Donor: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), German Government through Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe and HELP

Duration: June 2002 - December 2003

Budget: 326,330.00 EUR

Region: Vojvodina: Sremski Karlovci, Indjija, Stara Pazova. Central and South Serbia: Kraljevo, Uzice, Cacak, Pozega, Novi Pazar.

Description: The objective of the project was to make the vulnerable population in Serbia less dependent on social benefits from the state or/and international humanitarian aid. The programme focused on long-term solutions for the beneficiaries, instead of responding to their needs by providing relief items for the daily consumption. This project represented the first step in the new development-oriented strategy of HELP in Serbia. Within the scope of this project a total of 282 beneficiaries (refugees, IDPs and vulnerable local residents) were supplied with equipment and/or material for starting own economic activities. Average value of donation was set to 800 EUR. In addition, all the beneficiaries received the handbook "How to start and expand own business" in order to help them run a successful and profitable businesses.

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