Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma

Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma
Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma
Forum for Roma employment
Forum for Roma employment was held in Novi Sad on November 10th. It was 50
participants from Vojvodina, Sabac, Valjevo. The goal of Forum was informed
Roma community about different opportunities and models for employment.
Two Roma women enterpreneurs from South Serbia, Vranje region, Dragica
Mihajlovic and Nargiza Alisanovic presented their own business, supported by
EU project implemented through Business Incubator Center Vranje. One Roma
enterpreneur from Vojvodina as well presented his business. Forum open
possibility for Roma from Vojvodina and relevant stakeholders to discuss with
Roma from South Serbia about their experience and new opportunities for Roma
community.
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Forum for Roma employment
Business forum was held in Kragujevac in the local community Palilule. This activity is
aimed to present the realized initiatives in the field of employment of Roma in the
territories, of southern Serbia, Central Serbia and Vojvodina as examples of good
practice, as well to encourage the discussion to initiate new ideas in the field
mentioned.
Business forum was held on February 13, starting at 12 h. The total number of
participants is 34. The Forum discussed by Jelena Urosevic, senior Counsultant of PGF
Team South Serbia, Bozidar Nikolic, national coordinator of PGF team Serbia, Bojana
Vucetic, Advisor of National Employment Service - Kragujevac and Edis Durgutovic,
Deputy the Mayor of Kragujevac.
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 Training for junior consultants
Training for junior consultants about writing EU project was
organized for PGF junior consultans with main goal to
increase their own capacities in preparation, writing and
implementing EU projects. Senior consultants lead each
junior consultant through process of training.
Training for Roma and Albanian NGOs
Trening for Roma and Albanian NGOs as possible to register a
public media in minority languages and hence enabling
organizations to apply for the funds that are available to the
media. This is especially important for Roma NGO because there is
no Roma media, or very slightly.
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 Supplemnetary grants
•Supplementary grants for Nišvillle foundation
•CHRIS network
Supplementay grant is planned for 2 projects
Roma women employment, which includes training for entrepreneurship 10
Roma women, of which two will get subgranting of $ 5,000 for start-up
businesses and the project of the Coalition for Transparency south Serbia,
which is related to the publications and 2 training for Roma politicians.
Total requested supplementary for Roma women in employment is 22,000
$, Applicant's Business Incubator Center, and $ 12,000 for the project of the
Coalition for Transparency of South Serbia.
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Mentoring for project Nissville foundation, 1o days of mentoring -Miljana Stosic and 10 days
of financial mentoring
Mentoring for project ”National Council and me, II phase”, Council for Human Rights, 10 days
mentoring- Jelena Urosevic
Mentoring for project “Building a peace in South Serbia through strengthening the
participation of civil society organization in the process of the security sector reform”, ORD
Bujanovac, 10 days of mentoring- Miljana Stosic
Mentoring for project “Supporting Roma women employment”, Business Incubator Centre,
10 days of mentoring – Grattan Lynch
Mentoring for project “Improving the provision of Social Service Delivery in South Eastern
Europe through the empowerment of national and regional CSO networks” -Educational
Centre- Leskovac, 10 days mentoring- Grattan Lynch
Mentoring for project CHRIS Network “Legal Aid Network”, 10 days mentoring-Jelena
Urosevic
Mentoring for project “Strengthening and improving access to diagnosis and treatment of
tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, with special emphasis on the most
vulnerable populations ", Red cross, 10 days mentoring- Jelena Urosevic
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Exit strategy
III Phase of PGF project foreseen by the end of 2016
2017 registers the NGOs PGF of South Serbia, which will continue to
provide support for Roma and other NGOs organizations, local
governments, institutions and organizations engaged in improvement of
the position of the Roma community, through consulting and mentoring
support, which will for Roma NGOs be completely free.
PGF South Serbia will continue to be greatest support to Roma community,
with special focus on EU projects which concern of employment and selfemployment with special attention to Roma women, young Roma and
Roma returnees and internally displaced persons.
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Achieved results PGF team
of South Serbia
Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma
Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma
Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma
Achieved results PGF team
of South Serbia
Overview QCT
South
Serbia
PGF - 2
Project
Ideas
Prepared applications
Granted Applications
Pending Applications
Rejected Applications
Year
2014/
2015
No.
No.
Budget $
No.
Budget $
%
No.
48
48
6.673.391 $
35
4.029.671 $
60.4%
11
Budget $
2.404.899 $
%
No.
Budget $
%
36%
2
238.821
$
3.6%
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• Civil initiatives
• Municipality Vranje
• Council for Human Rights
• Organization for Development and Democracy
Bujanovac
• Centre for activism
• NGO SS
• Red cross
• Perspektiva
• Modern Society
• TV ALDI
• Reload (and 12 NGO form Vranje)
• Center for Education of Children and Youth
Bujanovac
• NGO-The Timok Club
• NGO- Centre for Human Rights-Nis
• NGO Pirgos
• Municipality of Gadzin Han
• Municipality of Vlasotince
• Municipality Trstenik
• Municipality Vladicin Han
• Center for Social Work Krusevac
• Municipality of Mediana
• Business Incubator Centre Vranje
• Youth Education Centre
• Civil resource centre Bujanovac
• Municipality of Trgoviste
• NGO Bujanovacke
• ORD Bujanovac
• Initiative for Integration
• Coalition for the transparency of south Serbia
• Nisville Foundation
• Nega Plast
• Educational Centre- Leskovac
• SKC Nis
• Municipality of Bojnik
• Municipality of Medvedja
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Red cross Bujanovac
European Progres
Programme is financed by the
European Union, the Governments of
Royal Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade
Switzerland and Serbia and is
British Embassy Belgrade
implemented by UNOPS in
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cooperation with 34 municipalities in
OSCE
the South East and South West Serbia.
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Commissioner for Refugees and Displaced
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Civil Rights Defender
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Municipality of Bosilegrad
Qendra e Solidaritetit dhe Avancimit
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Olof Palme International Center
Municipality Vranje
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Funded by the Delegation of the
European Union, under the reference:
Municipality Presevo
EuropeAid/132438/C/ACT/Multi and the
NED Washington
Contract No: 2014/351-393 continuation
Ministry of Youth and Sport
of 2012/306-530 within the Civil Society
REC
Facility programme
Municipality Trgoviste
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Ministrstvo za zunanje za deva
Municipality Bujanovac
(Republic os Slovenia)
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• Human rights – 16
•Social Inclusion – 15
• Employment -10
•Education -3
•Culture -2
• Health -1
•Ecology -1
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Achieved results PGF team
of
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