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PIROT
THE
MISSION OF THE CIVIC READING ROOM (GC) “PIRGOS” is the civil
society development through training, informing and enhancement of
active participation of the citizens of Pirot Region and
South-East Serbia in this process for we believe in the equality
of all people. Our goal is not only to influence the citizens to
face current problems but also to assist them in practice to
adjust to the circumstances of transition. “Pirgos” has
organised several trainings, seminars and forums, related to this
particular problem area.
"From
embargo towards integration" is the title of the seminar
whose goal was to provide the export-import businessmen with the
necessary information from the domain of foreign trading. For two
weekends lectures were organised in five thematic fields:
marketing and consumer psychology, foreign exchange system in
Yugoslavia and foreign credit relations, modern trading trends,
customs system in Yugoslavia and international transport, freight
forwarding and foreign trading law and insurance. The lecturers
were Vesna Stevanovic, psychologist, Gordana Lazarevic, M.A. in
economics, Prof Dr Sreten Cuzovic, Prof Dr Bozidar Raicevic and
Prof Dr Moma Zivkovic. The project was financially supported by
Freedom House.
On
28 June there was a seminar for lawyers and trade union presidents
from Pirot, addressing the following topics "Practical
application of Labour Act, with special emphasis on service
agreements, collective agreements and other enactments in
practice" and "Redundant workers’ rights". The
lecturers were graduated lawyers Emilija Djoric, Director of
Labour Exchange Branch Office in Pirot, Mirjana Milutinovic,
Bakers Company Staff Director and Milorad Krstic, Project
Coordinator. The participants estimated that the seminar was held
at the right time and addressed the right subject and workers’
pressing problems, and commended the organiser and expressed their
gratitude to ABA CEELI for approving the project.
For
NGO members from Pirot, Babusnica, Bela Palanka and Dimitrovgrad,
GC "Pirgos" organised the seminar "The entrepreneur
and entrepreneurial environment", with the lecturer Radojica
Mojsijev, Director of the Regional Centre for the Development of
Small and Medium Enterprises and Entrepreneurs. The goal of the
seminar was the forming of a consulting network for the
development of entrepreneurial environment "Partner",
whose certificates were given to all the attendants. The seminar
lasted from 12 to 14 July.
"Start
your own business" is
the slogan of
the fast development programme (KICK
START PROGRAMME)
by CHF
and the Comunity Development Board, within
which several forums were organised
in the Pirot Region villages. The
forum lecturers were economists Ivana
Mitrovic and
Milan Djordjevic
and the topics were strategic
planning,
S.W.O.T. community
analysis, modern
approach to agribusiness and KS business plan rules and guidelines.
This programme
alleviates the development of creative business ideas of the
individuals from rural
communities.
There
is an ongoing campaign for the promotion of the Law on National
Minorities and of the Law on Ethnic Tolerance - "Serbia is
our home, too", run by the Civic Initiative Board from Nis in
19 South and East Serbia towns. The campaign includes the
distributing of promotional material. GC “Pirgos” was partner
of the Civic Initiative Board in the process of conducting the
campaigns for economic reforms, jurisprudence reforms, local
self-management enhancement and the anti-corruption
campaign.
The
Roma Asociation "Pralipe" has provided scholarships in
the course of June and July for Roma students, signed a
preliminary agreement for the construction of the Roma educational
centre and realised the action "Play is a gift"-
Pralipe, children’s friend. All the activities of PRALIPE
Association are realised in cooperation with GC PIRGOS.
We
plan to organise a three-day seminar that should initiate
cooperation between the local authorities, businessmen and
NGOs from all four Pirot Region municipalities.
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Kragujevac | Smederevska Palanka |
Paracin | Kucevo |
Kraljevo | Uzice
| Pozega | Knjazevac |
Nis | Leskovac |
Pirot | |
