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Project ID: | 00067229 | Description: | MDGF-1972-F-SRB Promoting Peac |
Fund: | Start Date *: | 31 Dec 2008 | |
Theme: | MDGF Conflict Prev Peacebld |
End Date*: | 31 Mar 2013 |
Country: | Serbia | Project Status: | Financially Closed |
Participating Organization: | Multiple |
About
Overview:The Peace-Building and Inclusive Local Development (PBILD) programme is composed of two joint UN Programmes: the ‘Promoting Peace- Building in South Serbia’, funded by the Spanish Millennium Goals Achievement Fund (MDG-F), and ‘Strengthening capacity for Inclusive Local Development in South Serbia’. They were designed to be paired and implemented together with a shared overall objective to reduce the discrepancies that currently exist between Jablanicki and Pcinjski Districts and the remainder of Serbia. They were implemented as one programme through joint planning, implementation, reporting and had a combined M&E framework. Under Outcome 1 the JP helped improve cooperation between political representatives of the ethnic minorities and majority through capacity development on gender equality and minority rights issues. This resulted in having 30% of women in the newly elected local assemblies, (baseline 18,5 %). While at the beginning of the JP only 6 of the 13 municipalities had gender mechanisms established, by the end of the programme all had Councils/Committees or at least gender coordinator. The JP supported the establishment of six new Safety Councils, and reactivation of three through capacity building and support to development of safety strategies and action plans. In addition, 14 Local Safety Diagnoses were formulated, including Regional Diagnosis, and 11 Safety Strategies. Furthermore, improved cooperation between around 160 political representatives of the ethnic minorities and majority was done through the capacity development programme covering two topics: gender equality and minority rights issues. Conflict mediation effected a real change not only with respect to beneficiaries in improving their skills and expertise in the field of conflict mediation, but also in raising awareness and promotion of mediation as an instrument for conflict management. It also managed to bring together and network different sectors (institutions and organizations) and different ethnicities, which is of significant importance in a polarized society such as Southern Serbia. The network of local professionals, trained in conflict mediation, was established and institutionalized in the form of local NGO Decendo, a significant local resource for different future initiatives towards peace building in this geographical area. Training and mentoring support for the production of 16 gender-, minority-, and conflict-sensitive TV, print and radio broadcasts was provided to local media. These productions were tackling the most prominent problems faced by vulnerable groups and ethnic minorities and represented the proof that the journalists had been empowered to recognize problems existing in the society and have the integrity to draw attention to them as the first step in providing solutions. Well-trained local media in gender-, minority-, and conflict sensitive reporting also contributed to better integration and reducing of conflict risk reporting. This outcome directly contributed to the National Strategy for Closure of Collective Centres (CC) allowing for 262 IDPs (out of 823) to move from collective centres to acceptable accommodation through purchase of villages houses (24 houses purchased), provision of building material (33 building material packages) and in kind and cash grants (40 in total). This enabled beneficiaries to focus on other important matters such as job hunting and paying for school fees, while extending their social networks and speeding up their full integration into society. The ability of municipalities to formulate, implement and monitor public policies was strengthened through Outcome 2 with the creation of the Municipal DevInfo database containing 142 disaggregated indicators recommended by local stakeholders in PBILD municipalities. DevInfo Municipal Profiles enable easy comparison across municipalities and are accessible to all, improving transparency and accountability. They are also useful information to national level decision makers by evidencing disparities among municipalities. In addition to this, seven municipalities (Vlasotince, Bujanovac, Vladicin Han, Surdulica, Crna Trava, Bosilegrad, Medvedja and Vranjska Banja) had their sustainable strategies revised through gender and minority rights perspective. Monitoring manual was developed during the revision process to support the implementation of those strategies. Access to health care for vulnerable groups was significantly improved resulting in an increase in visits to doctors amongst women, men and children as well as an increased share of immunized children which rose from 49% to 90%, with nearly 1,000 healthcare professionals sensitized to the needs of vulnerable groups, particularly Roma. In addition, quality of education, especially for children from minority groups, and those with disabilities, was improved through increased capacities of teachers and improved conditions for inclusive education. The quality of education, especially for children from minority groups, and those with disabilities, was improved by investing in capacities of teachers and improving conditions for inclusive education (infrastructure and assistive technologies). Teachers’ increased capacity for teaching Serbian as a non-mother tongue using active learning methods directly benefited 2,240 pupils. Inclusion of vulnerable groups into education was supported through improvements in physical accessibility of schools and provision of assistive technologies, as well as capacity building of teachers to apply individualized approach in teaching. This package of support advanced the quality of education for 4,966 pupils. Better access to public services to all citizens, improvement of the level of human rights and promotion of better governance in the region with the special focus on the position of national minorities in the region, their access to rights, gender equality, and improvement of the whole culture of human rights were the result of the work with the Ombudsman`s office. Three outreach offices (in Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja) were established in 2010 and capacities of both national and outreach offices staff were developed through the on-the-job mentoring by the Ombudsman office. Employment interventions under Outcome 3 were accompanied by staff development to strengthen institutional capacity. Approximately 145 unemployed women and men participated in the different programmes. Follow up showed a placement rate of 46.2%.Employment interventions with local Self-Governments resulted in access to employment for at least 600 people through various employment programmes such as: women entrepreneurship, start-up business support, high school students trained in entrepreneurship etc. As a result of activities under Outcome 4, migrants have better access to social protection programmes as new social protection strategies were developed which recognize migrants as a vulnerable group, while existing strategies were revised in another 7 municipalities to include migrants as target groups. Direct work with 13 Centers for Social Welfare resulted in improved provision of home care services, health care and social protection to people affected by migration in the mountainous area. In cooperation with the Government Office for Human and Minority rights several brochures and leaflets were revised and developed providing information on readmission agreement, reintegration of returnees, as well as to raise the attention to the topics such as a) White Schengen List, b) Illegal stay abroad and c) Asylum. In order to raise awareness on the complexity of migration issues and migration problems faced in South Serbia the programme conducted an Inclusive Development Survey, research studies were commissioned to collect data on migration in southern Serbia (to discover the reasons for migrating, but also to find out the needs of migrants) and high-level round tables, conferences and outreach campaigns were held.
Outcome 1:Community Cohesion and Human Capital: Communities in South Serbia are stronger,more integrated, and better able to reduce inter-ethnic tensions and conflict risk.
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Outcome 2:Public Services: More equitable and improved access to public services and welfarebenefits (including basic registration documentation, health and education).
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Outcome 3:Economic Development: Increased overall economic prosperity of the region, and reduced discrepancies in wealth and employment between ethnic groups, and with other parts of the country.
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Outcome 4:Migration Management: Migrants from the region fully participate in the social andeconomic life of the region and thereby contribute to the development of their wider communitiesand Serbia’s EU integration aspirations.
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