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Pozdrav,Zatvorite oči i počnite sa maštanjem. Zamislite svet u kakvom želite da živite. Je l’ ste to uradili? Sada otvorite oči i počnite da stvarate takav svet. Predhodna godina u Centru E8 je bila upravo takva. Nije nam bilo teško da često zatvorimo oči, zamislimo svet po meri mladih, a onda krenemo u tom pravcu jer mi verujemo da mladi ljudi imaju super moći kojima mogu da promene svet.

Često nam traže godišnje izveštaje, a mi često nemamo vremena, a ni želje da pišemo dosadne dokumente koji služe da postoje i koje niko nikada ne pročita. Tako smo 2011. godinu predstavili u infografici, a 2012. rešili da napišemo i naslikamo.

Predhodnu godinu obeležila je ekonomska kriza, političke promene u Srbiji, povlačenje donatora i baš zato, mi smo radili i postigli više nego ikada pre.

Program koji se bavi muškarcima u predhodnoj godini dostigao je svoj maksimum. Za sad! I dalje moramo da objašnjavamo da rad na rodnoj ravnopravnosti nije 5 kg muškaraca i 5 kg žena i da je rad sa mladićima jako važan, a u tome nam je dosta pomogla MAN konferencija na kojoj smo ugostili 15 predavača i predavačica iz 6 zemalja, a među njima i jednog od najvećih stručnjaka Gerija Barkera. Edukacija na terenu sada se sprovodi u 12 gradova Srbije, a broj gradova i škola koje su zainteresovane da se uključe u program raste iz dana u dan. Kada pričamo o nasilju, glavna asocijacija nam je nasilje u sportu i mi smo stegli zube i rešili da započnemo da se bavimo tim važnim problemom.

Siguran sam da znate da volimo da igramo i menjamo svet muzikom. dance4life pokret je tokom pet godina implemetacije mobilisao preko 15.000 mladih koji su igrali za život bez HIV-a. Tokom 2012. godine završili smo sa realizacijom ovog programa, što ne znači da tokom ove godine nećemo nastaviti da plešemo i kroz zabavu animiramo mlade ljude.

Podigli smo stvari na viši nivo. “Izaberi da drugi ne bi birali umesto tebe” je slogan koji smo glasno izgovarali tokom izborne kampanje, a koji je imao za cilj da političarima i političarkama skrene pažnju na mlade, stavi ih na agendu i omogući dijalog, a to je korak više ka održivoj brizi o mladima.

Mediji su uvek bili naši saveznici pa smo zato rešili da zajedno komuniciramo. Ponosni smo na radio emisiju Centriranje koja se svake nedelje emituje na radiju B92 kao i na 40 lokalnih radio stanica u Srbiji.

Kraj godine obeležila je kampanja “Pravi muškarac” u okviru koje smo najzad pokrenuli godišnju nagradu za Pravog muškarca (jedna od onih ideja koje godinama ne uspevate da realizujete), lansirali kalendar sa 12 poznatih ličnosti koji verujemo da je na vašem stolu ili zidu i premijerno pokazali dokumentarni film o “Budi muško” projektu.

Kada se rodio Centar E8, rodio se sa idejom da se bavi pozorištem u edukaciji i ogroman uspeh je što smo se nakon par godina pauziranja vratili na tu scenu. Predstava “Muškarčine” u koprodukciji sa BITEF Teatrom proglašena je od strane NIN-a za jednu od tri najbolje u 2012. godini.

Vi ste najbolji. Vi možete sve.

Vidimo se kasnije.

Vojislav Arsićizvršni direktor

Hello,Close your eyes and begin daydreaming. Think of a world you would like to live in. Did you do that? Now open your eyes and begin to create such world. Last year in Centre E8 was exactly like that. It wasn’t hard for us to close our eyes, think of a world fit for youth and then head in that direction. It’s because we believe that young people have super powers to change the world.

Annual reports are often needed. As often we don’t have the time nor the will to write boring documents, which have only one purpose – to be created and are never read by anyone. That’s why we presented the year 2011 through an iconographic and we decided to present year 2012 through texts and pictures.

Last year was marked by the economic crisis, political changes in Serbia and withdrawal of donors. That is why we worked and achieved more than ever before.

The programme for men reached its maximum last year. For now! We still have to explain that working on gender equality is not 5kg of a men and 5kg of a women and that working with young men is very important. MAN conference helped us a lot in doing that. During the conference we hosted 15 lecturers from 6 countries. Among them was one of the greatest experts Gerry Baker. Educational programme is now conducted in 12 cities in Serbia. Moreover, the number of cities and schools that are interested in joining the program is increasing every day. When we talk about violence, our main association is violence in sport. Because of that we decided to start dealing with this important problem.

I’m sure that you know that we love to dance and change the world with music.dance4life movement, during five years of implementation, mobilised over 15.000 young people, who danced for life without HIV. In 2012 we ended the programme implementation, but it doesn’t mean that this year we will not continue to dance and animate young people by having fun.

We have brought things to a higher level. “Don’t let others decide for you” is a slogan, which we shouted out loud during electoral campaign. Its purpose was to focus attention of politicians on young people, to include them in the agenda and to enable dialogue. It is a step towards more sustainable care for young people.

Media have always been our allies and that is why we decided to communicate with them. We are proud of the radio show Centriranje, which is broadcasted every Sunday on radio B92 as well as on 40 local radio stations in Serbia.

At the end of the year the “Real man” campaign took place. In its framework we finally launched the yearly Real man award (it was one of those ideas that you fail to implement for years). We also promoted a calendar with 12 celebrities, which we believe is on your desk or wall. Additionally, we showed a film about “Be a man” project for the first time.

When Centre E8 was born, it was born with the idea to use theatre in education. Our great success is that we came back on the scene after couple of years of break. The “Macho men”, made in coproduction with BITEF Theatre, was announced by NIN magazine as one of the three best shows of 2012.

You are the best. You can do anything.

See you later.

Vojislav ArsićExecutive director

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Verujemo da mladi ljudi imaju super moći da menjaju svet. Priča našeg logoa je vezana za super moći, heroje ili heroine. Kako je to opisao naš dizajner? “Logo je zapravo stilizovana simbolička predstava „plave lopte“, zemljine kugle sa „štreberskim“ naočarima u obliku simbola beskonačnosti što sve skupa simbolički predstavlja beskonačnu edukaciju ljudske vrste. Logo je takođe i youth friendly, a prati i priču super heroja jer šta su društveno odgovorni građani u akciji ako ne super heroji?“

Autor logoa je Predrag Stakić koji je ujedno i autor svetskog logoa za ljudska prava.

Predrag Stakić je rođen 1978. godine, živi i radi u Beogradu kao freelance grafički dizajner, tj. slobodni umetnik. Na popisu građana izjasnio se kao kreativno ljudsko biće. Tvrdi da je dužnost svakog umetnika, da kroz svoju umetnost umetne i nešto bolje za neko bolje sutra. Društveni angažman smatra obavezom svakog normalnog ljudskog bića. Svetskoj javnosti najpoznatiji kao kreator svetski priznatog univerzalnog simbola ljudskih prava.Voli da se šali, iskren, otvoren i direktan. Uvek veruje u bolje. Osnivač neformalnog pokreta “Domaći Dizajnici” sa ciljem okupljanja domaćih ljudi koji vole da dižu stvari na viši nivo. Omiljena pesma mu je “If” (“Ako”) od Radyarda Kiplinga.Sa velikim zadovoljstvom prihvatio da osmisli i izvede koncept vizuelnog identiteta za Centar E8, jer kako kaže: “Na mladima svet postaje.”

We believe that young people possess super powers that can change the world. The story behind our logo is a story about super powers and heroes. How does our designer describe it? “The logo is actually a symbolic representation of the ‘blue sphere’ – the Earth – wearing geeky glasses shaped like the symbol of infinity. All together this represents the infinite education of mankind. The logo is also youth friendly and follows the stories of super heroes – what are active, socially responsible citizens, if not super heroes?”

The logo was designed by Predrag Stakić, the author of international human rights logo.

Predrag Stakić was born in 1978. He lives and works in Belgrade as a freelance graphic designer, that is, a free artist. During census he declared himself as a creative human being. He claims that it is every artists’ duty to embed something better for a better tomorrow in his or her art. Social activity should be an obligation of every normal human being, he believes. He is internationally recognized as the creator of universal Human Rights Logo. Witty, sincere, open and straightforward he always believes in something better. He founded an informal movement called “Domestic Uppers” (Domaći dizajnici) with a goal to gather local people who like to take things to a new level. His favourite poem is “If” by Rudyard Kipling.

