Databases operated by governmental institutions

The Serbian Business Registers Agency
A new Law on Associations has recently come into force in Serbia. One of the requirements of this new Law is the re-registration of all currently operational CSO’s in Serbia, in order to ensure compliance with new registration procedures, but also to allow for the creation of a unified, comprehensive Registry of all active CSOs. This Registry will be created in the next 18 months, and once it is complete will provide reliable numbers of active CSOs in Serbia.

The current registry of the Serbian Business Registers Agency (Agencija za Privredne Registre Republike Srbije) can be found at the following web address: link

Databases operated by CSO service organisations

CRNPS - Center for the Development of the Non-Profit Sector
The largest database is the CRNPS (Center for the Development of the Non-Profit Sector). The database can be searched by city, name of CSO, or work area/ activity profile. It contains around 2,200 active entries at the moment. The accuracy of the database is checked a number of times every year: The database is updated daily. The database receives around 300 individual information updates annually. CSOs have the option of entering or amending their own data into the database which holds a wide set of data on each organization, including not only contact details and information on main activities, but also registration details, data on employees, main activities, projects and initiatives, territory covered by the organization’s activities, membership of networks, issued publications etc.

Federation of Serbian CSOs

The FeNS (Federation of Serbian CSOs) database contains information on around 550 Non-Government/ Civil Society Organizations, with a somewhat more limited data set in comparison to the CRNPS database.

Balkan Community Initiatives Fund The BCIF (Balkan Community Initiatives Fund) CSO Project Ideas database was created for the implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy. The idea behind the database was to provide a connection between CSO Projects in need of funding and private businesses willing to provide them with assistance. The database contains 118 CSO profiles, outlining up to two specific planned projects or activities per organization. The database was created in March 2008; no updates were done in 2009 due to lack of funds. It can be found at: http://www.prsp.sr.gov.yu/grupe/BCIF.swf