The European Union and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) within the program "EU Support to Social Housing and Active Inclusion" are announcing a public call to local self-government units to submit proposals for projects to support social housing and active inclusion.

The goal of this public call is to provide housing support to 500 families with at least 1,500 members in 20 local governments in a sustainable and responsible way, through the construction of multi-family buildings and family houses and the purchase, reconstruction and adaptation of apartments and houses.

In addition to housing solutions, accompanying active inclusion measures are mandatory for 1,000 beneficiaries, which include support in the field of education, improvement of employability, self-employment and access to various social protection services.

Target Groups

The programme is particularly targeting social groups that are suffering from poor housing conditions and social exclusion such as:

• Roma,
• women victims of domestic violence,
• children and youth without parental care exiting foster, kinship or residential care,
• persons with disabilities

Funding Information

• The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is 15,780,000 US Dollars (11,850,000 US Dollars for provision of adequate housing solutions and 3,930,000 US Dollars for complementary active inclusion measures).

Eligibility Criteria

• In order to be eligible for a grant, the applicant must be:
  • a local self-government (LSG) on the territory of Serbia - city or municipality. In cases where local self-government has a city status, only the city is the eligible applicant.
  • The applicant must meet following additional mandatory requirements:
    • Must apply in partnership with at least one local institution and at least one civil society organisation in the role of co-applicants.
    • Be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) not acting as an intermediary. If awarded the Grant Contract, the applicant will become the Grant Beneficiary and the main interlocutor of the Contracting Authority.
    • Demonstrate unequivocal readiness to lead the processes linked to the subject of the social housing and active inclusion project and provide written endorsement for its participation in the process.
• Co-applicant(s):
  • Co-applicants participate in the design and implementation of the action.
  • Eligible co-applicants under this call for proposals are: local institutions, branches of national and regional institutions, excluding residential care institutions; national, regional or local organisations and service providers (e.g. educational/training, business support, CSOs), all above listed with a mandate in housing and social inclusion; city municipalities and profit making organisations under the conditions that actions in the project are not generating profit for them.
  • Co-applicants must satisfy mandatory criteria:
    • to be registered in the Republic of Serbia
    • to be registered at least three years before the release of this public call for proposals
    • to be registered with a mandate and mission in line with the objectives of the Call
    • to have expertise, organisational and financial capacities to successfully carry on implementation of proposed action
  • Co-applicants must sign the Partnership Statement and also enclose a separate Partnership Agreement, in free form, describing roles, responsibilities and assigned budget to each partner, to be submitted together with the Application.

For more information, visit Social Housing and Active Inclusion.