It was a great pleasure for him to design Centre E8’s visual identity because, in his own words, “The world begins with the young”.

Centar E8 je omladinska organizacija usmerena na rad sa mladim ljudima širom Srbije. Inovativnim kampanjama, upotrebom društvenih mreža i raznovrsnim metodologijama rada edukujemo mlade na teme zdravi stilovi života, rodna ravnopravnost, prevencija nasilja i značaj aktiviranja u društvu. Naš tim čine mladi eksperti i ekspertkinje u procesima zagovaranja i lobiranja u oblasti omladinske politike, edukaciji, organizaciji kampanja od javnog značaja koji aktivno rade na polju ljudskih prava u Srbiji.

Kojom se vizijom vodimo?Svet u kome mladi slobodno i ravnopravno izražavaju svoje osobenosti i upravljaju sopstvenim životom.

Kojom se misijom vodimo?Mi smo mladi koji rade sa mladima i za mlade. Osnažujemo mlade ljude da otkriju super moći i postanu super heroji i heroine svog života i našeg društva.

Kojim temama se bavimo?Već pet godina radimo u oblasti rodne ravnopravnosti. Možemo reći da se specifičnost ogleda u tome što smo bazirani na rad sa mladićima koje smo prepoznali kao značajni deo društva koji treba da se edukuje o ovoj temi. Mi težimo razvijanju i uvođenju pozitivnih promena stavova i ponašanja kod muškaraca. U sklopu projekta „Inicijativa mladića za sprečavanje rodno zasnovanog nasilja na zapadnom Balkanu“ sprovodimo kampanju „Budi muško” za koju smo dobili „PRiZNANJE”- nagradu koju dodeljuje Društvo Srbije za odnose s javnošću za najbolje komunikacijske kampanje, projekte i inicijative, u kategoriji “Javni i neprofitni sektor”.

Da bismo unapredili uslove za bezbedan život mladih kontinuirano radimo na edukaciji o prevenciji nasilja. Rad na prevenciji usmeravamo na različite društvene grupe i donosioce odluka jer na taj način možemo objedinjeno povećati svest o nasilju kao problemu u našem društvu i mehanizmima kako bi ga smanjili i otklonili.

Kroz različite projekte prožima se rad na promociji zdravih stilova života. Radimo na unapređenju mentalnog, seksualnog i reproduktivnog zdravlja mladih koristeći raznovrsne metodologije, od upotrebe drame u edukaciji do plesa i muzike. Pored edukacije, bavimo se zagovaranjem za uvođenje edukativnih školskih programa o mentalnom, seksualnom i reproduktivnom zdravlju mladih, ali i da pristup zdravstvenim uslugama bude omogućen svim slojevima našeg društva.

Podsticanje, motivisanje i osnaživanje mladih – to je moto! Mi težimo da mlade osnažimo da aktivno učestvuju u društvu kroz volonterske programe i unapređenjem omladinskog rada radi rešavanja društvenih problema i uticanja na njihovo rešavanje. Zato što je to osnova svakog aktivizma. Razvijamo projekte i programe na temu omladinske politike i omladinskog rada. Akreditovani smo za EVS (European Voluntary Service), program Evropske komisije, koji nam omogućava da šaljemo mlade ljude iz Srbije na višemesečno volontiranje u zemlje Evrope, kao i da ugostimo volontere iz EU u našoj organizaciji.

Medije smatramo svojim značajnim partnerom u radu i bitnim kanalom kominikacije sa građanima i građankama Srbije. Značaj dobre saradnje sa medijma je neophodna i zbog unapređenja predstavljanja mladih u medijima i rada na uključivanju mladih u kreiranje kvalitetnijih programa i sadržaja za svoje vršnjake.

Jedan od vodećih problema u našem društvu je nezaposlenost mladih. Svi imaju pravo na jednaku šansu, a jedan od naših ciljeva u radu je poboljšanje ekonomskog statusa mladih kroz sprovođenje programa za zapošljavanje mladih i pozivanje privrednih subjekata na društveno odgovorno poslovanje. U stalnom kontaktu i radu sa mladima prepoznali smo zapošljavanje kao problem i u našem budućem radu aktivno ćemo se baviti tim problemom.

Aktivno radimo na promociji omladinskog stvaralaštva i kulture kroz umetničku edukaciju mladih ljudi, produkciju umetničkih dela, organizaciju kulturnih događaja i zalaganje za veći značaj i vidljivost omladinskog stvaralaštva. Na taj način edukujemo mlade, razvijamo njihovu kreativnost i dajemo im podršku u daljem usavršavanju.

Diskriminacija često nastaje iz neznanja ili zbog predrasuda. Zato radimo na smanjenju diskriminacije među mladima kroz promociju interkulturalnosti i edukaciju o ljudskim pravima i građanskim slobodama. Kreiranjem anti-diskriminacionih kampanja koje na dobar način komuniciraju sa mladima i razumljive su im, radom sa manjinskim grupama i inkluzijom Roma i Romkinja u radu napravljeni su značani pomaci, ali uvek ima prostora da se taj posao nastavi.

Centar E8

Centre E8 is a youth organisation focused on work with young people across Serbia. With our innovative campaigns, use of social networks and diverse methodologies we educate the young about healthy lifestyles, gender equality, prevention of violence and the importance of being socially active. Our team is made up from young advocacy and lobbying experts in youth policy, education and campaigning for publicly relevant issues. They are very active in the field of human rights in Serbia.

What is our vision?A world where young people can freely and equally express their personality and be in charge of their own life.

What is our mission? We are young people who work with youth and for youth. We empower young people to discover super powers and become superheroes of their own lives and the society.

What are our topics?For five years now we have been active in the area of gender equality. Distinctive trait of our work is the focus on young men whom we recognized as a significant part of society that needs education on this topic. We aim to develop and enforce positive changes in attitudes and behaviour of men. As part of the project “Young men initiative for the prevention of gender based violence in North West Balkans” we did a campaign titled “Be a man” for which we were awarded “PRiZNANJE” – an award by Public Relations Society of Serbia for best communication campaigns, projects and initiatives in the category of “Public and non-profit sector”.

We continuously educate young people about violence prevention in order to improve the conditions for their safe living. Our work is focused on different social groups and decision-makers because this way we can comprehensively raise awareness about the issue of violence in our society and the potential mechanisms for its reduction and eradication.

We promote healthy lifestyles through many different projects. We aim to improve mental, sexual and reproductive health of young people using diverse methodologies such as the use of drama in education and educating people through dance and music. Apart from education, we advocate for introduction of educational school programmes about mental, sexual and reproductive health of the young and equal access to health care for all social groups.

To encourage, motivate and empower young people – that is our motto! We strive to empower young people to be active citizens through volunteering programmes. We also work toward improving youth work for the purpose of solving different social issues. Because this is the basis of activism. We also develop projects and programmes in the field of youth policy and youth work. Centre E8 is also accredited for EVS (European Voluntary Service), the programme of the European Commission that enables us to send young volunteers from Serbia to the EU countries, as well as to host volunteers from the EU in Centre E8.

We see media as our important partner and a significant communication channel with Serbian citizens. Good cooperation with the media is vital for improving the image of young people in the media and their involvement in creation of quality media programmes and content for their peers.

One of the biggest problems in our society is youth unemployment. Everybody has the right to equal chances and one of our goals is to improve economic status of young people by implementing youth employment programmes and urging companies to be socially responsible. Being in constant contact with the young we have recognized unemployment as a very serious problem and we will address it actively in our future work.

We are actively fostering youth culture and creativity through art education of young people, creation of artwork, organisation of cultural events and lobbying for greater impact and visibility of youth art. This way we educate them, develop their creativity and support their further development.

Discrimination is often a consequence of ignorance or prejudice. We are trying to reduce discrimination among the young by promoting intercultural competences and by educating them about human rights and civil liberties. Although significant changes have been made through implementation of anti-discrimination campaigns that young people could understand and relate to, and through work with minority groups and for inclusion of Roma, there is still much work to be done.

