The European Union
Support to Social Housing and Active Inclusion Programme (SHA...
The European Union
Support to Social Housing and Active Inclusion Programme (SHAI) is designed to
enhance implementation of social inclusion policies in Serbia and provide
sustainable housing solutions accompanied with active inclusion measures for
the most vulnerable population. The European Union (EU) has allocated 20
million Euros through the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) 2018 for
the 36 month-long implementation of the Programme, and the United Nations
Office for Project Services (UNOPS) has been selected as the implementing
partner. National partners and the Programme beneficiaries are the Ministry for
Construction, Transport, and Infrastructure, the Ministry of Labour,
Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs, the Ministry of European Integration.
The Programme will
strengthen capacities at the national and local level for identification,
programming, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of sustainable social
housing programmes and projects. It will also provide a range of housing
solutions for vulnerable beneficiaries, ranging from construction of
multi-family residential blocks, to procurement of village or prefabricated houses,
and reconstruction of self-owned properties. Interventions will also include
small scale infrastructure works in sub-standard settlements. In order to
facilitate sustainability, the Programme will support implementation of
complementary social inclusion measures, which will primarily focus on
employment and economic empowerment of beneficiaries. The projects will be
selected through open calls for proposals, which are transparent solicitation
methods, respecting fairness and integrity.
Particularly targeted
groups belong to the vulnerable and at-risk-of-poverty population, such as
Roma, disadvantaged women, in particular women victims of domestic violence,
youth in/leaving care, persons with disabilities, and others who live in
inadequate housing conditions. The Programme will also benefit national
institutions and local self-governments, as well as social inclusion service
providers from public and civil society sector.
The Programme, grounded
in national and international frameworks, will contribute to meeting the
European Union accession criteria under Chapters 19 that relates to social
inclusion and Chapter 23 that covers fundamental rights, along with achieving
the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.