USAID has developed a multi-component, multi-year program which continues the AgencyÂ’s long-standing support for the development and consolidation of a strong civil society sector in Serbia.

This comprehensive program advances USG democratization objectives while also contributing to economic

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growth and other goals, since Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) play important roles in a variety of sectors.

The program represents a ‘next generation’ effort, in all likelihood the Mission’s final major multi-year civil society initiative, which fully embraces the USAID Forward agenda, including implementation and procurement reform objectives expanding direct support to relevant governmental bodies as well as to local non-governmental actors.