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• Fondation for local development and democracy "Focus"

• WebSite: https://focus.org.mk/
• Date of Establishment: 10/26/2006
• Years of Experience in GRB of the Organization: 7 years
• Country / Region of Work: Veles, Macedonia

• Short Description of the Organization

• The Foundation for local development and democracy- Focus is non governmental, non profit organization located in Veles, Republic of Macedonia. The mission of the foundation is to support the civil society, local development and democracy. Develops and supports initiatives based on the principles of good municipal governance and responsible citizenship and it encompasses the municipalities of Veles, Gradsko, Lozovo and Chashka.
  Focus Foundation came into being as a result of the transformation of the Center for support of the NGO in Veles. It has been an integral part of the projects “Capacity building outside the capital” in the timeframe 2001-2003 and “Support of the NGO initiatives for the development of the community” from 2004-2006. At the end of 2006 the Center has transformed itself into a local Foundation.
  The main goals of Focus are:
  -Improvement of the participation of the citizens in the decision-making processes and the
  development of the community;
  – Creating conditions for establishing practices for transparent and responsible municipal
  governance;
  – Development of philanthropy

• Short Description of Implemented Projects and Achieved Results

• „Economic empowerment of women from the Vardar planning region” – (January 2014 – September 2016) implemented by the Focus Foundation in partnership with the IRD – Slavic NGO for International Support and Development, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia.
  Through the project, 55 women have been successfully trained to make creative handmade products.
  The Regional Creative Center has been opened, equipped with technical equipment and working materials for the implementation of creative workshops and the creation of creative objects.
  We have technical resources and furniture for opening a souvenir shop.
  Some of them have even started their own small businesses based on sales through Facebook fan pages.
  https://kreativka.mk/
  Institutional support office space NGO HOME for the NGO Support Center Veles supported by: Municipality of Veles , FOSIM, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation period 2005 – 2015,
  Institutional support – Volunteer base supported by: FOSIM in the amount of: 103,460 MKD (2007)
  “Municipalities according to the vision of the citizens” , supported by FOSIM in the amount of 16,000 USD;
  “We for the community” , supported by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia in the amount of 5,000 USD;
  “Smile in Pajamas” , supported by USAID, ITZ and CIRa in the amount of 5,500 USD;
  Partnership-Rhetoric or Reality? “, A partnership project supported by the Institute for Democracy in Croatia, Oltenia Social Institute Romania & University of Craiova Ceska. Coordinator: Regional Association for Rural Development Romania supported by: Balkan Trust for Democracy (BTD), Fundation Soros Romania & FOSIM in the amount of USD 4,000;
  “We for the Community” , supported by USAID and ITZ in the amount of 30,500 USD
  “Establishment of a Support Fund” , supported by CONNECT in the amount of 9,000 USD;
  “Living in a multiethnic environment: citizens with equal rights, opportunities and protection” , a partnership project supported by the European Commission and FOSIM;
  ” Youth for Open Society – Local Youth Initiatives” , supported by YEF in the amount of 10,000 USD (2008-2010);
  “Action for Europe” , supported by FOSIM in the amount of 10,000 USD (2009-2010).
  “Citizens for European Macedonia” supported by FOSM in the amount of 10,300 USD (2010)
  ” Institutional Support Grant ” supported by CIRa and SDC in the amount of 27,784 USD (2010), 22,195 USD (2011) and 14,102 USD (2012) or a total of 64,081 USD
  “Small Project – Gorno Jabolciste” , supported by the German Embassy in the amount of 13,815 USD (2011)
  “Save, do not destroy” , supported by Friends of Macedonia, in the amount of 1,000 USD (2011)
  “Support to Community Centers ” supported by FOSM in the amount of 9,346 USD (2012)
  ” Daily Center for Persons with Disabilities and Their Inclusion in Social Living” in partnership with the Association of Persons with Cerebral Palsy supported by Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights (BIM-FV) in the amount of 11,434 USD (2012)
  “Promotion of the beauties of Caska ” supported by Ludwig Boltzmann-Institute for Human Rights (BIM-FV) in the amount of 4,317 USD (2012)
  ” USAID’s approach to micro enterprises to public procurement” by the Center for Civil Communications, supported by USAID in the amount of USD 84,878 (April 2012 – March 2017)
  Europe Day project , supported by the European Delegation of Macedonia, in the amount of 5,000.00 USD, May, 2013
  “Creating a web application prioriteti.focus.org.mk ” , financially supported by UNDP, in the amount of 14,400 USD, (2012-2013)
  Budget Monitoring Coalition , supported by the European Union, in the amount of 5,800.00 USD (June 2015-June 2016)
  Institutional grant from SDC CIVICA Moblitas II Program implemented by NIRAS; SIPU and MCMS in the amount of MKD 2,504,806.00 (April 1, 2016 to March 30, 2018)
  “An ecological bomb is lurking above Veles, is there a solution for the smelter slag?” within the project “Development of Environmental Investigative Journalism” supported by the grant program “Support to CSOs in the Service for Civil Society and Media Freedom Action 2014 EuropeAid / 136-992 / DD / ACT / MK,” of the Center for Environmental Democracy Florozon, Skopje and the Association for Development of the Roma Community SUMNAL, Skopje, in the amount of 4500 EUR (2016)
  Youth for open society in – local youth initiatives of the Youth Educational Forum, in the amount of 137,700.00 MKD (2016)
  “Support for strengthening the legal and financial capacities” financially supported by FOSM, in the amount of $ 10,650.00 (01.04.2017 – 10.03.2018.
  ” Network for Transparency, Accountability and Integrity in Public Procurement” of the Center for Civil Communications (CCC), Skopje, financially supported by the Civil Society and Media Program 2015 EuropeAid / 151569 / DD / ACT / MK in the amount of 18,720.00 EUR
  “Transparent and accountable procedure for construction permit” of Transparency Macedonia through the project “CSOs and media against corruption – Coalition for Zero Tolerance” IPA / 2017 / 392-520 financially supported by the European Commission in the amount of 369 000 MKD
  “Read and Between the Rows” of the Metamorphosis Foundation and the Center for European Strategies “Eurothink” through the project ” Critical thinking to citizens with media skills ” of the European Commission worth 6,999 EUR
  “Focus in Focus” of the Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC) supported by the European Commission in the amount of 415 125 MKD
  “E-Database of well-packaged data for citizens of vulnerable categories” in cooperation with the NGO “House of Hope – Lence Zdravkin” of “Food Bank of Macedonia” financially supported by the European Commission in the amount of 5,000 EUR
  “Green Kindergartens” financially supported by the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning of the Republic of Northern Macedonia from the financial means for support of civil society organizations in the amount of MKD 300,000
  “Equality for Sustainable Community Development – Creating a database of gender budgeting” project “Network of responsible budgeting in the Western Balkans and the Republic of Moldova,” the Center for Research and Policy funded by the Republic of Austria by Austrian Developent Agency worth of 4,000 EUR

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