Pursuant to the Decision on the Approval and Financing of Programmes Meeting the Needs and Interests of Citizens in the Field of Sport in the Territory of the City of Smederevo (“Official Gazette of the City of Smederevo”, No. 6/2017) and Article 16 of the Rulebook on the Approval and Financing of Programmes Meeting the Needs and Interests of Citizens in the Field of Sport in the Territory of the City of Smederevo (“Official Gazette of the City of Smederevo”, No. 7/2017, 9/2017, 4/2018 and 4/2019), the Department for Public Services of the City Administration of the City of Smederevo publishes the following
Notice
The Decision on the Approval and Financing of Programmes Meeting the Needs and Interests of Citizens in the Field of Sport in the Territory of the City of Smederevo and the Rulebook on the Approval and Financing of Programmes Meeting the Needs and Interests of Citizens in the Field of Sport in the Territory of the City of Smederevo stipulate that the funds for meeting the needs and interests of citizens in the field of sport in the territory of the City of Smederevo are determined by the Decision on the Budget of the City of Smederevo:
The needs and interests of citizens in the field of sport for which funds are provided in the budget of the City of Smederevo are:
1. encouraging and creating conditions for improving sports recreation, that is, the participation
of citizens in sport, especially children, young people, women and persons with disabilities;
2. construction, maintenance and equipping of sports facilities in the territory of the City, especially
public sports grounds in or near residential areas and school
sports facilities, and the procurement of sports equipment and accessories;
3. organisation of sports competitions of special importance to the City of Smederevo;
4. providing conditions for and organising sports camps for the sporting development
of talented athletes and improving the quality of professional work with them;
5. participation of sports organisations from the territory of the City in national and European
club competitions;
6. physical education of preschool children and school sport (improving
physical exercise, the work of school sports sections and clubs, municipal, city
and inter-municipal school sports competitions, etc.);
7. activities of sports organisations founded by the City of Smederevo;
8. activities of sports organisations with registered offices in the territory of the City of Smederevo
that are of special importance to the City of Smederevo;
9. improving the health protection of athletes and providing adequate sports and
health education for athletes, especially young people, including anti-doping
education;
10. scholarships for the sporting development of categorised athletes, especially
promising athletes;
11. preventing negative phenomena in sport (doping, violence and misconduct,
match fixing, etc.);
12. education, information and counselling of citizens, athletes and other participants in
the sports system on issues relevant to the proper pursuit of sports
activities;
13. periodic testing, collection, analysis and distribution of relevant
information for adequately meeting the needs of citizens in the field of sport in
the territory of the City of Smederevo; research and development projects and the publishing of sports
publications;
14. improving the professional work of participants in the sports system from the territory of the City
of Smederevo and encouraging the employment of highly qualified sports professionals
and top athletes;
15. rational and purpose-specific use of sports halls and sports facilities in state
ownership used by the City of Smederevo and of sports facilities owned by the City
of Smederevo, by approving their use for sports activities and allocating
training slots to participants in the sports system, and
16. awards and recognitions for sporting achievements and contributions to the development of sport.
The needs and interests of citizens in the field of sport referred to in items 1–16 of the previous paragraph are met through the financing or co-financing of programmes, as follows:
1. for items 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 and 16 of the previous paragraph,
on an annual basis (annual programmes), and
2. for items 4, 9, 11 and 15 of the previous paragraph (special programmes).
Proposals for the annual and special programmes referred to in the previous paragraph may be submitted by the following organisations as programme proposers:
- Smederevo Sports Association: a proposal for its own annual programme;
- Smederevo Sports Association: a proposal for the annual programmes of sports organisations with registered offices in the territory of the City of Smederevo;
- Sports organisations with registered offices in the territory of the City of Smederevo: a proposal for their own special programme.
