PROJECT:
(Re)Turning Digital – Ethical approach to adult education in new digital environment
10/2024-09/2026
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
This project aims to enhance the professional capacities of adult educators to use advanced internet-based technologies ethically as a method in their further work, to upgrade and further improve the digital platform for permanent resources, ethical education, and competence building in the field of adult education by improving employability and employment opportunities for the adult population through the acquisition and advancement of professional development.
Project value: 120.000 EUR
DONOR:
European Commission / Erasmus+ Program / Tempus Foundation
PROJECT:
“ROADMAP OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT”
08/2022 – 12/2022
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The “Career Development Roadmap” project was developed to directly respond to the problems affecting young people in the City of Kragujevac and its surroundings. The overall goal of the project is to contribute to the improvement of the position and quality of life of young people from the territory of the City of Kragujevac through the improvement of employment and employability. The idea on the basis of which the overall goal was formulated is that the opportunity for employment and economic independence are key conditions for a quality life of a young person, as well as necessary conditions for improving self-confidence and self-esteem of young people and empowering them to actively participate in the life of the community as full-fledged adult citizens. The indicators on the basis of which progress towards the overall goal is measured are the reduction of the youth unemployment rate and increase of number of entrepreneurial initiatives of young people in the territory of the City of Kragujevac.
Project value: 2,000 EUR
DONOR:
City of Kragujevac
PROJECT:
“We Enhance Business Support – working towards sustainable growth of SMEs in Sumadija and Western Serbia”
05/2022 ongoing
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The project focuses on providing technical support to 20 SMEs to improve their business, product and service quality, and management capacity regarding internal quality standards. This will be achieved through a tailored business support program for 10 SMEs, a quality management training program for 10 professionals, mentoring support in preparing for and obtaining certification for 5 SMEs, and procurement of equipment/services for the needs of 5 SMEs.
The program is divided into three thematic units within which the support will be implemented:
Digitization of SME business
Marketing and internationalization of SME business
Standardization of SME business
Project value: 49,210 euros
DONOR:
EU within the European Union program for local development – EU Pro Plus.
PROJECT:
“Turning Digital” – building sustainable adult e-learning system working towards providing beneficiaries opportunity
03/2022 ongoing
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The project aims to solve digital transformation by developing digital readiness, resilience, and capacity through the creation of new, innovative, or common curricula or courses, new digital content, technologies, and practices, overcoming skills mismatches, and addressing labor market needs.
The project’s goal is to establish a sustainable adult e-learning system that provides opportunities for users to develop skills, improve access to education, and increase participation in adult education.
Project value: EUR 60,000
DONATOR:
European Commission / Erasmus + program / Tempus Foundation
PROJECT:
“Design and organization of Hackathon”
09/2021 – 10/2022
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The “Hackathon” program is realized within the framework of the four-year program “Inclusion of Roma and other marginalized groups,” which is implemented by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) in partnership with the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue, Republic of Serbia.
The target group of the program consists of Roma and members of other marginalized groups who face the same socio-economic challenges and are between the ages of 15 and 30.
The goal of the “Hackathon” program is to enable the creation of favourable conditions and an favourable environment for young people from Kragujevac and Pirot. This will give them the opportunity to conceive, design, plan, and implement transparent and sustainable solutions to the problems they face in their communities and to come up with inclusive solutions for generating income and employment.
The program involves realizing the concept of social mentoring with the goal of self-actualization of the individual while considering the environment and all relevant external conditions, as well as full inclusion in the community. Within this project, the goal of social mentoring is to support access to the labour market and employment and achieve the participants’ personal goals through the “Learning by doing and thinking approach”.
Youth projects developed within the Hackathon provided sustainable answers to local challenges related to inclusive income and employment promotion, considering the social, economic, and environmental dimensions.
