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….
Comments/recommendations concerning the 2018-2020 Economic Reform Programme (ERP)
In front of the National Convention on the European Union (NCEU), and coordination of its Working group 17, on Chapters 2 and 19, Center for Democracy Foundation was one of the signatories of the Platform for the Monitoring of the Implementation of the Economic Reform Programme ERP and the Employment and Social Reform Programme ESRP. In that framework, CDF conducted different activities that gathered attitudes of stakeholders (Trade unions, employers and NGO) on reforms that are planned in ERP and ESRP. Findings and recommendations that are formulated during the monitoring of the ERP implementation are also included in comments and proposals that…
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Center for Democracy Team on Study Visit to Brussels from November 26-29, 2017
Within the framework of supporting the CDF capacity building, members of our team – Natasa Vuckovic, Sarita Bradas and Jelena Gosic took part at the Study Visit to Brussels, where they exchanged knowledge, ideas and possibilities for future cooperation and partnerships. During this visit, our team met with CSOs, institutions, CSO networks and trade unions, such as Foundation for European Progressive Studies FEPS, European Anti-Poverty Network EAPN, International Confederation of Trade Union – Pan-European Regional Council, European Economic and Social Committee, etc… Study Visit was supported by our partners Olof Palme International Center. Center for Democracy Foundation
Statistics and Decent Work
A Critical Analysis of the Political Interpretation of Labour Statistics By Sarita Bradaš In the national policies and programmes in Serbia, it is evident, both in the analyses and the proposed measures, that only two indicators for the labour market were taken into consideration: the employment rate and the unemployment rate. Whereas, a rise of the employment rate and a drop of the unemployment rate were thought to be the only indicators for the situation on the labour market, without considering their potential impact on the realization of decent work and without putting into place measures for the protection of…
