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General Purposes: Center for Civil Initiatives
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General Purposes
February, 2010
Amount: $100,000
Grant Period: 1/1/2010 to 12/31/2011
Program: Civil Society
Program Area: Central/Eastern Europe and Russia
Geographic Focus: Croatia

The program goal is to stimulate citizen activism and mobilize community resources to address critical issues facing Croatian communities. The Center for Civil Initiatives works with local community leaders and civic groups to identify community needs and implement long-term and lasting solutions. In addition, the center provides information, training, and consultations to a range of other local and international, nongovernmental organizations and the Croatian government on community organizing, organizational development, local resource development, and rural economic development. In 2008-2009, the center helped establish three cross-sectoral, regional development committees in its target counties; created a rural information center to support local farmers in the Gvozd municipality; worked with a university in Zagreb to develop a community organizing curriculum; and organized 53 one-day, capacity building workshops for local nonprofits. The center is based in Zagreb and works with other community development organizations in Croatia and in Central and Eastern Europe, including several Mott grantees.

General Purposes: Youth Communication Center - Banja Luka
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General Purposes
January, 2010
Amount: $60,000
Grant Period: 1/1/2010 to 12/31/2011
Program: Civil Society
Program Area: Central/Eastern Europe and Russia
Geographic Focus: Bosnia and Herzegovina

This grant provides general purposes support to a leading nongovernmental organization in Bosnia-Herzegovina that promotes tolerance and understanding among youth; advocates for greater participation of youth in decision-making processes in schools and communities; and develops volunteerism among youth. Continued Mott support will enable the Youth Communication Center - Banja Luka to strengthen its organizational capacities as a leader in developing volunteerism, expand its work in secondary school councils throughout the country, and diversify its funding base. During the past two years, the center strengthened a network of secondary school student councils in the Republika Srpska, one of two federal entities in the country, and supported the development of local volunteer centers in ten municipalities. The grantee is based in Banja Luka, the capital of the Republika Srpska.

Increasing Citizen Participation in Community Life Through Media: Center for Civic Cooperation
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Increasing Citizen Participation in Community Life Through Media
December, 2009
Amount: $51,000
Grant Period: 1/1/2010 to 12/31/2011
Program: Civil Society
Program Area: Central/Eastern Europe and Russia
Geographic Focus: Bosnia and Herzegovina

The overall project goal is to promote vibrant local democracy by increasing people's participation in local decision making in two districts of western Bosnia-Herzegovina. During the next two years, the Center for Civic Cooperation will foster communication between citizens and local officials, raise awareness about issues of local concern, and strengthen local town councils as mechanisms for active public participation in decision-making processes. As a result of project activities, during the past two years the number of active town councils increased significantly. The center provided financial and technical support to 18 town councils and trained more than 120 council members. The grantee is based in Livno, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and has been working on local democracy development since 1996.

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Western Balkans

The Mott Foundation, through its Civil Society program, supports nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia, which we refer to as the Western Balkans. Our grants fund efforts to develop and strengthen philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.

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Western Balkans - News from the Mott Foundation
Pioneer grows hope in the field of public interest law
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Pioneer grows hope in the field of public interest law
January, 2010
Kosovo Today: NGOs could stir “powerful social movement”
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Kosovo Today: NGOs could stir “powerful social movement”
June, 2008

"Kosovo Today" is Mott's three-part Web series that describes our current grantees' work in the region. This is the third in the series that runs each Monday through June 30, 2008.

Kosovo Today: Women on frontlines of democracy building
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Kosovo Today: Women on frontlines of democracy building
June, 2008

"Kosovo Today" is Mott's three-part Web series that describes our current grantees' work in the region. This is the second in the series that runs each Monday through June 30, 2008.

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