Balkan Trust for Democracy

Supported Projects

Fiscal Year 2013

Regional Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Kosovo Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Romania Serbia

REGIONAL

1. Organization: Jefferson Institute
Project Name: Patchwork Balkans
Description: To assemble community level data across three Balkan countries to create an engaging and entertaining way for users to explore similarities and differences in the communities nearest them and across the region through the data.
Website: www.jeffersoninst.org

2. Organization: Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence (BFPE)
Project Name: Belgrade Security Forum 2012
Description: To support a regional hub for relevant and influential policy dialogue on key security and foreign affairs issues affecting the Balkans and the transatlantic community.
Website: www.bfpe.org; www.belgradeforum.org

3. Organization: Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN)
Project Name: Enhancing Network Performance and Online Reporting on Kosovo-Serbia Relations and the Future of Bosnia
Description: To improve the quality of journalism on Kosovo-Serbia relations and the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina and to create special focus pages on its website dedicated to pressing issues in the Balkans.
Website: www.birn.eu.com

4. Organization: Centre for Ethics, Law and Applied Philosophy
Project Name: Conference: “What is a Good Institution? Institution and Institutional Building”
Description: To support organizing the international conference addressing outstanding questions regarding institution building and anti-corruption.
Website: www.celap.edu.rs

5. Organization: Miramida Centar – Regional Peacebuilding Exchange
Project Name: Gradimir: Trust Building in Divided Communities through Hip-Hop Culture
Description: To support trust and peace building among youth in post-Yugoslav countries through workshops and other common activities in ethnically divided communities in 3 countries in collaboration with well known regional hip hop artists and peace builders.
Website: www.miramida.org

6. Organization: Institute of Economic Studies (IES)
Project Name: Summer School of Economics 2012
Description: To support the organization of XV Summer School of Economics whose main focus is networking of advanced undergraduate and graduate students and academics in the region of Western Balkan countries for sharing current and future experiences in the economic policy issues.
Website: www.ien.bg.ac.rs

7. Organization: Youth Council of Ohrid
Project Name: Across the Lake Initiative: Building Sustainable Partnership Between Young People from Macedonia and Albania
Description: To build sustainable partnership between young people from Pogradec and Ohrid and support them in advocating with their representatives of local government.
Website: n/a

8. Organization: Center for Youth Work (CZOR)
Project Name: Youth Leadership Development in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina for Conflict Prevention and Democratic Development
Description: To improve regional cooperation through building capacities of CSOs and youth community leaders from Serbian Sandzak and central and eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina for active citizenship, conflict prevention and democratic development.
Website: www.czor.org

9. Organization: Junior Achievement Serbia
Project Name: Regional Business Challenge Competition for High School Students from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro
Description: To support high school students from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro in developing practical skills that helps them to become active and useful part of the society through competitions and mutual cooperation.
Website: www.ja-serbia.org

10. Organization: Serbian Association of Managers
Project Name: Second Annual Summit 100 Business Leaders of Southeast Europe
Description: To support the institutionalization of the concept “Summit of 100 business leaders of Southeast Europe” through activities of the Regional Managing Board of the Summit100 and organization of the second annual regional Summit 100 that will continue to facilitate business re-integration of the region to improve life in the region.
Website: www.sam.org.rs

11. Organization: South East European Network for the Professionalization of Media (SEENPM)
Project Name: Strengthening Pluralistic Quality Media by Addressing the Erosion of Press Freedom and Promoting Ethical Reporting in South East Europe
Description: To support the conference of media development NGOs from South East and Central Europe on strengthening press freedom and ethical reporting in the region.
Website: n/a

12. Organization: Youth Alliance Krusevo
Project Name: Contacts for the Common Future 2012 - Let’s Meet Our Neighbor, Phase II
Description: To enhance the cooperation between youth NGOs from Macedonia and Greece and encourage individual youth activists to be facilitators of dialogue between the two countries
Website: www.youthalliance.org.mk

13. Organization: Mozaik Community Development Foundation
Project Name: 2012 Grantmakers East Forum
Description: To support the 17^th “Grantmakers East Forum”, a 2-day event which covenes over 150 participants to promote development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union states by providing funders active in the region with a forum to discuss effectiveness of their grantmaking efforts, exchange experience, get inspired and encourage new donor activity in the region.
Website: www.mozaik.ba; www.gef.efc.be

