Government of the Republic of Serbia
Social innovation is “new ideas that function and represent practices, processes, products, services, business models, instruments and methodologies, or combinations of the above, aimed at providing a better response to an unmet need or social issue through a deep understanding of the problem viewed from various standpoints, particularly from the perspective of final beneficiaries and other target groups, and through the mapping of all stakeholders and resources that exist in a community to resolve the problem.”
The Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit of the Government of the Republic of Serbia held a one-day Initial Workshop on 24 May 2019 for applicants (local self-government units and their project partners (local civil society organizations) from Šumadija and Western and Southern and Eastern Serbia) whose project proposals (full applications) were chosen for support under Phase 1: Support to the testing of developed innovative solutions under the “Programme of local initiatives for social inclusion and poverty reduction: Support to the development of innovative models for social inclusion – LIP 2”.
The workshop was attended by nearly 30 representatives of local self-government units and civil society organizations that will be supported through Phase 1 of the LIP 2 programme: Support for the testing of developed innovative solutions in four thematic areas, namely: education (City of Pirot, Municipality of Lebane, Municipality of Bela Palanka, City of Novi Pazar, Municipality of Raška); social welfare (Municipality of Surdulica, City of Užice, City of Kraljevo, Municipality of Bojnik); employment (Municipality of Majdanpek, Municipality of Ražanj, Municipality of Nova Varoš, Municipality of Čajetina); and health (City of Zaječar, Municipality of Sjenica).
The goal of the initial workshop was to remind the participants of what should be the result of their work during the four months of support through Phase 1 and to reflect on the project proposals and proposed activities, success factors, contracting and technical details.
The Programme of local initiatives for social inclusion and poverty reduction – Support to the development of innovative models for social inclusion – LIP 2 was made possible by the Government of Switzerland, implemented for the second time by the Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit of the Government of the Republic of Serbia. The programme is being implemented with the aim of improving the status of vulnerable groups in society (women, youth, Roma, migrants, persons with disabilities), particularly those living in rural and extremely impoverished areas, through the improvement of existing and establishment of new/innovative approaches and/or innovative measures/services/programmes in local communities.
Click here to download the materials (in the Serbian language) used during the implementation of the Initial Workshop:
- “Initial Workshop for LSUs and Partners whose proposals were selected at the LIP call – Phase 1” – Presentation (.pdf)
- “Initial Workshop for LSUs and Partners whose proposals were selected at the LIP call – Phase 1” – Exercises (.pdf)
- Exercise worksheet no. 1 (.pdf)
- Exercise worksheet no. 2 (.pdf)
- Project rankings by points (.pdf)
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