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Local Democracy Agency Central and Southern Serbia Lda Cssreport 2016 LOCAL DEMOCRACY AGENCY CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SERBIA LDA CSS REPORT 2016 Partners • Municipality Knjaževac, Serbia, host city providing in kind contribution (rent-free office space), programme partnership and financial support through open call for CSOs’ project proposals; • Associazione Trentino con i Balcani, Italy, providing financial contribution for local expert on local development and youth empowerment as well as programme partnership; • Cooperativa Margherita, Italy; project partner; • Patrimoine Sans Frontiers, France; project partner; • E35 Foundation for international Projects, Reggio Emilia, Italy; project partner; • Municipality Vlasotince, Serbia; project partner; • Association CORDIA – Center for education and development of open society, Kragujevac, Serbia; project partner; • Association ZAdrugarice, Nis, Serbia; project partner; • Association GAMA, Nis, Serbia; project partner; • Association Timok club, Knjazevac, Serbia; project partner; • Association Centre for creative development, Knjazevac, Serbia; project partner. Priorities • Fostering democratic governance and citizen participation at local level • Youth empowerment • Supporting the process of Serbia’s EU integration Background and current situation LDA Central and Southern Serbia was established in 2001 in the City of Niš, Serbia. In 2003 it was officially registered under the name Centar lokalne demokratije LDA under Serbian law. With the aim of spreading its program further onto the territories in need, in April 2014 the LDA has moved its headquarters to Knjaževac, a city in South-Eastern Serbia. The LDA covers wider region by working in Niš, Knjaževac, Vlasotince and Kragujevac. The LDA aims to contribute to development of local democracy in the communities of Eastern, Southern and Central Serbia through capacity building programs based on the principles of active citizenship and establishment of concrete mechanisms of citizens’ participation in development of their communities. After withdrawing of former Lead Partner, City of Aarhus (DK), by the end of 2013, LDA CSS has been and currently is without Lead Partner. Following the strengthened cooperation of LDA CSS with the Associazione Trentino con i Balcani Onlus (ATB), Italy, during 2016 and strategic orientation of ATB for active involvement in decentralized cooperation between Autonomous Province of Trento and Serbia, and in particular with the city of Kragujevac and Municipality of Knjazevac, in April 2017 ATB has proposed further strengthening of this relationship by assuming as Associazione Trentino con I Balcani Onlus the leadership in Local Democracy Agency for Central and Southern Serbia, thus becoming its Lead Partner. LDA has 2 permanently employed persons (Delegate and Financial assistant), 5 persons engaged on project based contracts and a group of 5 volunteers. Accountant is outsourced through a specific contract with the accountancy firm ‘’Faktor BS’’ from Nis. Budget 2016 Budget of LDA in 2016 has been fully based on project basis. Funders: • European Union (Erasmus +, Europe for Citizens, Civil Society Facility Operating Grants) • Knjazevac Municipality • Associazione Trentino con i Balcani and Autonomous Province of Trento • Ministry of Youth and Sports of Republic of Serbia • European Union, Government of Switzerland, Government of Republic of Serbia through programme European Progress • European Integration Office of the Government of Republic of Serbia • Regional Environmental Centre Serbia and SIDA - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Total budget was 4.049.000,00 RSD (app. 33.462 EUR). This sum has been distributed to: • Human resources (Delegate and Financial assistant): 1.418.526,66 RSD (app.11.723 EUR); • Project activities: 2.630.473,34 RSD (app.21.739 EUR). Activities implemented in 2016 1. ‘’Balkan Regional platform for youth participation and dialogue”, funded by European Union through Civil Society Facility Operating Grants to IPA CSO Associations - Support to Regional Thematic Associations and Knjazevac Municipality Partners: European Association for Local Democracy ALDA - FRANCE, Local Democracy Agencies from Mostar, Prijedor, Zavidovici – BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, Niksic - MONTENEGRO, Peja – KOSOVO*, Subotica – SERBIA and ALDA Skopje – FYR MACEDONIA Through the creation of Balkan Regional Network for Local Democracy and a series of locally and regionally implemented activities, this project aims to contribute to structuring regional thematic cooperation and coordination between CSOs and public authorities from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Kosovo* and Serbia and help improve environment for youth activism and participation, in particular of young people with fewer