialogue with local authorities and institutions. Projects should use existing legal framework and possibilities, or  propose new legislation that could lead towards positive change.

At the same time, it is expected that proposed advocacy actions do have potential to bring concrete results,  to create the change in the budgets of local municipalities and in that way improve lives of children with disabilities and their families.


Deadline:

Proposals would be accepted  till 17 hours on  Februaryy 08th 2012


Grant making procedure:

• 10-12 organizations will be selected out of the received applications. Two representatives of selected organizations will pass the advocacy training. Three three-day seminars have been planned, and the whole training course will take place during February, March and April 2012.

• After the training course is finished, the implementation of the best developed and the most realistic projects would be financially supported with 7000 USD (in RSD currency).

• Permanent expert support from BCIF staff and expert consultants will be available to financially supported projects throughout the implementation period.

List of eligible local municipalities:

Kikinda, Nova Crnja, Žitište, Sečanj, Stara Pazova, Irig, Pećinci, Ruma, Čoka, Novi Kneževac, Topola, Zemun, Knjaževac, Boljevac, Svrljig, Pirot, Bor, Negotin, Kladovo, Žagubica, Dimitrovgrad, Vlasotince, Bela Palanka, Babušnica, Aleksinac, Ražanj, Crveni krst, Gadžin Han, Paraćin, Despotovac, Rekovac, Ćićevac, Vrnjačka Banja, Trstenik, Prokuplje, Gornji Milanovac, Užice, Požega, Čajetina, Kosjerić, Ivanjica.

This competition is not open for organizations and coalitions of organizations coming from regions/municipalities other than stated above.