Certificate Awarding to participants of educational program Empowerment of Young Roma Leadership in Serbia
Educational program Empowerment of Young Roma Leadership in Serbia is completed by the Certificate Awarding
Ceremony which was held in the premises of BelgradeOpenSchool on 13th
July 2010.
Opening Ceremony of the educational program “Empowerment of Roma Young Leadership in Serbia”
Opening Ceremony of the educational program “Empowerment of Roma Young Leadership in Serbia” was held on 30th November 2009 at Aeroklub, Belgrade. Speakers at the Ceremony were: Vesna Djukic, General Director of Belgrade Open School Bernard Rorke, Roma Initiatives of the Open Society Institute Zeljko Jovanovic, Roma Initiatives of the Open Society Institute Ljuan Koka, Head of the Roma National Strategy Secretariat, Ministry of Human and Minority Rights.
Representatives of governmental and nongovernmental institutions, as well as international institutions which are dealing with Roma issues, prominent individuals and members of the academic community attended the Opening Ceremony.
BelgradeOpenSchool in cooperation with The Roma Initiatives of the Open Society Institute is pleased to announce the call for application for educational seminar “Roma Leadership Program”. Submission deadline is 2nd October 2009.
Applications are welcome from Roma university graduates and undergraduates from Serbia.
Belgrade Open School, Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Eduardo Frei organized Regional School “New Leaders – New Possibilities” at Palic, from 12th – 18th of July 2009. Participants of the School were representatives of conservative political parties from countries of the Western Balkans region. Through lectures, workshops and simulations participants had a chance to gain new knowledge on politics, democracy, ideologies and development of conservatism, elections and election systems, so as to develop skills of team work, communication, active listening, public performance and negotiation. Acquirement of these knowledge and skills, for future regional leaders, is of crucial importance for process of European integrations and for raising the awareness on importance of cooperation within the region of the Western Balkans. >>>
Regional School “Young Leaders for European Balkan”
Belgrade Open School, Fridrih Ebert Foundation organized Regional School “Young Leaders for European Balkan” at Porec,Croatia from 3rd – 9th of June 2009.
Participants of the School were representatives of democratic political parties from Macedonia, Bosnia nd Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. Through lectures, workshops and simulations participants had a chance to gain new knowledge on Regional policy of European Union, it influences towards region, election and election systems, as well skills of team work, communication and negotiation. Acquirement of these knowledge and skills, for future regional leaders, is of crucial importance for process of European integrations and for raising the awareness on importance of cooperation within the region of the Western Balkans
Conducted one-day training for public advocacy for participants of the Balkan Youth and Health Project
Trainers of the BOSCenter for CapacityBuilding are successfully conducted one-day training for public advocacy for participants of the Balkan Youth and Health Project. At the training, organised in the Municipal Clinic Novi Beograd, participated 20 youth activists from Belgrade and Novi Pazar. Participants will implement acquired knowledge and skill in public advocacy of youth health protection issues in the process of reform of the health system of Serbia >>>
Training Seminar „Efficient Policy Paper Writing“ for employees of the OSCE Mission, Ministry of Interior and CSO’s
Center for Capacity Building of the
Belgrade Open School held the Training Seminar „Efficient Policy Paper Writing“ in the premises of the
Mission of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to the
Republic of Serbia, in Belgrade, from 14th to 16th of
April 2009. The Seminar is supported by the OSCE Mission and was attended by twelve
participants - three employees of the Mission itself, five employees of the Department
for Strategic Planning of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia,
and four employees of the Civil Society Organizations (Belgrade Center for
Human Rights, Centre for Civil – Military Relations and Forum for Security and
Democracy).
