CDF Announcement: International Day of Education
To commemorate International Day of Education, the CDF points to the importance of providing inclusive and fair quality education for all, as an important precondition for achieving sustainable development, gender equality and poverty eradication, in accordance with the United Nations SDGs and the 2030 Agenda. It is vital to secure support for those belonging to vulnerable groups so that they too have access to quality education at all levels. The least number of children receiving a preschool education come from families with a lower socio-economic status: the poor, those with lower levels of education, from rural communities and the Roma…
Nataša Vučković at a guest appearance on TV N1 to discuss the referendum (VIDEO)
16 January 2022 Nataša Vučković, Executive Director, Center for Democracy Foundation made a guest appearance on TV N1 dedicated to discussing Serbian Constitutional referendum. Source: N1
Referendum – FOR, AGAINST or Boycott?
Nataša Vučković (Executive Director, Center for Democracy Foundation), author of the text for Novi Magazin weekly newsmagazine Belgrade, January 13, 2022 The Constitution is the most important democratic, legal, political, and in our country, European, issue. The campaign for the referendum is rather meek, and the information we are voting on in the referendum is incomprehensible to the majority of the citizenry. Contradictory statements of government representatives just serves to confuse, as do the views of opposition parties, some which are for a boycott while others are for voting against. Experts are divided, and civil society organisations have differing views…
TOP 5 in 2021
SDGs for All Platform; Regional Youth Compact for Europe; Labour Rights are Our Rights; Connecting the Dots project… Regional Youth Compact for Europe project Labour Rights are Our Rights project SDGs for All Platform Connecting the Dots project „POLITEIA Western Balkans School for Youth Participation“ The Center for Democracy Foundation organised the regional POLITEIA Western Balkans School for Youth Participation within the Regional Youth Compact for Europe project. Young experts from the WB and Turkey participated in the school. The Politeia School was held from 7 to 29 May 2021 in a new, digital format, with approximately 30 participants,…
Decent Work and Economic Growth in Serbia – Do They Go Hand in Hand? (Opening of the Conference)
“Labour Rights are Our Rights” project Annual Conference: "Decent Work and Economic Growth in Serbia – Do They Go Hand in Hand?" (21 December 2021)
Annual Conference: Decent Work and Economic Growth in Serbia – Do They Go Hand in Hand?
“Labour Rights are Our Rights” project On 21 December 2021, the Center for Democracy Foundation organised the Annual Conference entitled Decent Work and Economic Growth in Serbia – do they go hand in hand? within the framework of the Labour Rights are Our Rights project. The world of labour operates under very complex conditions today, and globalisation, which has already taken over capital, has now moved on to the labour market. The social and economic crisis, further exacerbated by the Covid-19 epidemic, has had an exceptionally bad impact on the state of labour rights. This has hit vulnerable groups on…
Thematic Group “Eradication of Poverty” established
Sustainable Development for All Platform The Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation and the Center for Democracy Foundation organized a meeting on December 16, in order to set up a thematic group on poverty eradication. The thematic group was formed in order to improve the conditions for achieving Sustainable Development Objective 1: No Poverty, and facilitate a dialogue between the key actors from the public, private and civil domains. The meeting was attended by the representatives of the national level decision-makers, experts in this field, representatives of civil society organizations and the media, including Natasa Vuckovic (Center for Democracy Foundation), Ivona…
Session Held of Working Group 17 for the National Convention on the European Union
A session of Working Group 17 for the National Convention on the European Union (NCEU) for Chapters 2 (Freedom of Movement for Workers) and 19 (Social Policy and Employment) was held 13 December 2021 on an online format. Discussions were held concerning the work of the Government in the areas of social policy and employment, adopted public policy documents and laws, the implementation of the Action Plan for Chapter 19, and public policy laws and documents which are under development. During the discussion, among others, the necessity to render the Social Protection Strategy as the key public policy document in…
SMELT Workshop: Empowerment Toward Active Participation within the Labour Market
SMELT project As part of the SMELT project, a workshop was organised aiming to increase participant capacities and knowledge concerning labour rights and to encourage active participation in the labour market. The workshop was comprised of two modules. The first was held 14 – 16 December 2021 and the second 20 – 22 December 2021. Center for Democracy Foundation SMELT – Skilling Marginalized people to Enter Labour Market The project is being implemented in collaboration with 8 partners – Samarcanda società cooperativa sociale Onlus, Italy, Mosha Pijade Vocational Secondary School, Tetovo, Northern Macedonia, Synthesis Center for Research and Education Ltd, Cyprus,…
Nataša Vučković Participates in the Human Rights Forum
Panel Discussion on Poverty and Sustainable Development Goals Executive Director of the Center for Democracy Foundation, Nataša Vučković, participated in the Human Rights Forum held 10 December 2021, organised by the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue. “Why is it that today, on Human Rights Day, we have gathered to discuss poverty and the 2030 Agenda? Because there are clear connections between the reality of poverty, the state of human rights and the 2030 Agenda. Together, they form a triangle in which they are conditionally interrelated” – said Natasa Vučković during the panel discussion on Poverty and…
Announcement Ahead of International Human Rights Day
As International Human Rights Day approaches, the Center for Democracy Foundation warns of the unsatisfactory level of respect and protection of a range of very important rights of the people of Serbia. The most critical situation revolves around the right to free, timely and objective information, the freedom of expression and assembly, the right to a healthy environment. Particularly alarming is the fact that many vulnerable groups in our society are dramatically deprived of their basic human rights, such as the right to housing, the right to a dignified life, and the right to access to health care. At this…
National Dialogue on Social Inclusion and Economic Empowerment of Roma Men and Women Returnees
CONFERENCE OPENING On December 7, 2021, the National Dialogue on Social Inclusion and Economic Empowerment of Roma Men and Women Returnees was held in Belgrade – entitled "Through Cooperation and Good Practice to Sustainable Solutions".
