SECTOR Project Support - Selected Grants

Approved project proposals - Serbia Title: Subotica knows what's composting CSO Contact: Association Youth and The Game, Subotica Amount: 10.000 EUR Description: Objectives: To reduce waste disposal on landfills, To raise awareness on the importance of composting and to change perception of organic component of waste from ‘useless’ to ‘useful’, To increase the number of institutions and households that practice composting, To bring together various sectors in resolving the waste problem. Activities: CSO plans to conduct workshops for teachers and students (elementary and secondary schools) and for citizens of local community Aleksandrovo, to produce a publication-Manual for Composting (in Serbian and Hungarian language), to install seven composting units (in school, households and local municipality), to carry out a media campaign (that includes production and broadcasting of a movie about composting in Serbian and Hungarian language), to publish Environmental Information Brochure “Horizonti” (in Serbian and Hungarian language), to organize press conferences, to make a public survey about composting and about how much the citizens are interested in composting; and to provide consultancy to those interested in composting. Expected outcomes: Raised awareness about benefits of composting, and increased number of citizens engaged in composting practice. This is expected to reduce solid waste disposal and enrich the soil, and finally improve environmental situation, living conditions and human health. CSO will organize 8 workshops, install seven composting units (in school, households and local municipality), produce 500 publications “Manual for Composting”; produce a movie about composting, publish 2.400 (4x800) Environmental Information Brochure “Horizonti” (all of this in Serbian and Hungarian language), organize two press conferences, make a public survey, and create a date base. Title: Waste management plan for engine oils on the territory of Municipality of Paracin, with analysis of the possibility of their use in the local heating plant CSO Contact: Union of Environmentalists UNEKO-Regional Center Paracin Amount: 10.000 EUR Description: Objectives: To set the bases for creation of sustainable system for collection, transport and disposal of waste motor oils, and implementation of the National Strategy for waste management, To improve waste management by creating Waste Management Plan for Motor Waste Oils for the Municipality of Paracin, To promote investments and maximize economic benefits generated from this type of waste. Activities: First, CSO plans to identifying the location of motor waste oil generators, to determine the path and the amount of waste oils created in Paracin, than to analyse the data obtained in this first step, as well as analyse the policy and legislation related to motor waste oil management, and compare it with international practice (with emphasis on neighbouring countries). Using all this information, CSO plans to create a Waste Management Plan for Motor Waste Oils for the Municipality of Paracin, and to organize public debate that will include stakeholders in decision making. In addition, CSO plans to analyze the potential of motor waste oil use for heating, conduct a demonstration project that includes construction of collection point, as well as conduct an awareness raising campaign. Expected outcomes: Improved motor waste oil management, increased amount of properly collected and transported motor waste oil; finally project plans to contribute to creating more sustainable waste management system that will improve energy efficiency of the community, environmental situation, and health. CSO will produce: Waste Management Plan for Motor Waste Oils for the Municipality of Paracin, Analysis of the potential of motor waste oil use for heating; organize a public debate; 400 leaflets, 200 CDs with Waste Management Plan for Motor Waste Oils for the Municipality of Paracin, a billboard, 200 calendars; construct a collection point for motor waste oils (volume 3 m3). Title: Old oil for new oil CSO Contact: Environmental Movement Moravski orašak, Trstenik Amount: 8.300 EUR Description: Objectives: To raise awareness about proper collection and disposal of waste oils, To enable school professors to transfer the knowledge related to proper waste oil management to students in local vocational school, To strengthen private-public partnership in solving waste oil problems. Activities: CSO plans to identify the enterprises that produce waste oils, than consult with municipality inspectors, and do the review of the legislation related to handling the waste oils; they also plan to organize a seminar for professors about proper waste oil management, workshop for entrepreneurs, lectures for students in vocational schools, and a study tour - a visit to facilities in charged with waste oil management. CSO also plans an awareness raising campaign, that includes printing and distribution of promotional material, and production and broadcasting of the TV slot about good practise examples. In order to mobilize the community, CSO plans to create partnerships among stakeholders (local municipality, waste oils producers, association of entrepreneurs, retailers, technical school), and carry out action of collecting waste oils. Expected outcomes: Raised public awareness regarding proper handling of waste oils, current and potential producers of waste oils educated about proper handling of waste oils, established partnerships between civil sector, educational institutions and commercial sector. CSO will produce: 500 leaflets, 100 brochures, 3 press conferences, two-day workshop for professors and one workshop for entrepreneurs, study tour for 50 selected participants, and 40 lectures (40xtwo classes) for students in vocational schools. Title: Promotion of sustainable urban life style CSO Contact: Association of Urban Planners of Serbia, Belgrade Amount: 9.000 EUR Description: Objectives: To provide basis for strategy for sustainable urban development in cities in Serbia, by producing the document with recommendations/guidelines, and define “sustainable urban life style”, To identify key target groups in Serbia that work on developing, adopting and implementing diverse planning documentation in following fields: a) energy efficiency, b) sustainable transport and c) urban planning, and connect them into a network, To promote sustainable urban life style as a way for improving the quality of environment in cities. Activities: CSO plans to collect and analyse the information on urban environmental issues (energy efficiency, urban planning and sustainable transport in particular), define sustainable urban life style and thus produce a draft of the “Guide for sustainable life style”. They also plan to organize two roundtables for identified organizations and institutions (that include Environmental Secretariat, Ministry for Capital Investments, and Institute for Architecture and Urban Planning), and create final “Guide for sustainable life style”. These activities are accompanied by awareness raising campaign. Expected outcomes: Project plans to engage professionals (urban planners, architects, transport engineers) and the public in this project, and strengthen the link between organizations and institutions in charged with urban issues (Environmental Secretariat, Ministry for Capital Investments, and Institute for Architecture and Urban Planning), and raise awareness on environmental situation and “sustainable urban life style”. CSO will produce and distribute 500 brochures “Guide for sustainable life style” that covers energy efficiency, urban planning and sustainable transport, organize two round tables on energy efficiency and sustainable transport, create a web site, produce press releases and posters. Title: Green Corridor Kale-Sarlah nature and history together for sustainable development of Municipality of Pirot CSO Contact: Society for Environmental Protection Stara Planina, Pirot Amount: 8.900 EUR Description: Objectives: To develop Management Plan for Green Corridor (an area with unique natural and cultural potential) and include stakeholders in this process, in order to ensure sustainable development of this region, To raise awareness about the value of Green Corridor, about the importance of the protection and sustainable management of the Corridor, To strengthen the role of civil society in planning and decision making on local level. Activities: CSO plans to create Management Plan for Green Corridor Kale-Sarlah through consultations and workshops that will engage stakeholders: organizations, institutions and NGOs that deal with environmental protection, urban planning and protection of cultural heritage (Museum Ponisavlje, Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments, Public Enterprise for Forestry Srbijasume, PE Urban Planning Pirot), as well as Women Association “Skilful Hands”. CSO also plans awareness raising campaign that includes billboards, radio shows, roundtables, producing and distributing leaflets. Finally, CSO plans an action of arranging the Green Corridor (project plans to organize cleaning, mark paths, put information boards), that will engage citizens, NGOs from the region and schoolchildren. Expected outcomes: More sustainable use of natural and cultural heritage of Green Corridor Kale-Sarlah, preservation of natural and cultural heritage and economic benefits for the region; raised awareness and strengthened civil sector. CSO will produce: Management Plan for Green Corridor Kale-Sarlah, 3.000 leaflets, 1.000 posters, 500 brochures, 10 radio and 4 TV slots, 4 roundtables, and 4 open forums, 10 information boards. Title: Educational-informative campaign for waste-selection (PET and cans) in Zrenjanin CSO Contact: Fund for Recovery and Recycling of Beverage Cans, Belgrade Amount: 10.000 EUR Description: Objectives: To raise awareness and provide information on the benefits of recovery and recycling of PET and used beverage cans, To contribute to save resources and thus protect environment, To use gathered information to create pilot model for planning integrated collection of packaging on local level To enhance the cooperation between public and private actors in waste management. Activities: In first phase, CSO plans to participate in installing the containers for separate waste collection (secondary raw materials collection) in cooperation with Public Utilities Company Zrenjanin, Recan and DEPO, and to estimate the population covered with separate collection system, and the amount of secondary raw materials that can be collected during the project period. Than they plan an informative campaign in two languages (Serbian and Hungarian) that includes 20.000 informative leaflets delivered together with bill for waste removal to households covered by separate collection system (leaflets will contain information on newly installed infrastructure for collection and benefits of recovery and recycling); billboards (20 billboards for the period of one week); public campaign-basketball game on the streets of Zrenjanin under the slogan “The basket for the clean city”; and conference where results are presented. CSO also plans educational campaign for schools that include workshops, posters, leaflets, brochures, as well as collecting material provided to the schools (collection boxes and jambo bags) and actions of collecting cans in schools on the territory of Municipality of Zrenjanin. Expected outcomes: Increased rate of recovered packages (PET and cans) in Zrenjanin (minimum 150 kg of cans collected); campaign: 20 billboards, 20000 leaflets in Serbian and Hungarian language, 300 schoolchildren educated about recovery and recycling in 10 schools; and created a pilot model for planning integrated collection of packaging on local level by using the data gathered in this process. Title: Energy-efficient society- a goal we aim at CSO Contact: Civic Association Environmental Engineers, Novi Sad Amount: 10.000 EUR Description: Objectives: To raise public awareness in Novi Sad and Vojvodina about rational use of electric energy in households, To develop capacities of partner organizations for dealing