Students from Western Balkans Ready to Actively Engage in Reforms
Students, young professionals and scholars gathered in Danilovgrad (Montenegro) to participate at the first regional course of the Politiea Western Balkans School for Youth Participation from April 1-6, 2019. The Politeia Western Balkans School is organized within the project Regional Youth Compact for Europe, a regional initiative of 14 organizations from the Western Balkans, EU and Turkey and supported by the European Union and Balkan Trust for Democracy. A group of twenty five regional Politeia participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Northern Macedonia and Kosovo*. are recruited through an open call distributed through universities, CSOs, youth organizations and…
Dialogue in the Center: How to Reach a Political Solution? – Civic protests as a reaction to a deficit of justice and weakness of institutions
Debate on topic “How to Reach a Political Solution? – Civic protests as a reaction to a deficit of justice and weakness of institutions“, was held on March 28, 2019 in Belgrade, within the project „Dialogue in the Center“, which is organized by the Center for Democracy Foundation and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. This debate was held in order to discuss the ongoing protests and civic awakening spreading around Serbia, the resistance to an authoritarian model of governance, but also the unclear political profile of the protests and the attempts of their radicalization. The debate was opened by Natasa Vuckovic,…
International Workshop “Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights”
Two day workshop “Rule of Law and Fundamental Right – why they are important for the youth and how they can contribute to monitoring of reforms” was held in Mostar, on March 25-26, 2019. Over 20 young people from Western Balkans participated in the series of workshops on the topic European Union, European values, standards and principles that every candidate country should incorporate during the accession process. The aim of this workshop was to empower youth for joining existing and creation of new thematic networks, which are focused on rule of law and fundamental rights, public administration reform, employment and…
First Regional Thematic Network Forum and the Annual Conference
First Regional Thematic Network Forum and Annual Conference were held in Tirana on February 26-27, 2019, within the project Regional Youth Compact for Europe. On the first day of RTNF, over 70 representatives of civil sector and youth from Western Balkans and Turkey had the opportunity to gain knowledge on new possibilities for cooperation among different actors in the region, but also to participate in simulation of joined activities for integration in the EU on the regional level. The Forum was opened by Arbjan Mazniku, Deputy Mayor of Tirana, Sokol Dedja, Deputy Minister of European and International Affairs from Albania,…
Applications are open for POLITEIA WESTERN BALKANS SUMMER SCHOOL!
We invite you to apply for the POLITEIA regional school for youth that will be held 1-6 April 2019 in Danilovgrad, Montenegro. The first POLITEIA school for civil society took place in 1997 during the large civic and student protests where youth gained knowledge of democratic and European values. Since then hundreds of young people were taught and motivated to actively participate in social and political processes. It is recognized as one of the leading non-formal educative programs in the Western Balkans because of its great choice of lecturers, interactive methodology as well as choosing qualified participants. The Politeia School…
Consultations about the Third draft of the Action plan for Chapter 19
Meeting of the Working group 17 of the National Convention on the EU (WG17 NCEU) with the representatives of the Ministry of labour, employment, veteran and social affairs, about the Third draft of the Action plan for Chapter 19 – Social Policy and Employment, was held on January 15, 2019, in Belgrade. Meeting was opened by Tanja Miscevic, Head of the Negotiation Team, Nenad Neric and Dragana Savic from the Ministry of labour, employment, veteran and social affairs. Natasa Vuckovic, coordinator of the WG17 NCEU, pointed that the short deadlines were left for sending comments and suggested that one more…
„Call to Europe in the Western Balkans“
Međunarodna konferencija „Call to Europe in the Western Balkans“ održana je 17. decembra 2018. godine u Beogradu uz učešće više od 60 predstavnika organizacija civilnog društva, analitičara, političara i novinara iz Srbije, zemalja u regionu i Evropske unije. Konferenciju su organizovali Fondacija Centar za demokratiju, Fondacija za evropske progresivne studije (FEPS) iz Brisela, Međunarodni centar Olof Palme iz Švedske, a u saradnji sa Fondacijom Žan Žores iz Francuske i Fondacijom za razvoj parlamenta. Iz serijala konferencija Call to Europe koje FEPS organizuje širom Evrope ovo je prva konferencija koja se održava na Zapadnom Balkanu. Konferenciju su otvorili Nataša Vučković, generalni sekretar Fondacije Centar za demokratiju, Šarlot Bilingem, izvršna savetnica Fondacije za evropske…
Parliamentarians called for the opening of the European Social Fund for Serbia
Participants of the ninth meeting of the Stabilization and Association Parliamentary Committee to the European Union (SAPC), which was held in Belgrade, on October 29-30, 2018, called for the opening of the European Social Fund (ESF) which would be used by Serbia. Meeting was co-chaired by Edvard Kukan (MeP), on behalf of the delegation of the European Parliament and Vladimir Orlic (MP), on behalf of the delegation of the National Parliament of the Republic of Serbia. The Declaration and Recommendation to the Council for Stabilization and Association and to the institutions of Serbia and European Union adopted at the meeting…
Debate „Poverty in Serbia“
Debate was held on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, on October 17, 2018. Ivan Sekulovic, associate of the Center for Democracy, and former director of the Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit held introductory speech „Are there any policies for poverty reduction in Serbia“, and Sarita Bradas, researcher in the CDF spoke about relativization of the poverty data in Serbia, after which the discussion for more than 30 participants was open. Debate was organized in partnership with Trag Fondation, Autonumous Women Center, Initiative „Ne da(vi)mo Beograd“, Initiative A11 and Portal Bebac. „Poverty in Serbia“ was 98 debate,…
Towards Improved Health and Safety at Work in the Western Balkans
Jovana Pantovic, representative of Center for Democracy Foundation, participated on October 10, 2018, at the second round table within the regional project Towards Improved Health and Safety at Work in the Western Balkans. This regional project have been launched by CSOs from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Kosovo, which already work on topics such as promotion and protection of labour rights, contribution to enhancement of control system in the policy and regulation implementation, and pointing out the problems that arouses on the field. The third regional round table will be organized in Belgrade by the end of this year. …
Economic Empowerment of Women – Women as Actors of Rural Development
Consultative Workshop Center for Democracy Foundation organized a consultative workshop “Women as Actors of Rural Development – Possibilities and Challenges”, with aim to open a discussion about the level of involvement of the gender perspective in the local employment policies, on October 9, 2018. Workshop is supported by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. The following issues have been addressed: the methods of contribution of women organizations to the economic empowerment of women living in the countryside, and what type of support they need; how to redesign local development policies in order to contribute to quality jobs creation and elimination of gender…
The First Regional Round Table „Health and Safety at Work in Western Balkans“
Representatives of the Center for Democracy Foundation, Natasa Vuckovic and Jovana Pantovic participate today at the the first regional round table organized by the partner organization Center for Labour Rights from Albania. This regional project has been initiated by non-governmental organizations from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo which continuously advocate for better protection of labour rights, through advocating for improved legal framework, more efficient controle in implementation of the regulations. In the countries of the Western Balkans there is a need to introduce EU standards in the field of occupational health and safety, to upgrade the protection mechanisms….
