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CALLS
FOR PROPOSALS
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
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Serbia and Montenegro
| Macedonia | Bosnia
and Herzegovina | Albania | Kosovo
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Name of the organization |
Project |
| Belgrade |
Association of paraplegics and quadriplegics
“Dunav” |
“We would like to park”
- To raise awareness about need for appropriate and
allocated parking spaces for PWDs and to increase
the number of such parking spaces in Belgrade. The
project has achieved its goal and was very successful.
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| Belgrade |
Association of citizens “To
Live Upright” |
Fashion and us - In order to promote
abilities of people with disabilities and thereby
to enhance their self esteem, the organisation has
created a collection of outfits especially designed
for people with disabilities. The highlight of the
project have been 2 fashion shows gathering large
number of spectators. A good media coverage followed
the shows. |
| Belgrade |
Association of Residents of Home
for PWDs "Bezanijska Kosa" |
Cooperation and improvement of communication
between home residents and the local community -For
better socialising and integration of home residents
with their surrounding neighbours, the project envisioned
cultural and sport events to which the neighbourhood's
people will be invited to participate. The project
was successful and has provided for number of opportunities
for socializing with neighbours. |
| Kragujevac |
Association of paraplegics-Kragujevac |
Informative centre for support to
people with disabilities - To support people with
disabilities in their daily life, an informative centre
for people with disabilities in Kragujevac is established
with the aim to provide information related to various
fields of interest (law, social protection, etc.).
The professionals working at the centre are: lawyer,
psychologist and a social worker. Two phone lines
are available for enquiries from people with disabilities.
Local newspapers, TV channel and radio covered the
opening of the centre. |
| Majdanpek |
Association of citizens with disability
‘FREND’ |
Be Human - The project aims at raising
awareness on disability issues through publishing
and dissemination of informative materials, media
coverage and organization of public tribunes. Project
succeeded in having good impact on local community
and more particularly on local authorities, since
the organisation’s activities became included
into the municipality's budget. The local media regularly
reports on organisation’s activities. |
| Nis |
Association of Paraplegics of Nisava
District |
This Is My City, Too - The project
aimed at raising awareness on disability issues with
emphasis on the necessity to remove architectural
barriers. The activities were the production and distribution
of informative material, organisation of tribune about
universal design, public events and art competition
in primary schools. The street event consisted of
a wheel chair basketball match on the main city square
to which hundreds of people attended and among them
some high officials from local government. Many members
of others DPOs and NGOs took an active part in the
project which was well covered by local media. |
| Novi Pazar |
Association of deaf and hard of hearing
persons of Novi Pazar |
To better understand each other –
For enabling the people with hearing impairment to
get information and fully benefit from services provided
by public institutions, basic sign language course
has been organised for 3 social workers from each
municipality and for parents of children with hearing
impairment. The project has been implemented in 3
municipalities of Sandzak region. |
| Podgorica |
Association of Youth with disabilities
of Montenegro |
I raise my voice – I tear down
the barriers! - To raise awareness on the situation
and needs of people with disabilities to live in an
accessible environment, the association produced and
distributed promotional-educational material, organised
surveys and tribune including representatives of local
authorities and of disabled people's organisations. |
| Zajecar |
Organization for cerebral palsy |
Accessible and inaccessible institutions
in Zajecar - To raise awareness on disability issues
with emphasis on the necessity to remove architectural
barriers, the campaign included printing the accessible/inaccessible
guidelines, printing of map of Zajecar and putting
stickers on the accessible/inaccessible buildings
in the community. |
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Name of the organization |
Project |
| Prilep |
Regional Handicap Center –
Prilep |
“Parking For Me“ - To
raise the level of awareness about mobility of people
with disabilities and their needs for appropriate
parking spaces, this project will help people with
disabilities to become more independent. The project
has created 30 parking spaces in Prilep reserved for
people with disabilities and raised awareness at all
levels of the community about the rights of people
with disabilities. Flyers have been distributed and
put on cars illegally parked on PWD’s allocated
parking spaces. |
| Prilep |
Association of Blind People - Prilep |
“Through New Eyes” -
Project Extension - To further develop the project
that has been granted in first call for proposals,
the association has created “listening rooms”
in four offices of the Association to enable members
to listen to the talking material from regional library.