Centre E8

2012: New Balkan Boy

Ponovo smo organizovali MAN, bavili smo se pitanjem kako će izgledati neki novi klinci na Balkanu.MAN 2012: New Balkan Boy konferencija održana je 30-31. januara 2012. godine u Centru za kulturnu dekontaminaciju (CzKD) u Beogradu. Na konferenciji se okupilo preko 150 učesnika/ca, veliki broj istaknutih stručnjaka/inja iz oblasti rodne ravnoravnosti, maskuliniteta i omladinskog rada ali i mladih koji se interesuju za ovu temu. MAN konferencija se drugu godinu za redom uspešno bavi nekim od najvažnijih i najzanimljivijih pitanja vezanih za prevenciju rodno zasnovanog nasilja među mladićima. Ova konferencija ima za cilj da postane tradicionalan skup koji će okupljati stručnjake/kinje kako iz Srbije i regiona tako i iz celog sveta.

Predavanja na konferenciji je otvorio Gary Barker (USA, Promundo) jedan je od najvećih svetskih stručnjaka koji se bave maskulinitetom i rodno zasnovanim nasiljem. Od govornika tu su se našli i Michael McKenna (Severna Irska, Youth Action), John Hughson (UK, Internacionalni Fudbalski Institut), Vojislav Arsić (SRB, Centar E8), John Crownover (USA, CARE), Branislava Arsenov (SRB, Centar E8), Marina Blagojević (SRB, Institut za kriminološka i socijalna istraživanja), Matija Sinković, (CRO, Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu) Nataša Bijelić (CRO, CESI), Natko Gereš (CRO, Status M), Srđan Dušanić (BIH, Perpetuum Mobile, Filozofski fakultet Banja Luka).

Once again we have organised MAN Conference which dealt with the issue of new kids in the Balkans. MAN 2012: New Balkan Boy Conference was held on 30th and 31st January 2012 in Centre for Cultural Decontamination (CZKD) in Belgrade. The conference brought together over 150 participants, a great number of eminent experts in the field of gender equality, masculinity and youth work as well as many young people interested in this topic. This is the second year in a tow that MAN Conference successfully dealt with some of the most important and interesting issues related to prevention of gender-based violence among young men. It is our aim to make this conference a traditional gathering place for experts from Serbia and the Balkans as well as the rest of the world.

The opening lecture was held by Gary Barker (USA, Promundo), one of world’s greatest experts in masculinity and gender-based violence. Among other participants there were Michael McKenna (Northern Ireland, Youth Action), John Hughson (UK, International Football Institute), Vojislav Arsić (SRB, Centre E8), John Crownover (USA, CARE), Branislava Arsenov (SRB, Centre E8), Marina Blagojević (SRB, Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research), Matija Sinković, (CRO, Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb) Nataša Bijelić (CRO, CESI), Natko Gereš (CRO, Status M), Srđan Dušanić (BIH, Perpetuum Mobile, Faculty of Philosophy in Banja Luka).

MAN 2012 Conference: New Balkan Boy

Istraživali smo kako rodne uloge kod naših srednjoškolaca utiču na sve prisutni problem nasilja. Šta je uopšte ta rodna ravnopravnost?M Istraživanje je sprovedeno u 16 gradova Srbije među 1461 mladićem, uzrasta od 14-19 godina, na temu učestalosti nasilnog ponašanja, stavova prema nasilju, rodno zasnovanom nasilju i rodnoj ravnopravnosti, kao i o rasprostranjenosti upotrebe psihoaktivnih supstanci među mladima. Istraživanje je objavljeno krajem januara i predstavljeno je na MAN2012: New Balkan Boy konferenciji.

We have researched about the way in which gender roles in Serbian male high-school population affect the widespread issue of violence. What is gender equality in fact?M Research was conducted in 16 Serbian towns, among 1.461 boys at the ages of 14 to 19. Issues tackled in the research were: frequency of violence, attitudes towards violence, gender-based violence and gender equality and the extent of drug abuse within young population. Research results were published at the end of January and presented during MAN2012: New Balkan Boy conference.

M Istraživanje: Istraživanje koncepta rodno zasnovanog nasilja, kao i stavova prema rodno zasnovanom nasilju kod srednjoškolaca u Srbiji

M Research: Research on gender based violence concept and attitudes toward gender based violence among male high school students in Serbia

Ukoliko edukujemo momke da poštuju žene, čuvaju sebe i ne budu nasilni uradili smo samo jedan korak ka promeni. Profesori i profesorke u srednjim školama imaju važnu ulogu u oblikovanju praznih stranica u glavama dece koju viđaju svaki dan. I oni sami imaju puno problema da shvate uzroke za nasilno ponašanje ali često ne znaju kako da ovoj pojavi pristupe. Uz saradnju sa Ministarstvom prosvete i nauke i našim partnerima CARE-om pokušali smo da odgovorimo na pitanje: Kako?

Obuka pod nazivom „Program M: Obuka za prevenciju nasilja“ namenjena je nastavnom osoblju i stručnim saradnicima i saradnicama, zaposlenima u srednjim školama. Prvi nivo obuke predstavlja upoznavanje školskog osoblja sa različitim aspektima sveprisutnog problema nasilja među srednjoškolcima. Okupljeni su imali prilike da vide i čuju brojne primere dobre prakse koji se mogu primeniti u redovnom školskom programu. Radionice predstavljaju deo dugo razvijane metodologije koja odgovara na pitanja i nudi rešenja. Šta je nasilje? Koji su uzroci nasilja? Zašto su dečaci češći počinitelji? Kako pričati o nasilju sa srednjoškolcima? Preko 50 učesnika/ce zaposlenih u beogradskim srednjim školama prošlo je kroz našu obuku i sa oduševljenjem učilo nešto novo.

If we teach the boys to respect women, preserve themselves and not be violent, we will be just one step closer to change. High school teachers play an important role in shaping the minds of children they meet every day. Teachers themselves often have difficulties understanding what causes violent behaviour and have no idea how to address this issue. In cooperation with Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development and our partner CARE we have tried to answer the question HOW?

“M Programme: Training on prevention of violence” is a training programme designed for high school staff, teachers and other employees. The aim of the first level of training was to introduce school staff with different aspects of widespread violence between high school students. Participants had the opportunity to see and hear numerous examples of good practice that can be applied to regular high school programmes. Workshops were a part of carefully developed methodology that answers the questions and offers solutions. What is violence? What causes violence? Why are boys more often violent than girls? How to talk about violence with high school kids? Over 50 high school employees from Belgrade schools attended the training and were enthusiastic about learning something new.

Program M: Obuka za prevenciju nasilja za osoblje srednjih škola

M Programme: Training on prevention of violence for high school staff

Ukoliko želite da napravite promenu u ponašanju i stavovima kod mladih ljudi morate im ponuditi novi izbor. Prečesto su mladima uzori nasilni likovi iz holivudskih filmova, korumpirani političari ili estradne zvezde koje degradiraju položaj žena u društvu. Forum pravih muškaraca je upravo novi izbor. Poznati Beograđani i Novosađani, mladi, stari, glumci, sportisti, pisci, muzičari… svi koji su pravi muškarci potpisuju Deklaraciju kojom se staje na put NASILJU nad ženama. Uz jasne poruke Deklaraciju su potpisali:

Andrija Gerić - odbojkaš, Srđan Tesin - književnik, Duško Jovanović - direktor pokrajinske kancelarije za inkluziju Roma, Miroslav Vasin - sekretar Pokrajinskog sekretarijata za rad, zapošljavanje i ravnopravnost polova, Vasa Mijić - odbojkaš, Aleksandar Dujin - kompozitor, Nenad Pećinar - glumac, Vladimir Radusinović Radule – muzičar, William Infante- Stalni koordinator UN-a u Srbiji, Nikola Đuričko- glumac, Dragan Ilić- novinar, Ognjan Ogi Radivojević- muzičar, Vladimir Paskaljević-reditelj, Vanja Grbić- odbojkaš, Goran Jevtić- glumac, Aleksandar Srećković Kubura- glumac, Damjan Eltech- DJ, Viktor Savić- glumac, Branislav Trifunović-glumac, Dragan Bjelogrlić- producent i glumac, Milan Stanković a.k.a. SevdahBABY- DJ i producent, Branislav Lečić- glumac, Dragan Mićanović- glumac, Bora Miljanović- generalni direktor Represent Comunication, Nikola Kojo- glumac, Srđa Popović- direktor CANVAS-a, Žarko Paspalj- košarkaš, Predrag Stakić- dizajner internacionalnog logoa za ljudska prava, Marko Karadžić- komesar za ljudska prava u LDP-u, Igor Brakus- radio voditelj, Miloš Biković- glumac, Vlada Aleksić- glumac i voditelj, Adriano Martins- zamenik šefa delegacije EU u Srbiji, Nils Ragnar K’amsvåg, Ambasador Norveške u Srbiji i Branko Kovačević- rektor Beogradskog univerziteta.

