CALL FOR PROPOSAL: Slovak - Serbian EU Enlargement Fund - Joint Project of the Pontis Foundation and the Center for Democracy Foundation

The Pontis Foundation (Slovakia) and the Center for Democracy Foundation (CDF) (Serbia) announced the first Call for Proposal for researchers and organizations from Serbia to undertake research projects on the topic of:

• Financial applications of EU environmental regulations in Serbia: critical issues ahead
• EU pre-accession funds for Serbia: practical lessons from Slovakia
• Slovakia’s “catching up” with more advanced Central European countries (H, CZ, PL) in the EU enlargement: example for the Western Balkans countries?
• Serbia as an EU candidate country: the issue of internal coordination.

Who may apply:

• Individual researchers, who are citizens of Serbia, under 35 years (including M.A. students in the last year of their studies) with excellent knowledge of English
• Journalists who are citizens of Serbia under 35 years
• Organizations registered in Serbia (NGOs, faculties, research institutes, think tanks, media)

All the necessary information about the call and contacts in English can be found on the website and in Serbian. The deadline for sending the project proposals is 28 February 2010. An evaluation committee, including independent experts and representatives of the Serbian Integration Office, will select grant recipients by the end of March 2010. Contact persons for additional information are: Milica Podjanin (milica@centaronline.org) and Svetlana Vukomanovic (svetlana@centaronline.org).