The rooms have been fully furnished and equipped with
tape recorders and CD players. The members can also
borrow the material thanks to an identification number
put on each item. As an opportunity for socialising
and for promoting the library premises, regular “listening
evenings” are organised. |
| Skopje |
Center for Support of Persons with
Intellectual Disabilities – PORAKA Skopje |
National Campaign to support the
employment of persons with intellectual disabilities
“What about my rights?" - Public promotion
and awareness raising regarding the rights and needs
of persons with intellectual disabilities and their
inclusion in the community, particularly through employment.
The association advocates for equal support from the
state, with a state provision for a monitoring mechanism
of relationship between employers and people with
intellectual disabilities as employees. The centre
has organised round tables and published the conclusions
in different newspapers. Broadcasting on national
and local television presented the issues faced by
people with disabilities regarding employment. Leaflets
and posters have been distributed throughout the project
implementation. |
| Tetovo |
Association of parents of children
with celebral palsy |
We as the others - Association of
the parents of children with cerebral palsy from Tetovo
has opened an information centre that provides information,
advice and consultations about rights of children
with disabilities. Through this project, children
with disabilities and their parents have opportunities
to get information regarding education process, health,
employment and social services guaranteed by laws
in Macedonia. For the first time in the city and in
the region, children with disabilities and their parents
have possibility to get adequate information concerning
them; about benefits and rights that are granted by
the state. A SOS phone line has been opened. Leaflets
have been distributed. Round tables have been organised
gathering representatives of institutions, DPOs and
parents of children with disabilities. Home visits
have also been organised for people who cannot come
to the information centre. |
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Name of the organization |
Project |
| Bugojno |
Association of citizen with damaged
sense of hearing and speech- Bugojno |
We are deaf and mute -but don't be
you for our rights, needs and opportunities - With
the aim to create a strong advocacy platform for the
rights of people with damaged sense of hearing and
speech, the Association has created a network of disabled
people organisations at a Cantonal level in order
to create a significant influence on decision making
process of local and cantonal politicians. |
| Rudo |
Womens association “ Mother
and child “ |
Removing the architectural and psychological
obstructions - The project wants to raise awareness
among local population about the marginalization and
life conditions of people with disabilities, particularly
in this remote part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and
thereby to promote their equal opportunities and human
rights. It is the first project of this kind ever
implemented in this region of Bosnia. Round tables
were organised and messages conveyed to the media.
A network with four other DPOs from the upper part
of Drina has been created. |
| Tuzla |
Association of citizens with hearing
impairments |
Cultural and artistic presentation
of the youth with hearing impairments in Latino American
Dances - To raise awareness on the equal opportunities
and abilities of youth with disabilities in the Canton,
the Association organised dancing classes in latino
dances. Following the classes, they have organized
three public performances which attracted a lot of
attention and had a good television coverage at a
cantonal level. At the same time this project has
contributed to the increase of activism of members
within the association. |
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Name of the organization |
Project |
| Tirana |
Albanian Association of Invalids
of Labour |
DPOS Cross-border cooperation - In
order to advocate for supportive legislation in favour
of invalids of labour and lobby Albanian government
to put the issue on the political agenda, the project
aimed at sharing experiences with Macedonian DPOs.
The project highlights the benefits of such law for
the community as a whole, as any citizen can become
invalid of labour. The project organised 4 round tables
where representatives of local authorities and DPOs
from both Macedonia and Albania, gathered to discuss
and compare legislation and practice of in their respective
country. Sport activities have been organised among
people with disabilities for them to strengthen their
friendship. As a result, DPOs are ready to use the
new information obtained through exchange of knowledge
and good practices, in their respective countries. |
| Kukes |
Association of parents for Handicap
Children |
Training of association personnel
and sensibilisation of community members about rights
of children with disability – the project identified
the need for training of association’s staff
and for raising awareness in the community and among
parents of children with disability about rights of
disabled children. This will be achieved by providing
4 training modules for staff and by disseminating
information about rights of children with disability
to parents and other members of the community. |
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UN administered province of Kosovo |
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Name of the organization |
Project |
| Pristina |
Association of civil invalids of the
war |
Establishing and strengthening the
capacities of the association in the field - The project
aim is to re-organize and modernize the Association.
In order to achieve that, the efforts will be invested
into building of organizational capacity, creating of
database, providing information, advocacy and lobbying
in the institutions related to the rights of civil invalids
of the war, advocacy for vocational trainings and education. |
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