If you want to change the attitudes and behaviour of young people, you have to offer them another choice. Too often do the young find role models in violent characters from Hollywood movies, corrupt politicians or turbo folk celebrities who degrade women. Real Men Forum is exactly the alternative choice that we need. Celebrity men from Belgrade, Novi Sad, young, old, actors, sportsmen, writers, musicians... all real men signed the Declaration to end violence against women. Sending a clear message, the following men have signed the Declaration:

Andrija Gerić – volleyball player, Srđan Tesin - writer, Duško Jovanović – director of regional office for Roma inclusion, Miroslav Vasin – secretary of Regional labour, employment and gender equality secretariat, Vasa Mijić - volleyball player, Aleksandar Dujin - composer, Nenad Pećinar - actor, Vladimir Radusinović Radule – musician, William Infante – Permanent UN Coordinator in Serbia, Nikola Đuričko - actor, Dragan Ilić - journalist, Ognjan Ogi Radivojević - musician, Vladimir Paskaljević – movie director, Vanja Grbić – volleyball player, Goran Jevtić - actor, Aleksandar Srećković Kubura - actor, Damjan Eltech - DJ, Viktor Savić - actor, Branislav Trifunović - actor, Dragan Bjelogrlić – producer and actor, Milan Stanković a.k.a. SevdahBABY - DJ and producer, Branislav Lečić - actor, Dragan Mićanović - actor, Bora Miljanović - Represent Comunication general manager, Nikola Kojo - actor, Srđa Popović – CANVAS director, Žarko Paspalj – basketball player, Predrag Stakić – designer of the international human rights logo, Marko Karadžić – human rights commissioner in LDP, Igor Brakus - radio host, Miloš Biković - actor, Vlada Aleksić - actor and host, Adriano Martins – Deputy Head of Delegation of the EU in Serbia, Nils Ragnar Kamsvåg, Norwegian Ambassador to Serbia and Branko Kovačević – Belgrade University rector.

Forum pravih muškaracaReal Men Forum

Ukupno 37 poznatih i javnih muškaraca iz Beograda i Novog Sada je potpisalo Deklaracija pravih muškaraca protiv nasilja nad ženama. A online, preko sajta pravimuskarac.rs, još 810 muškaraca.

37 famous and publicly recognized men from Belgrade and Novi Sad signed the Declaration of Real Men against Violence Against Women and another 810 men signed the declaration online via pravimuskarac.rs website.

Izgrađena na osnovu Foruma Pravih muškaraca, kampanja “Pravi muškarac” je usmerena na prevenciju nasilja i promociju rodne ravnopravnosti sa fokusom na muškarce. Verujemo da uticanjem na stavove i ponašanje muškaraca u današnjem društvu, doprinostimo boljem položaju žena i muškaraca, nenasilnom ponašanju i rodnoj ravnopravnosti. U okviru kampanje “Pravi muškarac” organizovali smo 24 javna događaja u 12 gradova u kojima radimo u Srbiji.

Dodela nagrade „Pravi muškarac“

Marko Somborac, autor stripa u dnevnim novinama ‘’Blic’’ je prvi dobitnik nagrade “Pravi muškarac“ za 2012. godinu. Nagrada “Pravi muškarac“ se dodeljuje pojedincu koji se svojim delovanjem zalaže za afirmaciju principa ljudskih prava, rodne ranopravnosti, tolerancije, humanosti, nenasilja i demokratije. Nagradu „Pravi muškarac’’ osnovali smo sa idejom da dobitnici nagrade budu modeli ponašanja i pozitivni primeri muškosti za mladiće i dečake. Muškarci, kao očevi, prijatelji, donosioci odluka i lideri, imaju značajnu ulogu u borbi protiv nasilja i svojim angažovanjem u društvu bi trebalo da postanu pozitivni idoli mladih ljudi.

Svečana dodela nagrade je održana 19.novembra, povodom Međunarodnog dana muškaraca, u Kuli Nebojša u Beogradu. Pored dobitnika nagrade, prisutnima se se obratili Nils Ragnar Kamsvag, Ambasador Norveške u Srbiji, Jovan Grubić iz Centra E8 i Jelena Bogavac, članica žirija.

“Rodna ravnopravnost je jedan od najvažnijih civilizacijskih ciljeva savremenog sveta. Uključujući muškarce, mladiće i izgrađujujući njihove stavove gradimo rodno ravnopravnije društvo.Na putu ka rodnoj ravnopravnosti ovim mladićima potrebni su pozitivni uzori. Nema boljeg načina nego da ovim mladim ljudima pokažemo ko su ti pravi muškarci. A večeras je jedan sa nama.“ istakao je Jovan Grubić iz Centra E8.

Žiri za dodelu nagrade ‘’Pravi muškarac’’ za 2012.godinu činili su: Mirjana Karanović – glumica, Filip Švarm – odgovorni urednik, nedeljnik Vreme, Branislav Lečić – glumac, Jelena Bogavac – rediteljka i Vojislav Arsić – izvršni direktor, Centar E8.

Kampanja”PRAVI MUŠKARAC”“REAL MAN” Campaign

Based on the Real Men Forum the Real Man Campaign also focuses on men with the aim to prevent violence and foster gender equality. We believe that by changing attitudes and behaviour of men in society we can bring about better conditions for both men and women, nonviolent behaviour and gender equality. This campaign included 24 public events in 12 different cities in Serbia.

“Real Man” Award

Marko Somborac, the author of short comics in Blic daily newspaper is “Real Man” award first laureate for 2012. This award is given to individuals who advocate the principles of human rights, gender equality, tolerance, humanity, non-violence and democracy. The idea is to give “Real Man” award to those who can be role models and give positive example of masculinity to young men and boys. All men, be they fathers, friends, decision-makers or leaders play a very significant part in the fight against violence, thus becoming positive role models for young people through their social activism. Award giving ceremony was held on November 19th - the International Men’s Day – in Nebojsa Tower in Belgrade. Apart from the award winner, speeches were also made by Norwegian Ambassador Nils Ragnar Kamsvåg, Jovan Grubić from E8 Centre and Jelena Bogavac, jury member.

“Gender equality is one of the most important goals for modern civilized world. If we involve men and boys and contribute to the formation of their attitudes we can build a more gender equal society. In the process of achieving gender equality these men need positive role models. This is why we have to show them who real men are. One of them is with us tonight.” – said Jovan Grubić from E8 Centre.

Members of the “Real Man” award 2012 jury were: Mirjana Karanović – actress, Filip Švarm – editor in chief of Vreme magazine, Branislav Lečić – actor, Jelena Bogavac – director and Vojislav Arsić – executive director, Centar E8.

’’Sad mogu da kažem: Bred Pite konačno sam te pobedio!’’, Marko Somborac, dobitnik nagrade ‘’Pravi muškarac’’ 2012.

“Now I can say: Brad Pitt, I’ve finally defeated you!” - Marko Somborac, “Real Man” award winner for 2012.

Bred Pite, konačno sam te pobedio!

Brad Pitt, I’ve finally defeated you!

Intervju sa Markom Somborcem, dobitnikom nagrade ‘’Pravi muškarac’’ 2012.

Interview with Marko Somborac, “Real Man” award winner for 2012.

On je duhovit, spontan i kako kaže, stoji čvrsto na zemlji. U svojim stripovima obrađuje razne teme, od politke, društvenih problema do estrade na nesvakidašnji način. On je Marko Somborac, dobitnik nagrade ‘’Pravi muškarac’’ za 2012. godinu. Prilikom preuzimanja nagrade izjavio je: ‘’Smatram da je ova akcija mnogo bitnija nego ja. Mislim da svi zajedno treba da se borimo protiv stereotipne slike koja postoji o balkanskim muškarcima, a pogotovo bi trebalo da se borimo protiv nasilja u našem društvu. Drago mi je da su naša javnost i žiri u mom radu pronašli dovoljno smisla da mi udeli ovakvu nagradu.’’

Pored toga, pitali smo ga kako vidi mlade, šta smatra svojim najvećim dostigunućem, o čemu najčešće mašta i ko su njegovi heroji i heroine...

Kojih su osam glavnih karakteristika mladih?Mladih danas ili mladih inače? Vaš ispitanik je već stari čika ali po sećanju recimo da su to: Traganje za prihvatanjem, traganje za smislom, otpor prema autoritetima, blažena mladalačka neodgovornost koje se svi rado sećamo, da dodamo još i potragu za zabavom i ljubavlju i sve što uz to ide, i otprilike to je to, 6 od traženih 8, nije mi loš prosek. Izgleda da je uglavnom neka potraga u pitanju.

