LABOUR RIGHTS ARE OUR RIGHTS Campaign
Join us in the battle for labour rights, because labour rights are our rights! Center for Democracy Foundation implemented a campaign via social media to raise awareness of the situation regarding labour rights in Serbia today. The campaign aims to inform the public in terms of the positions of particularly vulnerable groups of citizens, the employed and the unemployed, of the position of young people and their future in the labour market, and on OH&S under COVID-19 conditions and the importance of trade union organisation. The campaign ends on 16 December, which is the day in 1966 that the International…
Center Dialogue: Are We Managing Climate Change?
The Center for Democracy Foundation organised a debate via Center Dialogue on the topic Are We Managing Climate Change? The debate was held on Wednesday, 18 November 2020 from 12:00 to 14:00, in the Envoy Congress Centre, Gospodar Jevremova 47, as part of the Connecting the Dots project. Keynote Speakers: Aleksandar Macura – RES Foundation, Prof. Aleksandar Jovović, PhD, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, Maša Perović, WWF Adria Serbia, Prof. Vladimir Đurđević, PhD, Faculty of Physics in Belgrade, Aleksandar Kovačević, power/energy expert and Prof. Vladimir Janković, PhD, Manchester University. Moderator: Ljubica Gojgić, journalist. In Serbia, the year 2020 was…
How Do We Plan Measures in the Areas of Employment and Social Protection?
The Planning Measures in the Area of Employment and Social Protection webinar held 5 November 2020 for the members of the Working Group of the National Convention on the EU for Chapter 19 – Social Policy and Employment, and for other civil society organisations, social partners, expert associations and institutions dealing with the preparation of public policy documents or those monitoring the application of measures and programmes in this area. We organised this webinar with the intent of improving the knowledge and skills of civil society organisations which are necessary in the process of public policy document preparation and monitoring…
FCD Joins in Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention on Human Rights
The Center for Democracy Foundation joins in celebrating the 70th anniversary of the European Council’s Convention on Human Rights. This is a particularly important jubilee for all of Europe, as well as the people of Serbia, which not only ratified this important international instrument, but also incorporated its basic principles into Serbia’s own Constitution. The Convention was signed on this day 70 years ago and represents the very first instrument envisaging the binding nature of the rights established under the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and poses a common mechanism for the protection of human rights in the EU and…
Analysing the Effects of Public Policies on Society Guide
The Center for Democracy Foundation is pleased to present the Effects of Public Policies on Society Guide which we have prepared with the support of the Open Society Foundation Serbia through the Policies Beneficial to All project: Measuring the Impact of Policy Proposals on the Public through Empowerment and Inclusion of Citizens. The purpose of the Guide is to enable those of you who deal with public policies in a professional or activist capacity, to acquire basic knowledge on the analysis of the effects of public policies on society, through practical application guidelines, among other things Analysing the Effect of…
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Through the Implementation of the SDGs
On the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, celebrated 17 October, the Center for Democracy Foundation indicates that, as in previous years, the most vulnerable category of the unemployed are single parents with children, families with three or more children and those over the age of 65 living alone. The trend toward the feminisation of poverty of those over the age of 65 also continues. The Center for Democracy Foundation marked the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty via its Sustainable Development for All project. We are working on the dissemination of knowledge, the inclusion of all actors…
Public reading of the European Commission Report for Serbia
Center for Democracy Foundation and European Western Balkans have organised the traditional Public reading of the European Commission Report for Serbia for 2020, to be held on Friday, 9 October 2020, from 12:00 to 13:30 at the Envoy Congress Centre, Gospodar Jevremova 47, in Belgrade. Keynote Speakers: Nataša Vučković (FCD), Nemanja Todorović Štiplija (EWB), Srđan Majstorović (CEP), Vladimir Međak (EPuS), Katarina Golubović (YUCOM), Bojan Elek (BCBP) and Marko Savković (BFPE) Moderator: Nikola Burazer (EWB) At this gathering we presented key findings and proposals contained in the European Commission Report for Serbia and compared the scores assigned within our region, the…
Youth center Brus
We are pleased to present the "Brus Youth Center", an organization with seven years of experience in the field of youth policy. Through various projects realized in recent years, such as "Development of inclusive education in the territory of Brus" and "We are different, but the same", the Youth Center Brus is successfully fighting to improve the lives of its citizens. They take special care of young people and through their various activities try to educate young people about basic events in the country and abroad, their rights and employment opportunities. They are especially concerned with marginalized groups and through…
Through Culture We Connect the Dots of a Divided Society
Center Dialogue: A Culture Under Pressure – The Position of Artists and Culture in Our Towns and Municipalities (6 October 2020) Vesna Marjanović greeted those present in the hall from which the livestream was transmitted, as well as the large number of people following the debate via ZOOM and the Foundation’s Facebook page. She highlighted that the Center for Democracy Foundation has a longstanding tradition of nurturing public dialogue, and it seems to us that today is a time of huge social and political divisions, a time when it is ever more necessary to nurture public dialogue, argumentative debates, peaceful…
The UN Human Rights Team (with the support of OHCHR) and CDF presenting a New Analysis on Impacts of COVID-19
Impact of COVID-19 epidemic on the position and rights of workers, with particular emphasis on frontline workers and those working in the informal economy, as well as multiply affected categories The United Nations Human Rights Team, with the support of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Center for Democracy Foundation (FCD), organised a presentation of the study The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Male and Female Workers' Rights, Focusing on Rights at the Frontline in the Informal Economy and Multiple Affected Categories. The presentation was held today online. The spokesmen included: Françoise…
Dialogue in the Center: We Are Expected to Be More Active
The outcome of the recently held local elections, were such that due to boycott, the opposition was left without a spot in the local assemblies. How will the new urban and municipal assemblies represent the citizenry, their various needs and priorities? Representatives of the ruling majority claim that new mayors were elected in over 50 cities and municipalities, however, all of them are representatives of the same party. Will this change the way these cities and municipalities are managed? Will councilors, some of whom had already served in parties, and elected from citizens’ group lists, be able to impact local…
Youth Fund – Grant Awards
On 1 September, the Center for Democracy Foundation officially awarded grants to the selected local youth organisations via the Youth Fund – Our Voice Must Also Be Heard and the EU Balkan Youth for Europe project. 64 applications were submitted, while 14 of the best projects were selected for grant approval. The aim of the Youth Fund is to strengthen local democracy in the Western Balkans by providing support to local youth organisations that represent the active participation of young people at a local level. Let’s not forget that the total funds of the Youth Fund amount to EUR 78,000….
