Public call for applications from the most vulnerable families of returnees under readmission agreements residing in the territory of the City of Smederevo for assistance in the form of the purchase of firewood with delivery

Pursuant to the Agreement on the Allocation of Funds for the Purchase of Firewood with Delivery for the Most Vulnerable Families of Returnees under Readmission Agreements, concluded between the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia (hereinafter: the Commissariat) and the City of Smederevo (hereinafter: the City), registered with the City under No. 401-5657/2025-11 on 13 November 2025 and with the Commissariat under No. 9-9/821 on 7 November 2025 (hereinafter: the Agreement), the Beneficiary Selection Commission for the Allocation of Funds for the Purchase of Firewood with Delivery for the Most Vulnerable Families of Returnees under Readmission Agreements, established by Ruling No. 020-323/2025-09 of 8 December 2025, issues the following:

PUBLIC CALL for applications from the most vulnerable families of returnees under readmission agreements residing in the territory of the City of Smederevo for assistance in the form of the purchase of firewood with delivery

Assistance in the form of the purchase of firewood with delivery (hereinafter: the Assistance) may be granted to family households of returnees under readmission agreements with temporary residence in the territory of the City of Smederevo.

The applicant under the public call for the allocation of assistance and the members of their family household must meet the following conditions:

1. the applicant is registered as a returnee under a readmission agreement or holds documents proving their stay in, or voluntary return from, EU countries;
2. the applicant and the members of their family household have registered temporary/permanent residence in the territory of the City of Smederevo at the time the public call is published;
3. the family household’s income per household member is less than 50% of the average net salary in the Republic of Serbia, according to the latest data published by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia;
4. the applicant and the members of their family household are vulnerable or socially insecure, that is, they live in unfavourable socio-economic conditions or belong to a vulnerable and marginalised social group, according to one of the following criteria:

(1) a family household with no regular monthly income or with insufficient monthly income;

(2) single-parent households with a child/children up to the age of 18 or a student/students up to the age of 26 in full-time education;

(3) family households of three or more members with a child/children up to the age of 18;

(4) family households with a person who has been assessed as having reduced working capacity, total loss of working capacity or a physical impairment (a disability of 80% or more);

(5) family households with a family member suffering from a serious illness, namely: malignant diseases, bronchial and cardiac asthma, severe obstructive pulmonary diseases, active tuberculosis, myocardial infarction, decompensated heart diseases, heart transplantation, cerebrovascular stroke, epilepsy, severe mental illnesses, progressive neuromuscular diseases, pareses and paralyses, haemophilia, insulin-dependent diabetes, chronic renal failure requiring dialysis, systemic autoimmune diseases, osteomyelitis, HIV infection and other serious illnesses, children with disabilities or developmental difficulties, etc.;

(6) multi-generation family households with one or more members over 60 years of age;

(7) family households of older persons (women over 60 and men over 65 years of age);

(8) single-member family households with a person over 60 years of age;

(9) family households in which a member is a victim of sexual/domestic violence. The condition for the selection of beneficiaries laid down in paragraph 1, item 3) of this Article does not apply when considering the application of a family household referred to in item 4), sub-item (5) of this Article.

Together with the duly completed and signed application form for the public call, which is submitted to the City Administration of the City of Smederevo, the applicant submits the following evidence:

1. a photocopy of the emergency travel document or of documents proving that the person is a returnee under a readmission agreement (Note: mandatory for the applicant and for other members of the family household who are returnees under readmission agreements);
2. a photocopy of the identity card of the Republic of Serbia (a printout of the identity card if it is a biometric identity card with a chip) for all persons aged 16 and over;
3. evidence of income:
   • a confirmation/certificate of unemployment from the National Employment Service for unemployed members of the family household registered with the National Employment Service, issued in the month preceding the month in which the application to the public call is submitted; for an unemployed member of the family household who is not registered with the National Employment Service, a personal statement certified by the competent authority must be submitted stating that they are unemployed and have no earnings or other occasional or temporary income;
   • if the applicant or a member of the family household earns occasional or temporary income, a personal statement certified by the competent authority on the amount of that occasional and temporary net income must be submitted;
   • an employer’s confirmation of earnings in the month preceding the month in which the application to the public call is submitted, for employed members of the family household;
   • a pension slip for the month preceding the month in which the application to the public call is submitted, or a confirmation from the competent service; if the applicant or a member of their family household receives no pension income, a personal statement certified by the competent authority must be submitted stating that the person receives no pension income in the Republic of Serbia;
4. for members of the family household aged 15 to 26: proof of education or, if these members of the family household are not in education, the evidence listed in paragraph 1, item 3) of this Article (evidence of income);
5. medical records not older than one year;
6. a ruling of the competent authority on reduced working capacity or total loss of working capacity/physical impairment/developmental difficulties;
7. for victims of sexual/domestic violence: a judgment of the competent court, a report from the Centre for Social Work or other appropriate evidence issued by the competent authority;
8. single-parent families attach: a certificate of the spouse’s death; a ruling of the competent court declaring a missing person dead; a birth certificate for children whose paternity has not been established; a divorce judgment/evidence of custody of the minor children/child (if the divorce judgment does not decide on custody of the child, or in the case of unmarried partners whose union has ended, a statement by the applicant certified by the competent authority must be attached stating that the applicant cares for the child directly and provides the means of support independently, that the other parent does not contribute or contributes insufficiently to these costs, and that the applicant has not since entered into a marriage or a cohabiting union);
9. a statement that the applicant and the members of their family household consent to the Commission inspecting, obtaining and processing, for the purposes of the procedure, personal data on facts kept in official records that are necessary for the decision-making procedure (Note: the statement does not need to be certified by the competent authority; it is signed by the applicant and all adult members of the family household, while for minor members of the household it is signed by a parent or guardian).

The evidence referred to in paragraph 1, items 1)–8) of this Article is submitted as photocopies. The Commission has the right to ask the applicant under the public call to present the original documents for inspection.

In addition to the evidence listed in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission may ask the applicant under the public call for other necessary evidence in order to establish the facts and circumstances needed to reach a correct and lawful decision.

The Commission will not consider applications to the public call submitted after the application deadline set in the public call.

The Commission will neither score nor consider applications that do not meet the conditions for the selection of beneficiaries for the allocation of assistance.

Completed applications with supporting documents are to be submitted in a sealed envelope by post to: City Administration of the City of Smederevo, Beneficiary Selection Commission for the Allocation of Funds for the Purchase of Firewood with Delivery for the Most Vulnerable Families of Returnees under Readmission Agreements, Smederevo, Omladinska 1, or in person at the filing office counter of the City Administration of the City of Smederevo, marked “DO NOT OPEN”.

The application deadline is 15 days from the date of publication, from 17 December 2025 up to and including 31 December 2025.

Application forms can be obtained from the Trustee for Refugees and Migration of the City of Smederevo (office no. 6) and on the official website of the City of Smederevo (www.smederevo.ls.gov.ls).

All other information can be obtained from the Smederevo City Administration, from the Trustee for Refugees and Migration of the City of Smederevo.

Chair of the Commission

Biljana Đurović

Required documents: