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Snežana Luković - Word as a Looking-Glass
“Time will come when we won’t be using pen and paper. We’ll be writing electronically.” This statement left a deep mark on my memory. At the time when I read it, it seemed improbable. Or, should I say – funny.
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?
Maša Mišić - Is There a Cure for Corruption in Serbia?
How many times have you heard in your midst, “Do you have someone to take care of this for me?” No one believes in procedures and rules. ‘Connections’ are sought for everything – from skipping a queue in front of a counter, through to employment and MRI scanning. Corruption is the word that has been so often used in these parts in the past several years. However, it seems to me we’re not even aware of the extent to which we ourselves have contributed to its existence and development.
Boris Stoiljković - In the web design course for persons with disabilities
Another ordinary day, I thought ...
Loading Facebook, looking for friends in the mood for chatting and a job which would include work related to computers, but in vain.
It is so hard nowadays to find a good job. Thinking about I know how to work with computers a bit, but nothing concrete and detailed, it occurred to me that it would be nice if I completed a course ...
Pavle Dimitrijević - Media under the magnifying glass and for the needs to make a good choice
Each new day brings new choices. The ability to quickly make decisions has long since become one of the prerequisites for successful living. Although it seems that our "living" choices are full of challenges and dilemmas, it seems that for the citizens of Serbia, a far greater challenge are the upcoming parliamentary, local and..maybe… presidential elections.
Nikola Jovanović - Super-citizen
I love it when modern technologies are used for the needs of social activism!
Ushahidi is a platform which is often used for these purposes (eg. jazakraljevo.rs), and enables that something gets ‘’mapped’’, i.e. the place and the description of an event is shown on a map in an extremely easy way.
Ivan Grujić - How do we make the Serbian Government more Open to Citizens
Elections are ahead of us, political parties have had enough time to prepare and we will see what "offers" they prepared for us. In this text I will present a "proposal" which I would like to see in the programmes of political parties, and regarding "open government".
Martina Malešev - Help others and let them help you
Each year 30,000 adults are diagnosed with cancer and seven children are diagnosed with cancer each week. Not so long ago as to be easy to forget I was also one of those children.
Gordan Velev - Social enterprises
This so young, I would say, still toddler, democratic system like ours (and hence its institutions so juvenile as well) still has a lot of unsynchronized and hasty moves. If you tend to visualize, in order to grasp better what I'm talking about, imagine a teenager, who between his seventh and eighth grades, "stretches" for 10 or 20 inches.
Srđan Staletović - From "Partizan" FC to Saint Sava
It is said that most teenagers could be identified by three common phenomena typical for their age beginning with the letter ‘p’: pimples, protests, and “projectiles” (fired at their belongings, books, bed…).
Srećko Šekeljić - eJavne rasprave–take the law into your hands!
Currently the adoption of laws by the Serbian Parliament is mostly influenced by three factors: parties, officials in public administration and corporate lobbies. However, by introducing online public consultations, another factor would be permanent introduced to the process of making laws: uncensored public pressure, i.e. the Citizens’ pressure.
Media frequently report on the various incidents of violence – peer violence, violence by teachers, and sometimes also on that which occurs when parents take the freedom to beat a peer friend of their child and in order to protect their child, all that in the middle of the schoolyard which is the property of the school.
Gordana Čomić - Women’s School of Life
When in the process of conception we get gender features and are born as girls or boys, we have no influence on that, our parents genes get interwoven and by the great play of coincidence our sex gets determined.
Nikola Jovanović - The values of the Youth of Serbia – The Initiative “Really important”
You know when you finish high school and have no idea what you want to do afterwards and enroll in what your parents say (or point to the importance of the family inheritance), what your best friends enrolls, or what is the closest to home?
Milan Antonijević - Public Life Standards – ethics in politics
You will agree with me that we can all pretty accurately define concepts such as selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and personal example.
Lepojka Carević Mitanovski - Women with disabilities and women's health
We live in a world created according to the measures of an ideal human being. Everything different, that does not fit into molds and patterns, is considered to be less valuable, imperfect and should be isolated and rejected.
Neven Marinović - Vote with your Wallet!
Did you know that half of the world's largest economies are made up of sovereign states, while the other half is multinational corporations? It is difficult to estimate the impact that this enormous economic power has on everyday life. And the real impact on the lives and affairs of ordinary people with all things associated with the term "corporate social responsibility" is difficult to estimate. It is my sincere belief that businesses must be an inseparable segment of society, and not be part of the problem, but rather part of the solution. But really, what is "corporate social responsibility"?
Ružica Đinđić - Before you throw a rock at someone, say what you did
The theme of this year's Public Speaking Competition for young people, organized by the Zoran Djindjic Fund since 2006, seeks to promote the values of a modern and European Serbia through the slogan "Before you throw a rock at someone, say what you did". Every year at this competition, I see large numbers of impassioned young people from all around the country determined to demonstrate their public speaking skills and show us their potential.
Mišo Babović - Collectors of all professions - join in
In the eco-friendly adaptation of the classic fairy tale "The Three Little Pigs," the wolf successfully blows down the house built from straws and boards, but not the house made from bricks, since it is built from solid recyclable materials. The truth is that recycling plays a bigger and bigger role in our lives, it has entered our schoolbooks and has increasingly become a part of our everyday lifestyle, but only recently have we started to perceive this subject as an income generating opportunity. And in these times of economic hardship, everything that brings us income, job creation and progress is well worth the effort.
Miljenko Dereta - Civil society organizations Vs. the crisis
"What does the global - and - economic crisis mean for the work of civil society?" This is a question that is neither asked loudly enough nor frequently enough. Aside from the fact that this silence surprises me, I think that this should be a cause of serious concern.
Vlade Divac - To have wealth does not mean that one has, but one who gives
The tragic events that have caused many people to lose their home, friends, support network, the chance to support themselves and their loved ones, and left alone to themselves, inspired me to create something that will unite everyone. I realized that playing the game I love, proudly representing my people in a country where many people came in pursuit of happiness, I had the power to mobilize people of good will to help those who lost everything. This is how the humanitarian fund "Ana and Vlade Divac" was established.