Public call to the most vulnerable families of refugees and internally displaced persons residing in the territory of the City of Smederevo to apply for assistance in the form of purchased food

Pursuant to the Contract on the Allocation of Funds to the City of Smederevo for the Purchase of Food for the Most Vulnerable Families of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, 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 at the City under No. 401-5652/2025-11 on 13 November 2025 and at the Commissariat under No. 9-9/936 on 7 November 2025 (hereinafter: the Contract), the Commission for the Selection of Beneficiaries for the Allocation of Funds for the Purchase of Food for the Most Vulnerable Families of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, established by Ruling No. 020-321/2025-09 of 8 December 2025, issues the following:

PUBLIC CALL to the most vulnerable families of refugees and internally displaced persons residing in the territory of the City of Smederevo to apply for assistance in the form of purchased food

Assistance for the purchase of food (hereinafter: the Assistance) may be granted to family households of refugees and internally displaced persons residing in the territory of the City of Smederevo.

The applicant to the public call for the Assistance and the members of his or her family household must meet the following conditions:

1. for refugee families: refugee status in the Republic of Serbia and a submitted application for admission to citizenship of the Republic of Serbia (Note: mandatory for the applicant), and for families of internally displaced persons: registration as an internally displaced person or possession of an internally displaced person’s identity card (Note: mandatory for the applicant),
2. a registered temporary residence in the territory of the City at the time the public call is published (Note: mandatory for the applicant; the other members of the family household, regardless of their status at the time the application is submitted, must have a registered temporary/permanent residence in the territory of the City 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 his or her family household are in a state of vulnerability or social insecurity, 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 under the age of 18 or a student/students under the age of 26 in full-time education;

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

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

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

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

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

(8) single-member family households consisting of 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 set out 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 shall submit the following evidence:

1. a photocopy of a valid refugee/displaced person identity card (Note: mandatory for the applicant);
2. a photocopy of the identity card of the Republic of Serbia (a printout of the chip data in the case of a biometric identity card with a chip) for all persons aged 16 and over (Note: does not apply to persons who hold valid refugee identity cards);
3. proof of income:
   • a certificate of unemployment from the National Employment Service for unemployed members of the family household registered with the National Employment Service, for the month preceding the month in which the application to the public call is submitted; in the case of 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 he or she is unemployed and has 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 occasional and temporary net income must be submitted;
   • an employer’s certificate of earnings for 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 (Note: persons with refugee status, and persons who had refugee status that has since been revoked, submit the slip for the pension they receive in the Republic of Serbia, the country of origin and/or another country), or a certificate from the competent service; if the applicant or a member of his or her family household does not receive a pension, a personal statement certified by the competent authority must be submitted, stating that the person does not receive pension income in the Republic of Serbia, the country of origin and/or another country;
4. for members of the family household aged 15 to 26, proof of education, and if these members of the family household are not in education, the evidence referred to in paragraph 1, item 3) of this Article (proof of income);
5. medical records not older than one year;
6. a ruling of the competent authority on reduced working capacity or complete loss of working capacity/physical impairment/developmental disorders;
7. a judgment of the competent court, a report of the Centre for Social Work or other appropriate evidence issued by the competent authority, for victims of sexual/domestic violence;
8. single-parent families shall enclose: a death certificate of the spouse; 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/proof of custody of the minor child/children (if the divorce judgment does not decide on the 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 enclosed, stating that the applicant directly cares for the child and independently provides the means of support, that the other parent does not contribute, or contributes insufficiently, to these costs, and that, in the meantime, the applicant has not entered into a marriage or a non-marital union);
9. a statement that the applicant and the members of his or her family household consent to the Commission, for the purposes of the procedure, inspecting, obtaining and processing personal data on facts recorded in official records which 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 the statement is signed by a parent or guardian).

The evidence referred to in paragraph 1, items 1) to 8) of this Article is submitted as photocopies. The Commission has the right to ask the applicant to 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 to the public call for other necessary evidence in order to establish the facts and circumstances required for making a correct and lawful decision.

The Commission shall not consider an application to the public call submitted after the expiry of the application deadline set in the public call.

The Commission shall neither score nor consider an application that does not meet the conditions for the selection of beneficiaries of the Assistance.

Completed applications with the documents are to be submitted in a sealed envelope by post to: City Administration of the City of Smederevo, Commission for the Selection of Beneficiaries for the Allocation of Funds for the Purchase of Food for the Most Vulnerable Families of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, Omladinska 1, Smederevo, 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 to 31 December 2025 inclusive.

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 at the Smederevo City Administration, from the Trustee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons of the City of Smederevo.

Chair of the Commission

Biljana Đurović

Required documents: