Labour Rights are Our Rights: Social and Economic Rights and Sustainable Development
The Center for Democracy Foundation continues to actively participate on improving dignified working conditions for Serbia’s entire labour force. Over the last years, we have monitored and evaluated policies and the legal framework in the area of labour, employment and social inclusion, analysing draft laws and amendments to laws relative to this area and have proposed solutions and new practical policies. Through expert analysis and research, we have gained new information and conclusions that have impacted other actors and decision-makers in the area of social policy and employment. By providing training and workshops on the European Union’s legal framework and the principles…
Inclusion of Roma and other marginalized groups in Serbia (InR)
Solidarity with Roma men and women is a task for all of us. Social inclusion of Roma men and women is one of the most pressing tasks in our country. For our fellow Roma citizens to have equal access to economic resources, to live in better neighborhoods, to prevent discrimination in employment, and to reduce poverty in their families – the engagement of the entire community is needed: the state and local governments, business, and civil society, but also all of us. These goals are the focus of the project “Inclusion of Roma and other marginalized groups in Serbia”, a…
New Quality in Education for Gender Equality (LAWGEM)
The Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade accredited a new master’s programme entitled Law and Gender in the spring of 2024, developed the previous year by professors from Belgrade in cooperation with colleagues from several European universities: Cadiz (Spain), LUMSA (Italy), Örebro (Sweden), and Saarland University/Europa Institut (Germany). The ERASMUS Plus KA203 project LAWGEM, also known as “A New Quality in Education for Gender Equality – Strategic Partnership for the Development of the Master’s Programme Law and Gender,” introduces a new quality in education by embedding a gender perspective that has been neglected for centuries up to the…
Policies Beneficial to All
The CDF’s contribution to reducing inequality and poverty, protection of social rights and mitigation of the negative impact of the Covid-19 crisis on society The Policies Beneficial to All – Improving Monitoring of the Impact of Economic Policies on Society is a project which the Center for Democracy Foundation instigates in 2021 and 2022 with the support of the Open Society Foundation Serbia. The main goals of the project are to contribute to inequality and poverty reduction, the protection of social rights, and mitigation of the negative social effects of the Covid-19 crisis, by advocating for fair socio-economic policies and…
Regional Youth Compact for Europe – RYCE
With the Center for Democracy Foundation as the lead partner, for the first time, 14 civil society organizations from the Western Balkans and Turkey united around a single goal—to strengthen the capacities of civil society organizations (CSOs), especially youth organizations, to participate more effectively in policy-making and in monitoring the European integration process. KEY INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT “Regional Youth Compact for Europe / Youth of the Balkans for Europe” is one of those projects that all civil society organizations can be proud of. It began in the spring of 2018 with a meeting with the Local Democracy Agency (LDA)…
SMELT Project
The Center for Democracy Foundation has begun the implementation of the new two-year Erazumus+project SMELT – Skilled Marginalised People to Enter the 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, Asociación Mar Violeta, Spain, Sdruzhenie Yuni Partners, Bulgaria, European Association for Local Democracy (ALDA), France, Ecor International S.p.A., Italy and the Center for Democracy Foundation, Serbia?. The project aim is to improve the position of vulnerable groups, the homeless and migrants, in particular, and…
Policies Beneficial to All – Improving Monitoring of the Impact of Economic Policies on Society
The Policies Beneficial to All – Improving Monitoring of the Impact of Economic Policies on Society is a project which the Center for Democracy Foundation instigates in 2021 and 2022 with the support of the Open Society Foundation Serbia. The main goals of the project are to contribute to inequality and poverty reduction, the protection of social rights, and mitigation of the negative social effects of the Covid-19 crisis, by advocating for fair socio-economic policies and creating a supportive environment in which the citizenry is included in dialogue concerning public policies. The project includes: 1) improving knowledge (know-how) in civil…
Policies Beneficial to All / Reforms Beneficial to All
Policies Beneficial to All: Measuring the Social Impact of Public Policies through Empowerment and Inclusion of Citizens is a one-year project organised by the Center for Democracy Foundation and supported by the Open Society Foundation, Serbia (2019-2020). The social aspect of EU accession is critical to improving the quality of life of the citizenry and in supporting them in the reform process as well as the further movement towards the European Union. Quality education, healthcare, a healthy labour market, quality employment and healthy earnings, social protection, a healthy environment, reduced levels of inequality, and access to justice are just some…
New Quality in Education for Gender Equality (LAWGEM)
The Center for Democracy Foundation is an associate media partner of the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade on the project: New Quality in Education for Gender Equality – Strategic Partnership for the Development of Master`s Study Programme LAW AND GENDER, or the LAWGEM project. The Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade is coordinating this European project (LAWGEM) in collaboration with partners of the consortium from the University of Cadiz Spain, the University of Lums Italy, the University of Orebro Sweden and the University of Saarland / Europe Institute Germany. The most important planned result of the LAWGEM project is…
Connecting the dots
At the beginning of 2020, the Center for Democracy Foundation launched Connecting the Dots project. The focus of this project is on monitoring reforms in the area of social and economic rights, and to inform citizens, holders of social rights, about the importance of the European integration process.During the first months of this project, a team of experts was formed – the Socio-economic rights defenders Club, which will provide the public with information on the state of social and economic rights in Serbia, as well as about reforms in these areas, through analysis, research and public campaigns. The first analysis…
Strenghtening gender equality in Serbia
Strenghtening gender equality, a project funded by Royal Norwegian Embassy, is a new project that will be implemented in the year 2020 by Center for Democracy Foundation and Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation. According to the European Commission report on Serbia for the year 2019, the largest number of complaints to the Commissioner for Protection of Equality are related to gender discrimination, and on second place are complaints related to discrimination in the field of work and employment, filed mainly by women in the period from 2014 to 2018 (57,3%). The reasons why women most often mention the gender component…
Coordination of the Working Group for Chapters 2 and 19 within the National Convention on the European Union (NCEU)
The National Convention on the EU established the framework for the civil society to monitor governments’ activities in the accession negotiations and in introducing and implementing reforms. Through dialogue with the Government’s negotiation team, the CSOs have the opportunity to obtain information, verify obtained information, provide feedback, formulate recommendations and policy proposals – all with aim to build critical partnership on Serbian path to the EU. The working group 17 on chapters 2 and 19 is one of the most active working groups, chaired by the CDF. WG counts 44 members, representatives of NGOs, Trade unions and employers unions.
