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PRaćka 2025: When communication becomes an act of civic courage
At a time when public space in Serbia is increasingly narrowing, communication is no longer just a skill – it is becoming an act of civic courage. It is precisely from this belief that PRaćka 2025 was held, a two-day conference dedicated to trends in communications in the civil sector, which is traditionally held every […]
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Stojanović: Serbia in 2025 will be marked by an unprecedented struggle for human rights and increased repression
December 10, 2025. Source: N1 Belgrade The current year was marked by Serbia’s very poor level in the area of human rights, but also by an unprecedented struggle for them, said Maja Stojanović from Civic Initiatives. Commenting on the fact that Civicus Monitor announced in its latest report that it had lowered the assessment of […]
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[REPORT] Civic Associations: Narrowing the Space for Action in 2024.
Belgrade, June 24, 2025 Citizens’ Associations – Narrowing the Space for Action 2024 is the sixth report published by Civic Initiatives, which assesses the state of the space for action and work of citizens’ associations. The analysis was conducted with the aim of systematically describing the space for action of civil society in Serbia in […]
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More open about the past – collections of scholarly papers on the wars of the 1990s available online
30. April 2025. Before you are electronic versions of two collections of scientific papers, “Sources and Actors – New Studies of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s” and “Reviews of the Wars of the 1990s”, which in different ways address topics related to the wars of the 1990s in the former Yugoslavia. What makes these […]
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HOW CITIZENS’ MONEY IS SPENT: A Manual for Identifying GONGOs and Phantom Organizations
Do you know how your money is spent? Every year, millions of dinars from the public budget end up in the hands of dubious organizations. Although public competitions should support the work of organizations that truly serve the public interest, the reality is different: funds often go to so-called GONGO organizations (government organized non-governmental organizations), […]
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