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, 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 , 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 , 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). Balkan Civil Society Development Network. ‘Donors’ strategies and practices in civil society development in the ’ [online publication] (2012). < http://www. balkancsd.net/resources-and-links/publications/1005-balkan-civic-practices-8-donors-strategies-and-practices-in-civil-society-development-in-the-balkans-civil- society-lost-in-translation.html> 3 Available information on potential funding for nature and environment funding by national authorities has been tracked for Serbia only. Through oral communication with the project partner Center for Protection and Research of birds of Montenegro, funding for nature conservation projects is available on a yearly basis by the Government of Montenegro. Funding for environmental protection projects is also available at different local municipalities level in both Serbia and Montenegro, where funding in Belgrade has been given in the table as an example of good and continuous practice. 4 Since 2012, environmental and nature conservation projects are not supported any more under the MATRA programme, but the following priority areas: legislation and law, good governance, human rights and media. Companies International organizations and funds Multilateral donors and UN agencies Rufford Foundation Rockfeller Brothers Balkan Community Communities (ISC) European Union- DG Enlargement Whitley Fundfor The Coca-Cola Initiatives Fund United Nations Environmental Development Center (REC) Programme Sustainable Institute for Erste bank company Regional (UNDP) Telenor Holcim Nature (BCIF) Fund Assistance (IPA) Pre-Accession Instrument for Occasional grantsfor Funding Programme Active Communities The WhitleyAwards Programme (UNDP) Rufford Foundation Telenor Foundation Advocacy Initiative RBF Pivotalplace: The CivilSociety Western Balkan The Coca-Cola United Nations and donations and donations Development Sponsorship Sponsorship programme programme Foundation (CSAI) CSOs recycling, education. stewardship, healthyand activelifestyles,community Support thecommunityinseveralpriorityareas: water protection. and encourageenergy efficiencyandenvironmental projects thatpromote sustainabledevelopment Development intheWestern Balkansbysupporting Building aCulture andPracticeofSustainable (Montenegro). of environmental hotspotsintheWestern Balkans development, andregional programme forremediation economyandenvironmentgovernance, forsustainable environment (Serbia),andsocialinclusion,democratic energyaccountability andgovernance, and Support sustainableandinclusivedevelopment, through USAID. interest. ThisinitiativeinSerbiaisinitiallysupported protection asoneofthepriorityareas ofprogramme’s Support advocacyinitiatives,aimedatenvironmental local level. active participationinsolvingconcrete problems at the Support thematicallydiverseactionsthatencourage development, educationandculture. Support projects ofCSOs withpriorityareas: sustainable environment. which telecommunicationscancontributetosocietyand protection. TheFoundation seekstoidentifywaysin of culturalproduction and artmarket;environmental development; sociallymarginalized groups; development Support theyouth,theireducationandprofessional environmental protection. art, education,EUintegrations,socialinclusionsand Support projects ofCSOswithpriorityareas: culture and development. development, Humanresources development,andRural institution building,Cross-border cooperation,Regional through fiveIPA components: Transition assistanceand Support candidateandpotentialcountries and Eastern Europeand Eastern through occasionalpojects. Support nature andenvironmental protection inCentral organisations. countries undertakenbysmalltomedium-sized Support nature conservationprojects indeveloping involvement andpragmatism. Support projects foundedongoodscience,community Communities.htm http://www.bcif.org/en/Active_ do/environmental_protection/ http://www.iscserbia.org/what_we_ php?page=undp http://www.un.org.me/index. http://www.undp.org.rs/ code/navigate.php?Id=1 http://www.delmne.ec.europa.eu/ kakoDoFondova/otvoreno.html http://www.europa.rs/ accession_en.htm assistance/instrument-pre- how-does-it-work/financial- http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/ www.telenor.rs/fondacija html com/citizenship/foundation_coke. http://www.thecoca-colacompany. pdf sponzorisanja_i_dodele_donacija. holcimcms/uploads/CS/Nacela_ http://www.holcim.rs/ www.erstebank.rs www.whitleyaward.org http://www.rufford.org/ guidelines pivotal-place-western-balkans/ http://www.rbf.org/program/ http://www.rec.org/ http://www.rec.rs IUCN SEE e-Bulletin Issue 29 · March 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.

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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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