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20.04.2012 USAID Supports Digital Activism in Serbia
The second annual SHARE conference, the largest civil society and activist event in the region with 2,500 daily participants from more than 30 countries, will take place in Belgrade from April 26-28.

09.04.2012 Official kick-off of the “Crno na Belo/Black on White” campaign
On April 3, at Dom Omladine in Belgrade, the CSAI program organized a ceremonial event to mark the official kick-off of the “Crno na Belo/Black on White” campaign. The campaign will be jointly implemented by a coalition of six civil society organizations over the next year with the goal to shape the public dialogue on workers’ rights and fair labor standards.

Campaigns in progress

Internet Republic

Internet RepublicInternet Republic is a sort of an online parliament where anyone may set up his/her own political party, promote ideas and receive support. This is a political, sociological, media and technological experiment exploring the concept of direct democracy. In this virtual state, all the citizens are members of parliament.

Possible Serbia

Citizens have said what, in their view, the greatest problems in the society are, and, at the same time, put forth solutions. On the Possible Serbia portal, which is a sort of a market for exchange of citizens’ ideas, there will be awards for the best possible initiatives and proposals. New ideas are sought, new solutions and new answers, which will help those who will come to power in the future.

Crno na Belo/Black on White

The campaign "Crno na Belo/Black on White" will be jointly implemented by a coalition of six civil society organizations over the next year with the goal to shape the public dialogue on workers’ rights and fair labor standards.
Participating organizations will mount a local and national-level campaign placing pressure on business and government to improve labor standards at the workplace, enhance workers’ abilities to defend and promote their rights, and organize information campaigns to build public awareness about fair labor standards.

Visibility of MPs in the Serbian National Assembly

The Initiative for Integration (IFI) from Vranje publicly presented its project “Visibility of MPs in the Serbian National Assembly”, which is being implemented in cooperation with three partner organizations from Nis, Jagodina and Novi Sad. The goal of the project is to put citizens in a position over the next 11 months to monitor the work of state officials in their local communities.

Supercitizen – citizens against violence

The interactive on-line platform www.supergradjanin.com allows citizens to report on acts of violence in their communities. Citizens can post messages, photos and videos related to several different types of violent acts, such as domestic violence, ethnically motivated violence, work-based violence, violence against the LGBT community and violence against animals. Dokukino and partner organizations will organize promotional local-level actions to inform citizens how to report on cases of violence over the Supercitizen platform. Throughout April, street actions will be organized in Bot, Negotin, Zajecar, Novi Becej, Novi Sad and Belgrade.

Really Important – promotion of positive shared values

The “Really Important” campaign promotes positive shared values among Serbian youth and mobilizes young people to get actively involved in solving societal problems. As part of the campaign, the Divac Foundation and partner organizations are organizing a series of local level actions in Belgrade, Zajecar, Novi Sad, Krusevac and Velika Plana, in order to encourage young people to come together and solve community level problems. More information about the campaign is available at www.stvarnovažno.org

Green Initiative – promotion of environmental protection and recycling

The Green Initiative seeks to reform waste management practices and provide long-term improvements to Serbia’s waste management system. Participating organizations are working to: 1) improve the position of informal waste collectors by integrating them into the waste management supply chain; 2) establish social enterprises for waste collectors; 3) establish a system for developing local and regional waste management plans in 24 municipalities and 4 regions in Serbia; and mobilize citizens, private sector businesses and public institutions to protect the environment through waste selection and recycling. More information about the campaign is available at www.zelenainicijativa.rs

Don’t let others decide for you

The “Don’t let others decide for you” campaign motivates young people to participate in the political dialogue in the upcoming general and presidential elections. Center E8 and the High School Students Union are working to develop a comprehensive list of demands and expectations of young people, facilitate a public dialogue between youth and political parties, and create mechanisms for holding political parties accountable to youth. The campaign’s web-platform www.izaberi.rs allows young people to state their expectations and demands from politicians and serves as a channel to communicate with political party representatives.

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Bojan Velev - Four Steps from Individual Collector to Recycling Entrepreneur!
Millions of people throughout the world earn their living by collecting, sorting, recycling and selling materials discarded by someone else. As crucial stakeholders in the field of informal economy, collectors and “pickers” of waste bring genuine benefit to their local communities and significantly contribute to environmental protection.

Anđelka Marković - If You Keep Silent, then Put up with It
Gross social injustices, vulnerability of certain social groups, passive key stakeholders. In societies, such as Serbia, undergoing transition, particularly a long and arduous one, these notions are unrelated. We often ponder if we, as citizens, are important only when elections are held? Is there any other space where the implementation of key changes in the society may (or must) be influenced?

Success Stories

Crisis Denies Right to Decent Work
In the past year, about 55,000 workers in Serbia did not receive any wages even though they worked full-time, 43% of those employed experienced mobbing, while about a million people worked in the black economy. Employment rate in our country is at its historic minimum.

Five Thousand Forlorn Fates a Year
Out of nine women who were murdered in the first quarter of this year, as many as five of them were victims of family violence” – was one of the headlines in all Serbian media on 30 March this year. The news broke out of the mundane world of mere statistics and spilt itself all over the cover pages.

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Key results to date

• Provision of 341 grants worth a total of $12,4 million to NGOs throughout Serbia;
• Trained more than 1,320 civic activists and leaders from close to 239 NGOs in principles of advocacy and effective citizen engagement;
• Provision of legal and policy reforms (national and local) on election legislation, promotion of government transparency and accountability, environment, youth, vulnerable populations and other issues;
• Supported numerous issue-based advocacy campaigns that helped to build a culture of democracy by engaging citizens to advocate among other things for revitalization of local school yards and playgrounds, cleaning up of rivers and illegal dumps, employment for people with disabilities, recycling, and greater visibility and human rights for all communities;
• Launch of the first ever Business Leaders Forum in Serbia with members from 17 leading Serbian and international companies to encourage increased corporate social responsibility (CSR) and philanthropy;
• Support in the establishment of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and 70+ Youth offices around the country, as well as adoption of a National Youth Strategy;
• Establishment of the VIRTUS Corporate Philanthropy Excellence Award recognizing outstanding companies in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR) while forging sustainable partnerships between NGOs and businesses;
• Supported legislative and other reform processes at the local and national level important for Serbia’s democratization, such as: establishment of the Office for NGO/Government Cooperation, the Law on Social Housing, the Law on Personal Data Protection; the Law on Data Confidentiality, the Law on Unified Voter List and the Law on Associations, as well as establishment of Local Gender, Roma and Environmental Councils in tens of Serbian municipalities and cities;
• Supported the environmental Oplaneti se!/Get with the Planet! Campaign gathering citizens from all throughout Serbia which participated in a cyclist’s caravan that promoted environmentally-friendly messages via billboards attached to their bicycles. The caravan ended at the EXIT festival, Serbia’s largest music festival annually attended by more than 200,000 people from all over Europe.

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