Sports organisations, as programme holders, are entitled to the financing or co-financing of programmes and must meet the following general conditions:
- they are registered in accordance with the law;
- they operate exclusively or predominantly on a non-profit basis;
- they have their registered office in the territory of the City of Smederevo;
- they have previously carried out their activity for at least one year;
- they carry out sports activities and, by implementing the programme, contribute to achieving
the development of sport in the territory of the City of Smederevo;
6) the programme complies with the law, the organisation’s general acts and the sports
rules of the competent sports federation;
7) they meet, in accordance with the law, the prescribed conditions for carrying out the sports
activities related to the programme;
8) they have submitted a report on the successful implementation of the approved programme, including
proof of the purpose-specific use of City budget funds, if they were a programme holder
in the previous year;
9) they have the capacity to implement the programme, and
10) they are members of the relevant competent national sports federation.
In view of the above, annual programmes will be submitted and decided upon in accordance with the regulations in force, in line with the established sports rules and with the conditions and timetable for implementing these programmes.
The forms (application forms) for submitting proposals for annual programmes of sports organisations can be downloaded from the website of the City of Smederevo https://smederevo.ls.gov.rs/.
The programme proposal, submitted on the published form referred to in the previous paragraph, must be accompanied by the documents listed as attachments in these forms, proving that the conditions for the approval of funds for programme implementation are met under the provisions of the Rulebook on the Approval and Financing of Programmes Meeting the Needs and Interests of Citizens in the Field of Sport in the Territory of the City of Smederevo, and by a statement that there are no obstacles referred to in Article 6 of this Rulebook:
Sports organisations that take part in sports competitions within the competent national sports federations must submit the following for each coach:
the following must be submitted for each coach:
1. A copy of the diploma for that sport,
2. A copy of the engagement contract, or the decision on appointment as coach if the coach is also
a member of the club,
3. A copy of the licence issued by the competent national sports federation for the current year.
Sports organisations that take part in sports competitions within the competent national sports federations are required to submit:
1) A certified list of registered athletes who competed in the past
competitive season. The list of competitors is certified by the competent sports federation that
organises the official competitions.
Proposals for annual programmes are considered if the following formal criteria are met:
1) the programme proposal is accompanied by a cover letter stating
the basic information about the organisation and the proposed programme (title,
duration, amount of funds requested), signed by the person
authorised to represent the organisation;
2) the programme proposal is submitted on the published form (application form), legibly
completed (printed), in the language and script in official use;
- it is complete, clear and precise and contains accurate data, and
- it is submitted within the prescribed deadline.
The front of the envelope containing the annual programme proposal must include at least the following details:
1) the title of the annual/special programme meeting the interests of citizens in the field
of sport;
- the name of the proposer;
- the address of the proposer;
- a note that the envelope is not to be opened.
All mandatory and supporting documents referred to in the previous paragraph must be submitted (by the Smederevo Sports Association or the Proposer) in a sealed envelope, protected against damage that may occur in transit, to the filing office of the City Administration of the City of Smederevo, address: City of Smederevo, City Administration of the City of Smederevo, Department for Public Services, Omladinska 1, 11300 Smederevo.
Sports organisations will be informed on the official website of the City of Smederevo of the funds approved for implementing annual programmes meeting the needs and interests of citizens in the field of sport in the territory of the City of Smederevo, in accordance with the Decision on the Approval and Financing of Programmes Meeting the Needs and Interests of Citizens in the Field of Sport in the Territory of the City of Smederevo, the Rulebook on the Approval and Financing of Programmes Meeting the Needs and Interests of Citizens in the Field of Sport in the Territory of the City of Smederevo and the funds to be determined by the Decision on the Budget of the City of Smederevo.
All information and documents relating to this Notice, that is, to the submission of annual programmes, can be obtained from the Department for Public Services of the City Administration of the City of Smederevo, Omladinska 1, 11300 Smederevo.
No.: 400-1747/2023-01
Smederevo, 14 July 2023
City of Smederevo
City Administration of the City of Smederevo
Department for Public Services
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