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