2016

KoRSE started drafting a document detailing the legislation and outlining a strategy for involving this coalition in the development of social entrepreneurship in Serbia.

With a partner from the SIGN network, the “Handbook for the Implementation of Fundraising Standards” was published in five different languages, with intensive promotion throughout the region.

A contract was signed with the delegation of the European Union in Serbia, and thus the three-year project Voice of the Community about the EU – improving the dialogue between local CSOs and the Government was started, to empower local organizations to take an active role in creating policies and making decisions at the local, regional and national level in Serbia.

As part of the Right to a Speech on Politics project, which was implemented in partnership with CRTA, with the financial support of USAID, the Trag Foundation launched three grant programs aimed at increasing citizen participation in decision-making processes: Openly About Public Policies, Faith in Parliament and Democracy, That’s Me.

Info Park focuses on providing emergency assistance to refugees in Belgrade. By October 2016, it had distributed over 250,000 meals, as well as a significant amount of other items.

Trag Foundation continued its major fundraising campaign to build the Endowment Fund.

The SIGN network held a conference called Philanthropy and Civil Society: Action for the Common Good in Podgorica. The conclusions from this conference will serve as the basis for the development of a regional declaration that would further define the important steps to be taken at all levels in order to increase support for the civil society sector and the development of philanthropy in the region.

Trag’s team continues to grow.