Training in Policy Paper Writing for the Roma organizations in Serbia
Belgrade Open School Center for Capacity Building with the support of the Open Society Institute – Budapest organized and implemented training in Policy Paper Writing for the representatives of the Roma organizations in Serbia. The training, for 16 participants, was realized in Subotica, Serbia from December 11th to December 14th 2008. >>>
Training in Policy Paper Writing for the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Belgrade Open School Center for Capacity Building with the support of the OSCE Misssion in Serbia organized and implemented training in Policy Paper Writing for the experts from Burro for Strategic Analyses and Analytical Department of Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Government of Serbia. The training, for 14 participants, lasted, was realized in Belgrade, Serbia from December 4th to December 8th 2008. >>>
In cooperation with Foundation Konrad Adenauer, Center for Capacity Building of Belgrade Open School conducted the first seminar within the four-months-lasting Capacity Building Program for members of youth branches of political parties in Serbia. Fifteen members of Youth of Democratic Party of Serbia attended the Seminar. Lecturers were Vladimir Pavićević MA and Milan Sitarski, and covered topics were "Politics and Political Ideology" and "Horizontal and Vertical Division of Power". >>>
Regional School "1968: 40 Years After" Belgrade Open School, Heinrich Boll Foundation and Balkan Trust for Democracy are organizing Regional School “1968: 40 Years After” which will gather 25 talented students from countries of Formal Yougoslavia, domestic and foreign lecturers and 1968 participants for purposes of marking four decades of events which shaked Europe. School will be held in Rabac, Croatia, from 28th September till 4th October 2008. The goal of this Regional School is to contribute to the political and academic development in the former Yugoslavia and to enhance regional cooperation of selected outstanding students in the region through dialogue on the political legacy of 1968 and its contemporary outcomes. Eligible candidates have to be senior (final years) university students, preferably of social sciences, humanities or related topics, who are socially active, have active knowledge of English, and are interested in social and political development in their respective countries and the Western Balkan region.
Application time will last from September 1st till September 15th 2008, and candidates have to submit full application package which includes:
- filled in the application form, which includes the Letter of Motivation; - transcripts from the university with average grade; - one letter of recommendation; - CV.
Application should be sent on mail e-mail: ena@bos.rs, or fax it on number + 381 11 3613112
Contact persons: Jelena Babic and Nikola Zivkovic.
All expenses, which include travel, accommodation, and course expenses, will be covered by Heinrich Boll Foundation and Ballkan Trust for Democracy.
Belgrade Open School, Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Eduardo Frei organized Regional School “New Leaders – New Possibilities” at Palic, from 6th – 12th of July 2008. Participants of the School were representatives of conservative political parties from countries of the Western Balkans region. Through lectures, workshops and simulations participants had a chance to gain new knowledge on politics, democracy, ideologies and development of conservatism, elections and election systems, so as to develop skills of team work, communication, active listening, public performance and negotiation. Acquirement of these knowledge and skills, for future regional leaders, is of crucial importance for process of European integrations and for raising the awareness on importance of cooperation within the region of the Western Balkans. >>>
Started Activities on the Training Programme for Organisation of Civil Society and State Administration on central and local level
Activities within the Training Programme for Organisation of Civil Society and State Administration on central and local level - Legal Framework and activities on the development of civil society sterted on May 29th with Open Ceremony and introductional workshops. Open Ceremony was held in Belgrade City Hall and workshop at the premises of the BOS. >>>
Educational programme for Civil Society Organisations, State and Local Administration
Centre for Capacity Building of the Belgrade Open School in cooperation with Italian Institute for researching and training (CERFE) organise Educational programme Legal Framework and Activities for Developing of Civil Society.
Implementation of the Modular educational programme „From Idea to Profit “
Implementation of the Modular educational programme „From Idea to Profit “ started on November 27th . Lecturers were Miroslav Todorovic (PhD) and Bojan Brankovic, both from Faculty of Economy. The first day topic was Basic financial reports.
Training Policy Paper Writing within the "Balkans Youth and Health Project"
Belgrade Open School Center for Capacity Building in cooperation with Canadian Society for International Health organized and implemented training in Policy Paper Writing. The training was organized within the "Balkans Youth and Health Project" supported by Canadian International Development Agency. The training was organized for the experts from various organizations and Institutes which are involved in the realization of Balkans Youth and Health Project. The training, for 15 participants, lasted from October 26th to 28th in the BOS facilities. >>>
Belgrade Open School Center for Capacity Building and Konrad Adenauer Foundation realized training in Policy Paper Writing for Youth of Democratic Party of Serbia
Belgrade Open School Center for Capacity Building and Konrad Adenauer Foundation realized training in Policy Paper Writing for Youth of Democratic Party of Serbia, which was held in Belgrade. >>>
Training Policy Paper Writing for the Instittute for strategical reasearching in the scope of the Ministry of Defence
Belgrade Open School Center for Capacity Building in cooperation with Jefferson Institutte realized training in Policy Paper Writing. The training was organized for the experts from Institutte for strategical reasearching in the scope of Governmant of Serbia - Ministry of Defence. The training lasted from October 8th to 10th in the facilities of the Institutte. >>>
Training Policy Paper Writing in the framework of the project "Balkan youth and the health"
Belgrade Open School Center for Capacity Building in cooperation with The Canadian Society for International Health has realized training in Policy Paper Writing. The training was organized in the scope of the project "Balkan youth and the health" supported by the The Canadian Society for International Health and Canadian Government. The training lasted from September 20th to 30th in the facilities of Belgrade Open School. >>>
Regional School for Democracy “New Leaders – New Opportunities”, for representatives of youth branches of political parties, organised in Palic, Serbia by Belgrade Open School, German Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and Dutch Eduard Frei Foundation
The Belgrade Open School and two political foundations the Konrad Adenauer from Germany and Eduard Frei from the Netherlands organised regional political school “New Leaders – New Opportunities”. The school was organised in Palic (at the lake near Subotica, 200 north of Belgrade, at the border with Hungary), in a period 9 – 15 July 2007.
