ISC Serbia works with civil society organizations across Serbia to help them better represent the needs of ordinary people and become more influential partners with the business and government sectors.

1. Civil Society Advocacy Initiative (CSAI) Program Overview Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) Funded by the United States Agency for International Development what’s possible

3. Civil Society Advocacy Initiative ISC Serbia Key Program Activities CSAI GRANTS Advocacy in Practice, Innovation Fund, Special Initiatives… IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS Civic Initiatives, BCIF SMART Kolektiv, ECNL TRAINING PROGRAM FINANCE & ADMIN OUTREACH & VISIBILITY MONITORING & EVALUATION CSGA Program

7. Civil Society Advocacy Initiative ISC Serbia Support to 119 grassroots initiatives that engaged citizens to advocate for revitalizing local school yards and playgrounds, cleaning up rivers and illegal dumps, employment for people with disabilities, recycling, and greater visibility and human rights for all communities

8. Civil Society Advocacy Initiative ISC Serbia Trained 1,155 CSO representatives and activists in advocacy related topics

9. Civil Society Advocacy Initiative ISC Serbia Establishment of the VIRTUS Corporate Philanthropy Excellence Award recognizing outstanding companies in the area of corporate social responsibility while forging sustainable partnerships between CSOs & the private sector

10. Civil Society Advocacy Initiative ISC Serbia Launch of the Business Leaders Forum (BLF)

13. Civil Society Advocacy Initiative ISC Serbia Outreach & Visibility

15. Civil Society Advocacy Initiative ISC Serbia ISC Serbia Web statistics

16. Civil Society Advocacy Initiative ISC Serbia Support the establishment of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and 70+ Youth offices around the country, as well as adoption of a National Youth Strategy

17. Civil Society Advocacy Initiative ISC Serbia Provision of legal and policy reforms (national and local) on election legislation, promotion of government transparency and accountability, environment, youth, vulnerable populations and other issues People initiatives

18. Civil Society Advocacy Initiative ISC Serbia Support of a nation-wide Get Out the Vote campaign which galvanized the largest ever voter turnout during 2007 national elections

23. Civil Society Advocacy Initiative ISC Serbia Total Grants Awarded, in USD 37 BCIF ACAPs 7 BCIF PCAPs 5 EJI TYPE OF GRANT NUMBER OF GRANTS IP 4 AP 60 SI 69 IF 14 EI 10 SG 12 BCIF GRAGs 57 BCIF Green list 25 TOTAL GRANTS 300

24. Civil Society Advocacy Initiative ISC Serbia ISC/CSAI Grants; Share of Grant Programs

25. Civil Society Advocacy Initiative ISC Serbia Geographic Distribution of Grants 47 131 23 67 29 Other: 3

26. Civil Society Advocacy Initiative ISC Serbia CSAI Trainings

27. Civil Society Advocacy Initiative ISC Serbia Training Program Trends

28. what’s possible Institute for Sustainable Communities Civil Society for Government Accountability - CSGA Program Funded by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

29. ISC Serbia CSGA A Brief Overview what’s possible

32. CSGA Program funded by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Coalition capacity building

33. CSGA Program funded by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs CSGA PROMO: This suitcase contains 762,971,000 Dinars. It is the budget for Serbia for 2010. CSGA PROMO MATERIAL: 1,897 Dinars = minimum cost to take care of a child per month

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