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Zajecar Initative held press conference concerning local tax relief-small and medium enterprises |
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28.04.2009 |
 Zajecar initiative started on
February 2009 the implementation of the project called "Reducing Barriers to Entrepreneurship
Development in the Timok Region ",
which is supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and
Institute for Sustainable Communities. The project is implemented in
partnership with the Regional Association of Entrepreneurs in the municipalities of Zajecar
Knjazevac, Boljevac, Sokobanja, Kladovo and Negotin and the Association for the
Development of the Bor
Municipality.
Due to this,the Zajecar Initiative held the press conference on April 28,
2009 at the ZAMEDIA
Center. They have
presented the project
"Reducing Barriers to
Entrepreneurship Development in the Timok Region."
The aim of the project is to
influence the local government in these municipalities to adopt the
decision concerning local tax relief (the municipal land tax, business naming fee
and the communal tax) for start-up small and medium enterprises in the first several years.This way, it will establish favorable business
environment for the development of entrepreneurship,
which will encourage citizens to start-up their own business.
The project will include advocacy campaign in the municipalities of Zajecar,
Knjazevac, Boljevac, Sokobanja, Kladovo, Negotin and Bor. Over the next 8
months, it will be held a series of round tables, public discussions, TV
debates and public events aimed at decision makers.
Team of the ZI
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Young political activists are learning about the human rights and the rule of law |
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27.04.2009 |
 The fifth module of the seminar
within the project "Timok academy of leadership" was held on April
24 to 26, 2009 in Kladovo in cooperation with OSCE. The topic of this module was "the human rights
and the rule of law". The first and second day of the seminar young
political activists listened presentations about the role of international
organizations in the processes of reconciliation
with past, the reform of the judicial
system-organized crime, war crimes in former Yugoslavia, cooperation with the
Hague Tribunal and violation of human rights. The third day of the seminar was dealing
with war crimes-international and regional cooperation. The seminar was
moderated by six different representatives of international
organizations,National office for cooperation with the Hague Tribunal,the war crimes prosecutor and State Secretary at the Ministry of Human Rights and Minority Rights.
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Young political activists are learning about regional cooperation and security |
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30.03.2009 |
 The fourth module of the seminar within the project "Timok Academy of leadership" was held on March 27-29, 2009 in Kladovo. Young political activists were learning on this seminar about regional cooperation and security. The seminar was divided into six parts. During the first day the participants had an opportunity to listen to the presentation about new threats to democracy: terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and organized crime. In the second part, started on the second day of the seminar, the participants could learn about the transatlantic security architecture and the future of NATO. In the third part of this day was the theme about leadership. In the fourth part was institutions of the European Union and process for integration foreseen as a more interactive and practical exercise, which gave the participants an occasion to interact with each other, exchange information and opinion and to discuss possible common strategies and actions for the future. In the fifth part should Serbia be military neutral? Also, participants watched documentary film. The next day, last presentation was regional security in southeast Europe. Young political activist had the opportunity to listen to six different representatives of international, NGO organizations and university professor.
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Final seminar of the project "We can change the world" |
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16.03.2009 |
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 The final seminar of the project "We can change the
world" was held on March 13-15, 2009 in
Gamzigradska banja. The seminar gathered 20 the most successful participants
who showed the most interest during the process of their campaigns in four different
municipalities in Timok region. Theme of the seminar was the debate and public skills.
This seminar is realized in partnership with Norwegian People's Aid and Konard
Adenauer Stiftung.
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Young political activists are learning PR skills |
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02.03.2009 |
 Last weekend of February and March 1st , the third module of the seminar was held within the project "Timok academy of leadership."
The seminar participants were young activists from different political parties and different cities, such as Zajecar, Bor, Boljevac, Knjazevac, Kladovo and Jagodina. The theme of the third module was public relations and media skills training.
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Program "titled stride" a total of 7 organizations were selected |
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19.02.2009 |
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To the expiry of the deadline of the competition, it was submitted
a total of 15 project proposals at the e-mail address
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. All
project proposals met basic criteria and the requirements were fulfilled. All project proposals
are then forwarded to the award committee, which were the following members:
- Srdjan
Mitrović (Group let’s go, fundraising consultant,Belgrade);
- Vesna Subotić (National Democratic Institute,Program Coordinator,Belgrade);
- Zorica Maslovarić (Vice president of the municipality of Boljevac);
- Darinka Mihajlović (Journalist RTZ,Zaječar);
- Marija Sebić (Teacher in the student residence,Zaječar).
The Zajecar Initiative would like to say thank you to all the
members of the Award committee for their willingness to provide its
contribution to this program. The Award committee made their decision which was
later confirmed by the
committee of the Zajecar Initiative; within the program of small grants “titled
Stride” following projects were selected:
•"Local Action Plan towards youth"- Resource Center, Majdanpek;
• "Are you cold too!?"- Resource
Center, Negotin;
• "Stop plastic river"- Eco-030, Majdanpek;
• "Interesting, successful, powerful"- Kokoro, Bor;
• "Strengthening the capacity of young people in the municipality
of Knjazevac"- Center for creative
development, Knjazevac;
• "Initiatives to regulation"-Association for the development of the municipality of Negotin;
• "02 young in Soko Banja"- youth organization, Soko Banja
The Zajecar Initiative is thanking to all participants who applied
for this competition.
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Campaign to have a better sports hall in Boljevac |
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11.02.2009 |
   Students from high school in
Boljevac who participated in the project "We can change the world" and the ZI implemented this project in
co-operation with the Norwegian People's Aid. Starting from today, they are
running campaign for renovating parquet floor and fixing the lights in the
sports hall. The campaign will last for 10 days and it will include press
conference, petition, community action, video footage and meeting with local authorities. The results
of the survey carried out on January 2009 demonstrated that the
greatest problem among young people in this municipality is poor condition in the sports hall such as parquet floor
and lights. Local
authorities should demonstrate their willingness to deal with this significant
problem and support needs of young people in the municipality of Boljevac.
At the same time, they will give additional support to young people to get
involved in sports.
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The second module of the seminar held in Boljevac |
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26.01.2009 |
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Zajecar initiative held on Friday, January 23 2009 the
second module of the seminar within the project "We can change the
world." On this occasion, students from high school "Nikola
Tesla" in Boljevac presented problems and needs of young people in this city,
over 300 of their peers were surveyed. In the beginning of February, they will
begin the campaign to resolve one of the
observed problems.
The project has been realized in co-operation with the Norwegian
People’s Aid.
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30.12.2008 |
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Srećne praznike i uspešnu 2009. godinu želi vam TIM ZAJEČARSKE INICIJATIVE!
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Iskorak - Finished Competition |
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30.12.2008 |
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Na ovogodišnjem konkursu, raspisanom u okviru programa malih donacija Iskorak, podneto je ukupno 15 predloga projekata. Za razliku od prošle godine, projekti su pristigli iz svih opština Timočke krajine. U toku je preliminarna selekcija predloga projekata. Projekti koji budu zadovoljili osnovne kriterijume, biće upućeni članovima Odbora za donacije radi dalje revizije. Sastanak odbora će se održati u Zaječaru tokom druge polovine januara 2009. godine, kada će se doneti odluka o tome koje će organizacije dobiti sredstva. Očekuje se da realizacija odobrenih projekata počne 1. februara 2009.
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10.12.2008 |
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Zbog velikog interesovanja koje su omladinske organizacije do sada pokazale, Zaječarska inicijativa je odlučila da rok za podnošenje predloga projekata produži do 21. decembra 2008. godine. Sve informacije u vezi sa konkursom možete pronaći ovde.
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