NEWSLETTER No. 2

NIS

Author:
NGO Forum for Civil Rights
Dusanova 54, Dusanov Bazar - II sprat,
 lokal br. 209, 18000 Nis
 Tel/Fax: 381 18 523 851
E-mail: forumnis@eunet.yu
 Web: www.forumnis.org.yu 

As to the activities of the civil society in our city we wish to emphasize the work of the Forum for Civil Rights on the regional project realised in cooperation with the Bulgarian non-governmental organisation IRIS (Institut for Regional and International Studies-Sofia) within democratization and local development, referring to the exchange of positive experience between Bulgarian and Serbian NGOs and the border area local management. The project will provide conditions for the establishment of forum for free exchange of experience and good practice in the field of management on both sides of the border between Bulgaria and Serbia. In the period from 5 to 7 July the Bulgarian-Serbian Conference was held on Borovec, titled ''Civic strategy initiative for mutual relations development''.

The conference proved successful in the following domains:

  • Central political level interactions

  • Bilateral economic cooperation

  • Cooperation in the domains of culture, education and media

  • Civic cooperation (cooperation within NGO sector)

List of conference participants:

BULGARIA

  • Stanimir Ilcev – President of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Safety Committee, President of the People's Parliament of the Republic of Bulgaria

  • Mihail Mikov – Member of Parliament 

  • Vladimir Filipov – South-Eastern Europe Stability Pact Coordinator for Bulgaria

  • Stanislav Demirdzijev – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bulgaria

  • Bojko Vasilev - Bulgarian National Television

  • Georgi Koritarov - Radio''Free Europe''

  • Petar Karaboev –TV news

  • Ognjan Mincev – Director of IRIS

  • Marin Lesinski -IRIS

  • Antonina Arbova-IRIS

  • Plamen Ralcev -IRIS 

  • Mayors of Kula, Berkovitc, Godec, Vidin, Belogradcik, Bregov,Varsetc

  • Deputy Mayor of Vidin Region

  • Mayor of Montana Region

SERBIA

  • Cedomir Radojkovic – Ambassador of FRY in Bulgaria

  • Milorad Jovanovic – Member of Parliament

  • Miroslav Stefanović – Member of Federal Parliament

  • Vladimir Bacevic – Member of Federal Parliament

  • Dragica Krstic –Pirot TV

  • Neven Cveticanin – Forum for Ethnic Relations, Belgrade

  • Jadranka Vukovic – President of Forum for Civil Rights

  • Dragan Corbic – Vice-President of Forum for Civil Rights

  • Branislav Novakovic – Forum for Civil Rights

  • Municipality and Executive Board Presidents from Bela Palanka, Babusnica, Dimitrovgrad, Surdulica

  • Mayor of Pirot Region

  • Slavisa Kovacevic- Law School in Nis

  • Srdjan Dimitrijevic – President of NGO City House, Leskovac

On Monday 29 July 2002 Forum for Civil Rights organised a round table in Babusnica with the presidents of municipal assemblies and executive boards for border area municipalities. Representaives of NGOs and the media were invited to the round table. This round table was organised with a view to creating an alliance of border area municipalities on both border sides with the goal to develop better regional and border area cooperation, at the initiative of Forum for Civil Rights.

| Kragujevac | Smederevska Palanka | Paracin | Kucevo | Kraljevo | Uzice | Pozega | Knjazevac | Nis | Leskovac | Pirot |

 

 
 
 

(C) EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE 2002