Koji su najveći problemi mladih danas?Moguće da je to beznađe, koje je zahvatilo celokupno društvo ne samo njih. Ali ako nešto žele da urade, najbolje je da počnu dok još imaju kakav takav mladalački žar.

Ne mogu baš reći da sam ja neki primer za to, ne znam da li i ovakvim pričama može nešto da se utiče, uglavnom, ko oseća potrebu da nešto uradi, verovatno će to i uraditi.

Šta menja svet na bolje?Iskreno se nadam, ako je to uopšte moguće, samo vera da ne treba odustati i guranje u pravcu koji si zacrtao.

Kad bi mogao da izabereš jednu super moć, koja bi to bila?Stari čika Marko zna da nije rešenje u super moćima nego u suočavanju sa životnim problemima sa moćima koje imaš. A ako ne pobegneš, i ako se suočiš-već si pobedio jer si bar pokušao. Ovo je inače floskula koju se borim da primenim i kod sebe, nije baš da mi stalno uspeva, moram da priznam.

Svojim najvećim dostignućem smatraš?Rano mi je da merim dostignuća ali zadovoljan sam time što mogu da radim ono što volim od malena.

Ko su tvoji heroji/heroine u stvarnom životu?Ljudi koji me dobrim delima nateraju da se poboljšam.

O čemu maštaš?O životu bez raznih stresova kojima smo svi u moderno doba izloženi...

Twitter ili Facebook?Nema stari čika ispitanik ništa od toga ali evo twitter jer je sažetiji, jezgrovitiji.

He’s witty, spontaneous and, in his own words, has his feet on the ground. In his own interesting way he deals with all kinds of topics in his comics, from politics and social problems to celebrities. His name is Marko Somborac and he won the Real Man award for 2012. Upon acceptance of the award he said: “I think this campaign is much more important than myself. I think we should stand united in the fight to break down stereotypes about men in the Balkans and especially in the fight against violence in our society. I am pleased that the public and this jury found enough sense in my work to give me this award.”

We asked Marko how he sees today’s youth, what he considers his greatest achievement, what he dreams about and who his heroes are... Can you list 8 key traits of young people?Young people today or in general? I’m an old lad, but if I remember well, those would be: seeking acceptance, quest for meaning, resistance to authorities, blissful irresponsibility that we all knew and loved and also quests for fun and love and everything that goes along. That’s about it, 6 out of 8 – not a bad score. It seems to be mostly about seeking something.

What are the biggest problems of today’s youth? That may very well be hopelessness that the entire society is feeling, not just them. But if they want to make a change, they’d better start while they still have at least some sort of youthful zeal. I can’t say I’m the best example of that and I’m not even sure these stories can make a change, however, those that feel the need to do something – they will probably do it anyway.

What makes the world a better place?I honestly hope – if that’s even possible – that all it takes is faith. To have faith in your goals, not give up, and push for what you believe in.

If you could choose one superpower, what would it be?Your old lad Marko knows that superpowers are not the solution. The solution is to confront your problems in life with the powers you have. If you face the problems instead of running away from them – you’ve already won because you tried. This is something I try to apply myself, although it doesn’t always work.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?It’s still early to start measuring my achievements but I’m happy to be able to do what I’ve loved since I was a little kid.

Who are your real life heroes?people whose good deeds make me become a better man.

What do you fantasize about?peaceful life without all the stress we’ve been exposed to lately...

Twitter or Facebook?This old lad uses neither, but I’ll choose Twitter because it is brief and concise.

Premijera filma “Budi muško – menjaj pravila“Premiere of the film “Be a man – change the rules”

Premijera dokumentarnog filma “Budi muško – menjaj pravila” održana je u isto vreme, paralelno u 12 gradova Srbije. Beogradski Dom omladine ugostio je preko stotinu gledalaca i gledateljki, kao i autore i učesnike filma sa kojima je nakon premijere održana diskusija. U isto vreme film je gledalo preko dve stotine ljudi u Kragujevcu, Blacu, Loznici, Temerinu, Bačkom Petrovcu, Novom Pazaru, Prijepolju, Smederevu, Kladovu, Kikindi i Velikoj Plani.

Premiere of the documentary film “Be a man – change the rules” was held at the same time in 12 cities in Serbia. Belgrade Youth Centre (Dom omladine) has hosted more than a hundred viewers, as well as authors and participants in the film, who took part in the discussion after the film. At the same time, the film was seen by over two hundred people in Kragujevac, Blace, Loznica, Temerin Bački Petrovac, Novi Pazar, Prijepolje, Smederevo, Kladovo, Kikinda and Velika Plana.

Posledice raspada Jugoslavije mogli smo da primetimo kroz povratak tradicionalnih i patrijarhalnih normi među novouspostavljenim državama. Danas mladići, srednjoškolci ušli su u novu eru koja je došla nakon sukoba i oni nemaju sećanja na ratove 90-ih. Mladići u Bosni i Hercegovini, Hrvatskoj i Srbiji traže nove modele ponašanja, a neki su počeli da preispituju stari poredak rodne neravnopravnosti i nasilja koji su bili rasprostranjeni u celom regionu.

“Budi Muško” je pojam koji je tradicionalno podsticao negativno ponašanje kod dečaka. Baš iz tog razloga projekat koji se već pet godina sprovodi na Balkanu ima naziv koji tera mlade ljude da se zapitaju - Šta je to “Budi muško”? Kako izgleda život mladića koji su deo ovog projekta? Kako izgleda njihov rad, lična promena i trud da nešto promene, praćen okom kamere?

Kroz priču tinejdžera iz Sarajeva, čija se majka razvela od oca zbog porodičnog nasilja, saznaćemo kako je izbegao sve prepreke i pritiske društva, postao omladinski aktivista i vršnjački edukator. Šesnaestogodišnjak iz Zagreba, takođe iz razvedenog braka pokušava da objasni svojim prijateljima zašto on misli da je u redu da imate prijatelja koji je gej. Sedamnaestogodišnjak iz malog mesta u Srbiji priča o uticaju “Budi muško” kluba, sakuplja stare knjige i organizuje poetske večeri umesto da pije piće sa momcima ispred lokalne prodavnice.

Režiju filma potpisuje Marko Popović, a scenario Miša Stojiljković.

The consequences of the breakdown of Yugoslavia can be seen through the return of traditional and patriarchal norms in the newly established states. Today, young men, high school students entered a new era that came after the conflict and they do not have memories of the war during the 90’s. Young men in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia are looking for new role models, and some have begun to question order of gender inequality and violence that was prevalent throughout the region.

“Be a Man” is a term that has traditionally encouraged the negative behavior of boys. Because of this the project that has been running for five years in the Balkans has a name that drives young people to ask – what does “Be a man” mean? What does the life of boys who are part of this project look like? How does their work, personal change and efforts to change something look seen through camera?

Through the story of a teenager from Sarajevo, whose mother divorced his father because of domestic violence, we will find out how he avoided all the obstacles and pressures of society, became a youth activist and peer educator. Sixteen year-old guy from Zagreb, also from a divorced marriage is trying to explain to his friends why he thinks it is okay to have a gay friend. Seventeen year old guy from a small town in Serbia speaks about the impact of “Be a man” club, collects old books, and organizes poetry nights instead of drinking with the guys in front of the local grocery store.

The move is directed by Marko Popović, screenplay by Miša Stojiljković.

Kalendar “Pravi muškarac“ 2013.Calendar “Real man” 2013.

Pravi muškarci se zalažu za rodnu ravnopravnost, nenasilje i zdrave stilove života 7 dana u nedelji, 12 meseci godišnje! Iz tog razloga, osmislili smo i izradili kalendar koji sadrži fotografije i poruke 12 pravih muškaraca za 12 meseci u godini. Svaki mesec i svaka javna ličnost ima svoju poruku u skladu sa vrednostima za koje se zalažemo. Svetski dan ljudskih prava, 10.decembar, obeležili smo promocijom kalendara “Pravi muškarac’’ za 2013. godinu u klubu Krug. Pravi muškarci koji su podržali kampanju i slikali se za kalendar su Viktor Savić, Dragan Ilić, Damjan Eltech, Goran Jevtić, Dragan Bjelogrlić, Srđa Popović, Neven Bošković, Zoran Kesić, Igor Lazić - Niggor, Jovan Ćirilov, Galeb Nikačević i Sergej Trifunović.

