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PROJECT OF ’’FRIEDRICH EBERT’’ FOUNDATION FOR SERBIAN STUDENTS

’’SERBIAN CAFE’’




Belgrade, October 25 2007
A group of 58 socially active students visited Germany in April 2007 and had the opportunity to be informed about its political system, culture and values through the program ’’Welcome to Germany’’. A group of students whose visit to Germany was financed by FES, wishes to convey its experience to colleagues, associates and young active members of democratic parties and unions, and open a discussion on the issues important for Serbia’s approaching to the standards of developed European countries and through comparison with Germany, as one of the countries - founders of the EU. The result is the project titled ’’Serbian cafe’’ which was presented on October 10 in Belgrade, in which the students of Belgrade’s Faculties and Schools participated, as well as the students which travelled to Germany through other Foundations sponsorship.

Using art as a medium and social communication language, the project was opened with an exhibition of photos and closed with the projection of a short documentary from the mentioned trip. The most significant activity of the workshop was a discussion on different topics at seven tables, the common target of which was the conversation about important issues for our society, as well as about valuable and practical socio-political solutions. The discussion topics were: Problems of neglected children in Serbia, Discrimination and human rights, Globalization effects, Young people in the labor market, Social activism of young people, Serbia’s election system vs. German election system, the EU and Serbia, Serbia on the way to Europe.

The opening statement on the subject ’’Young people in the labor market’’ gave Danica Tomasevic of the Youth Section of MWBU ’’Nezavisnost’’, who was one of the participants in the program ’’Welcome to Germany’’. Also, Jasmina Petrovic, president of the Youth Section of MWBU ’’Nezavisnost’’, spoke about young people’s position in the labor market.

It was concluded that the workshop ’’Serbian cafe’’, with which the project started and cooperation with FES continued, was successful and useful for all participants.

 
     
 
 
 
 
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