with the problem of energy inefficiency. Activities: First, CSO plans educational campaign for young people through workshops and lectures about rational use of electric energy (in cooperation with Faculty for Technical Sciences, Provincial Secretariat for Sport and Youth, Provincial Secretariat for environmental protection and sustainable development, Student Union). Second, in the practical part – CSO plans to involve households and replace the energy inefficient products (light bulbs) with energy efficient ones in households and give instructions to household members on rational use of electric energy. CSO also plans to open the Centre for Energy Efficiency for Households, which will provide consultations to citizens and inform about possibilities of rational use of electric energy in households through web service, via e-mail, in person, through eco-phone line, and library. They also plan an awareness raising campaign that includes producing and distributing promo materials (in Hungarian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovakian language), press conferences, briefing for journalists, advertising in media, TV slot, radio jingle, web site, public promotions, open competition for drawings and paintings in primary and secondary schools. Expected outcomes: Raised public awareness on sustainable use of energy resources in urban areas with focus on energy efficiency, energy efficient devices in particular, and changed consumers’ habits in this respect; educated young people through this project and established Center for Energy Efficiency in Households; and finally, reduced energy consumption in households in Vojvodina and thus reduced negative impact on environment. CSO will produce: 2.500 brochures, press conferences, advertising in media, TV slot, radio jingle, web site; open the Centre for Energy Efficiency for Households; train 20 young people; replace the energy inefficient products (light bulbs) with energy efficient ones in 20 households. Title: Recycling - Way to urban sustainability CSO Contact: Center for Environmental Balkan Initiatives, Belgrade Amount: 10.000 EUR Description: Objectives: To promote waste separation at its source, recycling and waste reduction by changing existing consumers’ habits of teachers, pupils, citizens and communal enterprises’ employees, To improve the attitude of citizens toward environment, with focus on waste; to raise awareness about the importance of their active involvement in the process of separating waste, recycling on the territory of Pancevo Municipality, To provide information on good waste management practice in languages of different ethnic groups in Pancevo, To educate the media on waste separation, recycling, waste minimization, reuse, in order to achieve adequate media coverage of these issues, To enhance cooperation between stakeholders: citizens, schools, local government, NGO sector, media, public utility enterprise, as key actors in solid waste management, To set a model of promoting good waste management practice, applicable to other municipalities. Activities: First, CSO plans an awareness raising campaign about recycling that includes preparation, printing and distribution of promo material (leaflets and billboard). They also plan to prepare, translate and publish the Glossary of Recycling in Romanian, Hungarian, Slovakian, Bulgarian and Serbian language. The continuation of awareness raising campaign includes preparing the cycle of radio shows under the title Recycling-Way of Urban Sustainability and broadcasting on Radio Pancevo, press conference, and participation in TV program. In addition, CSO plans to organize a workshop for teachers, workshops for pupils in schools, and a workshop for other stakeholders. In the end, they will have an action of cleaning the area Ponjavica, river bank area under protection. Expected outcomes: Raised awareness of multiethnic community about the importance of public participation in finding solutions to the problems of adequate solid waste treatment and introduction of recycling, as a road to urban sustainability; created pilot model for educating students and teachers. CSO will produce: 20.000 leaflets, 300 posters, web portal, publish Glossary of Recycling (400 in Serbian, and 600 in Romanian, Hungarian, Slovakian, Bulgarian), 15 radio shows, workshop for teachers, 16 workshops for pupils in schools, and a workshop for other stakeholders. Title: Towards sustainable heating energy use in Novi Sad CSO Contact: Environmental Movement Novi Sad Amount: 8.800 EUR Description: Objectives: To collect the data about thermal isolation of buildings, To raise awareness about the importance and necessity of more efficient use of heating energy, To raise awareness of city officials regarding system of payment of consumed heating energy, by lobbying for introduction of payments that are proportional to the amount of consumed heating energy, and introduction of mandatory inspection of thermal isolation of new buildings using Infra Red Camera method. Activities: CSO plans to conduct a control of thermal isolation of buildings; they plan to do the measurements of the efficiency of isolation using infra red camera, analyse the results, and then produce the report about efficiency of thermal isolation of buildings. CSO also plans to produce and distribute a brochure about energy efficiency and thermal isolation of buildings, and present the results at press conferences and TV roundtables, as well as lobby for change in payment system (introduction of payments that are proportional to the amount of consumed heating energy) and introduction of mandatory inspection of thermal isolation of new buildings using Infra Red Camera method. Expected outcomes: Raised awareness about the importance of energy efficiency in buildings, increased energy efficiency and heating energy savings in Novi Sad, and more sustainable heating energy use. CSO will produce: 1500 leaflets, 1500 Brochures about energy efficiency and thermal isolation of buildings, two press conferences and two TV roundtables.

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