Project value: 23,200 euros
DONOR:
GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
PROJECT:
“Your career way”
07/2021-12/2021
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The project was designed as a direct response to the problems and challenges faced by two groups of young people from the territory of the City of Kragujevac: young unemployed, who are thinking about a career in entrepreneurship, and who do not have relevant work experience, lack a capacity, knowledge, skills and capital placing them in problematic position for starting their entrepreneurial initiatives, and young people who graduated from seconadry schools who are faced with decisions that will significantly affect their future, which they cannot make due to a lack of information and support. Within these groups, special emphasis and access are put on young women, young people from rural areas, young Roma, and other particularly vulnerable groups of young people who face multiple discrimination on the labor market.
The program’s goal is to contribute to improving the position and quality of life of young people from the territory of the City of Kragujevac through the improvement of employment and employability.
Project value: 2,000 EUR
DONOR:
City of Kragujevac
PROJECT:
“Intersectoral support for the smart growth of small and medium-sized enterprises”
12/2019 – 12/2020
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The goal of the project “Intersectoral support for the smart growth of small and medium-sized enterprises” in Central Serbia, financed by the European Union in partnership with the Government of the Republic of Serbia through the EUPRO program, which is implemented by Biznis Inovacioni Centar doo Kragujevac, in partnership with Business Innovation Programs, BIPS is to help small and medium-sized enterprises from Central Serbia improve their products/services to better respond to demand and place them on the appropriate market.
The goal of the support program is to contribute to the development of the sustainability and competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises through services that improve processes and the quality of products/services. The project provides targeted services, in accordance with the needs of each company/beneficiary of the program, which will result in the improvement of products/services, design, branding, production processes/service provision, and other areas that are significant for the company’s sustainability and competitiveness.
Program value: USD 40,120
DONOR:
European Union / EU Pro program
PROJECT:
“New jobs for young people in Kragujevac”
07/2019 – 01/2020
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The project was designed as a direct response to the problems and challenges faced by three target groups of young people from the territory of the City of Kragujevac: unemployed young people who do not have relevant work experience and therefore have a problem finding a job, young people from rural areas who work in family farms, who lack the capacity, knowledge and capital to diversify production on their farm and introduce new profitable activities and young people who graduated secondary school and are faced with decisions that will significantly affect their future, which they cannot make due to a lack of information and support. The project aims to improve the employability and employment of youth, as it contributes to the improvement of employment and employability of young people through 3 innovative mechanisms intended for these target groups:
The project is implemented in partnership by Business Innovation Programs (BIPS) and the City of Kragujevac.
Value of the program: RSD 1,816,690
DONOR:
Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Serbia
PROJECT:
Education to Employment
2016 – 2028
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
E2E is a four-year partnership program of the Swiss and Serbian governments aiming to improve the employability and employment of youth in Serbia. The program is implemented in five pilot municipalities: Kragujevac, Kruševac, Knjaževac, Novi Pazar, and Pirot. The program goal is to test innovative models to increase youth employment through sustainable cooperation between industry, the public sector, training providers, and the community.
Program value: 6,700,000 CHF
DONOR:
Swiss Development Cooperation SDC
PROJECT:
Big Ideas for New Businesses
2017 – 2018
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The project goal is to contribute to the development of the market economy in Serbia and improve conditions for youth and women’s participation. To reach this goal, the program envisages establishing a pre-incubation mechanism to enhance the chances of success of new business initiatives managed by youth and women while promoting entrepreneurship and start-up initiatives as drivers of economic development.
Project value: 21,000 USD
DONOR:
United States Embassy in Serbia
PROJECT:
Rehabilitation and renovation of the museum’s exhibition in the Norwegian house, Gornji Milanovac
2017 – 2019
OPIS PROJEKTA:
The project goal is to renovate the Norwegian house in Gornji Milanovac, modernise the museum exhibition, and make it more historically accurate. The project is implemented in partnership with the Friendship Association Norway—Western Balkan.
Project value: 132,912 EUR
DONOR:
Royal Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade
PROJECT:
Step by step
2016 –
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The project goal is to develop new, alternative sources of funds for clients who don’t have access to traditional bank products. The target groups of this project are start-ups and social enterprises. Within the program, a resource center for start-ups and established enterprises was developed, as was a special credit line provided by Erste Bank Serbia.
