The Local Council for Improving the Position of Roma of the City of Smederevo, on 16 May 2024, issues the following
Public call for applications for financing the best project in the field of Roma culture and identity in 2024
- Subject of the public call
Financing of the best project in the field of Roma culture and identity in accordance with the Decision on the Adoption of the Local Action Plan for the Social Inclusion of Roma Men and Women in Smederevo for the Period 2022–2024 (“Official Gazette of the City of Smederevo”, No. 10/2021).
2. Criteria to be met by the association proposing the project
Only registered citizens’ associations whose activities are based on preserving inter-ethnic tolerance, or citizens’ associations whose projects are aimed at promoting and presenting the authentic characteristics of the Roma national minority in the City of Smederevo, and which are not in liquidation or bankruptcy proceedings or subject to a temporary ban on carrying out their activities, may apply to the call.
3. Evaluation standards:
- Representativeness: 0–15 points, as follows:
- for the period of existence and operation of the association
- up to 5 years of existence, 1 to 5 points,
- more than 5 years of existence, 6 to 10 points,
- membership of the association or other form of organisation in a national association or forum, 0 or 5 points;
- Territorial principle (the organisation is registered and operates in the territory of the City of Smederevo), as follows:
- for inter-municipal associations or other forms of organisation, 5 points,
- for associations or other forms of organisation whose activities are carried out in the territory of the City of Smederevo, 10 points;
- Project reference: 1 to 20 points, taking into account:
- precisely formulated content corresponding to the subject of the Public Call
- clearly defined objectives and target groups, the link between objectives and activities, and the duration of the programme,
- the capacity and experience of the applicant to carry out the activities.
- Objectives achieved by the programme: 1–20 points, taking into account:
- the contribution to developing, preserving and nurturing Roma culture and tradition.
- Number of projects implemented in the previous calendar year:
- 4 points for each project, up to a maximum of 12 points.
4. Mandatory application documents to be submitted
The project proposer must submit the following documents:
- Application form (Form 1);
- Project budget form (Form 2);
- A short profile of the association, and
- 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.
5. Method of application
Applications are to be submitted in a single copy, exclusively on the call forms of the CITY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY OF SMEDEREVO.
The application documents can be downloaded from the official website of the City of Smederevo www.smederevo.ls.gov.rs.
Each applicant may submit only one application to the Public Call.
The maximum project budget is RSD 500,000.00.
The certified and completed application, with the completed supporting forms and application documents, in writing, is to be submitted in a sealed envelope to the filing office of the City Administration of the City of Smederevo, Omladinska 1, marked: “Application under the Public Call for financing the best project in the field of Roma culture and identity in 2024, do not open”.
The Public Call is open for 8 days from the date of publication on the website of the City of Smederevo.
6. Evaluation of projects and decision on the award of funds for the best project
The applications submitted are considered by the Project Selection Commission
The Project Selection Commission will not consider incomplete, late or incorrectly completed applications, applications not submitted by authorised persons, applications written illegibly or in pencil, or applications that do not fall within the subject of the Public Call.
The Project Selection Commission reserves the right to request additional documents from the applicant, if necessary.
The Evaluation and Ranking List of applicants, established by the Commission, will be published on the notice board of the City Administration of the City of Smederevo within 10 days of the expiry of the application deadline.
Participants in the Public Call have the right to inspect the submitted applications and attached documents once the Evaluation and Ranking List of the submitted programmes has been established, within three days of the publication of the List;
The deadline for lodging objections is three (3) days from the publication of the Evaluation and Ranking List;
The Decision on financing the best project in the field of Roma culture and identity under this Public Call will be adopted by the City Council of the City of Smederevo within 10 days of the publication of the Evaluation and Ranking List. The Decision will be published on the notice board of the City Administration of the City of Smederevo and will be delivered to the beneficiary selected in the Public Call and to the Department for Public Services of the City Administration of the City of Smederevo for implementation.
Any additional information can be obtained from the Department for Public Services by telephone: 026/672-724, ext. 1834, or by email: djulijeta.sulic@smederevo.ls.gov.rs.
Chair of the Local Council
for the Improvement of the Position of Roma
of the City of Smederevo
Slaviša Stošić
Application documents: