For more information on the Local Initiatives programme, as well as the competition for the Programme Management Unit (PMU) and the Monitoring and Evaluation Team:

Programme Design [doc 280KB ]

The Committee for Selection of Local Implementation Partners (LIP) within the Local Initiatives programme has selected ten projects to be implemented in the following 15 months. Summaries of selected projects within the Local Initiatives programme can be downloaded here:

1. Together against Poverty - ABC Centre for Peace, Safety and Tolerance, Vranje [ doc 116KB ]

2. Social Protection Strategy in the Sokobanja Municipality - Organization for Local Initiative, Sokobanja [ doc 109KB ]

3. With Partnership against Poverty - URBAN-IN, Novi Pazar [ doc 110KB ]

4. Poverty Reduction Strategy in the Loznica Municipality - Citizen Association "Svetionik" [ doc 114KB ]

5. Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas - First Step towards the Success of PRS - Citizen Association Educational Center Leskovac [ doc 62KB ]

6. Power of Local Initiatives - Citizen Association Sunce, Kragujevac [ doc 112KB ]

7. Development of Partnerships for Poverty Reduction in the Pomoravski District - Center for Social-Economic Development, Jagodina [ doc 118KB ]

8. Information-Advisory Centre - Strategy for the Future - Cultural and Information Centre of Bulgarian National Minority Caribrod, Dimitrovgrad [ doc 120KB ]

9. Cooperation of the Non-Government Sector for PRS Promotion and Advocation at the Local Level by Implementing Local Strategic Documents - Association for Development of the Backa Topola Municipality [ doc 118KB ]

10. Together for a Better Tomorrow - Citizen Association Duga, Ada [ doc 131KB ]

The Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) implementation process aims at integrating measures laid out in the PRS document into the regular planning, budgeting and implementation systems of the Government and other partners taking part in the process. One of the main principles of the process is the PRS implementation at the local level.

The Deputy Prime Minister's Poverty Reduction Strategy Implementation Focal Point has initiated a programme titled Poverty Reduction Strategy Implementation – Local Initiatives. The aim of the Programme is to establish and strengthen coalitions, partnerships and networks at the local level as a contribution to the implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy. Specific objectives of the programme are:

1. Stimulate small and underdeveloped municipalities to be proactive and visible in the PRS implementation process;

2. Support local level partners to develop efficient PRS implementation models which do not exert additional financial resources, but use existing resources in a most efficient manner;

3. Ensure active participation of key local level actors (municipalities, NGO, business sector) in the PRS implementation;

4. Inform Serbian citizens on objectives of the Poverty Reduction Strategy and results of its implementation.

The Programme envisages the implementation of 10 projects submitted by non-government organizations in partnership with local authorities, labor unions, business entities and all other partners who shall be working together on the promotion and support for the PRS implementation at the local level. The programme contains two budget lines (Programmatic line A and Programmatic line B) which shall be implemented in Serbian municipalities depending on the development level, and various capacities and resources of the municipalities.

The Programme shall be managed by the Programme Management Unit (PMU).

External monitoring and evaluation shall be performed by an expert technical team.

The Poverty Reduction Strategy Implementation – Local Initiatives Programme, its funds amounting to EUR 200,000, is financed by the resources provided by the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom for the Government of Serbia to oversee and coordinate the Poverty Reduction Strategy implementation.