Bujanovac – The Center for Democracy and Development of South Serbia association of citizens from Leskovac started implementing the project "Cultural Needs of Youth in Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja – How to Reach Dialogue", which is funded, through the European Progress program, by the European Union, the Swiss Government and the Government of the Republic of Serbia.
Bujanovac – The Center for Democracy and Development of South Serbia association of citizens from Leskovac started implementing the project "Cultural Needs of Youth in Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja – How to Reach Dialogue", which is funded, through the European Progress program, by the European Union, the Swiss Government and the Government of the Republic of Serbia.
The project is aimed at developing and promoting inter-ethnic and intercultural dialogue in order to increase community cohesion, particularly among young people from the Serbian, Albanian and Roma communities in Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja. The project is also aimed at improving the cultural life of young people in the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, as well as at advancing the general atmosphere between the different ethnic communities.
The project envisages conducting a survey on cultural needs of young people in these three municipalities, separately in each of the national communities, the Serbian, the Albanian and the Roma one.
"By analyzing the survey results, the same needs identified by the young people from the three communities will be specified,” said Ljiljana Stojanovic, the Project Coordinator.
As part of the project, round tables will be organized where the young Serbs, Albanians and Roma from the three municipalities will talk about what they miss in the cultural life in each of these municipalities and where the initiatives for joint action by local authorities and responsible institutions in Serbia will be launched. The roundtables will be attended by representatives of the government, the local institutions and the international community.
The project includes the development and printing of a publication with results of the survey on the cultural needs of the young in the Serbian, Albanian and Roma languages. The results of the survey will be relevant indicators that might become part of the municipal youth strategies.
Partners in the project are the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja.
Source: Jugpress and Coordination Body