• MISSION IS
  • promoting European values;
  • to enhance:
    • the civil society development,
    • the democratic process of governance,
    • sustainable development of local community, and
    • promotion of new culture of change and conflict managmente.
• VISION IS
  • Serbia and Yugoslavia are equal members of the European community of nations.
• INTENTION IS
  • supporting peaceful resolution of conflicts between individuals and community,

    promotion of the idea of justice and standing up against every kind of violence;
  • developing and maintaining co-operation between citizens and communities in FRY and the  world;
  • development of non-profitable sector in FRY;
  • respecting human dignity and against violation of human rights;
  • founding market economy.
• OBLIGATION IS
  • articulation and developing of the values of civil society;
  • development of sustainable NGOs;
  • development of a sustainable local community;
  • development of an open forum of citizens and organisations (at the local, regional and national level) aimed at facilitating dialog, exchange of information, advancing mutual understanding, solidarity, co-operation and communication.
• PRINCIPLES ARE
  • Investing in peoples' knowledge and skills is an efficient way for institutional development and promotion change;
  • Training is a tool for capacity building but also for changing attitudes and stimulate initiative at community level;
  • Collaboration and expertise exchange at regional and national level are efficient ways for learning from each others' successes and failures;
  • Participatory and interactive problem solving processes build partnerships and prevent conflicts;
  • Autonomous, accountable and active local governments are the foundation of democracy;
  • Effective and efficient local governments are crucial for the change management and local development processes;
  • For effective & efficient local governance is more important to have knowledge and skills than capital investment.

• European Movement in Smederevska Palanka is not party-oriented and is open to everyone who contributes to the promotion of European values and development of the local community.
• European Movement in Smederevska Palanka uses different forms of activities and especially is active through clubs, forums and commissions within the projects, which might be, according to specific needs, grouped in working programs for a specific issue.
• European Movement in Smederevska Palanka is active through: the Youth Club, Women Club, Entrepreneurs Club, Volunteers Club, Internet Club, Volunteers Centre, Forum for Sustainable Development, Forum for Culture and Art, Forum for Ecology, Forum for Political Issues, Forum for Regional Co-operation, Forum for Economical Issues, Forum for Ethnic Issues, Forum of SMEs owners.
• Special forms of activities of the European Movement in Smederevska Palanka are workshops, public talks, campaigns, publishing (in printed or electronic form) as well as other forms of activities in accordance with the mission of the organisation.

2000-05-24/FEDERAL LEVEL

10 founders, more than 100 volunteers

SEVEN

-We were the executive partner in the campaign " IT IS NOT ALL THE SAME – THEREFORE VOTE " organised by European Movement in Serbia (www.emins.org)

-We were the executive partner in the campaign "GLASAM DA TALASAM" ("VOTE AND ROCK THE BOAT") organised by European Movement in Serbia (www.emins.org)

-Monitoring of the elections in the municipality of Smed. Palanka (24.9.2000. and 23.12.2000.) in co-operation with Center for Free Elections and Democracy (www.cesid.org)

-Executive organiser of the concert "ROCK AND ROLL FOR ELECTIONS - IT'S TIME" IN SMED. PALANKA

-Campaign to sign the Aalborg Charter - own resources

-We are preparing a few projects for this year in the domain of activities of our clubs and forums Youth Club, Women Club, Entrepreneurs Club, Internet Club, Forum for Sustainable Local Development, Forum for Art and Culture, Forum for Ecology, Forum for Political Issues, Forum for Regional Co-operation, Forum of SMEs Owners

-and other (see our web site)

Many categories of citizens (we use radio and TV to promote our activities). Almost everybody in the Municipality of Smed. Palanka knows about our activities.

The result is much better understanding of our activities in the local community and better chances of influencing the local authorities.

- program MF (Micro finance) in cooperation with European Perspective;
program CRNPSSIS (Regional Center for the Development of Non profit Sector of North East Serbia) in cooperation with Center for the Development of Non-Profit Sector from Belgrade;
-program VOLC (Volunteer Center) (1st phase: own resources) (in 2000 we have more than 100 volunteers and in 2001 we have more than 80 new volunteers);
- program HRD- Human Resource Development (1st phase - own resources);
program: YOUTH-EDU2001 (Youth Education 2001) (1st phase: in cooperation with different NGOs from Serbia, Romania, Denmark, ...);
- program youthNET in cooperation with Interkulturelles Zentrum from Vienna
- program PARTNERSHIP (Partnership building in 2001) (with different NGOS and institution from Romania, Greece, Denmark, Austria, Germany, France, ...);
- program CIV-COAL2001 (Building civic coalition between NGOs, local authorities and business in North East Serbia) in cooperation with Alliance for Local Communities Sustainable Development from Belgrade;
- program eNGO (Internet oriented NGO) (own resources);
- program EH Jasenica (building 1st Europe House in our region);
- program CAP-BUILD (capacity building);
- program: SUS-DEV (Sustainable Development of our municipality and our region) (1st phase, own resources).

Primary territory of our activities is the Municipality of Smed. Palanka.

Secondary territory of our activities is whole Serbia.

PC with modem, phone/fax, printer, scanner

a) Volunteers            more than 100

b) Professional staff             one

Master of Systemology and Logistics, Doctor of agricultural science, Professors, engineers, teachers, entrepreneurs, etc.

