Youth Initiative for Human Rights - Serbia
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2011.
YLPCE Presented in Preševo and Bujanovac
“This is an opportunity for you to meet many friends from other countries and to learn about public appearance, leadership, and the resolution of local problems. I really enjoyed our visit to Washington, Burlington, Chicago, and other cities”, Katarina Stojiljković, a high-school student from Bujanovac, stated at the promotion of the Youth Leadership Program With Central Europe (YLPCE) held on December 1st in the “Vuk Karadžić” Cultural Center in Bujanovac.
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2011.
New Leadership School Open in Preševo
“We have to understand that Serbia needs help, that it is necessary for each one of us to use our strength and knowledge in order to prevent this country from taking the wrong way. Without a society in which a system of respect for human rights exists there will be no political or financial progress, no matter how naive one may think this sounds. A leader needs to have a clear vision, sincerity, and ability to support with arguments the stances he/she is advocating for. Unfortunately, those who are following their selfish interests advance much easier in Serbia”, said a human rights expert, Marko Karadžić, at the opening ceremony of the “New Leadership School” in Preševo, November 8th, 2011.
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2011.
YIHR Newsletter, September 2011
Please find attached YIHR's regional newsletter for September 2011.
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2011.
Now Accepting Applications!
Now Accepting Applications! 2012-2013 Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program National Endowment for Democracy
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Regional Newsletter - June 2011
Please find attached Youth Initiative for Human Rights' regional newsletter for June 2011.
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Youth opts for cooperation between Kosovo and Serbia
“Communication between Kosovo and Serbia is necessary; continuous cooperation between students, media, civil society and political youth should be initiated to dissolve the stereotypes and prejudices, and to create a more realistic image of the ‘other’ in both groups. We demand from state institutions to create youth exchange programs, which would allow the young people to visit Serbia/Kosovo and learn more about how their peers and future friends from ‘the other side’ live.” These were the core conclusions made at the “LinKS: Conference of Youth from Kosovo and Serbia, held in Becici, Montenegro, March 4-6.
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Second Day of LinKS conference
“Most mechanisms responsibility designed to impose greater responsibility on the politicians are not fully employed, which leaves much more space for the politicians to do whatever suits their interests. Civil society has had bitter experience with trying to change this; the journalists, on the other hand, are limited by their editorial policies, which are in turn limited by local politics in general. One of the rare functioning mechanisms for controlling the politicians is the European Union,” said Dusan Spasojevic, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, while elaborating on the institutions for peace and cooperation at the conference of youth from Kosovo and Serbia “LinKS,” in Becici, Montenegro.
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2011.
A Three-Day Conference of Youth from Kosovo and Serbia Begins
“We wish to create the space for the youth of Kosovo and Serbia to discuss the topics relevant for their generations. We don’t think the conference should offer ready-made solutions, nor do we all have to agree here. We wish, first and foremost, to get to know each other, and to talk about possible ways of overcoming the existing problems. I hope will come up with some recommendations that we can then forward to Belgrade and Prishtina officials. I also hope we will come up with possible activities and ways of cooperation,“ said Maja Micic, Director of Youth Initiative for Human Rights – Serbia (YIHR-Serbia) at the opening of the three-day conference of youth from Kosovo and Serbia “LinKS,” on March 4th 2011 in Becici, Montenegro.
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2011.
YIHR Newsletter - Dec 2010 / Jan 2011
Please find attached Youth Initiative for Human Rights' regional newsletter, for December 2010 and January 2011.
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2011.
Youth Leadership Program with Central Europe, call for applications
The Youth Leadership Program with Central Europe is pleased to extend this opportunity to visit the United States to talented young leaders from Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia and Hungary. This 4-week leadership program will provide training and instruction in leadership and project development, diversity, American culture, history and society.
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2010.
Youth from Prishtina Visiting Belgrade
Twenty-five attendees of the “Young Leaders School” from Prishtina will be visiting Belgrade from December 19 – 21, 2010. The visit is organized by Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR).
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2010.
YIHR newsletter November 2010
Please find attached Youth Initiative for Human Rights' regional newsletter, for November 2010.
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2010.
Open Letter apropos Serbia’s Intention to Boycott Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony
By intending to boycott this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony, the Republic of Serbia has once again confirmed that she is far from true fight for the respect for human rights and all those values inherent in a modern, European, democratic society.
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2010.
