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ACT-2 support program for civil society partner organizations

You have an active organization, great ideas, a dedicated team… but you lack the right partner support? Sounds familiar? And...

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Presented four-year results of the ACT project

Today at the Moskva Hotel, the four-year results of the ACT project (For an Active Civil Society Together) were presented....

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Visit of the ambassador of Switzerland to Team 42 from Leskovac

ACT partners and grantees Team 42 from Leskovac were visited by His Excellency Urs Schmid, Ambassador of Switzerland to Serbia,...

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Laptop for the best participant of the communication program Iskoraci

Improving communication skills is essential for personal and professional development. Effective communication enables individuals and organizations to clearly express their...

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Conference #ACTIvation ACT Days 2023 in Pancevo

The conference #AKTivacija – “AKT Days 2023” started on June 1 at the Tamiš Hotel in Pancevo. This conference gathers...

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Program Step Out! for the improvement of communication capacities of organizations

Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, Civic Initiatives and Panda Communications from Zagreb launched a six-month advanced communication capacity building program – “Leaders!”...

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Connection and cooperation of women’s associations in Čačak

The project “Connection and cooperation of women’s associations to a better position of women in the countryside” implemented by the...

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Celebration of local actions results supported within ACT

Local actions results within ACT were celebrated yesterday in Lava Nova in Belgrade. Those results were achieved within two grant...

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Hrabriša presented the results in the Assembly of the City of Novi Sad

The results of the activities implemented within the project “Improving health care mechanisms for children with rare neurotransmitter diseases, developmental...

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Today, the awards for the best partnership initiatives “Partners in Action” were awarded in the premises of Helvetas. Prizes in...

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the final conference was held within the project “Taxi transport for all”

Yesterday, the final conference was held within the project “Taxi transport for all” The topic of the conference was the...

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Round table on social entrepreneurship

Within the project “Initiative for the development of social entrepreneurship”, the association “Putokaz Kragujevac” organized a round table on the...

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Media conference on the occasion of the campaign “Dementia does not choose” and the end of the project “Remember the human”

The Serbian Association for Alzheimer’s Disease organized today a media conference in the Media Center, where it informed the public...

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Strategic planning of the advocacy action “How much is my share”

Last weekend, 15 initiatives and organizations gathered in Bela Crkva to work on the creation of an advocacy action for...

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Increasing the percentage of representation of women in the councils of local communities in the city of Pirot

The project “Let women be heard” implemented by the organization Women of the South with the support of the Swiss...

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The “Young People Ask” in Varvarin

The “Young People Ask” project, implemented by the Sowers of Happiness organization, is supported by the Swiss government through the...

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Visit to the organization Ternipe from Pirot

Today, a delegation of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the AKT project visited the organization Ternipe...

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Approved projects for thematic cooperation of AKT grantees #Connect

Within the call for thematic cooperation #Connect, the ACT project supported 14 project proposals in thematic areas: social inclusion, gender...

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Presented results of partnership cooperation between local self-government units and civil society organizations in 16 cities across Serbia

Today in Zira, the results of 16 projects to strengthen partnership cooperation between local self-government units (LGUs) and civil society...

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Successful completion of projects under the Covid grant scheme

Yesterday we celebrated the results of successfully completed projects within the Covid grant scheme in Vrnjačka banja. The projects were...

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Step forward in systemic solutions for youth

Through the support of the project “For an active civil society together”, the youth of JAZAS in cooperation with the...

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Creation of a web platform for users of social protection services in Novi Pazar

Councilors Danijela Božović and Jovana Dubljević, yesterday visited the Association of Psychologists from Novi Pazar, which together with the city,...

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An Info session was held for the new internal call #Povežise

Today, we organized an info session via the Zoom platform in order to guide interested organizations on what it is...

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Public policy and communication training for networks

Yesterday in Zira, a three-day training for organizations supported under the call “Public Advocacy Networks” was completed, which dealt with...

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Visit to grantees in Bor and Knjaževac

In the city hall in Bor, on Wednesday, a meeting was held on the occasion of the completed project “Together...

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Completed two-year institutional support

Today, in the Prostor of ​​Miljenko Dereta, the end of the two-year institutional support for 30 organizations in 20 cities...

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Let’s develop communities

Last week, training was held for grantees within the call for “Community Boost Grants” on the topic “Let’s develop communities”,...

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Meeting on the occasion of the project “Sustainable development for all – a platform for local dialogue” in Sremska Mitrovica

A meeting was held today in the Assembly of the city of Sremska Mitrovica on the occasion of the presentation...

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Mental Health for All – International Mental Health Day

On Monday, October 10, as part of the celebration of the International Day of Mental Health, an exhibition was opened...

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Interview Jens Engeli: “Act proved to be a very dynamic project in a quite challenging environment”

In your opinion, is the basic idea of the ACT project fulfilled? Act proved to be a very dynamic project...

