RS-BELGRADE: IPA — ENHANCING THE POSITION OF RESIDENTS IN RESIDENTIAL CARE INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL DISABILITY AND MENTAL ILLNESS AND CREATION OF CONDITIONS FOR THEIR ...

Contract description:                                                                                       Maximum budget: EUR 2.000.000

Serbia has 13 residential institutions hosting 3 750 adults with mental disabilities and mental illness. The quality of services in these institutions is unbalanced. Adequate support to maintain the mental and physical potential of beneficiaries residing there in order to improve the quality of their lives is not always provided.

The project aims at:

     - preparation of a transformation plan for residential and psychiatric institutions and a development plan for cross-sectoral
       community-based social and health services;
     - implementation of the transformation and development plans to strengthen capacity at national and local level to improve the range
       and quality of cross-sectoral services for de-institutionalisation of persons with mental health problems;
    - providing support to a grant scheme for funding the local self-governments and their partners, civil society organisations, service
      providers, residential institutions and other eligible stakeholders in developing and implementing the models of services to achieve a
      gradual de-institutionalisation for persons with mental disability and mental illness.

The grant scheme support is covering the preparation of guidelines, and assistance provided to the EU Delegation in the evaluation process and during the implementation phase of the awarded grant contracts.

Budget:

Maximum budget: 2 000 000 EUR.

Eligibility:

Participation is open to all legal persons (participating either individually or in a grouping (consortium) of candidates) which are established in a Member State of the European Union or in a country or territory of the regions covered and/or authorised by the specific instruments applicable to the programme under which the contract is financed. Participation is also open to international organisations. The participation of natural persons is governed by the specific instruments applicable to the programme under which the contract is financed.

Deadline: 21 November 2011

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