Region: Southern Serbia, municipalities of Aleksinac, Vlasotince, Gadžin Han, Merošina, Prokuplje and Kuršumlija
Budget: 374,029.20 EUR
Donor: European Union
Duration: February 2011 – September 2012
In February 2011, ENECA started the implementation of the project “Support to employment and improvement of life of refugees and internally displaced persons in Serbia” funded by the European Union through the Delegation of the European Union in the Republic of Serbia with the financial participation of municipalities in which the project is implemented.
The project is based on contributing to solving the problems of refugees and internally displaced persons in the Republic of Serbia by increasing employment opportunities and improving living conditions through support for income-generating activities, basic and professional training and monitoring and counseling of supported beneficiaries.
Assistance in resolving the problems of refugees and internally displaced persons will be provided exclusively within the existing national and local strategies with the significant participation of the Commissariat for Refugees of the Republic of Serbia and local authorities in the decision-making process.
The project will support 120 beneficiaries in their intentions to start or expand their business activity through:
- Donations in the form of equipment and / or materials and basic trainings with an average value of up to EUR 2,000.00;
- Organizing professional trainings in accordance with the needs of supported users;
- Business consulting.
ENECA will, in consultation with the municipalities and the Commissariat for Refugees of the Republic of Serbia, select the beneficiaries of the Project. Special attention will be paid to vulnerable categories of the population, refugees and displaced persons, as well as to a smaller number of socially vulnerable local population.