Real men stand for gender equality, non-violence and healthy lifestyles, 7 days a week, 12 months a year! For this reason, we have designed and developed a calendar that contains 12 photos and messages from real men for 12 months of the year. Every month and every public figure delivers a message with values we stand for. On 10th December on the occasion of International Human Rights Day we organised the promotion of “Real man’’ calendar for 2013 in the club Krug. Real men who supported the campaign and took pictures for the calendar are Viktor Savić, Dragan Ilić, Damjan Eltech, Goran Jevtić, Dragan Bjelogrlić, Srđa Popović, Neven Bošković, Zoran Kesić, Igor Lazić - Niggor, John Ćirilov, Galeb Nikačević and Sergej Trifunović.

Pravi muškarac se zalaže za rodnu ravnopravnost i nenasilje 7 dana u nedelji, 12 meseci godišnje!

A real man is committed to gender equality and non violence, 7 days a week, 12 months a year!

“Be a Man” at SHARE 2 conference

Beograd je ponovo postao epicentar razmene naprednih ideja i znanja iz oblasti društva, tehnologije, interneta, muzike i novih medija. Predavači su bili vodeće domaće i međunarodne zvezde na polju internet aktivizma i društvenih promena, sajber disidenti i svetski poznati blogeri koji su publiku upoznali sa novim formama aktivizma i pristupima u primeni novih medija i naprednih tehnologija.

U ovom društvu našao se i Vojislav Arsić, direktor Centra E8, predstavivši naš rad u okviru projekta “Mladići kao saveznici u sprečavanju nasilja i sukoba na zapadnom Balkanu” i kampanju “Budi muško” u kojima se radi na pozitivnim promenama stavova i ponašanja momaka širom Srbije, u cilju borbe protiv nasilja, razvijanja rodne ravnopravnosti i promovisanja zdravih stilova života.

Belgrade again became the epicentre of progressive ideas and the exchange of knowledge in the domain of society, technology, internet, music and new media. The lectures were led by local and international stars in the field of internet activism and social change, cyber dissidents and the world-famous bloggers. They introduced new forms of activism and approach in applying new media and advanced technology.

Vojislav Arsić, director of Centre E8, was a part of this crew representing our work in the framework of the project “Young Men as Allies in Preventing Violence and Conflict in the Western Balkans” and the campaign “Be a Man” which are aimed at positive change, attitudes and behaviour of young men throughout Serbia, in order to struggle against violence and promote gender equality and healthy lifestyles.

“Budi muško” nakonferenciji SHARE 2

Muzičke radionice „Rima – Roma“Muzičke radionice „Rima – Roma“

Da li do tebe dopire zvuk koji pali zvučnike?

Inkluzija je uvek bila važan deo svakog projekta koji je Centar E8 sprovodio. „Rima – Roma“ kreativne radionice na najbolji mogući način to ponovo dokazuju. Učesnici ove muzičke radionice bili su mladi Romi i mladići iz IV beogradske gimnazije i srednje škole za brodarstvo, brodogradnju i hidrogradnju koji su aktivisti ‘’Budi muško’’ klubova iz tih škola.

Marija Balubdžić (R-point) ispunila je cilj. „Obrađena“ odnosno analizirana i ponovno izvedena “tipična” romska pesma na nov i zanimljiv način je odlična formula za to. Momci su prošli kroz čitav proces komponovanja jedne pesme uz analiziranje teksta, muzičke forme i uloge pojedinih elemenata, naučivši usput kako se pravi aranžman, ali i kako se kombinuju zvuci različitih instrumenata. Kroz ovu radionicu momci su se bavili i analiziranjem stihova, a kroz taj proces i “Budi muško” članovi su se bliže upoznali sa nekim od ključnih aspekata romske kulture, dok su njihovi drugari Romi imali priliku da pokažu i svoje plesačke i muzičke veštine.

“Zvuk pali zvučnike”

Pesmu izvode BMK Beograd i Rima Roma.

Producent je Smart Kolektiv, a izvršni producent je Liceulice – Regionalna platforma aktivizma. Pesma je nastala kroz muzičke radionice u saradnji sa organizacijama Centar E8, Dispatch, R Point i Grubb, uz finansijsku podršku CARE NWB, Ministarstva spoljnih poslova Kraljevine Norveške i Švajcarskog programa za kulturu.

Izjava: Uroš Radulović - Učenik Škole za brodarstvo, brodogradnju i hidrogradnju

‘’Kroz “Budi muško” radionice sam naučio sam dosta toga bitnog što ranije nisam znao. Počeo sam da više poštujem žene, tuđa mišljenja kao i različitosti. Kao član “Budi muško” kluba učestvovao sam i na “Rima Roma” radionicama zajedno sa romskom rep grupom Grubb, čiji je cilj borba protiv diskriminacije nad Romima i drugima manjinama. Posle samo 2 dana rada i dobrog zezanja napravili smo zajedno pesmu “Zvuk pali zvučnike” u kojoj promovišemo toleranciju i nenasilje. Sa tom pesmom smo učestvovali i na uličnom festivalu aktivizma “Vreva”. Takođe, stekao sam dosta liderskih veština učestvujuci prošlog leta kao član “Budi muško” na dva kampa - u Istri u Hrvatskoj kao i u Beloj Crkvi. Upoznao sam mnogo novih prijatelja iz različitih krajeva i video dosta predivnih stvari uz druženje i sticanje novih znanja.’’

Does the sound that sets speakers on fire reach you?

Inclusion has always been an important part of each project conducted by the Centre E8.“Rima - Roma” creative workshops have proven it again in the best possible way. The participants in this musical workshops were young Roma and young men from the fourth Belgrade gymnasium and high school for the shipping, shipbuilding and hydro building who are activists of ‘’Be a Man’’ clubs in those schools.

Marija Balubdžić (R-point) fulfilled the goal. “Typical” Roma song analysed and interpreted in a new and interesting way is a great formula for this. The guys went through the whole process of composing a song from analysing text, musical forms and the role of individual elements to learning how to make a musical arrangement and how to combine the sounds of different instruments. Through this workshop the youngsters were also analyzing the lyrics and through the entire process the “Be a Man” members were introduced to some of the key aspects of Roma culture, while their Roma friends had a chance to show their dancing and musical skills.

“The sound that sets speakers on fire”

Song performed by Be a Man Club Belgrade and Rima - Roma. Produced by Smart Collective with Liceulice – Regional Platform for activism as executive producer. The song was created through music workshops in cooperation with Centre E8, Dispatch, R Point and Grubb, with the financial support of CARE NWB, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Swiss Cultural Programme.

Statement: Uroš Radulović - student of School for shipping, shipbuilding and hydro building

‘’Through the “Be a Man” workshops I learned a lot of important things that I did not know earlier. I began to respect women more, the opinions of others and diversity. As a member of the “Be a Man” club I participated in the “Rima - Roma” workshops with Roma rap group Grubb, whose goal is to fight discrimination against Roma and other minorities. After only 2 days of work and the good time we spent together, we made the song “The sound that sets speakers on fire” which promotes tolerance and non-violence. With this song we participated in street festival of activism “Vreva.” Also, I have gained a lot of leadership skills by participating in the two last “Be a Man” summer camps - in Istria in Croatia as well as in Bela Crkva. I have met many new friends from different places and seen a lot of beautiful things along with socializing and gaining new knowledge.’’

“Budi muško” u zajednici“Be a man” in the community

586 momaka i 228 devojaka iz prošlo je kroz ukupno 393 “Budi muško” radionice.

Da li i tvoj grad ima “Budi muško” klub?

Rad u lokalnim zajednicama izuzetno je važna komponenta našeg rada. Kroz edukaciju o rodnoj ravnopravnosti i prevenciji nasilja zajedno sa mladima širom Srbije, mi pokrećemo promene.

Super heroji koji prate naše momke su obučeni omladinski radnici. Sastanci “Budi muško” kluba, organizovanje javnih akcija i treninga su njihov najvažniji zadatak. Rad omladinskih radnika podstiče lični, edukativni i socijalni razvoj članova Budi muško kluba, unosi pozitivne promene u njihove stavove i ponašanja, dok se kroz javne akcije naše osnovne ideje i poruke nadalje šire u lokalnoj zajednici i doprinose njenoj dobrobiti na direktan ili indirektan način. Oni, kao i mi veruju da jedino borbom protiv nasilja, rodne neravnopravnosti i nezdravih stilova života mogu unaprediti svoje životno okruženje.

Ovakav pristup radu u loklanim zajednicama omogućio nam je velike uspehe.

