2020-09-07

Youth Fund - Grant Awards

On 1 September, the Center for Democracy Foundation officially awarded grants to the selected local youth organisations via the Youth Fund - Our Voice Must Also Be Heard and the EU Balkan Youth for Europe project. 64 applications were submitted, while 14 of the best projects were selected for grant approval.

The aim of the Youth Fund is to strengthen local democracy in the Western Balkans by providing support to local youth organisations that represent the active participation of young people at a local level. Let’s not forget that the total funds of the Youth Fund amount to EUR 78,000.

We would once again like to thank all the organisations for there interest and invite you to follow the Meet the Grantees campaign to get to know the supported local youth organisations, as well as their projects.

A list of the selected projects can be found in the table below:

Title of the Project	Name of the applicant	Contracting Authority
Singing Together – Youth Voices	Art Aparat	Serbia
Young2democracy	Demonstrational Garden Association	Serbia
Voices of youth make the decisions	Association ecologic organization ECO ACTION Tetovo	North Macedonia
Face to Face with Local Administration	Trade Union Educational Centre	Bosnia and Herzegovina
First steps towards Youth Centered Leskovac	Association of citizens Team 42	Serbia
Motivate, Activate, Participate!	NGO InterLingua	Montenegro
Youth as agents of fostering local democracy through active participation in structured dialogue	National Youth Congress of Albania	Albania
Empower Youth for Participation! (EYP)	Youth Voice Network	Albania
Gracanica Youth Clubs	Youth Association – Young Active Gracanica	Kosovo[*]
Opinion Poll on Budget Priorities of Youth	Balkanski razvojni centar Kraljevo	Serbia
We create dialogue	NYGEA	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Unijada 2020	Student's Union Vršac	Serbia
“Brus and youth”	Youth Centar Brus	Serbia
Unity in Diversity	RONA	Kosovo[*]

[*] This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence

‘Regional Youth Compact for Europe’ is a three-year project implemented by the Center for Democracy Foundation, together with 13 partners from the region. The project is financially supported by the European Union and Balkan Trust for Democracy.