14. Organization: Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN)
Project Name: Bringing About Tangible Change for Civil Society: Monitoring of EU Support to Civil Society
Description: To measure the tangible effects of the revised EC support to civil society in the Balkans.
Website: www.balkancsd.net

15. Organization: Novi Sad School of Journalism
Project Name: Ladies’ Diary of Change – Active Ladies in Peace Dialogue
Description: To introduce, build up, and permanently change the perspective of the traditional societies in Balkans on the way young women are portrayed in the society, especially in the civil and political sector and to prepare them for taking initiative in dialogue and reconciliation.
Website: www.novinarska-skola.org.rs 

16. Organization: Regional Cooperation Council
Project Name: Achievements of the South East Europe Regional Structures in the Time of Crisis
Description: To contribute to the public debate on regional cooperation in South East Europe in the present economic, social and political environment, and to launch an innovative branding of the region at the international scene.
Website:  www.rcc.int

17. Organization: New Magazine Weekly 
Project Name: Business Plus - Regional Web Portal
Description: To support business cooperation in the Western Balkan region by providing daily information on the core economic issues.
Website:  www.novimagazin.rs;  www.business-plus.com

18. Organization: Club for Youth Empowerment 018
Project Name: GSL International Leadership for Local Change
Description: To build the leadership, human rights and entrepreneurial capacities of Roma and non-Roma leaders in the Balkans so that they collectively contribute and support the democratization processes in Serbia and other non-EU countries of South-East Europe.
Website:  www.kom018.org.rs

19. Organization: Center for Social Dialogue and Regional Initiatives
Project Name: Fifth Students Seminar: "American Presidential Elections 2012"
Description: To support the organization of the fifth students' seminar on the topic “American Presidential Elections 2012”, which is the largest gathering of political science students in Europe and an unique opportunity to discuss the subject of “American Presidential Elections”.
Website:  www.cddri.org

20. Organization: Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM)
Project Name: PASOS Annual Think Tank Conference: Open Government, Deeper Democracy
Description: To support Open Government, Deeper Democracy, a public think tanks/policymakers’ conference and a think tank training/best practice session on think tank institutional development.
Website:  www.crpm.org.mk

21. Organization: Kosovo Glocal
Project Name: Kosovo 2.0: "Sex/Gender"
Description: To support the ongoing expansion and strategic planning of Kosovo 2.0, both online and in print, targeting Kosovar Albanian and Serbian young people specifically in a fresh and engaging way using a multi-lingual and multi-ethnic approach.
Website:   www.kosovotwopointzero.com

ALBANIA

1. Organization: Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS)
Project Name: Political Parties as a Method for Increasing Citizen Participation in Democratic Practices
Description: To increase the political accountability and representation of political parties as key forms of organizations for participation in a democratic system.
Website: www.aiis-albania.org

2. Organization: European Movement in Albania (EMA)
Project Name: Tempering Unemployment in Albania: Bridging Actors and Putting Businesses as Job Providers in Focus
Description: To explore new policy options for tempering unemployment, placing more focus on the role that private businesses as job providers can play.
Website: www.em-al.org

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

1. Organization: Initiative for Better and Humane Inclusion (IBHI)
Project Name: Influencing Social Inclusion Policies in BiH
Description: To support social policy reform in BiH, especially in regard to participation of the civil society in policy-making processes and improvement of targeting of beneficiaries of social protection.
Website: www.ibhi.ba

2. Organization: Youth Communication Center (YCC)
Project Name: Strengthening Sustainable Secondary School Students’ Councils Networks in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Description: To support sustainable development of 290 students’ councils and to increase the level of lasting cooperation amongst secondary school students’ councils networks, based on a common platform for advocating students’ interests in decision-making processes at entity and cantonal level and strengthening sustainable Bosnia and Herzegovina students’ council’s network (mreSVUBiH).
Website: www.okcbl.org

3. Organization: Centres for Civic Initiatives
Project Name: “Share the Fortune!” – Policy Work to Support Social and Humanitarian Activities through Legislation on Gambling
Description: To support passing of new legislation on gambling in Federation of BiH (FBiH) that will be the main source of funding for social and humanitarian activities and organizations.
Website: www.ccibh.org

4. Organization: IPAK - Youth Builds the Future
Project Name: “EDIT” – Evaluation of youth strategies in local municipalities of RS and Federation of BiH
Description: To support youth organizations and local authorities in performing a professional and extensive evaluation of youth strategies implemented in local municipalities, designing an agenda of recommendations for the development of new strategies in these municipalities, and presenting them to the newly-elected local authorities and the general public.
Website:  www.ipak-mgb.ba

