{"id":775,"date":"2025-11-26T17:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gradjanske.vuksha.com\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T11:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T09:39:05","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gradjanske.vuksha.com\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1672\" height=\"941\" src=\"https:\/\/gradjanske.vuksha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soli.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gradjanske.vuksha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soli.png 1672w, https:\/\/gradjanske.vuksha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soli-1024x576.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1672px) 100vw, 1672px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">25 years with you<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Civic Initiatives carries out its activities through two programs: the civil society capacity building program and the public policy program.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Civic Initiatives was founded in 1996 when a group of prominent NGO activists involved in the anti-war movement and non-nationalist democratic opposition recognized the need to create a social, civic base that could support democratic change by educating citizens about their rights, democracy, civil society, and how to be active citizens, so they could decide on their own lives. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Civic Initiatives was founded by: Dubravka Velat, Miljenko Dereta, \u017darko Kora\u0107, Vuka\u0161in Pavlovi\u0107, Rade Radovanovi\u0107, Nade\u017eda Ga\u0107e, Srdjan Bogosavljevi\u0107, Nada Marinkovi\u0107, Milan Podunavac, Mina Vidakovi\u0107, Nada Kora\u0107, and Ivo Viskovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile has-base-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b605c26699e693d6a794be0bc30ffb79\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/gradjanske.vuksha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/helping-voice-c.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1112 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gradjanske.vuksha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/helping-voice-c.png 1000w, https:\/\/gradjanske.vuksha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/helping-voice-c-600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-cormorant-font-family has-xx-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>We give a voice to those<br\/>who need to be heard louder.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25 years with you Civic Initiatives carries out its activities through two programs: the civil society capacity building program and the public policy program. 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