Local Call to EU project: Support for community mobilization

The National Coalition for Decentralization (NCD) with partners, Group 484 and the Jelena Santic Foundation, invites authentic formal and informal local initiatives working in their communities in the areas of rule of law and cultural diversity to report their actions through the Promeni.rs competition within the Support for community mobilization, which is realized with the financial support of the EU Delegation to Serbia.

The partners will support up to 38 initiatives in the amount of 400 to 5,000 euros, which are focused on the specific needs of citizens in their communities in the areas of the rule of law and cultural diversity. Through the area of ​​the rule of law, we support local actions aimed at promoting the rule of law and developing democracy. Through the competition, we also support local actions aimed at the field of cultural diversity with a focus on raising awareness of the work of the same society as a whole, creating lasting forms of political and social integration.

Deeply believing that local communities have enough resources and potential to become better places to live, we provide the means and assistance for people to recognize local resources and potentials, as well as to work to improve the quality of life of people in communities. We believe that change comes from the bottom up and that the bearers of change are not individuals but united citizens who act as informal and formal local initiatives.

Our support for local initiatives is focused on developing and defending four types of community resources:

• people (including information and knowledge),
• infrastructure (old buildings, etc.),
• natural resources (river, mountain, forest, water, air ...)

cultural heritage and heritage (tangible and intangible cultural heritage)

Our philosophy of change is based on the needs of citizens, and not exclusively on their rights, so we want to reach authentic local initiatives from different local communities in all regions of Serbia.

More information on the conditions, implementation and criteria of the competition can be found at this link.

The "Local Call to the EU" project, implemented by the National Coalition for Decentralization with partners Group 484 and the Jelena Santic Foundation, strengthens local initiatives to contribute to the EU accession process, creating a decentralized society that nurtures cultural diversity and participatory democracy. This project is funded by the European Union.