BULGARIA

1. Organization: Institute for Public Environment Development
Project Name: Free Media- Free Elections
Description: To support civil society advocacy for adoption of new rules and legislation for media coverage during electoral campaigns.
Website: www.iped-bg.org

CROATIA

1. Organization: Nansen Dialogue Centre - Osijek
Project Name: Network of Intercultural Schools
Description: To strengthen cohesion among youth of all national groups in divided post-war communities through intercultural education and promotion of cultural diversity of the region, and to increase the level of intercultural competences among children and their teachers.
Website:  www.nansen-dialogue.net/ndcosijek

2. Organization: Croatian Employment Service Regional Office Vukovar
Project Name: Partnership for Career Development
Description: To support development of lifelong career guidance system by establishment of Center for counseling and career development in Vukovar, based on an innovative model of intersectoral collaboration between local institutions and NGOs, which will provide different types of assistance and services to all citizens of the Vukovar-Srijem county (in particular for youth and unemployed persons) in order to enable them adaptation to rapid labor market changes in accordance with their competences, motivation and labor market needs.
Website:  www.hzz.hr

KOSOVO

1. Organization: Kosovar Institute for Policy Research and Development (KIPRED)
Project Name: Assessing the End of Supervised Independence of Kosovo
Description: To support the process of the end of the supervised independence of Kosovo.
Website: www.kipred.org

2. Organization: American University in Kosova Foundation (AUK)
Project Name: Conference, Research and Publications: “Economic Development and Political Transition in Kosovo”
Description: To support AUK’s role as a facilitator of international scholarship on the political economy of Kosovo’s development and as a trait d’union between international academics and Kosovar researchers and policy-makers.
Website: www.aukonline.org

3. Organization: Speak Up! Movement (FOL)
Project Name: Promoting Transparency of Public Institutions in Central and Local Level and Public-Owned Enterprises in Kosovo
Description: To promote greater transparency and accountability of public institutions, at both central and local levels, and of publicly-owned enterprises in Kosovo.
Website: www.levizjafol.org

4. Organization: Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF)
Project Name: Kosovo Civil Society Index 2012
Description: To support civil society and other relevant stakeholders through the provision of up-to-date analysis and studies on the state of the civil society sector and creating knowledge based momentum for strengthening civil society development mechanisms.
Website: www.kcsfoundation.org

5. Organization: Initiative for Progress (INPO)
Project Name: Promoting  Integrity in Public Procurement in Four Municipalities of the Ferizaj Region
Description: To strengthen the transparency of Municipal Offices of Public Procurement (MOPPs) as a key element of integrity in public procurement practices.
Website:  www.inpo-ks.org

MACEDONIA

1. Organization: Transparency Macedonia
Project Name: Monthly Reports on Combating Corruption and Crime and the Level of Transparency in the Society
Description: To analyze corruption-related stories on monthly bases and to present findings for public information so that there is greater awareness and sensitivity among the concerned authority for taking actions to control and reduce corruption.
Website: www.transparency-mk.org.mk

2. Organization: Citizens Association MOST
Project Name: Right to Know
Description: To support the empowering of citizenry through a functional, maintained and powerful online resource with visual and user friendly presentations of official statistical and sourced research data.
Website: www.most.org.mk

3. Organization: Center for Civic Initiative (CCI)
Project Name: Social Inclusion of Individuals Serving Prison Sentences
Description: To support prison staff in practicing human rights with prisoners through providing trainings for human rights standards and methods for interpersonal conflict management in order to prevent their returning to the prisons.
Website: www.cgimk.org.mk

4. Organization: Liberta Institute - Political & Economic Research Center
Project Name: Building the PYKA Coalition – A Platform for Sustainable Political, Economic and Socio-Cultural Reforms
Description: To support establishment of an platform for substantial political economic and socio-economic reforms through active citizen participation.
Website: www.libertainstitute.org

5. Organization: European Policy Institute (EPI) – Skopje
Project Name: IPA DATA: Independent Monitoring Platform of Use of IPA Funds in Macedonia
Description: To create an independent monitoring tool to facilitate the oversight of the use of EU IPA funds in the Republic of Macedonia with the active engagement of the civil society.
Website:  www.epi.org.mk

