In 1992 United Nations General Assembly declared 3rd of December the International day of persons with disabilities. The aim of the observance of this day is to promote a better understanding of issues that persons with disabilities face in a wider community, a better respect of their rights and their inclusion. The society often sees [...]
Caritas in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina organized trainings on „Management of social inclusion initiatives" within the SOCIETIES project in Belgrade and Sarajevo from 13 to 17 November 2017. The aim of the training was to improve the knowledge and skills of Civil Society Organization (CSO) for establishing social inclusion programs for people with [...]
Caritas Serbia has observed the 10th of October - World mental health day also this year, together with the associations, members of the Network for mental health NaUM. Unlike the previous years, where there was a bigger attention on the promotion of mental health, this year the associations had a chance to present their work. [...]
The World Mental Health Day is observed each year on October 10, and it is an opportunity to warn of the growing mental illness and disease problem with the aim of raising awareness, education and efforts to improve mental health. In this regard, Caritas BiH at Sarajevo Children's Square organized the distribution of promotional materials, [...]
In the framework of the regional project “SOCIETIES - Support of CSOs in empowering technical skills, inclusion of people with disabilities and EU standards in South East Europe” funded by EU and implemented in Albania by Caritas Albania on the 2nd of October 2017 in the premises of EU Info Center, was held the ceremony [...]
Caritas Bosnia and Herzegovina, within the EU funded project SOCIETIES, signed the agreements for co-financing of 6 social entrepreneurship and community based services initiatives of civil society organizations for people with disabilities and mental health problems. The Signing ceremony was organized on Wednesday, 2 August 2017, at the EU info center in Sarajevo. Through the [...]
Within the regional project SOCIETIES in Montenegro, grants were awarded for 6 local initiatives of organizations that work with people with disabilities or people with mental health problems. For this competition, 20 organizations applied with their project ideas. The following projects were supported: NGO New Chance from Herceg-Novi – We Recycle paper and employ PWDs; [...]
In the framework of the Call for Proposals for subgranting, within the project SOCIETIES – SUPPORT OF CSOS IN EMPOWERING TECHNICAL SKILLS, INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND EU STANDARDS IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE, Caritas Kosovo received more than 20 applications from various NGOs from Kosovo. Based on the evaluation of Selection Committee, 4 organizations [...]
On Monday, June 26th, on the premises of EU Info Center in Belgrade, a solemn signature ceremony of the subgranting contracts was held with the CSOs that submitted winning projects in the framework of the project SOCIETIES - SUPPORT OF CSOS IN EMPOWERING TECHNICAL SKILLS, INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND EU STANDARDS IN SOUTH [...]
A study visit in the framework of the project SOCIETIES has been organized in Bulgaria, from 18-23 June by Caritas Bulgaria. Project SOCIETIES aims at helping the associations of civil society to strengthen their capacities and provide them with financial support for the implementation of the local initiatives that would contribute to a better social [...]
