Booklet “Learning From Others: Experience of Transition in Czech Republic and Slovenia”

Transition as a process that is more or less successfully happened or it is still happening in post-communist countries and societies inspired the two non-governmental organizations from Serbia and Montenegro to consider about the process comparison in different countries, conclusions deriving from it, aiming to alleviate the efforts for those who are about to face those reforms towards open society. The possibility for a broader and comprehensive overview of the transitional perspective, aimed to improve the creation of plans for reform and laws, was the basis for the joint project of Center for Democracy Foundation and Fund for the Development…

REPORT – THE THIRD FORUM OF YUGOSLAV NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (ENG)

The Third Forum of Yugoslav Non-Governmental Organizations was organized in Belgrade, May 17-19, 2001 by two Organizers: the Centre for Democracy Foundation and the Centre for the Non-Profit Sector Development. The main message of the Third Forum was CHALLENGES OF THE PRESENT DAY. The primary objective of the Third Forum was to refer to challenges that the non-governmental sector in Yugoslavia has been faced with after the democratic changes. During the past few years, the non-governmental sector was substantially committed to achieving democratic changes in the country, while during the last year, through launching numerous pre-elections campaigns by non-governmental organizations,…

Booklet “Learning From Others: Experience of Transition in Poland and Hungary”

This publication includes reports from the study trips organized in the period June 16 – July 1, 2001, to Poland and Hungary. Expert teams from the fields of macro economy, finances, investments and social policy, formed according to previous selection and in cooperation with appropriate ministers and heads of departments included experts from: Ministry of Finances and Economy, Public Revenue Service, Ministry for International Economic Relations, National Bank of Yugoslavia, Economic Institute and various departments of Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs. Teams spent one week both in Poland and in Hungary in a working visit to their colleagues from…

Publication “IZLAZ/EXIT 2000” (ENG)

It has became clear in the recent months that pre-elections campaigns organized prior to presidential and parliamentary elections in FR of Yugoslavia in September 2000, have introduced a new, and in many ways unprecedented, approach to political life in Yugoslavia, both in terms of their appearance and their final results. The Third Sector in Yugoslavia has for the first time shown its full strength and unity, by getting together in an informal network, and by a coordinated presentation of the pre-elections campaign entitled EXIT 2000 – Non-governmental organizations for democratic and fair elections. (IZLAZ 2000 – Nevladine organizacije za demokratske…