Participants were representatives of youth branches of the center-right political parties, parties which are members or associated with the European Peoples Party (www.epp.eu): from Serbia (representatives of DSS and G17plus), Macedonia (representatives of VMRO-DPMNE and Albanian DPA), Montenegro (representatives of the People’s Party, and Bosnia and Herzegovina (representatives SDA and Party of Democratic Progress of Republic of Srpska). Through interactive teaching methods, participants had opportunity to obtain additional knowledge from political theory (with emphasize on values of the political center-right), and skills from political practice (unavoidable for good organisation of a party and political success). >>>
Policy Paper Writing for representatives of organization "Philanthropy"
BOS trainers held training on policy paper writing for 15 representatives Charity Fund of the Serbian Orthodox Church "Philantropy". The seminar was held in monastery Studenica, in period of 27 – 30th of June. >>>
BOS team of trainers held another seminar on writing effective policy papers for representatives of Serbian government. The seminar was held in castle Dundjerski, in period of 23 - 25th May. There were 27 participants, representatives of Serbian public administration. Partners on this project were Serbian Government EU Integration Office, Hans Seidel Stiftung and Fund for an Open Society. >>>
Policy Paper Writing for representatives of organization "Philanthropy"
Team of BOS trainers, in cooperation with Charity Fund of the Serbian Orthodox Church "Philantropy" held seminar "Training on Policy Paper Writing". Participants were 12 representatives of this humanitarian organization. The seminar was held in Monastery of St. Nicolas in Soko Grad, in period of 16-19th of May 2006. >>>
Training on Policy Paper Writing for representatives of NGOs
Belgrade Open School PPW trainers held another seminar “Writing effective policy papers”. The seminar was organized in cooperation with The Jefferson Institute. There were 10 participants, representatives of non-governmental organizations from Serbia. The seminar was held in Belgrade, in period of 11-13th of May. Next task for participants is writing policy papers that will be presented on the follow up meeting in Belgrade in early July. >>>
Another "Writing effective policy papers" seminar finished succesfully
Belgrade Open School, in cooperation with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Serbian Government EU Integration Office, organized another seminar “Training on Writing Effective Policy Papers”. Seminar was held on Zlatibor, in hotel “Ratko Mitrovic”, in period of 23 to 26th March 2006. There were 29 participants, officials of ministries in Serbian Government, Parliament, EU Integration Office, Chamber of commerce and Coordination centre of Serbia and Montenegro and the Republic of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohia.
Training on Writing Effective Policy Papers for Public Administration
Team of BOS’ trainers held another seminar “Training on Writing Effective Policy Papers”. The seminar was organized on Zlatibor, in period of 17 – 20 November 2005, and the participants were 27 officials of Serbian Government, the Parliament, Serbian Government EU Integration Office and other national institutions. This seminar was organized in association with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Serbian Government EU Integration Office. >>>
Project “Effective Public Policy: A Way to Democracy” successfully completed
Belgrade Open School and Centеr for Democracy Foundation successfully completed final phase of project Effective Public Policy: A Way to Democracy”. The participants – representatives of political parties, non-governmental organizations, syndicates and local government – prepared policy documents, and presented them on the final session held in Belgrade on November 14, 2005. >>>
Training on Writing Effective Policy Papers for Public Administration
The Belgrade Open School in cooperation with the EU Integration Office of the Serbian Government and the Fund for an Open Society – Serbia organized training for officials of Serbian Government, the Chamber of Commerce and the Parliament. The Seminar was held at Zlatibor, 27th–30th October 2005, for 27 participants. >>>
Seminar for Representatives of Political Parties: Effective Public Policy: A Way to Democracy
Belgrade Open School and Center for Democracy Foundation started the project "Effective Public Policy: A Way to Democracy". The first part of this project was seminar for 28 participants, representatives of political parties, held by BOS trainers in Kanjiza, in period of 15–18th September 2005.
