Full Coverage: Serbia and Montenegro

31.07.2006 The ProConcept organization started the publication of E-Leader electronic magazine, dedicated to managerial staff in non-governmental organizations.

28.07.2006 The Forum Syd Balkans Programme (FSBP) Montenegro project organizes the Day of Dialogue with the Youth, dedicated to the topic of Youth, Information and Mobility.

28.07.2006 People with impaired vision will be able to use the Belgrade Public Transportation system in the company of their guide dogs, starting July 27, announced Slaven Tica, Director of Belgrade Public Transport Enterprise, in a statement for RTS.

27.07.2006 ANIMA Centre for Women And Peace Studies from Kotor invites all interested individuals and organizations to support the candidacy of Ervina Dabizinovic for the NGO seat in the RTVCG Council.

26.07.2006 The survey NGO Sector in Serbia, conducted by Civic Initiatives and Federation of Serbian NGOs (FENS) at the beginning of the year, clearly demonstrates the deteriorating financial situation of non-governmental organizations in Serbia.

21.07.2006 The Environmental Protection Bureau, with assistance of the European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR), prepared the draft-National Environmental Protection Programme, under the auspices of the 2003 Environmental Capacity Building Programme.

20.07.2006 The European Commission Delegation in Serbia opens a public competition for projects in the area of democracy strengthening, human rights and rule of law in the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro, through the EUÂ’s European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights EIDHR micro-project programme.

18.07.2006 A recent survey conducted by Centre for Development of Inclusive Society and Centre for Study of Alternatives shows that 87 percent of the disabled persons in Serbia are unemployed, while 70 percent live in poverty, due to low income they make. The results also show a greater percentage of women with disabilities, compared to men, live with the status of dependent persons.

17.07.2006 The Velikimali organization from Pancevo invites all organization that work with children with disabilities, or are interested to development programmes for support of this population, to join them as partners in the implementation of Network for promotion of rights of children with disabilities in Serbia, which includes creation of strong and effective services for disabled children in the local communities.

17.07.2006 The Youth Initiative for Human Rights, regional non-governmental organization, announces an opening for the position of Project Coordinator for Podgorica, in charge of YIHR Activities in Montenegro.

12.07.2006 On the occasion of July 13, Montenegrin national holiday, the Roma Scholarship Foundation (RSF) demanded from President Filip Vujanovic to do everything in his power to initiate a more efficient implementation of the Montenegrin Action Plan for the Decade of Roma Inclusion.

12.07.2006 The Government of Serbia will invest, by the end of 2007, 34 million EUR in electronic governance, announced Minister of Finance Mladjan Dinkic. The investment has been included in the first sector plan under the auspices of the National Investment Plan in the area of science and electronic governance, adopted recently by the Government.

10.07.2006 More than 70 non-governmental organizations from Southeastern Europe participate in the Place to Move programme, organized under the auspices of the EXIT06 festival, in Novi Sad.

07.07.2006 Predrag Markovic, Speaker of Serbian Skupstina (the parliament), and Lance Clarke, UNDP Permanent Representative in Serbia, signed a letter of understanding on assistance to five parliamentary committees, for activities dedicated to reduction of poverty.

06.07.2006 Ollie Rehn, EU Commissioner for Expansion will participate in the debate on visa regimes, to be held today (July 6), on the first day of EXIT Festival in Novi Sad.

05.07.2006 Amnesty International called upon Montenegrin President Vujanovic and Prime Minister Djukanovic to make good use of the newly-restored sovereignty of Montenegro to improve the human rights of all its citizens.

04.07.2006 The MOST Developmental Cultural Information Centre started the “Green is IN” campaign, addressing protection of forests, expansion of protected areas, respect of Law and solution of environmental black spots in Montenegro. The campaign is supported by the World Wildlife Fund.

03.07.2006 The Network for Affirmation of Non-Governmental Sector (MANS) announced that it will demand from the State Prosecutor to bring up criminal charges against all persons involved in cover-up of information on environmental situation at the Podgorica Aluminium Corporation (Kombinat aluminijuma KAP).

01.07.2006 The former Director General of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), Ahim Steiner, said that the organization adopted a "very purposeful decision" to open its programming regional office for the Southeast Europe in Belgrade, with the goal to provide assistance through advise, but also to help the approximation of national environmental protection policies with EU legislation, under the process of European integrations.