Pursuant to point II of the Ruling of the Mayor of the City of Smederevo on the Establishment of the Commission for the Selection of Projects Implementing the Measures and Activities of the Strategy for the Development of Social Protection in the City of Smederevo and on the Appointment of the Chair, Deputy Chair and Members of the Commission, No. 020-153/2023-09 of 26 September 2023, and Article 6 of the Rulebook on the Method and Criteria for Financing and Co-financing Projects Implementing the Measures and Activities of the Strategy for the Development of Social Protection in the City of Smederevo for the Period from 2023 to 2027, No. 020-163/2023-01 of 28 September 2023, to which the City Council of the City of Smederevo gave its consent by its Ruling No. 020-164/2023-09 of 2 October 2023,
the Commission for the Selection of Projects Implementing the Measures and Activities of the Strategy for the Development of Social Protection in the City of Smederevo (hereinafter: the Commission), on 3 October 2023, issues the following
Public call for applications
for financing and co-financing projects implementing the measures and activities of the Strategy for the Development of Social Protection in the City of Smederevo in 2023
I Subject of the public call
The Public Call is issued for financing and co-financing projects implementing the measures and activities of the Strategy for the Development of Social Protection in the City of Smederevo for 2023 (hereinafter: projects) in the total amount of RSD 1,200,000.00.
The projects implementing the measures and activities of the Strategy for the Development of Social Protection in the City of Smederevo that will be financed and co-financed under this Public Call in 2023 are:
- DEVELOPING INTERGENERATIONAL SOLIDARITY, COOPERATION AND THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERING IN SUPPORT OF SOCIALLY VULNERABLE GROUPS, in the amount of RSD 500,000.00 from the City budget and other sources;
2. SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES AT RISK OF THE SEPARATION OF CHILDREN, in the amount of
RSD 500,000.00 from the City budget and other sources, and
3. RAISING AWARENESS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF THE NEEDS AND PROBLEMS OF VULNERABLE GROUPS, WITH CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL PROTECTION INSTITUTIONS AS THE LEADERS OF THIS ACTIVITY, in the amount of RSD 200,000.00 from the City budget.
A project is a series of unique activities within a specific period of time, or of one-off activities, which, using financial, human and other resources, lead to the achievement of a predefined objective.
II Conditions to be met by the association proposing the project
Associations and organisations of a socio-humanitarian nature that meet the following conditions are eligible to take part in the Public Call for financing and co-financing projects implementing the measures and activities of the Strategy for the Development of Social Protection in the City of Smederevo (hereinafter: the Public Call):
- they have their registered office in the territory of the City of Smederevo (hereinafter: the City), they were established to operate in the territory of one or more local self-government units or in the territory of the Republic of Serbia, and they are registered in accordance with the Law on Associations (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”, No. 51/2009, 99/2011 (other law) and 44/2018 (other law)), or they meet the criteria laid down by the laws and bylaws governing the fields in which the Public Call is issued;
- they are not in liquidation proceedings or subject to a temporary ban on carrying out their activities;
- they have accounted for the funds allocated to them from the City budget on any grounds in previous years, and
- the proposed project contributes to the development of social protection.
III Project selection criteria
The projects to be financed from the City budget are selected by applying the following criteria:
- alignment with strategic documents in the field of social protection
maximum 10 points;
- capacity of the project leader, proposed qualifications and references of the project team, and alignment with the proposed objectives, results and activities of the project
maximum 20 points;
- relevance of the proposed project for improving social protection
maximum 10 points;
- feasibility of the planned results and measurability of the indicators, with the number of projects implemented in the previous year
maximum 10 points;
- economic justification of the proposed budget in relation to the objective and the project activities
maximum 5 points;
- significant changes expected after the implementation of the project
maximum 10 points;
- alignment of the planned activities with the objectives, the expected results and the target groups
maximum 10 points.
IV Mandatory application documents
Participants in the Public Call must submit the following documents:
- Application form with attachments (Project proposal form and Project budget proposal form with a narrative budget;
- Details of the association, which may be in the form of: a photocopy of the ruling on the registration of the association with the SBRA, an extract of registered data not older than 15 days from the date of submission of the application, or a printout from the website of the Serbian Business Registers Agency with the “Business data” section open, with the date and time of printing not older than 15 days from the date of submission of the application;
- An extract from the Statute of the association proving that work with vulnerable groups and the improvement of social protection are in line with the objectives of the association, that is, of the project proposer, and
- A personal Statement bearing the applicant’s stamp on the absence of a conflict of interest of the person authorised to represent the association.
Participants in the Public Call may also submit other information, with supporting evidence, relevant to the implementation of the project.
V Application to the public call
Applications to the Public Call, with the required documents, are to be submitted within 15 (fifteen) days of the publication of the Public Call on the official website of the City (www.smederevo.ls.gov.rs) and the notice board of the City Administration of the City of Smederevo.
The application form with attachments for the Public Call and the other supporting documents relating to the application will be available on the official website of the City.
The project proposal must be submitted in a sealed envelope at the reception desk of the Service Centre of the City Administration of the City of Smederevo or by registered post to the address:
City of Smederevo, Omladinska 1, 11300 Smederevo, marked
“For the Commission for the Selection of Projects Implementing the Measures and Activities of the Strategy for the Development of Social Protection in the City of Smederevo, DO NOT OPEN”.
The front of the envelope containing the project proposal must include the following details:
- the name of the applicant, and
- the address of the applicant.
Application materials will not be returned.
- Deadlines for adopting and publishing the decision
A project submitted after the prescribed deadline will not be considered.
A participant in the Public Call who has submitted an application with incomplete or inaccurately completed documents will be notified to remedy the deficiency within 3 (three) days of receiving the notification. If the participant in the Public Call does not submit the requested documents within the additional period set, the project proposal will not be considered.
A participant in the Public Call who has not submitted any of the prescribed documents listed in the Public Call, other than the application form, will not be notified to remedy the deficiency within an additional period, and their application will not be considered.
The Commission for the Selection of Projects Implementing the Measures and Activities of the Strategy for the Development of Social Protection in the City of Smederevo (hereinafter: the Commission) establishes and publishes the Evaluation and Ranking List of the submitted projects on the official website of the City and the notice board of the City Administration of the City of Smederevo within 8 (eight) days of the close of the Public Call.
The deadline for lodging objections is three (3) days from the publication of the Evaluation and Ranking List.
The Commission adopts a Decision on the objections lodged within 3 (three) days of the date on which the last objection was lodged and delivers it to the person who lodged the objection.
On the proposal of the Commission, the City Council of the City of Smederevo adopts the Decision on Financing and Co-financing Projects Implementing the Measures and Activities of the Strategy for the Development of Social Protection in the City of Smederevo within 10 days of the publication of the Evaluation and Ranking List. The Decision will be published on the official website of the City and the notice board of the City Administration of the City of Smederevo and will be delivered to the project leader selected in the Public Call and to the Department for Public Services of the City Administration of the City of Smederevo for implementation.
On the basis of the Decision of the City Council of the City of Smederevo, the Mayor of the City of Smederevo concludes a contract on financing and co-financing projects implementing the measures and activities of the Strategy for the Development of Social Protection in the City of Smederevo with the citizens’ association whose project has been selected in the Public Call.
No.: 400-3467/2023-01
Smederevo, 3 October 2023
Chair of the Commission
Marija Marković Stavrić
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