National Council of the Romanian National Minority

Reg. No. 764/20

Vršac, 18.10.2020

In accordance with Art. 7, para. 6, 10, and 13, para. 2, point 1 of the Law on National Councils of National Minorities, as well as Art. 20 and 38 of the Statute of the National Council of the Romanian National Minority (CNMNR), the Executive Council of CNMNR on 18.10.2020 publishes the following:

C O M P E T I T I O N

For financing – co-financing programs and projects of major importance for the Romanian national minority in the field of culture.

The National Council of the Romanian National Minority will finance – co-finance projects and programs based on the CNMNR Financial Plan in the field of culture, with a total amount of 300,000.00 dinars, for the following areas:

1. Organization of the "Youth Sings" Festival
2. Romanian Theater Days in Vojvodina
3. International Festival of Romances and Drinking Songs

General Conditions of the Competition

The right to participate in the competition is exclusively granted to cultural and other associations, registered for activities in the field of culture, or other legal entities organizing cultural events of special interest for the Romanian minority.

1. Criteria for awarding financial resources:

• The degree of compatibility of the program/project with the competition requirements and documentation;
• The project/program meets the general interest of the Romanian minority in the field of culture; the applicant has organized the relevant traditional events;
• The application must be accompanied by a report on the expenditure of financial resources obtained from CNMNR in 2019 for previous competitions; if not, a report on the implementation of a previous program/project;
• Applicants submitting for the first time must also provide a brief report on their past activities, no longer than one A4 page.

2. Competition Application must be submitted using the special form accompanying this competition, available on the CNMNR website www.cnmnr.org.rs or at its headquarters, Vaska Pope Street No. 16, 26300 Vršac.

The application must be obligatorily accompanied by:

• Copy of the registration decision of the entity with the competent authority, along with a description of its activity domain;
• General information about the beneficiary of the financial resources;
• Detailed description of the program/project and detailed budget – description, methods, implementation procedures, plan and types of activities, project beneficiaries, implementation period (max. 2 pages);
• Report on the expenditure of financial resources obtained from CNMNR in 2019 for previous competitions.

Deadline for submission of applications: 24.10.2020.

Submitted documentation will not be returned.

• Applications submitted after the deadline, incomplete, sent by email/fax, or from entities that did not justify previous funding, will not be evaluated.
• According to Art. 45 of the CNMNR Statute, the Department for Culture will submit to the Executive Council proposals for the allocation of financial resources.
• The Executive Council adopts the decision on allocation within 8 days of receiving the proposal.
• The CNMNR President will conclude the contract with the beneficiary based on the CNMNR decision.

President of the Executive Council of the National Council of the Romanian National Minority
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Rodica Almajan

Application form: Download the form here