Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe – REC Office in Serbia

with financial support of Swedish International Agency for Development and Cooperation – SIDA

implementing CSOnnect program – support to civil society organizations in the field of environment.

The goal of the CSOnnect program is the institutional strengthening of civil society organizations in order take an important role in the key issues related to the environment during accession negotiations of Serbia with European Union (Chapter 27) and provide its contribution to the process of harmonization with the conditions for accession and establish dialogue with all social actors participating in this venture.

This program is to strengthen environmental civil society organizations in the first year of implementation of October 31st 2016. to October 31st 2017.  11 leading  with 56 partner organizations were selected for implementation in Serbia

In eastern Serbia program will be implemented by Association of Young Researchers Bor,  NGO Village, Civic Library “Europe”  and the Association for Development of Bor. The area of ​​operation will be mainly directed to Bor as a “black ecological spot”  with particularly endangered environment.