By virtue of article 22 of the  Law on remedying the consequences of seizure of assets of Holocaust victims with no living heirs (Official Gazette of the RS No.13/2016) and article 22 of the Articles of Association of the Federation of Jewish Communities  of Serbia dated 17 March 2013., at its session held on 14 April 2019, the Executive Board announced the following     

   I N V I T A T I O N
 TO APPLY FOR FUNDING PROJECTS IN CONNECTION WITH RESEARCHING AND DOCUMENTING THE HOLOCAUST PERIOD IN SERBIA (1.1./А) AND MARKING SIGNIFICANT DATES FROM THE HOLOCAUST PERIOD AND COMMEMORATIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA (1.1./B) FOR 2019
PROGRAM: 1.1/А И 1.1./B

The subject of this invitation is Financing projects associated with collecting and systematizing documentation on the Holocaust in the territory of the Republic of Serbia as well as projects associated with marking significant dates from the Holocaust period and commemorations in the Republic of Serbia.

Applications are invited for funding collection and processing of documents kept by institutions and individuals in the country and abroad pertaining to the Holocaust period in Serbia, processing of documents at the Jewish Historical Museum, new JHM exhibitions as a result of processing new and revising newly-processed existing documents, projects entailing cooperation with other cultural institutions in Serbia and abroad through annual exhibition space programs, issuance of publications in connection with collected and processed documents from the Holocaust period and marking dates and commemorations in 2019.

The purpose of the invitation is to include individuals and scientific institutions from Serbia in collecting the remaining documentation from the Holocaust period and processing such documentation in order to permanently preserve the material testimonies about the Holocaust in Serbia and to ensure that significant dates and commemorations associated with the Holocaust period are solemnly marked. 

The total amount to be awarded per invitation is RSD 2,242,000.00.
        
The final decision on the selection of projects and the award of funds shall be rendered by the Executive Board of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Serbia based on the project selection proposals prepared by a commission formed for that purpose by the Executive Board.

All projects must meet the following criteria (requirements):

•    Quality, significance, and substantiveness of the proposed project;
•    All projects must  be conceived to strengthen/upgrade  the capacity, networking, and professionalization of the institution’s activity;
•    All projects must  ensure the conditions to make results of the project accessible to citizens,  enable massive use of the project results, and contribute to animation and inclusion of and knowledge transfer to the widest possible  public outside the Jewish Community;
•    All projects must incite intercultural dialogue;
•    All projects must improve international cooperation and create conditions for the inclusion in international projects, programs, and networks;
•    All projects must be in the function of marking significant dates and commemorations from the Holocaust period and contribute to the culture of remembrance;
•    All projects must ensure conditions for the realization and preservation of the cultural identity of the Jewish people through identifying all forms of present-day antisemitism, which led to the tragedy of the Holocaust in the past.

Technical criteria for the selection of projects are as follows:
Meeting the formal competition requirements: 

•    complete documentation along with project description and detailed information on the project, and with the clearly contracted place and time of the project execution;
•    submission of a detailed specification of project costs along with a list of all project sources of finance;

The following shall not be taken into consideration:

Only Jewish Communities in Serbia, institutions, and individuals from Serbia are eligible to apply for funding under this Invitation.

One project can apply only under one invitation or competition announced by the FJCS
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•    (Application) Form 1. 
•    Form for reporting as foreseen by the Instructions for narrative and financial reporting;

The following items must be attached with the application form when applying in any of the invitation fields:

Applicant’s data;

•    If the applicant is a Jewish Community or institution, the applicant’s official identification data must be included; if the applicant is an individual his/her biography must be included.
•    detailed project description;
•    proof of partnership and cooperation /contract, agreement, etc./;
•    list of participants in the project including at least one professional biography;
•    detailed budget;
•    letter of invitation for projects in the field of international cooperation;
 
Considered shall be only the applications that are:
•    complete and compiled in line with the above-specified order. 
•    submitted using application forms downloaded from the FJCS’s website, filled out accurately and in compliance with the application requirements, with financial sums expressed solely in RSD.  
•    handwritten or typewritten (printed using a typewriter) applications shall not be accepted

Project applications  can be  submitted by mail only, (address: Savez Jevrejskih Opština Srbije, Lomina 32-34, 11000 Beograd) with a note "INVITATION FOR FINANCING  PROJECTS IN CONNECTION WITH RESEARCHING AND DOCUMENTING THE HOLOCAUST PERIOD IN SERBIA (1.1./А) AND MARKING SIGNIFICANT DATES FROM THE HOLOCAUST PERIOD AND COMMEMORATIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA (1.1./B) FOR 2019“

Applications are to be submitted for each project separately;
•    On the envelope, next to the note “POZIV….” (Invitation) please clearly print also the code of the field the project application refers to.

Applications must be submitted in three copies

 Submitted materials are non-returnable.

The invitation shall be open as of  17 April 2019. Applications shall be received until 17 May 2019.

Results shall be posted on the official website of the FJCS within 45 days at the latest counting from the final deadline for project application acceptance. All participants shall be deemed notified of the results as of the date of posting thereof on the FJCS’s official webpage.

 PLEASE NOTE:

•    The FJCS’s Commission shall consider applications and propose projects based on submitted documentation and data on projects contained therein.   Funds shall be awarded purposefully for concrete projects and NO subsequent project changes in terms of fund beneficiaries and projects themselves  SHALL BE POSSIBLE (i.e., it will not be possible to propose another project in lieu of the selected one, i.e., to reassign already awarded funds).
•    Each project applied for by the same application must be mailed separately.

Coverage of the following expenses shall be considered to be purposeful use of funds:
•    expenses necessary for conducting proposed activities; 
•    expenses  that are in conformity with  the principles of legality and cost-effective management, with particular focus on obtaining the best value for money;
•    real expenses are borne by the applicant or his partner during the project realization period;
•    any and all expenses must be recorded during the period of project implementation, in accounts and other financial documents maintained by the applicant or his partner(s); such expenses must be recognizable and verifiable and supported by original documentation the copies of which shall serve as the basis for justification of such expenses to the FJCS,

Any and all expenses associated with project implementation are allowable save for accounting ones.

Possible fees foreseen by the project must be calculated and justified together  with applicable taxes and contributions
Applications received outside the set time period shall be rejected. 

If you require any further information, please contact us on 011 2910/363  (Biljana Popadić), weekdays, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.