IRIS NETWORKing
About IRIS Network
IRIS network is the only regional network that brings together CSOs social service providers in South East Europe. IRIS connects currently 200 member organizations that provide different types of social services to different vulnerable groups: people with disability, children, and youth at risk, women victims of family violence, refugees, asylum seekers, etc.
IRIS aims to strengthen the role of not-for-profit social service providers throughout SEE and to ensure that these organizations are recognized as equal partners by the public sector.
IRIS was founded in 2012 and from the mere beginning we had huge support from our partners in the European Union and in the CSF program.
This call for applications is launched to invite interested and qualified candidates to submit their applications for Consultant/Expert in production of Regional Shadow reports.
All applications will be evaluated on the basis of expertise and experience.
Those candidates who are selected will be notified by the IRIS Network or ASB staff.
Please send the application to aleksandar.pavlovic@asb-see.org.
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The focus of the Shadow Reports should be monitoring of social inclusion policies in the area of employment, education, accommodation and health care.
The Regional Shadow Reports will consist of monitoring results related to Chapter 19 and Chapter 24 presented in the Shadow Reports for each of the countries – Albania, B&H, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
For scope of work, description of the assignment, responsibilities, requirements and other relevant information please see attached Terms of reference.
Relevant documents – the Terms of reference and Draft of the applicable Service contract and its special and general conditions and General Conditions
The application should consist of:
One of the contributors to the Innovative Case Studies publication and the IRIS Network member from Montenegro, Defendology, was hosting the event. Eight out of ten organizations featured in the Innovative Case Studies publication have presented their work to their peers, stirring an active exchange among IRIS Network members.
The publication can be found at the link
In the period of 2019/2021, IRIS Network awarded 39 small grants to its members to improve their social service provision and enhance local initiatives for advocacy in the social sphere. Grants were distributed in amounts up to 8000 EUR in five countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, and Serbia. In the publication Small Grants Scheme Newsletter we acknowledge the achievements of our member organizations.
We had the opportunity to hear from Iris Network members during the Online Peer Review Conference how important it is to react quickly and adapt activities to the new conditions caused by the pandemic. Below are their presentations where they showed the changes in their activities, organizational changes as well as the impact of these changes on beneficiaries.
Over thirty participants from the IRIS network gathered for the 𝗣𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 organized by the Network to discuss the biggest challenges in social protection and service provision triggered by COVID-19.
While the presenting organizations from Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, and Serbia shared their experiences in attaining financial sustainability and interaction at the local level, a vivid exchange was stirred on the variety of responses to the ongoing corona crisis.
IRIS Network is publishing a Call for Mentoring – assisting CSOs in the acquirement of licenses for provision of social services (fulfillment of quality standards) and mentoring in the overall strategic development of the CSO in question”. The Call is open in the framework of the project: “IRIS NETWORKing – CSOs for protection sensitive migration management“
Please find more information on the following link.
IRIS Network is publishing a call for the tenderers for the service of “Consultant for mentoring – assisting CSOs in the acquirement of licenses for provision of social services (fulfillment of quality standards) and mentoring in the overall strategic development of the CSO in question”. Tender is open in the framework of the project: “IRIS NETWORKing – CSOs for protection sensitive migration management“.
The Contracting Authority is tasked to organise the Capacity Building of CSOs providing social services activities. One of the measures is Mentoring program – Assisting CSOs in the acquirement of licenses for the provision of social services, fulfillment of quality standards, and Mentoring in the overall strategic development of the CSO in question.
Please find more information on the following link.
Did you know that there are people who make FALSE PROFILES on social networks and present themselves as children, when in fact they are adults and have bad intentions?
That is why it is very important to be very careful when strangers approach you via the Internet and start communicating with you.
About how to protect yourself on the Internet, and why there are fake profiles – read in the text on Plavi Telefon BIH website.
*This text was created within the project “Click to support” implemented by the Blue Phone with the financial support of the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and under the coordination of the IRIS network. Thanks to the company M: tel, calls to the Blue Phone are free regardless of the network from which children call.
Regional IRIS Network, in cooperation with National IRIS Networks from Albania (National Coordinator Initiative for Social Change Arsis), Bosnia and Herzegovina (National Coordinator LIR CD), North Macedonia (National Coordinator La Strada), Montenegro (National Coordinator SOS Telephone), and Serbia (National Coordinator IDC) and ASB as Regional Iris Network Coordinator, is announcing a Call for Peer Review Best Practices that will be presented to Regional Iris Network members and other relevant stakeholders at the Online Regional Peer Review Best Practices Conference that will be organized on May 27, 2021.
The deadline for submission of your proposals is May 10, 2021, to email: iris@iris-see.eu. Please find additional information about the Call below.