Summary
The project is designed to address the lack of capacities in civil society organizations, CSOs, to undertake successful advocacy efforts, their lack of cooperation with public authorities at all levels, and citizens’ lack of motivation to join and trust CSO advocacy actions.
Donor: USAID
Information Sheet
Main Objective
By building skills, encouraging citizens’ engagement and improving advocacy programs, the project hopes to contribute to the strengthening of a democratic society.
Specific Objectives
The initiative is intended to support CSOs in Serbia to test, evaluate and scale their advocacy initiatives in a more strategic way.
Main Activities
Capacity Boost for Advocacy
Mapping, stakeholder and needs analysis
Advocacy training programs for CSOs
CSOs’ Advocacy Actions
Re–granting scheme
Support to local advocacy initiatives
National advocacy initiative toward participatory environment for CSOs
Web Platform for Advanced Reflection and Learning
Development and maintaining of the web Platform
Help Desk–Advocacy Clinic
Communication and Community Outreach
Local and social media outreach and branding and marking activities
Annual Advocacy Award
Target Groups
- Local CSOs implementing advocacy initiatives;
- Citizens
Highlights
Report on CSOs’ needs, policy environment possibilities in implementation of innovative advocacy practices;
- Delivered capacity building programs and raised level of knowledge and skills;
- At least 50 CSOs in Serbia directly involved in capacity building program;
- Advocated recommendations for participatory environment for CSOs in decision making;
- Produced set of recommendations on innovative advocacy approaches but tailored on community needs;
- Created web Platform for advanced reflection and learning;
- At least 15 case studies of successful advocacy campaign produced;
- 3 successful advocacy initiative awarded
Main implementer
Belgrade Open School (BOS)
Partners
Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence (BFPE) and the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN).