The entrepreneur is engaged in processing of fruits, vegetables and dairy that is certified as organic. A fruits and vegetable processing line, mill and press will be procured through the grant in order to increase the production capacity and immediately create one new job and three more in the long term. As part of the corporate social responsibility activities, the entrepreneur will provide donations to children from local primary schools.

The entrepreneur is engaged in processing and preserving fruits and has 60 cooperants, agricultural households and cooperatives who rely on their capacity to secure fair price and certain sell of their products. Through the grant, equipment for the production and packaging will be procured in order to improve production capacity, increase productivity and create three new jobs immediately and another ten subsequently. The entrepreneur will conduct corporate social responsibility activities that include the donation of products to socially vulnerable members of the local community.

The enterprise produces women's knitted garments for IVKO DOO using high knitting technology, which are then sold through the IVKO DOO retail stores in Serbia and abroad, and in larger quantities through their offices in Germany, United States and China. A sophisticated embroidery machine will be procured through the grant, which will increase efficiency and introduce innovation. This will immediately create three new jobs and eventually another seven. The corporate social responsibility activities which the enterprise will be implementing include the provision of an internship programme and donation of medical equipment to a local health care centre.

The plastic (crates) production micro enterprise will procure automatic injection moulding tools in order to increase productivity and quality of final products. The production currently employs four workers while resulting job creation is one immediate post and additional two within a three-year period. The proposed CSR activity envisages donation of two desktop computers to a Merošina primary school.

The Detailed Regulation Plan for the tourist area at the Blace Lake should support the intention of the municipality to clean the lake, reversing its transformation into a swamp, in order to preserve plants and animal world and to protect the area from construction. The lake area will be arranged to attract tourism, catering to hikers, fishermen, mountaineers, bikers and walkers.

Improvement of the electronic system for the issuance of building permits through the provision of a back-up server, which will enhance its stability and availability for over 6,500 users that benefit from it every day. Server and network equipment were procured through the project, as well as necessary licences. The aim of this activity was to contribute to the creation of a more favourable business environment by improving the efficiency and transparency of the e-government and, ultimatively, to new investments. At the same time, citizens’ trust in institutions, as well as the quality of services that are being offered through the e-government will also be enhanced.

Production and packing of dry fruit and fruit spirits.

Support preparation and implementation of local strategies/action plans for employment and social inclusion; Promote active inclusion and improved integration of social and employment services;

The development of the main design for extending and reconstructing of the Social Protection Institution facility in Trbunje in order to improve the living conditions of citizens living in the accommodation centre and working condition of the employees.

Dental practice

Processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables

Manufacturing clothes

Drafting of detailed regulation plans for the work zones in Blace/Work zone ''Fruto2''

Drafting of detailed regulation plans for the work zones in Blace/Work zone ''Gornja Draguša''

Manufacturing clothing items

Developing policies and / or administrative regulations addressing vertical coordination and communication between the LSGs and government institutions

The project is to be implemented in partnership with NALED and the Ministry of Construction, Transportation and Infrastructure, and implies yrainings and mentorship support for LSGs and PUCs, recommendations for internal improvements, support for upload of planning documents amd obtaining inputs that can facilitate policy improvements.

Replacing the old floors in the “Stojan Novakovic” Primary School in Blace should contribute to the improvement of sanitary, living and learning conditions for the 687 currently enrolled students and the 1,437 children ages 0-14 living in Blace.

Engagement of external employees to update the municipal / city tax payers registry database with the aim to Increased revenue source for municipality and reach sustainable level of budgetary resources

Developing reform packages for improvement of the local governance; Support to municipal GG capacities and establishment of the Municipal GG Competence Centres

Provision of trainings for use of FIDIC contracts for Works to all Programme LSGs and on job trainings for LSGs that will receive CFCU Grants

The assessment will provide insight into the governance levels of the participating LSGs.

Provision of technical assistance to LSG in areas of programme budgeting and capital investment planning. The LSG is being assisted with development of budget for 2016 and development of 2016-2020 Capital Investment Plans

Informal education on entrepreneurship and business start-ups, study tours and other knowledge-sharing and networking activities as an impetus to the improvement of the economic position of women in Blace.

Herbs, fruits and vegetables drying

Strengthening community engagement through training youth activists, local government and representatives of institutions in project writing, NGO work, fundraising etc.

Active involvement of young people in solving community problems by increasing the capacity of youth groups and representatives of local government in Toplica District.

Introducing participatory budgeting (PB) practices and process in the municipalities. Increasing the capacities of the municipalities to conduct PB process.

Preparing a final design for the reconstruction and extension of the Blace kindergarten

Detailed Regulation Plan for Center 1

Detailed regulation plan for the Storage and Trade Centre

Engagement of four employees in the period of three months to update the LTA database with the aim to increase the revenue source for the municipality and reach a sustainable level of budgetary resources

Promotion of Gender Equality in South West Serbia

Investment maintenance of the elementary school in Blace

Annexing an emergency entrance to the Medical Centre in Blace

Constructing the water reticulation in village Džepnica

Following the branding of the Plum Festival in 2012, the event attracted a record of 100,000 visitors, which is more than 40% than the largest attendance in the previous years. The establishment of the Tourist Information Centre enables easier organisation of the event in the following years and contributes to the promotion of Blace and Toplica fruit potentials.

Support to the Blace Plum Festival 2013

Provision of goods and services to all programme local self-governments to advance local governance, improve municipal management and planning, promote environmental protection, gender equality and raise information on the EU support, together with conducting competitiveness baseline study and citizens satisfaction survey