Italian Spring (2017, 2018)
Presentation of Italian culture in Nis through the organisation of several exhibitions, lectures on the topic of Italian culture and history and concert of Italian musicians.
Partners: Italian Institute for Culture Belgrade, University library “Nikola Tesla”, Cinema Kupina Film
Museum of Memories (2018)
On the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the liberation of our country from the Ottoman Empire and the reunification of Nis to Serbia, we have tried to preserve this important period from forgetting and through public call collect memories that our citizens were saving for last 140 years. From the collected material was made interactive exhibition.
The exhibit “The Museum of Memories – 140 Years of Freedom” consists of photographs, letters, objects and documents from the archives of our fellow citizens who reflect the spirit of a period and a 140-year timeline.
Exhibition was presented during December 2018 and it is available online at the link http://muzejuspomena.ambasador.rs/
Partner: Ministry of culture and information
Resource Center of the City of Nis (2018)
Young Ambassadors are Resource Centre for supporting activities of informal youth groups in Nis for 2018/19. 10 projects are chosen through the public call. The themes of the projects are: decoration and art installations in the public space (murals, benches, stairs, waste bins, painting and drawing of schools / hospitals). Through this call, we wanted to give young people the opportunity to change the city using their creativity and make it more attractive to all residents and tourists.
Partners: City of Nis
EU Ambassadors (2017, 2018)
Project “EU Ambassadors” is aimed to directly involve young people in the process of researching and presenting Serbia’s EU accession process to the young people in our country. High school pupils from three cities in Serbia (Nis, Krusevac and Novi Pazar), are going through intensive educational program where they are introduced with negotiating process and its
importance, as well as the significance of Serbia’s integration with European Union. They are working with speakers experienced in EU history and institutions, EU accession process as well as Member States officials in Serbia. After educational program, participants are making research about Negotiation chapters and best practices from Member States in the fields of culture, education and entrepreneurship. They are communication results of their researches to the youth in their town.
Partners: Ministry for European Integration, EU info point Nis, Swedish Embassy, Austrian Embassy, Dutch Embassy, French Institute
KreNI conference of creative industries (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
KreNI conference is the first and most influential creativity festival in south-eastern Serbia gathering innovative creative professionals and experts from all over the world. KreNI conference is focused on creativity of young people and their engagement in society. It is empowering young people and including them in mapping and solving some problems in their surroundings. Conference is gathering over 100 creative young people – conference participants. During the 5 days, they have opportunity to work and gain knowledge from highly experienced experts in different fields of creative industries and develop their own ideas with the help of mentors experienced in working with young people. At the end these young people have the opportunity to present their ideas in front of the most important donors in the country and raise resources for ideas implementation.
Partners: EU Delegation to Serbia, City of Nis, Embassy of France, Embassy of Italy, Embassy of Austria, Embassy of Sweden, Embassy of Netherlands, Embassy of Slovakia, Embassy of USA, Erste bank, Societe Generali bank, Microsoft, Trag Foundation, Catalyst Foundation, Dokukino Foundation