Invitation to Presentation of Campaign “Belgrade – Violence-Free City”
The campaign “Belgrade – Violence-Free City” will be launched on Friday, December 10, at the press conference where, at 14 h at the Belgrade City Assembly (2 Dragoslava Jovanovica Street, III floor), objectives and the course of the campaign are to be presented.
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2010.
Dialogue of the young: Belgrade - Prishtina, B92 Info Channel
Public dialogue between youth from Prishtina and Belgrade was held at the Belgrade Cultural Centre "Grad" on October 27, 2010. The public discussion between nine youths from the two cities ended the three-day visit of Prishtina students to Belgrade, organized from October 25 -- 27 by Youth Initiative for Human Rights, in scope of its Visiting Programme. Here you can watch the dialogue in its entirety, as it was broadcasted on B92 Info Channel, on October 28th.
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Demand to Governments in the Region – Establish Regional Exchange Fund
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR), a network of non-governmental organizations from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo and Serbia, calls on governments in the region to commit themselves to setting up of a Regional Exchange Fund, it was said at a meeting of activists of this network, held in Montenegro on October 31, 2010. The Regional Exchange Fund shall be working on forging new ties between young people from the countries that succeeded the former Yugoslavia and encouraging exchange of youth from these countries inspired by the Franco-German model.
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Neither fear nor doubt
“It is important for young people from Kosovo and Serbia to meet and visit each other. The media are creating a perception as if we live in two different worlds, but when young people from Kosovo and Serbia meet like now, they see that they have so much in common, similar problems and interests. Young people need to form their own views, rather than letting the media do it for them. To people in Kosovo Belgrade seems far away, maybe because they are unable to travel to Belgrade with Kosovan or UNMIK documents, but it is actually quite close”, said Besart Lumi, Visiting Programme Coordinator at the Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Kosovo (YIHR Kosovo) during the public dialogue between youth from Prishtina and Belgrade, held at the Belgrade Cultural Centre “Grad” on October 27, 2010.
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Dialogue between Prishtina and Belgrade Youth
Public dialogue between ten young people from Prishtina and Belgrade will be held at Belgrade Cultural Centre “Grad” (4 Braće Krsmanović Street) on Wednesday, October 27, at 12 PM. The debate between youth from the two cities will end the three-day visit of Prishtina students to Belgrade, organized from October 25th – 27th, 2010 by the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) in scope of its Visiting Program.
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Youth for Policy Change in the Region
On September 28, 2010, the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) presented the publication “Young Politicians’ Regional Cooperation – Recommendations: Implementation of mechanisms of transitional justice and wider respect for human rights”, held at Belgrade “Media Centre”. The publication contains the recommendations young political party activists developed at the Conference on Young Politicians’ Regional Cooperation, held in Zagreb in November 2009. Young people from five Western Balkan countries (B&H, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo and Serbia) drafted recommendations to their governments and the international community, in response to the problems related to human rights violations in the region.
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2010.
Regional Newsletter - July/September 2010
Please find attached Youth Initiative for Human Rights' regional newsletter, for period between July 15th and September 15th 2010.
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2010.
New YIHR Serbia Management
Maja Mićić has been elected Director of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) at the first session of new Steering Committee, on September 18th in Belgrade. YIHR Assembly elected new Steering Committee and Supervisory Board, confirming all decisions made during the mandate of the outgoing Steering Committee.
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Diplomas and Matriculation Books for New Policy School Students
“When Vukovar was being ravaged, my generation was showering tanks with flowers. When Srebrenica was wiped out, my generation was silent. When refugees were arriving from Croatia, no one took notice of them. For all that, when the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) was being founded, I did not believe that the idea for some new young people to be addressing the grave legacy of the past would take hold. Today I am glad I was wrong. The onus to address these issues being on young people is the task of the New Policy School (NPS) and YIHR. You are invested with great responsibility to affect the attitude of your society and state towards the recent past”, said Marijana Toma, YIHR Steering Committee Chair at the opening of the New Policy School (NPS) annual ceremony, held at the Belgrade Cultural Centre “Grad” on September 7, 2010.
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2010.
“Days of Sarajevo” Festival Ends
The fourth Belgrade Festival “Days of Sarajevo” ended on May 23 in the Closing Ceremony held at Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment – Main Hall by delivering an award to dramaturge Borka Pavićević for her contribution to strengthening cooperation between Belgrade and Sarajevo. It also featured a concert by singer Amira Medunjanin and jazz pianist Bojan Zulfikarpašić.
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