July 29 -August 04, 2001, SUMMER SCHOOL "MIRRORS OF DEMOCRACY", Gura Vaii, Romania. School organised by Euroregional Center for the Democracy from Timisioara, Romania, Participant: Ljiljana Pavlovic.
July 27-29, 2001, "Training of Trainers: Developmen of Training Skills" workshop, Carphatian Foundation, Civil Society Development Foundation from Romania and Center for the Development of Non Profit Sector from Serbia. Participant Milan Milosevic.
July 27-29, 2001 - Non Governmental Partnership in countries with difficult transition,Timisiora, Romania Meeteng organised by Carphatian Foundation Romania and Center for the Development of Non Profit Sector from Serbia. Participants: Ana Stojanovic and Zivkica Djordjevic.
July 17-19, 2001 - Development of NGOs, Civic Inititives from Belgrade with support from UMCO, Kragujevac - FRY. Participant: Ljiljana Pavlovic.
July 6, 2001 - "PREPARING FRY FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION", European Movement in Serbia and Friedrich Eberet Stiftung, Belgrade. Participant: Milan Milosevic.
July 5-6, 2001 - "Why and How to prepare business plan", Chamber of Commerce Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Belgrade. Participants: Milan Milosevic and Goran Veljic.
June 28-30, 2001 - COM-PAR project (Communication and Civic Involvement in South-Eastern Europe), GLAS Association from Timisoara, Romania,, Timisoara-Romania. Participants: Slavica Damjanović, Ivana Stevanović, Milica Jelić, Aleksandra Antonijević, Natalija Ćosić, Katarina Vujčin, Nataša Keljać, Jovana Mišić, Dušica Milosavljević, Đorđe Nedeljković.
June 28-29, 2001 - Workshop "Volunteer Management", Volunteer Center from Belgrade. Participants: Ana Stojanovic and Ljiljana Pavlovic.
June 22-24, 2001 - The Vocation of Central and Eastern European National/Regional Capitals  in Accelerating the Accession of the Candidates-States to the European Union, FIRST PAN-EUROPEAN MEETING OF HIGH REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL PUBLIC AUTHORITIES & EUROPE HOUSES, EUROLINK - House of Europe Foundation ROMANIA, Bucharest, Romania, Participants: Milan Milosevic, Miloje Radosavljevic

May 25 – June 01, .2001 - Back in Europe – On paths to democracy The role of education in the process of democracy, Europahaus Aurich, Germany. Participants: Bojana Radosavljevic, Nikola Slajh

May 17-19, 2001 - Third Forum of Yugoslav NGOs, Center for the Development of Non profit Sector, Fond - Center for Democracy, Belgrade, Participants: Milan Milosevic, Dragana Devic, Tanja Milenkovic

May 15, 2001 -"Civil Society and Sustainable Development: Elaboration of Grassroots Local Development Plans for Serbia", European Perspective - Hellenic Humanitarian Development Network, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.   Participant: Milan Milosevic.

May 2-12, 2001 - Between  the  Lines, Becej. Participants: Ana Djodjevic and Ivana Stevanovic

April 11-16, 2001 - Organising meeting with 8 representatives from Danish NGO NEXT STOP SERBIA. Number of participants: 8 from Denmark, 1 from USA,  more than 80 from Yugoslavia

March 2-12, 2001 - seminar NEXT STOP SERBIA, Aarhus and Copenhagen, Denmark, Participants: Ana Milošević, Ljiljana Pavlović, Dragana Dević, Miloš Starčević

February 2-6, 2001 - Southeastern Europe: From Conflict to Reconstruction (Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy & United States Institute of Peace), Delphi, Greece. Participant: Milan Milošević

December 8, 2000. - First NGO Fair from South East Europe, Timisoara, Romania. Participants:  Tanja Milenković and Dragana Dević

December 1-15, 2000- Civic Society Building - The Role and Goals of Non-Governmental Organisations" (Foundation in Support of Local Democracy, Warsaw, Poland and Foundation in Support of Local Democracy-Regional Training Center in Bialystok). Participant:  Milan Milošević

November 2000- Seminar “Transforming Cultural Field in the Post Totalitarian Countries", Center for Creative Initiatives Support, Kirovograd, Ukraine. Participant:  Ana Milošević

June 2000 - Strategy Development Training Course (Euroreginal Center for Democracy, Timisioara, Romania). Participant:  Milan Milošević

December 20th, 1999. -Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe ROUND TABLE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PARTNERSHIP WITH TOWNS IN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, Budapest. Participant: Bojana Radosavljević

November 12 -17 1999. - United States Institute of Peace & Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy RECONSTRUCTION AND RECOVERY IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE Nafplion - Greece. Participant: Bojana Radosavljević

October 28-30,1999. -Transfrontier Co-operation,  factor of social cohesion and political stability in Europe (7th European Conference of Border Regions), Organised by Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe, Council of Europe; TIMISOARA, Romania. Participant: Milan Milosevic

September 1999 - Second Regional Technology Workshop: Maximising the Potential of NGO Resource Centres through Internet Technology, the Union of Bulgarian Foundations and Associations and the Open Society Foundation - Sofia, Bulgaria. Participant: Milan Milošević

June 22 - 26 1999. - Halki International Seminars DEVELOPING A NETWORK OF YOUNG LEADERS FROM SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE Halki - Greece. Participant: Bojana Radosavljević

March 12th - 13th 1999. - The European Movement in Serbia & The Adam Smith Institute high-level training course PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT. Participant: Bojana Radosavljević

NGO Network  of the European Movement in Serbia (www.emins.org.yu)

NGO Network of the European Perspective - Hellenic Humanitarian Development Network (www.hhdn.org.yu

NGO Network in Municipality Smed. Palanka

Network of regional Centers for the Development of Non-Profit Sector (www.crnps.org.yu)

Member of electronic NGO directori END (www.europe.or.at)

Member of the network OneWorld (www.oneworld.org)

YES

Partners

To account No.                     355-1012092-49 (in Yugoslav dinars)

Instruction to transfer money in foreign currency:

Cost of money transfer: 2%

Much more information about our activites you can find on our web site www.evropski-pokret.org.yu which is regularly updated.