Center for Social Work Sombor takes part in the project as Beneficiary 2. The Centre will develop a methodology for the selection of settlements based on the social map and women on the basis of social status, single mothers and women in families with two or more children. In addition to this, it will produce Terms of Reference for commissioning a study on possibilities for social entrepreneurship and social inclusion of vulnerable women from rural areas.
Center for Social Work Sombor is a public institution, founded in 1960. Today it employs 42 staffers. Expert tasks are executed by social workers, lawyers, psychologists, pedagogues all with licenses to operate in social protection. The above-mentioned tasks are performed by 29 employees. The Centre maintains a database of children, youth, adults and elderly clients: cash benefits, one-time financial assistance, clients compensation for care and assistance, extended parental rights, persons under custody, clients placed in social welfare institutions and foster families, victims of family violence. All of the above are key competencies required for this project and the Centre is uniquely positioned to provide them.