2022
Within the framework of the Solidarity Response to COVID-19 – Building Community Resilience project, a total of $35,755 was provided in the form of funds for matching donations, as a continuous support in the fight against the consequences of the pandemic.
With the support of the European Union, the Empower2Change project was launched to increase the capacity of organizations to effectively deal with policy reforms related to local socio-economic development in the context of EU integration.
The VIRTUS award was awarded for the 15th time, for the second time online.
New organizations are joining the trail program for the empowerment of women’s rights.
The national publication What If It Can? is published within the regional project SIGN Up for Impact, funded by the EU, and presents stories from the Sustainability Academy program implemented in 2019 .
Two brochures, based on the successfully adopted instructions for obtaining tax benefits for donors in Serbia, were published on the website of the Tax Administration: 1) Manual for organizations – recipients of donations on the use of the mechanism of tax benefits, a complementary document to the adopted instructions for donors, 2) Summary of instructions for donors-business entities.
A study focused on the analysis of long-term partnerships between the business and civil sectors awarded with the VIRTUS award for philanthropy in Serbia was conducted. Based on the collected data, the e-publication Who Cooperates, Wins was also prepared.
The five-year Power of Activism project, supported by the American Agency for International Development USAID, has started, in partnership with the organizations CRTA, the Umbrella Organization of the Youth of Serbia, BeFem, the Serbian Philanthropic Forum and the Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation.
The Coalition for the Development of the Solidarity Economy has achieved great success in advocating for policy changes. After almost a decade of work on the draft law, the Law on Social Entrepreneurship was adopted on February 4, 2022 .
The regional project Seeds of Inclusion, which was implemented with partners from North Macedonia, with the support of the European Union, has been completed.
