Selected Best Proposals for Nature Conservation in Protected Areas

July 7, 2023

Belgrade, June 6, 2023 - With the support of the Delegation of the European Union to Serbia and the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has selected the best proposals in response to the "Public Call to Civil Society Organizations for the Promotion of Natural Values in Protected Areas." This call was open to civil society organizations involved in environmental protection and climate change and was announced as part of the "EU for Green Agenda in Serbia" project in April of this year.

The call received 31 applications, and a team of independent experts has chosen 13 project proposals that will receive financial support for practical implementation. The list of selected project proposals can be found in the text bellow.

It is expected that the selected proposals will contribute to improving the protection and preservation of biodiversity, especially endangered species, as well as increasing the resilience of natural habitats to changing climatic conditions. Additionally, they will have a positive impact on the well-being of the local population in the areas where they will be implemented.

The project "EU for Green Agenda in Serbia", with the technical and financial support of the European Union and in partnership with the Ministry of Environmental Protection, is implemented by UNDP in cooperation with the Embassy of Sweden and the European Investment Bank (EIB), with additional funding from the Governments of Sweden, Switzerland and Serbia.


Project title
Main applicant
Grant (USD)
Protection of the European roller (Coracias garrulus) in Vojvodina
Association of nature lovers "Riparia", Subotica
14,680.00
Improved protection of rare and endangered bird species and natural values of Tara National Park
Association “Center for biodiversity research”, Novi Sad
14,942.00
Let's save Umbra's habitat
Sport fishing association "Deliblatsko Jezero", Deliblato
14,950.00
Aviaries for emergency care of protected bird species in Southwestern Serbia
Citizens association "Jadovnik - an oasis of pristine nature", Prijepolje
15,000.00
Let's keep it protected
Association “Vojvodina Environmental Movement”, Sremski Karlovci
15,000.00
Citizens for nature protection - Dialogue for improvement of management of protected natural areas
Association “Ecological center Staniste“, Vrsac
14,875.00
Improvement of water regime management in the Special Nature Reserve "Okanj bara" 
Environmental protection association Okanj – Elemir, Elemir
15,000.00
Agrobiodiversity Park - from Stara Planina to Jerma Canyon
Association “Sustainable Development Forum”, Dimitrovgrad
14,389.00
Let's steppe together: a new chapter in the revival of the steppe habitats of Fruska Gora
Association “Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia”, Novi Sad
14,963.00
Improving the coexistence of humans and large carnivores
Association “World Wide Fund for Nature Adria Srbija“, Belgrade 
15,000.00
Monitoring of the nesting colony of The European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) in the Area of Exeptional Features "Ada and sections near Slankamen"
Association “Ekolespark”, Stari Slankamen
14,370.00
Together in the reduction of fires in Landscape of Exeptional Features - pilot action "Stolovi"
Association “Novi put”, Kraljevo
12,210.00
Implementation of measures for early fire detection in the high-risk area of exceptional biological value Nature Monument "Lalinacka Slatina"
Association „Biological Society “Dr. Sava Petrovic”, Niš
14,880.00