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Communicating advocacy successes

The three-day workshop “Communicating Advocacy Successes” is organized at Hotel M from September 21 to 23 for civil society organizations...

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Dementia doesn’t choose

In less than a month, 5,639 signatures of citizens were collected for the “Dementia does not choose” Petition, which requests...

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Helvetas Regional Advocacy Network in Belgrade

Last week we spent three intensive days in Zira with our regional colleagues to work on digital advocacy campaigns within...

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Contracts signed with grant winners within the call “Community Boost Grants 2022”

Contracts were signed with grant winners within the framework of the “Community Boost Grants 2022” call last Thursday, September 5....

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Visit to Žuko (Women’s Association of Kolubara District)

Last week, SDC representatives Biljana Đušić Radmilović, Suzana Krstevski and Helvetasa Maša Babić visited the organization Žuko from Lazarevac, beneficiary...

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Visiting NORBS

Today we visited NORBS – National Organization for Rare Diseases of Serbia to discuss their project “Together for Rares”, which...

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Visit to the “Creative Space for Mental Health”

Representatives of SDC, Biljana Đušić Radmilović and Helvetas, Gorana Radovanović, visited today the organization Prostor, which was supported under the...

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International Youth Day in Sombor

Sombor Educational Center and Sombor Youth Boomi marked International Youth Day. This year’s Youth Day in Sombor, which is traditionally...

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Approved projects within the Strengthening of Local Communities call 2022

From the received projects that aim to support civil society organizations and informal groups throughout Serbia in an effort to...

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The final conference on partnership initiatives was held

In Belgrade, from June 15 to 17, the final conference of the Program for building and strengthening capacities for grant...

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Where the civil society of the Western Balkans stands and what are its perspectives?

At the ACT Community Days held in Belgrade at the beginning of June, we spoke with our guests, Marina Škrabalo,...

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Partnership Initiatives: Objectives and Values

During the recently held conference on the Program for building and strengthening capacities for grant winners for innovative partnership initiatives...

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What is the Capacity Building Program for CSOs and Local Self-Governments?

At the recently held conference dedicated to the final module of the Program for Building and Strengthening Capacity for Grant...

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Local Advocacy grants: New call for project proposals

The ACT project has opened a new call within the grant scheme Local Advocacy Grants 2022. The goal of the...

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Bistra Kumbaroska at the ACT Community Days

Bistra Kumbaroska was a guest of the ACT project and a lecturer at the introductory session of the ACT Community...

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The first ACT Community Days held in Belgrade

During the first three days of June 2022, a conference titled the ACT Community Days was held in Belgrade. The...

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Grants for ten more CSO networks

The third SIGNACT in 2022 was held at the Belgrade Museum of Science and Technology on May 5th, marking the...

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Two-day workshop for the networks of CSO was held in Niš

A two-day workshop for the networks of CSOs was organized in Niš on the last day of March and the...

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Selected CSO networks to be supported by the grant

The selection committee of ACT project, which worked on the selection of project proposals received for the second public call...

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Selected award winning projects within the grant scheme Covid-19 Public Advocacy Initiatives

The ACT project informs the public that the selection process of projects to be financially supported under the grant scheme...

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What CSOs expect from the new ACT LAG grants?

At the recent # SIGNACT event at the Belgrade Museum of Science and Technology, we spoke with representatives of civil...

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Field visit to the grantees in March 2022

During the three-day field visit, ACT representatives visited several CSOs. The visit was organized as part of the regular activities...

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The first cycle of the selection process within the grant scheme “Public Advocacy of the Network of CSOs 2022” has been completed

The ACT project has completed the first phase of evaluation process under the grant scheme “Public Advocacy Network of Civil...

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Implementation of 15 new projects suported through ACT had been launched

A ceremony held on Friday, March 4, at the Belgrade Museum of Science and Technology marked the beginning of the...

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ACT call for advocacy initiatives to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic is closed

On Thursday, February 24, the ACT project closed the the public call for project proposals for advocacy initiatives aimed at...

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ACT call for grant scheme “Public Advocacy Network 2022” is closed

The ACT project closed the public call for project proposals for the grant scheme “Public Advocacy Network 2022” according the...

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ACT project announces the list of supported projects within the grant scheme “Local Advocacy Grants 2021“

The project Together for Active Civil Society ACT informs the public that the process of selecting projects to be financially...

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Info session on the call for projects in the field of mitigation COVID-19 was held

ACT team organized the info session related to the for CSOS interested for the current competition in the field of...

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Info session for the networks of CSOs was held

ACT team organized the info session related to the second open call of the grant scheme Network Advocacy Grants. The...

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A new call for advocacy initiatives to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic

The Swiss project “Together for Active Civil Society – ACT” opened a call for project proposals of civil society organizations...

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