Public call for applications for the award of scholarships to students of Roma nationality for the 2025/2026 academic year

The Local Council for Improving the Position of Roma of the City of Smederevo issues the following:

Public call for applications for the award of scholarships to students of Roma nationality for the 2025/2026 academic year

For the 2025/2026 academic year, the following will be awarded: 3 scholarships to students of Roma nationality

I Eligibility conditions for a scholarship

In accordance with the Decision on Adopting 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), students of Roma nationality are entitled to a scholarship under the following conditions:

1. They are citizens of the Republic of Serbia;
2. They have permanent residence in the territory of the City of Smederevo;
3. They are members of the Roma national community;
4. They do not receive scholarships on the same grounds from other institutions/bodies that are direct or indirect beneficiaries of the budget of the Republic of Serbia;
5. In the current academic year, they are enrolling for the first time as full-time students in a given year of study at a college or faculty founded by the Republic of Serbia or an autonomous province;
6. In the previous academic year, they achieved an average grade of at least 7.00 or, for first-year students, an average grade of at least 3.00 in the fourth year of secondary school;
7. They are under 26 years of age as students of undergraduate and specialist programmes, or under 30 years of age for master’s and doctoral studies

II Criteria for ranking candidates for the award of scholarships

The ranking of candidates for the award of student scholarships is determined on the basis of the following criteria:

1. Programme, namely:
   • Doctoral studies
   • Master’s studies
   • Specialist studies
   • Undergraduate studies
2. Year of study enrolled
3. Results achieved in previous education

1. Points for the programme are determined as follows:
   • Doctoral studies: 50 points
   • Master’s studies: 40 points
   • Specialist studies: 30 points
   • Undergraduate studies: 20 points
2. points for the year in which the student is enrolled are 5 points for each subsequent

year of study relative to the base year.

3) Points for results achieved in previous education

For first-year students, the average grade achieved in the fourth year

of secondary school is taken into account. Results achieved in previous education are expressed

as the number of points corresponding to the average grade achieved in the fourth year of secondary

school (from 3.00 to 5.00), multiplied by a coefficient of 2;

• For students in subsequent years of study, the average grade achieved in the previous year of study is taken into account. Results achieved in previous education are expressed as the number of points corresponding to the average grade achieved in the previous year of study (from 7.00 to 10.00).

III Required documents

When applying to the Call, the candidate submits the following documents and forms, which are listed in the Call and form an integral part of it:

1. The original Application for the award of scholarships to students of Roma nationality,

which is published as part of this Call and can be downloaded and printed from

the website of the Smederevo City Administration (www.smederevo.org.rs), or a

printed copy can be collected at the City Service Centre, counter 07 (FORM

No. 1: APPLICATION);

2. A certified Confirmation from the faculty the student attends, stating the programme and its duration and that the student is enrolled for the first time (FORM No. 2: CONFIRMATION);

3. A Statement that the candidate does not receive another scholarship (FORM No. 3:

STATEMENT);

4. A certified Confirmation that the candidate is a member of the Roma national minority

(FORM No. 4: MEMBERSHIP of the Roma national minority)

5. First-year students must submit a photocopy of their fourth-year

secondary school report; students in subsequent years of study must

submit a certificate from the college/faculty of their average grade in the previous

year of study;

6. The original or a photocopy of the Certificate of Citizenship of the Republic of Serbia

of the student, regardless of the date of issue;

7. A confirmation of permanent or temporary residence or a copy of the identity card

Applications with complete documents are to be submitted to the filing office of the City Service Centre in a sealed envelope marked “Application under the Public Call for applications for the award of scholarships to students of Roma nationality for the 2023/2024 academic year.”

IV Deadline for submitting documents

The deadline for applying to the Call is ten days from the date of its publication on the City of Smederevo website and on the notice board of the Smederevo City Administration.

Late and incomplete application documents will not be considered.

V

The scholarship amounts to RSD 10,000.00 (in words: five thousand dinars) per month.

Candidates will be informed of the results of the Call on the City of Smederevo website.

VI

Candidates can obtain the application forms for the Call at the City Service Centre of the Smederevo City Administration, counter 8.

VII Further information

Questions about the award of scholarships can be sent by email to djulijeta.sulic@smederevo.ls.gov.rs or asked by telephone on 026/672-724, ext. 1848, every working day from 7:30 to 15:30.

Chair of the Local Council for Improving

THE POSITION OF ROMA

OF THE CITY OF SMEDEREVO

Slaviša Stošić (signed)