Fund for active citizenship - fAKT organized two days training for OCD through the project "De facto stronger" financed by the European Union, through Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro.

Third Modul was held on topic "Fundraising and sustainability for non profits". Training was organized in the hotel Crna Gora in Podgorica from 12th -16th December 2011. Participants of Module III were non-governmental organizations that participated in the first and second module of the same program. more >>>

Fund for active citizenship - fAKT organized two days training for OCD through the project "De facto stronger" financed by the European Union, through Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro.

Second Modul was held on topic "CSO Organizational development in the context of montenegrin social welfare system". Training was organized in the hotel Crna Gora in Podgorica from 15th -19th December 2011. Participants of Module II, were non-governmental organizations that participated in the first module of the same program. more >>>

Fund for active citizenship - fAKT organized two days training for OCD through the project "De facto stronger" financed by the European Union, through Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro.

Training was organized under the Component 1: Capacity building of Montenegrin CSOs for developing sustainable organizations and long-term service providers:Subcomponent 1.1 Trainings (3 Modules covering: strategic planning and organizational development, development of social services within CSOs, project writing and organizational management and fundraising/cooperating with business sector). more >>>

Fond for Active Citizenship has launched a project “De facto stronger”, financed by The European Union Delegation to Montenegro to improve the sustainability of Civil Society Organisations (CSO). It focuses on strengthening the CSOs’ capacity for organisational growth through training, mentorship, publications and sub-granting scheme. By improving the quality and the quantity of social services that CSOs provide, this project is directly supporting the social and economic development of Montenegro. 

The specific objective of the project is to support those CSOs in Montenegro whose annual turnover is lower than EUR 10,000 and to assist with involving CSOs in the provision of social services in 2011 and 2012.
The total of thirty CSOs will receive a 3 modular 6-day training courses in organisational development and strategic framework for non-profit organisations, the development of CSOs in the context of the Montenegrin social protection system . There will also be training in the development of project proposals (for smaller CSOs) and fundraising from corporate sector for social services provision (for more advanced CSO members). 

Finally, some 13-25 out of the 30 CSOs will receive sub-grants ranging from EUR 4,000-8,000 to introduce, develop and promote the provision of social services within respective CSOs. They will also receive mentorship support during the project implementation.
To avoid the situation when support is given to a limited number of CSOs, a handbook “Manual for Running CSOs” will be produced as well as a TV documentary for a wider audience to be broadcast on two national and several regional TV stations. While the handbook is intended for Montenegrin CSOs, the TV documentary will highlight the benefits that local communities can receive from the CSOs that provide social services.

Any CSO registered in Montenegro were supposed to meet the following criteria in order to participate in the programme:

• The annual turnover is less than EUR 10,000
• It has never been a beneficiary of EU grants
• It has some experience in the provision of social services or its mission statement includes social development of Montenegro
• It has an idea for a project (not necessarily developed into a project proposal) focused on the provision of social services and/or capacity building of CSOs dealing with these issues.

To ensure a balanced regional representation, three regions of Montenegro – North, Centre and South - will be equally represented and ten CSOs from each region will be selected. At the same time, the maximum number of CSOs from Podgorica participating in the training is limited to seven.

The total budget of the sub-granting scheme is EUR 100,000,00.

The deadline for submitting applications is: 
30th September 2011 until 15h

With this program we want to support the transition of the social protection system, by providing financial support to organizations engaged in social issues, in order to:

• Promote and introduce alternative methodologies and treatments in the field of social protection;
• Help development and sustainability of services provided by nonprofit organizations;
• Build capacity of nonprofit organizations to address issues of social protection.  

•  Call for proposals (pdf)
•  Application Form (doc)
•  Budget Form (xls)

More information about the program criteria, instructions for registration and application forms can  be downloaded here or you ask the office staff (fond@faktcg.org Tel. 00 382 20 245 063).

Fund for Active Citizenship – fAKT organized a two-day forum for NGOs whose projects have been supported through the fAKT Social transition program. 
The training was organized in Podgorica, in the period 28th to 29th January 2011. and it brought together representatives of the following NGOs: NGO Paths (Podgorica), Revival (Niksic), Pedagogical centre of Montenegro (Podgorica), Association Plegije (Niksic), Association of the blind for Niksic, Šavnik and Plužine (Niksic), New opportunity (Herceg Novi), The Path of hope (Podgorica), 4 Life (Podgorica), SOS hotline for women and children victims of violence (Niksic), Ray of hope (Pljevlja), Women space of Pljevlja (Pljevlja), The first association of parents of disabled children (Podgorica).
The forum has been organized in the form of presentations and workshops in order to provide experience exchange on the role of civil society in social transition, intersectoral collaboration and plan to improve the social protection system in Montenegro.
Photo Gallery >>>

At the ceremony held at the Royal Theatre in Cetinje, on Thursday December 2nd 2010 best philanthropic practices in 2010 received ISKRA (Spark –eng) Philanthropy Excellence Award. Aim of the award is to publicly recognize and highlight companies and individuals that provide an example to others and set standards which should be followed when it comes to investing into the common good. more >>>

Fund for Active Citizenship (fAKT) organized on July 26-27, 2010 in Hotel Crna Gora, Podgorica, a regional conference on the Role of media in philanthropy development, with support and active involvement of all other grant makers/partners from the region, focused on developing local philanthropy (BCIF, FIQ, Mozaik, and CIRa).
Organization of the conference was funded by the Foundation Open Society Institute - Representative Office Montenegro (FOSI ROM) through the East East program. The conference gathered representatives of civil society and media in the region, in order to exchange experiences and define necessary preconditions for further development of philanthropy in the region. more >>>