USAID Serbia and Montenegro
Agribusiness (Serbia): Serbian companies assisted made $16.7m in registered sales in 2008. Recent trade shows expected to bring over $17m in contracts. | Local Economic growth (Serbia): Municipalities in USAID’s Municipal Economic Growth Activity attracted over 800m Euro in investments and created over 11,000 jobs in two years by becoming more business friendly; 270 new businesses opened; 26 Local Economic Development offices set up to actively attract investments. | Commercial Courts (Serbia) have become more efficient and transparent with Case Management Systems in all 16 courts and the High Commercial Court. Case backlogs cut drastically. | Compete Project (Serbia): Helping to bring Serbian companies back into world market – leading directly to $20.5m in 2008 exports. Helping to introduce International Industry standards that allow companies to compete in the global marketplace. Attracted major film productions and millions in investments. | Support to companies (Serbia) in vulnerable areas increased their competitiveness. 2008 sales at trade/shows fairs for assisted companies up 42%. | Economic systems (Serbia): Helped introduce: VAT; private pensions; investment funds; sound insurance industry, bankruptcy and enforcement and modern payment systems. | Opportunity Bank (Serbia) loans created 5,000+ new jobs and ensured 40,000+ existing jobs were kept. Only lender for vulnerable people who have little access to credit. | Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) (Serbia): Civil Society activities have brought together 14 major companies and an array of NGOs to establish culture of CSR. | Preparedness Planning (Serbia): USAID works with all levels of government to improve disaster risk reduction, trained 675 responders from 50 Municipalities on disaster management. | Civil Society Grants (Serbia): USAID assisted 160 Civil Society organizations with $5.2 million in 2.5yrs to better represent the needs of ordinary people & become more influential partners with businesses and government in the democratic process. | Media (Serbia): USAID media assistance has contributed to more independent, professional and financially viable media outlets and media associations. The regulatory environment now better supports the development of e-media; 2,000+ media professionals trained. | Court Reform (Serbia): U.S. assistance helped increase independence and the professional skills of judges, magistrates and prosecutors; provided legal assistance to victims of war crimes and human rights abuses. | Local governments (Serbia): Through work with a wide geographic spread of municipalities, local governments are now more responsive: 30+ Citizen Assistance Centers, E-government in 80+ Municipalities. | Youth (Serbia): Junior Achievement in 90 schools in 2009. USAID supports efforts of the Ministry of Youth/Sports to better prepare youth for post-graduation work opportunities. |
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    USAID generally undertakes direct assistance programs to benefit developing countries through competitive procedures. This ensures that all activities are concentrated on pre-defined objectives to maximize impact, and that they are consistent, mutually reinforcing and draw support form the best available sources. Resources available to USAID for programs must be concentrated and focused on clear objectives that fit within program priorities.

    USAID’s specific objectives are usually designed in collaboration with the cooperating country. These factors can limit both the need for and USAID’s ability to support unsolicted assistance applications. Thus, only exceptional unsolicited assistance applications can be considered for funding on a noncompetitive basis—ones which present a unique approach, are fully supportive of USAID’s development objectives and demonstrate a unique capacity by the applicant to carry out proposed activities and where there is clear support for such activities by the recipient country government or private institutions. Further, only limited funding may be available for even the best of such applications, since most funding is reserved for development priorities already established by USAID. Accordingly it is strongly recommended that potential applicants review USAID competitive announcements as well as specific USAID bureau open announcements.

    Please submit any Assistance Applications in Serbia to:

    USAID Mission in Serbia and Montenegro
    Program Coordination and Strategy Office
    Kneza Milosa 50
    11000 Belgrade
    Serbia and Montenegro

    Please submit any Assistance Applications in Montenegro to:

    USAID Mission in Serbia and Montenegro/Montenegro
    Program Coordination and Strategy Office
    Ljubljanska bb
    81000 Podgorica
    Serbia and Montenegro

    Applications responding to specific announcements should follow the directions contained in that announcement. Potential applicants are encouraged to review the Guide to USAID's Assistance Application Process and to Submitting Unsolicited Assistance Proposals, which can be found at: http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/300/30354s1.pdf