Presentation of the Publication: Social Impact of Public Policies
Reforms Beneficial to All project: Public Participation Toward Better Public Policies and Sustainable Socio-economic Development On 27 October 2021, the Center for Democracy Foundation presented the following publication: Social Impact of Public Policies. The publication was prepared within the framework of the Reforms Beneficial to All project: Public Participation Toward Better Public Policies and Sustainable Socio-economic Development, and implemented by the Center for Democracy Foundation, with the support of the Open Society Foundation Serbia. Keynote speakers: Nataša Vučković, Executive Director, Center for Democracy Foundation Srđan Đurović, Open Society Foundation Serbia Tara Petrović, Civic Initiatives Session I: Presentation: Analysis of Civil…
Debate: Social Rights and the Media
CENTER DIALOGUE – SOCIAL DIALOGUE On 25 October, 2021, the Center for Democracy Foundation organised the debate: Social Rights and the Media in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The debate was initiated by Nataša Vučković, Executive Director at the Center for Democracy Foundation, and the opening statements were given by: Danijela Ilić-Krasić, N1; Svetozar Raković, Nezavisnost; Aleksandar Milošević, Danas; Katarina Baletić, Nova ekonomija. The debate was moderated by journalist Ljubica Gojgić. Topics of vital importance to the citizenry are social rights and economic development, and it is questionable as to how these topics are reported on in our country…
Public reading of the European Commission 2021 Report on Serbia
On 25 October 2021, the Center for Democracy Foundation and the Centre for Contemporary Politics organised the Public reading of the European Commission 2021 Report on Serbia, with the support of the Olof Palme International Center. The Report of the European Commission on Serbia for 2021 was published on 19 October in Strasbourg. The Commissioner for Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, called for the opening of two new clusters in the negotiation process with Serbia, while the authorities in Belgrade rated the report as one of the best in the last few years. Is this really the case? What evaluations may be…
Interview with Prof. Dr. Dragica Vujadinović – LAWGEM project
New Quality in Education for Gender Equality – Strategic Partnership for the Development of Master’s Study Program Law and Gender (LAWGEM) Interview with Prof. Dr. Dragica Vujadinović (Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade) The Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade is conducting a project entitled “New Quality in Education for Gender Equality – Strategic Partnership for the Development of Master’s Study Program Law and Gender (LAWGEM)”. Prof. Dr. Dragica Vujadinović is heading this European project, and we spoke to her about its importance, aims, and anticipated results. How did the idea about initiating project LAWGEM come about? Project…
Announcement Ahead of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
As the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty approaches, the Center for Democracy Foundation calls attention to the predominant existential uncertainty and alarming poverty present in Serbia, and calls for the adoption of strategies the primary aim of which are to reduce, that is, to eradicate poverty. Remember, approximately half a million people in our country live below the so-called absolute poverty line, and a quarter of the population lives below the so-called relative poverty line. Serbia has alarmingly high risk of poverty rates and informal employment rates; the number of beneficiaries of financial state aid decreases from year…
CDF Executive Director with the President of the UN General Assembly
On 12 October, Nataša Vučković, Executive Director of the Center for Democracy Foundation met with the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Mr Abdulla Shahid, who is currently visiting Belgrade. Topics of discussion included the Sustainable Development Goals, gender equality, participation of women in politics, status of women with disabilities as well as concrete suggestions for the promotion of gender equality in Serbia. Other participants in the conversation included Biljana Meletin of the Women's Platform for Development of Serbia, Ljupka Mihajlovska, Director of the Centre for Students with Disabilities and representatives of the UN team in Serbia. The meeting…
Interview with Nataša Vučković published in Blic daily newspaper: After 5 October, we overlooked the importance of empowering our youth
“Our ties to the European Union run deep, from an economic, political and cultural aspect. We are a European state and we belong in the EU” Our public scene today is overwhelmed with individuals competing to deny all positive changes brought about by the events which took place on 5 October. To the people of Serbia, this date represents a remarkable democratic victory. This is what Nataša Vučković, Executive Director of the Center for Democracy Foundation had to say in her interview for Blic. According to her, first and foremost, in was on this date that Serbia reclaimed its position…
Reforms Beneficial to All: Alternative Report on the Local Employment Action Plan for Youth – Zrenjanin
On 7 October 2021, the Center for Democracy Foundation organised a debate on the subject: Alternative Report on the Local Employment Action Plan for Youth – Zrenjanin – Youth and Employment. The debate was organised within the framework of the Reforms Beneficial to All project: Public Participation Toward Better Public Policies and Sustainable Socio-economic Development, implemented by the Center for Democracy Foundation, with the support of the Open Society Foundation Serbia. 2018 – 2021 Local Employment Action Plan for Youth – Zrenjanin is a document used to implement public policy aiming to improve the quality of life of youths. The…
Announcement Commemorating World Day of Decent Work
The Center for Democracy Foundation wishes all workers and all people of the Republic of Serbia a happy World Day for Decent Work and reminds us that we are all responsible in the fight for the right to decent work! With the ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Serbia assumed the obligation to adhere to, protect, to provide the means by which to exercise the right to decent work. Still, data shows that most of our inhabitants are denied the right to decent work with regard to the possibility of gaining employment, exercising the right…
Reforms Beneficial to All: Debate: Youth Policy in Požega
On 30 September 2021, the Center for Democracy Foundation organised the following debate: Youth Policy in Požega. Participating in the discussion were representatives of local self-government, activists, local CSOs, the media, representatives of the CDF, and Civil Action Forum – FORCA Požega presented the Analysis of Local Youth Policies in the Municipality of Požega. The debate was organised within the framework of the Reforms Beneficial to All project: Public Participation Toward Better Public Policies and Sustainable Socio-economic Development, implemented by the Center for Democracy Foundation, with the support of the Open Society Foundation Serbia. One of the objectives of the…
RYCE project completed!
A three year regional project Regional Youth Compact for Europe (RYCE) came to its end in mid-2021. PROJECT REPORT (Download PDF) The project Regional Youth Compact for Europe has started in spring 2018, when I met Stanka Parać, director of Local Democracy Agency Subotica who introduced me with the work of LDAs from the Western Balkans. During this meeting in Subotica, we agreed that a strong partnership between the CSOs with outstanding expertise in EU integration and the CSOs with a long – standing experience in working with local communities could become a consolidating component for the creation of a…
Gender (In)Equality of Persons with Disability (Conference, 20.9.2021)
LAWGEM Project Conference Board – PhD Candidate Ana Pavlović, Prof. Dr. Dragica Vujadinović, Prof. Dr. Ivana Krstić, Prof. Dr. Ljubinka Kovačević, Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich, Prof. Dr. Marco Evola, Prof. Dr. Isabel Ribes Moreno, Prof. Dr. Susanne Strand, Dr Mareike Froehlich AGENDA (PDF) GENDER (IN)EQUALITY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY Bilingual conference with English/Serbian/English translation and translation into the Serbian sign language Monday, September 20, 2021 Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Conference room (Combination of online sessión and offline work at FL UB – Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86927315848 09.00-09.30 Welcome Speeches (Serbian, in person):…