opportunities from Mostar, Prijedor, Zavidovici, Niksic, Peja, Subotica, Knjaževac and Skopje. During 2016, the second year of project implementation, main achievements at the local level in Knjaževac, were establishment of the Council of Youngsters, an informal youth advisory body to the local self-government for issues relevant for youth in Knjaževac Municipality and a practice of regular meetings of youngsters with representatives of local self-government in order to coordinate youth related activities. Besides this, a series of trainings on youth activism has been conducted for the students of two high schools in Knjaževac and annual network coordination meeting for all project partners has been orgnaized in Knjaževac. As a recognition we have won an award for the best project in 2016 that supports youth activism through international cooperation by Serbian Umbrella Youth Organization KOMS. 2. ‘’Establishing voluntary youth info service – Info point Knjazevac’’, funded by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Republic of Serbia Partners: Centar za kreativni razvoj Knjaževac – SERBIA Project increased the availability of mobility programs to young people of Knjaževac and created incentive conditions for their activism and volunteerism through the establishment of the first local voluntary youth info service in the Municipality of Knjaževac. During 2016 the capacities of the service initiated within the project ‘’Balkan Regional platform for youth participation and dialogue’’ have been raised through the creation of a volunteers team and special promo tool box. The service, organized by young people for young people, has been gathering, selecting and distributing information about programs and services that enable national and international mobility of young people from Municipality of Knjaževac. Team of volunteers also provide support to youngsters when applying for participation in these programs. In addition, this service deals with the promotion of importance of youth mobility not only among young people but among their parents and teachers and promotion of volunteerism and youth activism through examples of good practice particularly from the local community. 3. ‘’See you at the Centre!’’, funded by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Republic of Serbia Partners: Centar za kulturu i umetnost K019, Knjaževac – SERBIA The project contributes to solving the problem of passive youth as one of the dominant problems of youth and the lack of adequate conditions for development of youth activism in Knjazevac. The proposed project directly increases Knjaževca youth activism and promote dialogue with young local authorities of Knjaževac. Through a series of activities (workshops, panel discussions, collecting signatures of the citizens in support of the opening of the Youth Centre in Knjaževac, a public outdoor cultural events and meetings with representatives of local authorities) we have engaged a large number of young people from Knjaževac in advocacy action for obtaining a public space intended for them. During the final activity, meeting with the representatives of the local self-government, a proposal for the program of the Youth Centre accompanied with 570 signatures has been presented by the group of 22 youngsters. 4. ‘’Our citizens for our municipality’’, funded by European Union, Government of Switzerland, Government of Republic of Serbia through programme European Progress Partners: Municipality of Vlasotince – SERBIA The aim of the project is to advance good governance in the Municipality of Vlasotince through: • Improvement of procedures for financing local citizens' associations from the municipal budget and • Creation of conditions for active participation of citizens and local CSOs in decision-making and creation of strategic documents at the local level. During the implementation of the project in 2016, a series of trainings for representatives of local administration, local institutions and local CSOs has been conducted, a package of documents necessary for transparent financing of local CSOs from the municipal budget has been created, two public debates on the municipal budget for 2017 and municipal decision on the financing of local CSOs from the local budget have been organized with the citizens of Vlasotince and a public campaign to motivate citizens to engage in decision-making processes at the local level has been conducted. 5. ‘’NET Or NEET – multi-stakeholders NETwORks prevent early school leaving and reduce NEETs promoting innovative integrated education techniques’’, funded by the European Union through Erasmus+ Programme Partners: Cooperativa Margherita – ITALY, Kujawsko-Pomorska WK OHP – POLAND, Comune di Regio Emilia – ITALY, LDA Albania – ALBANIA, Drustvo za razvijanje prostovoljnega dela Novo mesto – SLOVENIA, Fundación Privada Indera –
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