The Ministry of Tourism and Youth (and previously, the Ministry of Youth and Sports) annually announces public calls, including those aimed at supporting programmes and projects aligned with the specific strategic goals of the Youth Strategy, including initiatives that promote the social inclusion of young people. These public calls include:

• Financing and Co-financing Programmes and Projects for the Implementation of the Goals of the Youth Strategy (Javni konkurs za finansiranje i sufinansiranje programa i projekata za sprovođenje ciljeva Strategije za mlade za period 2023–2030);
• Support to Local Self-Governments for the Implementation of Local Youth Policy Measures (Javni konkurs za podršku jedinicama lokalne samouprave u sprovođenju omladinske politike na lokalnom nivou); and
• Enhancing Different Forms of Employment, Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship of Young People (Javni konkurs za stimulisanje različitih oblika zapošljavanja, samozapošljavanja i preduzetništva mladih).

In the most recent call (2025) for the implementation of the goals of the Youth Strategy, 86 out of 189 submitted programme and project proposals were approved for funding, with a total allocation of RSD 123,000,000. The funded initiatives include programmes specifically targeting young people from the alternative care system, such as Stronger in Independence – Long-Term Youth Work Programme for Young People from the Alternative Care System (Snažniji u samostalnosti – dugoročni program omladinskog rada za mlade iz sistema alternativnog staranja); children and young people with disabilities, for example Prevention of Violence against Young People, with a Focus on Children and Youth with Disability (Prevencija nasilja nad mladima, prioritetno nad decom i mladima sa različitim razvojnim potrebama); and members of the Roma population, including Improving the Social and Economic Potential of Roma in Belgrade (Unapređenje socijalnih i ekonomskih potencijala Roma u Beogradu).

Within the call supporting local self-governments, 26 out of 55 submitted project proposals were selected for funding, amounting to RSD 45,334,000. Beneficiaries include numerous organisations across Serbia, including those operating in small and rural communities, with projects primarily focused on providing targeted services such as career guidance as mechanism of social inclusion.

Under the call aimed at enhancing different forms of employment, self-employment, and entrepreneurship, 61 out of 124 submitted programme and project proposals were approved for funding, with a total allocation of RSD 98,000,000. Several supported programmes specifically target young people in NEET situations, such as From Inactivity to Employment – Support Programme for Young People in NEET Situations (Od neaktivnosti do zaposlenja – program podrške mladima u NEET situaciji) and Exit the NEET Status (Izlaz iz NEET statusa), as well as young people in small and rural areas, including Programme for Reducing Youth Unemployment in the Municipality of Prijepolje (Program smanjenja nezaposlenosti mladih u prijepoljskoj opštini kroz razvoj stočarstva) and Economic Empowerment of Hard-to-Employ Young People in the Municipality of Vrbas (Ekonomsko osnaživanje mladih teže zapošljivih u opštini Vrbas).