Snaga prijateljstva - Amity is an organization which works in the domain of social policy development in Serbia. The Amity organization is primarily focused on the status and quality of life of the elderly. Amity has actively participated in the development of the Poverty Reduction Strategy in the section relating to the issues of the elderly. The organization’s activities are directed at providing in-house assistance for the poor and the elderly, the development of the National Strategy on Aging and at the membership in the Council of the Government of Serbia for the Issues of the Elderly, research on the needs of the elderly relating to non-institutional social welfare in Serbia, as well as the implementation of the campaign for the development of the service for the elderly.

When it comes to the Civil Society Focal Points program, Amity shall gather at least 50 organizations in the respective cluster (pensioner associations and unions, religious organizations and NGOs). Primary activities of those organizations are: the development of social services for the elderly, the development of the system of retirement and introduction of social pensions.

More information on the Civil Society Focal Points and members of the Clusters may be downloaded at the website of the Program Management Unit: http://www.crnps.org.yu/kocd/kocd.asp.

Resource Map of the CSFP for the Elderly

Publication: How Civil Society Organizations Contribute to Development of Deinstitutionalized Protection of the Elderly - Good Practices

Address: Španskih boraca 4, 11070 Novi Beograd
Tel. 011/2140 554
E-mail: amity@yubc.net
http://www.amity-yu.org