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The Center for Democracy Foundation organized, on April 8, 2026, within the project “Labour Rights and Decent Work in Socio-Economic Reforms in Serbia – Black on White,” with the support of the Olof Palme International Center, the annual conference “Labour Rights and Decent Work in Serbia: State of Play and Directions for Reform.”
Panel III: Reforms for Decent Work – Legislative and Strategic Priorities
Panel focused on concrete reforms and public policies that need to be improved or adopted.
Topics: New Labour Law, Law on Internships, Youth Guarantee, Employment Strategies.
The Center for Democracy Foundation organized, on April 8, 2026, within the project “Labour Rights and Decent Work in Socio-Economic Reforms in Serbia – Black on White,” with the support of the Olof Palme International Center, the annual conference “Labour Rights and Decent Work in Serbia: State of Play and Directions for Reform.”
Panel II: The World of Work in Serbia – Sectoral Perspectives and Challenges
Overview of the real position of employees across different sectors, with a focus on differences, challenges, and specific issues.
The Center for Democracy Foundation organized, on April 8, 2026, within the project “Labour Rights and Decent Work in Socio-Economic Reforms in Serbia – Black on White,” with the support of the Olof Palme International Center, the annual conference “Labour Rights and Decent Work in Serbia: State of Play and Directions for Reform.”
Opening of the Conference
Panel I: The State of Labour Rights in Serbia 2025 – Key Findings and Recommendations
Presentation of the annual report
On 10 February 2026, in Niš, the Center for Democracy Foundation organized, within the project “Labour Rights and Decent Work in Socio Economic Reforms in Serbia – Black and White”, with the support of the Olof Palme International Center, a local dialogue session entitled “Draft Law on Internships: Between Better Youth Employability and the Risk of Abuse”.
Speech by Nataša Vučković, Secretary General of the Center for Democracy Foundation, at the opening of the regional conference “Youth of the Western Balkans and the European Union”, implemented within the “Regional Youth Dialogue for Europe – RYDE” project, with the support of the European Union (18 November 2025)
The Center for Democracy Foundation, in cooperation with partner organizations from the Western Balkans and with the support of the European Union, organized a two-day regional conference titled “Western Balkan Youth and the European Union: Shaping Our Common Future,” within the project “Regional Youth Dialogue for Europe – RYDE” (2023–2026).
Online Youth Community Forum is an interactive learning and exchange platform that enables building relationships among young people from the Western Balkans, gathers them together around specific topics relevant to the youth in the region and provides the opportunity to develop their own projects, streamline activities, discuss policies, and organize debates through chat rooms, mailing lists, and forums.
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