After last year’s successful Youth Dialogue with the Minister of Youth and Sports, on Monday, November 22, 2021, the Youth Dialogue with the Minister of Youth and Sports was held for the second time in a row. One of the participants was our Jovana Bozickovic, Advocacy and Communications Manager.

The Central European University (CEU) has announced a competition for enrollment in undergraduate, master's and doctoral studies with a scholarship for the school year 2022/2023. year. The application deadline is February 1, 2022.

The third meeting of the Work Group for the regulation of internships was carried out on the 19th of October, 2021 in the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs of the Republic of Serbia. Around 30 government, international organizations, trade unions, employer associations, and civil society organization representatives were present at the meeting.

The second meeting of the Working group for the Internships was held on the 8th of October 2021 in the Ministry for Labor, Employment, Veterans, and Social Affairs. The main topic of the meetings was focused on the issues of the quality of internships in the open labor market.

The Assembly of the Belgrade Open School has elected new members of the Executive Board, who will determine the most important strategic decisions in the next two years and make sure that each project activity fulfills the mission and vision of BOS. All members of the Executive Board are part of the BOS Alumni community, the largest alumni community in Serbia - with more than 1,300 successful individuals who occupy some of the most important positions in the business, public, and civil sectors.

One of the key roles of both civil society organizations for youth and their media counterparts nowadays is to inform young generations of the importance of democratic principles. What we recognized is that it is important for that to be done in the ways susceptible to them, given the fact that young people do not utilize mainstream information channels. Without a positive attitude of the media towards youth, as well as youth towards democracy, there is no starting point of democratic progress n

On Wednesday, August 11, a CEU Virtual meetup was organized with future CEU students and alumni. The meeting was an opportunity for incoming students and alumni of the Central European University to discuss various aspects of academic and student life at CEU.

What affects our career choices? Are we following our dreams? Are we also worried about which jobs are in demand in the labor market? How much do family and friends make influence our choices? And is there a space to consider the environment in our career choices?

The traditional approach to career has taught us to prepare for the world of work through education - when we get a job, we only need to progress vertically in one company and we will certainly be in that company until retirement. However, such a model does not correspond to the reality of people. A modern career approach indicates to us the possibilities to change more jobs, return to the education system after employment and continuously work on improving our skills.

“Without Dialogue, we cannot have democratic reforms, improve the rule of law and promote human rights. This is why the mentorship and financial support is crucial for civil society organizations who will in the upcoming period actively work on resolving key social problems in their community through the program Dialogue of Change” is the conclusion of the informational session from 11.5.2021. via Zoom platform and BOS Youtube channel.