Assessment of Results of the Social Innovation Fund

This evaluation – done jointly by the Foundation for the Advancement of Economics (FREN) and CENTER - was an attempt to conduct systematic assessment of results of the activities undertaken by Social Innovation Fund (SIF). The objective was to identify overall achievements of SIF, lessons learned and potential future challenges related to community care development in Serbia. The final review of SIF interventions has been envisaged by the UNDP/EU project document ‘Strengthening the role of civil society in shaping poverty-related policies and practices’, supported through 2006 CARDS programme.

The evaluation report (a) portrayed state of affairs of the social protection sector in Serbia and provided relevant background information about SIF, also giving best international experiences of social funds with the reference to SIF; (b) explored SIF results and achievements and, consequently, presented findings of the assessment; and (c) discussed next steps and provided recommendations by looking at the new trends regarding social funds and community-based care models.

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Assessment of Results of the Social Innovation Fund

Svetlana Đurđević Lukić Fund: HUMAN SECURITY FOR THE NEW CENTURY

Uncertainty and vulnerability of the individual in the 21st century is the focus of CENTAR’s Human Security Programme. Building on foundations set by the recently departed co-founder and longtime director of CENTAR, Svetlana Đurđević Lukić, CENTAR regards security as a human right and advocates for construing a society in which every individual will have opportunities to reach their potential. Svetlana had a talent of pioneering the introduction of many topics – primarily concerned with the security of vulnerable groups – into security discourse within Serbia. Fostering this approach, starting from 2016, CENTAR, as part of its foundation named after the late Svetlana, holds a competition with the goal of inspiring young researchers to examine modern day threats.