MOLDOVA

1. Organization: National Youth Council of Moldova (CNTM)
Project Name: Youth Participation in Decision Making Process at Local Level
Description: To support youth participation in local decision making in 5 pilot-regions from Moldova by creating co-management structures between youth NGOs and local authorities.
Website: www.cntm.md

MONTENEGRO

1. Organization: Juventas
Project Name: Gather Up!
Description: To support secondary school students in Montenegro through internal capacity building and small scale grants for projects written and implemented by students’ unions, engaging young people in decision-making processes.
Website: www.juventas.co.me

2. Organization: Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM)
Project Name: Strengthening Capacities of Montenegrin Civil Society to Participate in UPR Process
Description: To support human rights agendas in Montenegro by means of providing independent UPR reports; monitoring of UPR recommendations; performing evidence-based advocacy for adoption of these recommendations; and outlining advices for policy-making in the field of human rights.
Website: www.cedem.me

ROMANIA

1. Organization: Association Institute for Public Policy
Project Name: NGOs Platform for Transparent and Accountable Parliament in Romania
Description: To support transparent and consistent dialogue between Romanian civil society and the Parliament in the legislative process by institutionalizing effective consultation mechanisms at the level of the two Parliamentary Chambers and Permanent Steering Committees.
Website: www.ipp.ro

SERBIA

1. Organization: Optimistic Film
Project Name: Documentary: “The Second Meeting”
Description: To support production and dialogue around the documentary film ‘The Second Meeting’, a story about mutual understanding and reconciliation between former enemies from the time of wars in the former Yugoslavia.
Website: www.optimisticfilm.com

2. Organization: Balkan Community Initiatives Fund (BCIF)
Project Name: Active Communities
Description: To support the active participation of citizens in the development of their local communities.
Website: www.bcif.org

3. Organization: Civic Initiatives
Project Name: Fostering Education Reform through Civic Participation Processes
Description: To actively contribute to and support education reform in Serbia through increased civic participation.
Website: www.gradjanske.org

4. Organization: Balkan Community Initiatives Fund (BCIF)
Project Name: Serbian Philanthropic Forum
Description: To support philanthropy development in Serbia through coordination and administering the activities of Serbian Philanthropic Forum.
Website: www.bcif.org

5. Organization: Office for Human and Minority Rights, Government of Serbia
Project Name: National Strategy for Fight Against Discrimination
Description: To support the design of the National Strategy for Fight Against Discrimination, a foundation for effective anti-discrimination policy in the forthcoming period.
Website: www.ljudskaprava.gov.rs

6. Organization: Foundation Fund Ecotopia
Project Name: Toss the Habit: Active Citizen Anti-Littering Awareness Campaign
Description: To support a change in environmental awareness of the citizens of Belgrade and their taking care of the environment which surrounds them.
Website: www.ecotopia.rs

7. Organization: Serbian Unity Congress
Project Name: The Civil Society Office Within the Parliament – Phase II
Description: To make a stronger liaison between the civil society and the Parliament of the Republic of Serbia through continued engagement of the Civil Society Office within the Parliament.
Website:  www.serbianunity.com;  www.ksusrbija.org

8. Organization: Center of Modern Skills
Project Name: Green Parliamentary Group
Description: To support the re-establishment of the Green Parliamentary Group and opening of communication channels between this group and all stakeholders, as well as the wider population interested in improving the quality of the creation, adoption and implementation of environmental policy.
Website:  www.cmv.org.rs

9. Organization: Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation
Project Name: #StvarnoVazno (“Truly Important”) - Development of Regranting Mechanism and Internet Platform
Description: To co-finance 15 small grants to community-based youth groups for educational, cultural, and social activities that directly address the goals of a joint youth-led Platform of Action that improves the positive value base of Serbian youth.
Website:  www.stvarnovazno.org; www.fondacijadivac.org

10. Organization: Group "Let's..."
Project Name: Speak Up and Perform It! Performance and Short Videos as a Tool for Youth Advocacy
Description: To support and equip new generation of youth activists (who are not active in any non-formal group, NGO, political party) from five communities in Serbia to use performances in public places, short videos and the Internet as a means of attracting public attention to the needs and problems of young people of high-school age in order to advocate for their rights. These techniques are attractive to young people, but also for the public and media and they can be used without any costs and provide a viable and sustainable alternative to traditional techniques of awareness, such as media expensive media campaigns.
Website:  www.hajdeda.org.rs