November 9, 2025

6th Call for Proposals

The 6th Call for Proposals, funded entirely from the WBF core budget, was particularly competitive.

In total, 494 lead applicants started an application, with 279 submitting an eligible project proposal.

The evaluation process took place in January and February. After negotiations with shortlisted winners, the list was approved by the six Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Western Balkans Region, who retain ownership of the Fund.

List of Winners

Belgrade International
Law Circle

Project:

Empowering Journalism Educators
in the Western Balkans for Conflict
& Crisis Reporting

Vision for Development
and Cooperation

Project:

Empowering Rural Youth
Organizations

VAM CENTAR

Project:

Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and
Montenegro connected by cultural
heritage and art

Serbian Association of
Employers

Project:

Ecological Business Sustainability

NGO GREEN HOME

Project:

Ecological Business Sustainability

Culture Center “Stara Budva”

Project:

Culture makes us unique

Faculty of Montenegrin Language

Project:

Soft and Hard Power Dynamic: WB
Perspectives on Democracy,
Education & Security

KK Olymp

Project:

Western Balkans Girls U13
Basketball Cup

Rona Nishliu FOundation

Project:

WB6 Young Jazz Musicians at
Mitrovica International Jazz Days

Chamber of Nurses of Kosovo

Project:

Second International Congress of
Nursery

Center Multimedia

Project:

LITERACY FESTIVAL: POLIP 2024 –
Creative writing workshop

Education
Empowerment Initiative

Project:

MediaWISE – Digital media
education as an important indicator
of pupils’ health and well-being

Ensamble for folk
dances songs “Veselin
Masleša”

Project:

Zmijanski Vez; Honoring tradition
and Enriching the future

Association for
development,
environment, and
culture EKO ZH

Project:

Eco Friendly Colony

CREDI

Project:

Western Balkans Initiative on
Tackling Informal Unemployment
on Online Platform

NARATORIUM

Project:

Acknowledging contemporary
feminist and queer literature in the
Western Balkans: Shtefica Cvek #3

Healthy Options Project
Skopje (HOPS)

Project:

Youth and Gambling

SouthEastern University of Tetovo

Project:

Exploring Dimensions of Public
Management, Policy, and Administration
Across Diverse Sectors

Association Phoenix Rising

Project:

Exploring Dimensions of Public
Management, Policy, and Administration
Across Diverse Sectors

First Scout Unit of Skopje

Project:

SCOUTS UNITED Learn it, do it,
Scout it

Women Museum of Tirana

Project:

Women transform the Balkans.
Cultural bridge of the Regional
Network

SEKTRA

Project:

Virtual Tour of 3 Castles

Friends Association of Korça

Project:

Solar Schools for Green Transition

Albanian Open Mind Spectrum

Project:

Educating and empowering families
for LGBTIQ+ in Albania – I AM YOUR
CHILD!