Serb Democratic Forum

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Serb Democratic Forum
Croatian: Srpski demokratski forum
Serbian Cyrillic: Српски демократски форум
File:Serb Democratic Forum.jpg
Abbreviation SDF
Formation 8 December 1991; 32 years ago (1991-12-08)
Type NGO
Purpose Protection of Serb minority rights in Croatia
Headquarters Zagreb, Croatia
Location
Official language
 Croatian and Serbian
President
 Veljko Džakula
Key people
 Milorad Pupovac (founder and first president)
Website Official website

Serb Democratic Forum (Croatian: Srpski demokratski forum, Serbian Cyrillic: Српски демократски форум) is a non-governmental organization of Serbs of Croatia, which in cooperation with national and international organizations and institutions, protects human rights, minority rights, develops and promotes inter-ethnic tolerance and understanding and tries to restore mutual trust and respect.[1]

It is the first Serb non-governmental organization founded in Croatia in the context of the disintegration of Yugoslavia.[clarification needed] Forum is a voluntary, non-governmental, non-profit and non-partisan organization.

Forum has won numerous awards for his work in affirmation of human rights and civil society, most notably the Democracy and Civil Society Award in 1998, awarded by the U.S. and EU for promotion of democratic values.[2][3]

  • Veljko Džakula.jpg

    Veljko Džakula

Serb Democratic Forum-Youth Forum

Serb Democratic Forum-Youth Forum
Croatian: Forum mladih SDF-a
Serbian: Форум младих СДФ-а
File:Serb Democratic Forum-Youth Forum LOGO.jpg
City of Zagreb OpenStreetMap.svg
Shown within City of Zagreb
Abbreviation SDF-Youth Forum
Formation 21 December 2011; 12 years ago (2011-12-21)
Type youth organization
Legal status informal youth interest group at SDF
Purpose Minority rights, Youth activism, Human rights, Social equality
Headquarters Zagreb, Croatia
Location
Official language
 Croatian or Serbian
President
 Željana Modrinić (21 December 2013-)
Website Official website

Serbian Democratic Forum-Youth Forum (Croatian: Srpski demokratski forum-Forum mladih, Serbian Cyrillic: Српски демократски форум-Форум младих) is an informal group of youth, which is acting as an independent section and youth interest group within Serb Democratic Forum. It was founded on 21 December 2011 on the 20th anniversary of SDF.[4] Group was founded by a group of former students of Serbian Orthodox Secondary School from Zagreb.[5]

SDF Youth Forum members during public event on Petar Preradović square in Zagreb

SDF-Youth Forum is a signatory of International Joint Statement of International Student Movement against the increasing commercialization and privatization of public education.[6] In June 2013 SDF-Youth Forum publicly supported organizers of Zagreb Pride and urged its members as well as other members of Serbs of Croatia community to join event.[7] In October 2013 in cooperation with group from Finnish municipality Muurame SDF Youth Forum conducted a project entitled "Focus on us!" funded by the European Union.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Стратешки план СДФ-а од 2004—2009, Загреб, 2003.
  • Срби у Хрватској 2007, Српско народно вијеће, Загреб, 2007.
  • Iznad sudbonosnih okvira, Identitet, br. 100, jul 2006.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Serb_Democratic_Forum&oldid=715146951"