IUCN SEE e-Bulletin Issue 29 · March 2012 In the focus: Funding nature in Serbia and Montenegro
This document contains a table of potential donors for nature conservation and environmental protection in Serbia and Montenegro1. This table is a result of a research of donor public in Serbia and Montenegro, as part of the Capacity building for conservation action project. The information is gathered from available Internet sources2 of donors in Serbia and Montenegro, and oral communication with IUCN SEE project partners and associates on most relevant nature conservation funding sources in the two respective countries.
Type Name of the Name of the of the Aim of the programme More information donor programme donor Ministry of Co-financing of http://www.ekoplan.gov.rs/src/ Environment, CSOs’ projects in the Environmental protection through increase of public Tenderi-i-konkursi-25-p1-list.htm Mining and Spatial area of environmental awareness on ecology and need for environmental Planning, Serbia protection protection. 3
Provincial Secretariat for Promotion of environmental protection and nature and http://www.eko.vojvodina.gov. Spatial Planning, Grants for CSOs biodiversity conservation, education programmes and rs/?q=node/10 Construction and raising awareness on the territory of Vojvodina. Environmental Protection, Serbia National authorities City of Belgrade Funding CSOs’ Education, promotion and public awareness rising on http://www.beograd.rs/cms/ – Secretariat for projects in environmental protection and nature conservation, cir_oglasi.php Environmental environmental sustainable development and renewable energy Protection, Serbia protection resources on the territory of City of Belgrade.
Sustainable development in strengthening democracy, Embassy of Fund for Local www.finska.co.rs good governance, human rights and environment related Finland Cooperation sectors particularly in relation to EU integration process.
The Royal Civil society and local communities’ development in www.norveska.org.rs Norwegian Embassy Fund Serbia and Montenegro. One of the priority areas of this Embassy call is Environment and Climate.
Matra (a programme run by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs) supports the process of social The MATRA transformation in Central and Eastern Europe, aiming at programme4 & strengthening the civil society in Serbia and Montenegro. http://serbia.nlembassy.org/ The Netherlands Government to The Government to Government Program (G2G) aims to services/development-assistance Embassy Government (G2G) strengthen the relations between governmental bodies cooperation of The Netherlands and GOs in Serbia and Montenegro, by providing the technical assistance to the public sector
Bilateral donors on relevant economic and environmental themes. Swedish International Democracy strengthening and improvement of General Financing http://www.sida.se/English/ Development sustainable development in relation to EU accession Programme and cooperation processes. Agency (SIDA) The priorities of the Cooperation Strategy 2010-2013 Swiss Agency for Swiss cooperation are defined through four main domains: economic Development and www.swisscooperation.org.rs programme in Serbia development, rule of law and democracy, education and Cooperation (SDC) energy efficiency and renewable energy.
1 The table contains a list of potential funding sources, it is not exhaustive and does not include all available donors in nature conservation. 2 Citizen initiatives. ‘Guidelines for potential domestic and international sources of funding’ {online publication] (2012).
5 The German Support projects which promote democracy, good http://www.gmfus.org/grants- Balkan Trust for Marshall Fund of governance and Euroatlantic integrations in south- fellowships/grantmaking-programs/ Democracy the United States eastern Europe. balkan-trust-for-democracy
http://www.mott.org/ Through four programs (civil society, environment, flint Charles Stuart Charles Stuart Mott area and pathways out of poverty) and more specific http://www.mott.org/ Mott Foundation Foundation programme areas, it supports the promotion of just, FundingInterests/programs/ equitable and sustainable society. environment.aspx
Currently running three programmes: Social www.erstestiftung.org Erste Foundation Erste Foundation development, Culture and Europe that are related to social relationships, cultural development and challenges related to European integration.
Activities in co- operation with the Support projects which promote freedom, justice and http://www.kas.de/serbien/en/ Konrad Adenauer Konrad Adenauer solidarity through organisation of workshops, seminars, pages/7559/ Stiftung Stiftung office in round tables and conferences. Serbia http://www.fosserbia.org/ Improvement of local development policies in order Open Society Open Society Fund, to create conditions for harmonisation of regional Foundations Serbia (http://www.osim.org.me/index.
Donors with environment protection as a cross cutting issue as a cross protection Donors with environment development. html)
3 Donors who do not have nature conservation and environmental protection as a specific objective, but as a cross cutting issues (as an aspect or outcome of other initiatives). Source: Balkan Civil Society Development Network. ‘Donors’ strategies and practices in civil society development in the Balkans’ [online publication] (2012).
Prepared by Jelena Burazerovic Edited by IUCN SEE
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