Second Training on Writing Effective Policy Papers for Administration of Vojvodina
Belgrade Open School, in cooperation with Executive Council of AP Vojvodina and Fund for an Open Society – Serbia organized training for administration of Vojvodina, named “Training on Writing Effective Policy Papers”. The training was held in Čortanovci and in Novi Sad in period of 29th June – 1st July 2005 for 26 officials of provincial administration. With this training the project Writing Effective Policy Papers: towards Efficient Provincial Administration was completed with success.
Training on Writing Effective Policy Papers for Administration of Vojvodina
Belgrade Open School, in cooperation with Executive Council of AP Vojvodina and Fund for an Open Society – Serbia organized training for administration of Vojvodina, named “Training on Writing Effective Policy Papers”. The training was held in Čortanovci and in Novi Sad in period of 15 – 17th June 2005 for 28 officials of provincial administration.
Belgrade Open School in cooperation with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung has organized Sixth Regional School "Education for Democracy" in period 4-10th June 2005. Participants were representatives of democratic oriented political party and nongovernmental organization from Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federation BIH and Republic of Srpska), Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro and Kosovo. Through the interactive learning methods participants learned more about democratic values and they also were trained in skills which are very important for their further political engagement.
Training on Writing Policy Papers for BOS’s students of the Core Programme
BOS trainers have organized the Training on Writing Policy Papers in the period 9–11th May 2005. the training was delivered to 30 students of BOS’s Core Programme. It comprized the theory of policy paper writing, case studies and a simmulation. >>>
Training "Writing Effective Policy Papers" has been delivered on Palic in the period 10-13th December 2004. The training was attended by 24 higher officials of the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Chamber of Commerce. Pictures >>>
16. 12. 2004, PPW
BOS has published the book "Writing Effective Policy Papers"
Belgrade Open School has published the book "Writing Effective Policy Papers" (Quinn, L., and Young, O.). This book is a guide for policy advisors in Eastern and Central Europe, and has been published in several languages already. With this book, Belgrade Open School is trying to introduce policy papers into the public life in Serbia. Download >>>
16. 12. 2004, PPW
Training "Fundraising and communication"
Training team of BOS Vesna Djukic, Milorad Bjeletic, Jelena Smiljanic and Milina Petrovic with associates Aleksandar Mitic and Zoran Markovic has created and conducted a training "Fundraising and Communication". The training was organized for 18 Caritas’ activists, from 15-18 September in Vrnjacka Banja. >>>
Belgrade Open School in cooperation with Fund for an Open Society – Serbia, Local Government and Public Administration Reform Initiative (LGI) from Budapest and Serbian European Integration Office has organized two seminars in Serbian in period 10-16th November 2004, named Writing effective policy papers. 58 government officials have participated. Pictures >>>
Belgrade Open School Center for Capacity Building in cooperation with Canadian Society for International Health organized and implemented training in Policy Paper Writing. The training was organized within the "Balkans Youth and Health Project" supported by Canadian International Development Agency. The training was organized for the experts from various organizations and Institutes which are involved in the realization of Balkans Youth and Health Project. The training, for 15 participants, lasted from October 26th to 28th in the BOS facilities.
Training "Writing Effective Policy Papers" has been delivered on Palic in the period 10-13th December 2004. The training was attended by 24 higher officials of the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Chamber of Commerce.
Belgrade Open School has published the book "Writing Effective Policy Papers" (Quinn, L., and Young, O.). This book is a guide for policy advisors in Eastern and Central Europe, and has been published in several languages already. With this book, Belgrade Open School is trying to introduce policy papers into the public life in Serbia.
Belgrade Open School in cooperation with Fund for an Open Society – Serbia, Local Government and Public Administration Reform Initiative (LGI) from Budapest and Serbian European Integration Office has organized two seminars in Serbian in period 10-16th November 2004, named Writing effective policy papers. 58 government officials have participated. Pictures