We are happy to share with you the great news. Our web portal Odkazprestarostu.sk received a grant in the amount of 45,480 USD from the Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe for its further development and promotion. We have succeeded despite fierce competition (we competed for a grant with other twenty five non-profit organizations from Slovakia). This news is very important for us since with the exception of few small grants and contributions from individual donors, the portal Odkazprestarostu.sk has been funded solely from own resources of the Slovak Governance Institute. The portal as you know it today is a result of hundreds hours of voluntary work and enthusiasm of several people. Getting a grant from the CEE Trust is an encouragement for us and a sign that Odkazprestarostu.sk is a good project and our plans with it in near future might be beneficial for wide public.
We received the grant within the priority of developing local and regional tools aiming at including non-involved citizens into civic participation using innovative information and communication technologies. The grant is allocated for the activities within one year period. Some of the planned activities are meant to be a surprise, and therefore we will yet keep silent about the details. However, we would like to reassure you that there is a lot to look forward.
For now, we can reveal that we will launch the portal Odkazprestarostu.sk in other Slovak cities in the upcoming months to give more and more inhabitants an opportunity to let their local governments know what bother them in their neighbourhood. We will also visit schools as we believe that they are one of the places which could and should talk about relationship with the city. In addition we will make submitting complaints through the portal easier, reward regular contributors, and organize unconventional events full of interesting content and inspiring people for all our fans.
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Last, but not least we would also like to express our gratitude to the CEE Trust for their generous support.