Neki od rezultata su:

Organizovali smo veliki broj treninga, a 586 momaka i 228 devojaka prošlo je kroz ukupno 393 “Budi muško” radionice. Trodnevni treninizi obrađuju teme nasilja, seksualnog i reproduktivnog zdravlja, psiho aktivnih supstanci i rodne ravnopravnosti. Kroz diskusije, glumu, crtanje u prijatnoj atmosferi poverenja i učenja podstičemo misaone procese u glavama mladih. Gradimo pozitivne stavove i trudimo se da odgovorimo na sva pitanja, koja ovi momci na našim treninzima prvi put postavljaju.

Dečaci su organizovali 96 javnih akcija, a ukupno 5430 ljudi je direktno učestvovalo u njima. Procena je da su pozitivne poruke iz “Budi muško” klubova stigle do 27000 ljudi širom Srbije.

Preko 400 članova “Budi muško” klubova iz Kragujevca, Prijepolja, Novog Pazara, Temerina, Kikinde, Bačkog Petrovca, Smedereva, Loznice, Velike Plane, Obrenovca, Kladova i Blaca na dobrom su putu da postanu “Pravi muškarci”.

586 boys and 228 girls took part in a total of 393 “Be a Man” workshops.

Does your city have a “Be a man” club?

Working in local communities is very important component of our work. Through education about gender equality and violence prevention with young people all over Serbia, we initiate change.

Super heroes supporting our guys are trained youth workers. Meetings of the “Be a man” clubs, organizing public events and trainings are their most important task. The work of youth workers encourages personal, educational and social development of the members of the Be a man club and shows positive changes in their attitudes and behavior. At the same time our basic ideas and messages continue to be spread in the community and contribute to the well-being in a direct or indirect way through public actions. Like us, they believe that only through struggle against violence, gender inequality and unhealthy lifestyles can our living environment be improved.

This kind of approach to work in local communities helped us achieve great success.

Some of the results are:

We have organized a big number of training sessions, and 586 boys and 228 girls took part in a total of 393 “Be a Man” workshops. The three-day training courses are tackling issues of violence, sexual and reproductive health, psycho active substances and gender equality. Through discussion, acting, drawing in a pleasant atmosphere of trust and learning we encourage thinking processes in the minds of the young people. We are building positive attitudes and trying to answer all the questions, some of which are asked by these young men for the first time.

Boys have organized 96 public events and a total of 5430 people took part. It is estimated that the positive message of “Be a man” clubs has reached 27,000 people across Serbia.

Over 400 members of the “Be a Man” clubs from Kragujevac, Prijepolje, Novi Pazar, Temerin, Kikinda, Backi Petrovac, Smederevo, Loznica, Velika Plana, Obrenovac, Kladovo and Blace are on the right track of becoming “real man”.

Plemeniti džinovi “Budi muško” spotrtisti iz Ragbi kluba “Crvena Zvezda”

Noble giants - “Be a Man” sportsmen from Rugby Club “Red Star”

Nakon 5 godina uspešnog rada sa srednjoškolcima širom Srbije, Centar E8 je u 2012-oj počeo da radi na prevenciji nasilja i sa sportskim klubovima. Prvi među njima je upravo sport za prave muškarce, a svetski poznat po promociji nenasilja – ragbi.Mladi ragbisti su prošli ceo ciklus od 20 radionica u terminima posle njihovih redovnih treninga. Kako sami kažu, većina njih se prvi put susrela sa ovakvom vrstom edukacije.

Ivica Đorđević, ragbista ’’Prvi put sam na ovakvim radionicama i super je jer se dosta toga nauči. Glavni utisak mi je koliko smo uvideli uticaj okruženja na naše stavove. Mislim da su mlađe generacije sve nasilnije. Problem je što nemaju kontrolu, a još i uticaj okoline dovodi do velike količine agresije.’’

O saradji između Centra E8 i ragbi kluba ’’Crvena zvezda’’ rekli su:

Vojislav Arsić, direktor Centra E8 ’’Stalno viđamo nasilje u sportu i zato je jako važno, da umesto što samo kritikujemo te incidente, krenemo u realnu borbu edukacijom i aktivnim uključivanjem sportista u borbu protiv nasilja i promociju ravnopravnosti. Rad sa mladićima je uvek bio veliki izazov ali pozitivno je to što ideja novog balkanskog muškarca koji je tolerantan i nenasilan postaje prepoznato kao pozitivna stvar na kojoj treba stalno da se radi. Drago nam je što smo uspostavili saradnju sa ragbi klubom Crvena Zvezda i nadam se da će ovo biti samo početak saradnje i sa ostalim sportskim udruženjima.’’

Željko Delić, direktor ragbi kluba ’’Crvena Zvezda’’ ’’Sportisti su mladi ljudi koji trebaju da budu uzor ostatku društva. Mi ćemo uvek podržavati borbu protiv nasilja, pogotovo što je to stvar koja je u poslednje vreme kulminirala u našem društvu. Širom sveta, ragbi je sport koji je poznat po tome što promoviše toleranciju i nenasilje zato nam je drago što smo mi prvi postali deo „Budi muško” priče.”

After 5 years of successful work with high school students across Serbia, Centre E8 started working with sport clubs on violence prevention in 2012. The first among them is the sport for real men, famous for promotion of non-violence world-wide - rugby.Young rugby players took part in the whole cycle of 20 workshops after their regular trainings. For most of them this was the first time they participated in this type of education.

Ivica Đorđević, rugby player‘’This is the first time I am participating in these kind of workshops and it is great because I am learning a lot. For me, the biggest impression is that we realized how much people from our surrounding influence our attitudes. I think younger generations are more and more violent. The problem is that they have no control and the bad influence they are exposed to leads to large amounts of aggression.’’

About the co-operation between the Centre E8 and Rugby Club ‘’Red Star’’ (Crvena zvezda) it was said:

Vojislav Arsić, director of E8‘’We always see violence in sport and it is very important that instead of criticizing these incidents we start addressing this problem with education and active involvement of sport players in the fight against violence and promotion of gender equality. Working with young men has always been a challenge, but the good thing is that the idea of a new Balkan man who is tolerant and non-violent is becoming a positive thing and that we requires continuous work. We are pleased that we have established cooperation with the rugby club Red Star and I hope that this will be just the beginning of cooperation with other sports associations.’’

Željko Delić, director of rugby club ‘’Red Star’’ (Crvena Zvezda)‘’Sports players are young people who should be the model for the rest of society. We will always support the fight against violence, especially because that is the problem which has recently culminated in our society. Around the world, rugby is a sport known for promoting tolerance and non-violence so we are pleased that we were the first to join the “Be a Man” movement.

“Budi muško – budi ragbista” kamp“Be a man – be a rugby player” camp

Noble giants - “Be a Man” sportsmen from Rugby Club “Red Star” Saradnju sa Ragbi klubom Crvena Zvezda, krunisali smo odlaskom na edukativni kamp. Iskoristili smo ovu priliku da momci iz “Budi muško” klubova koji su zainteresovani za sport provedu nekoliko dana učeći kako se igra ragbi dok su ragbisti od njih i naših trenera učili o rodnoj ravnopravnosti i nasilju.

Aktivnosti na ovom kampu su bile podeljene u dve celine, učesnici su tokom prepodnevnih časova tokom trajanja kampa učestvovali na edukativnim „Budi muško“ radionicama, a u popodnevnim satima trenirali su ragbi. Radionice „Budi muško“ obuhvatale su teme rodne ravnopravnosti, gde se poseban akcenat stavljao na pozitivnu promenu stavova i ponašanja kod mladića, sa jasnim ciljem prevencije nasilja. Ragbi treninzi su bili osmišljeni tako da igrači Ragbi kluba Crvena Zvezda poduče druge učesnike kampa osnovama ovog sporta, a sve u cilju približavanja ovog sporta omladini, sa naglaskom na to da jedan fizički veoma zahtevan sport može biti korišćen u svrhu promocije fer-pleja i nenasilja. Momci su bili oduševljeni činjenicom da su za veoma kratko vreme savladali osnove i bili u mogućnosti da igraju ragbi sa profesionalcima iz Crvene Zvezde.

The highlight of cooperation with the Rugby Club Red star (Crvena Zvezda) was the educational camp. We used this opportunity for guys from “Be a man” clubs who are interested in sports to spend a few days learning how to play rugby while the rugby players learned from them and our trainers about gender equality and violence.