Project value: 55,000 EUR
DONOR:
Erste Stiftung
PROJECT:
Post-flood technical and financial assistance for SMEs in Obrenovac
2014-2016
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The project goal was to secure technical and financial assistance for Obrenovac SMEEs, which had suffered damages due to floods in May 2014. Project results are:
- 20 training sessions for business and recovery plans development were organized, with a total of 427 participants,
- A grant scheme was established, and 174 grants for business development and recovery were distributed
- Help-desk and other technical support instruments were established.
Project value: 589,334 EUR
DONOR:
Royal Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade
PROJECT:
We’re here together. European support for Roma inclusion
2014 – 2016
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
We’re here together. European support for Roma inclusion was a EUR 4.8 million project implemented by the OSCE mission in Serbia and funded by the European Union. The project goal was to support the implementation of the strategy for improving the position of Roma in the Republic of Serbia.
BIPS’s role was to train project beneficiaries in business planning, implement business assessment, and provide recommendations for financial support. After the grants were distributed, BIPS organized an assessment of clients’ needs regarding consultancy for business development and implemented a consultancy and mentoring program in accordance with clients’ needs.
DONOR:
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE
PROJECTT:
Honey production – Export chance for Branicevski district
2013 – 2014
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The project goal was to contribute to socio-economic development in Branicevski districts by reviving rural areas and introducing honey production as an income-generating activity. 111 beekeepers were awarded 1,032 bee hives to improve their production, and 278 beekeepers participated in training. As part of the project, an export channel from Serbia to Norway was established in cooperation with Norway’s largest honey importer, Honnig Centralen.
Project value: 98,895 EUR
DONOR:
Royal Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade
PROJECT:
Student entrepreneurship
2006-2014
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The program’s goal was to develop capacities for entrepreneurship and promote entrepreneurial spirit among Serbian secondary school students. During the eight years, 212 secondary schools from the entire Country, 441 teachers, and 6,456 students who formed 1,387 student companies participated in the program. An advocacy initiative to improve the legal framework for entrepreneurial education was also launched during the program.
Program value: 600,000 EUR
DONOR:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway
PROJECT:
Different – equally important
2013 – 2014
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The project goal was to improve the work of civil society organizations working with vulnerable groups through the establishment of work areas and capacity building of employees. Within the project, a Network of organizations for social inclusion in Pozega—GASI—was established, and six organizations were given office space in the building provided by the Municipality of Pozega.
Project value: 117,000 EUR
DONOR:
Royal Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade
PROJECT:
Cross-border youth entrepreneurship
2012-2013
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The project’s goal was to increase entrepreneurial capacities and promote the entrepreneurial spirit among secondary school students in Serbia and Montenegro. Ten secondary schools from Serbia and Montenegro, 20 teachers, and 220 students who formed 41 student companies participated in the project.
Project value: 154,000 EUR
DONOR:
Delegations of the European Union to the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro
PROJECT:
GROWTH program
2010-2011
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The project’s goal was to support the growth and development of established small companies. Twenty-six companies participated in the project and went through BIP GROWTH methodology cycles.
Project value: 45,000 EUR
DONOR:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway
PROJECT:
Fruits and berries
2010
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Danish program for the development of fruit production in south Serbia aimed to improve production, processing, and sale of sourcherry, plum, cherry, strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry. The program was implemented in Nisavski, Toplicki, Jablanicki, Pcinjski, and Pirotski dostrcits. General program goals were:
- Strengthening the sustainable development of the private sector,
- Increasing export and income,
- Job creation and migration reduction.
The program’s main components were capacity building and grants to develop value chains.
DONOR:
DANIDA
Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
PROJECT:
Start your business
2008 – 2009
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The project goal was to increase the capacities of relevant stakeholders involved in youth entrepreneurship. 14 business support institutions, 21 trainers/consultants, and 746 young entrepreneurs participated in the project. 42 trainings were organized, 152 companies were established, and 198 jobs were created within 6 months of project completion.
Project value: 490,000 EUR
DONOR:
Bilateral project Norway – Serbia