Activities at the camp were divided into two parts: during the morning young men participated in educational “Be a Man” workshops, and in the afternoon they played rugby. “Be a Man” workshops included the issues of gender equality, emphasizing positive change of attitudes and behavior among young men, with the explicit aim of preventing violence. Rugby training sessions were designed in a way that Red Star rugby club players teach other camp participants the basics of the sport, with the aim of making this sport more common to youngsters, emphasizing that this very physically demanding sport can be used to promote fair play and non-violence. The boys were thrilled by the fact that in a very short time they learned basics and they were able to play rugby with the professionals from the Red Star.

“Budi muško” u srednjim školama“Be a Man” in high schools

“Au što je škola zgodna”

Centar E8 i CARE NW Balkan implementiraju program, pod nazivom Program M, koji se sastoji od 20 edukativnih radionica, koji sprovode naši obučeni treneri i trenerice, koje se bave prevencijom nasilja, rodnom ravnopravnošću, seksualno-reproduktivnim zdravljem i prevencijom zloupotrebe droge i alkohola.

Tokom 2012. godine ovaj program je sprovođen u tri beogradske srednje škole: Škola za brodarstvo, brodogradnju i hidrogradnju, IV gimnazija i Tehnička škola Novi Beograd, gde se radilo sa učenicima i učenicama I i II razreda.

Rad u Tehničkoj školi Novi Beograd podrazumeva ceo ciklus edukativnih radionica, kao i prateću “Budi muško” kampanju, tokom cele školske 2012/2013. godine. Svi učenici i učenice prvog i drugog razreda ove škole, ukupno 216, pohađa naše osnovne radionice, a preko stotinu učenika će proći i napredni nivo radionica. Pre početka ovog modela rada sprovedeno je i početno “baseline” istraživanje među učenicima, a krajnje “endline” istraživanje će biti sprovedeno krajem školske godine, po završetku edukativne intervencije. Učenici će imati priliku da učestvuju i na 3 trodnevna

treninga koje ćemo organizovati izvan Beograda, kao i na kreativnim radionicama na temu filma, muzike i fotografije, uz prateće javne akcije.

“Tizer” kampanja u Tehničkoj školi Novi Beograd je privukla veliku pažnju učenika i učenica, uz postere i pravilnike “Budi muško kluba”, a ponajviše akcijom crtanja “Budi muško” grafita postavljenog u holu škole i akcijom “testiranja” i regrutovanja novih članova kluba u dvorištu škole.

Radionice koje su prošli učenici u školi su: Šta je to što zovemo rod?, Moć i odnosi, Zdravlje, seksualno prenosive infekcije (SPI) i HIV/AIDS, Muškarci i kontracepcija, Šta je nasilje?, Pregovaračke veštine, Šta su droge?, Donošenje odluka i upotreba supstanci, Etiketiranje, Izražavanje sopstvenih osećanja, Zdravlje mladića, Može li se muškarcu sviđati drugi muškarac?, Hoću… Neću, Hoću… Neću, Shvatanje ciklusa nasilja, Šta je seksualno nasilje?, Živa budala ili mrtav heroj: muška čast, Šta radim kad sam ljut?, Od nasilja do poštovanja u intimnim odnosima, Droge u našim životima i našim zajednicama, Uvođenje promena u naše živote i u naše zajednice.

Na dva fudbalska turnira u Školi za brodarstvo, brodogradnju i hidrogradnju i IV gimnaziji timovi su bili sastavljni od mladica i devojaka. Devojke su bile bolje!

Two football tournaments took place in the School of shipping, shipbuilding and hydro building and IV gymnasium. Teams were made up of boys and girls. Girls were better!

Radna grupa za standardizaciju programa Working Group for standardization of the program

“Wow, school is so wonderful “

Center E8 and CARE NW Balkan are implementing program M which consists of 20 educational workshops, conducted by our skilled trainers, dealing with prevention of violence, drug and alcohol abuse and promotion of gender equality and sexual and reproductive health.

In 2012 this program was implemented in three high schools in Belgrade: School for the shipping, shipbuilding and hydro building, IV gymnasium and Technical school New Belgrade, where we worked with the first and second grade students.

Work in Technical school New Belgrade contains the whole cycle of educational workshops, as well as “Be a Man” campaign throughout the whole 2012/2013 school year. All first and second grade students, in total 216, attend our basic workshops, and more than a hundred students will attend advanced level workshops. Before the start of this working model, we conducted baseline survey with students and the end line survey will be conducted at the end of the school year, after the educational intervention. Students will have the opportunity to participate in the 3-day training courses that will be organized outside of Belgrade, as well as

creative workshops dealing with film, music and photos, with accompanying public actions.

“Teaser” campaign at technical school New Belgrade has attracted great attention of students, with “Be a man club” posters and rules, but mostly with the action of drawing “Be a man” graffiti in the school hall and the action of “testing” and recruiting new members to the club in the school yard.

Students took part in the following workshops in the school: What is this thing called gender?, Power and Relationships, Health, STIs, and HIV and AIDS, Men and Contraception, What is Violence? Negotiation Skills, What are Drugs?, Decision-Making and Substance Use, Labeling, Expressing my Emotions, Young Men’s Health, Can a man like another man?, Want…Don’t want, Want…Don’t want, Understanding the Cycle of Violence, What is Sexual Violence?, A live Fool or a Dead Hero: Male Honor, What Do I do when I am Angry?, From Violence to Respect in Intimate Relationships, Drugs in our lives and our communities, Community action: Making changes in our lives and in our communities

Kako da naš program bude prisutan u svakoj školi u Srbiji?

Organizovali smo sastanak radne grupe za standardizaciju održivog programa za prevenciju nasilja u srednjim školama. Sastajanje radne grupe je održano u Hrvatskoj u Crkvenici, a njoj su prisustvovali predstavnici i predstavnice relevantnih institucija i organizacija, iz Uprave za rodnu ravnopravnost, dve beogradske srednje škole, Ministarstva prosvete i nauke- jedinice za prevenciju nasilja, kao i naši iskusni treneri i John Crownover, predstavnik CARE Inernational. Ova radna grupa značajno je doprinela nastavku procesa razvoja standardizovanog modela programa za srednje škole.

How can our program be implemented in every school in Serbia?

We organized a meeting of the working group for the standardization of a sustainable program for prevention of violence in schools. Working group meeting was held in Croatia in Crkvenica, and it was attended by representatives of the relevant institutions and organizations like the Gender equality directorate, two Belgrade high schools, Ministry of education and science -violence preventionunit, as well as our experienced trainers and John Crownover, a representative of CARE International. This working group has significantly contributed to the continuation of the development of the standardized model for secondary schools.

Letnji kampoviSummer camps

Tokom leta momci uključeni u projekat “Mladići kao saveznici u sprečavanju nasilja i sukoba na zapadnom Balkanu - Budi muško” imali su prilike da učestvuju na različitim edukativnim kampovima. Na ovim kampovima, pored novih znanja i veština, mladići upoznaju i stiču nova prijateljstva sa članovima “Budi muško” klubova iz zemlje i iz regiona. Time se postiže razbijanje predrasuda koje mnogi imaju o pripadnicima drugih nacionalnosti i vera.

During the summer guys involved in the project “Young men as agents of change in the society without violence in the Western Balkans – Be a man “ had a chance to participate in different camps. These camps were a great opportunity for them to acquire new knowledge and to make new friends and meet other members of “Be a man” clubs from the country and the region. This is one of the ways to break prejudice about people of different nationality and religion.

U Beloj Crkvi je održan “Nacionalni kamp mladih lidera” na kom su učesnici bili mladići koji su se istakli svojim angažovanjem u lokalnim “Budi Muško” klubovima. Oni su na ovom kampu prošli kroz radionice o liderskim veštinama uz razne team building i sportske aktivnosti i igre, kao i kupanje na jezeru i uživanje u slobodnom vremenu.

Učesnici su prisustvovali radionicama na kojima su imali prilike da nauče i usavrše svoje veštine liderstva prolazeći kroz teme o karakteristikama i osobinama dobrog lidera, o timu i grupi, timskim ulogama, javnom nastupu, organizovanju događaja. Stečena znanja i veštine učesnici će moći da primene po povratku u svoje gradove i „Budi muško“ klubove, ojačavajući ih na taj način.

Team building aktivnosti su uključivale razne igre sa ciljem izgradnje timskog rada i timskog duha. Na obližnjim terenima održavana su sportska takmičenja a bilo je dovoljno vremena i za kreativne radionice i kupanje na jezeru.

“The National Youth Leadership Camp” was held in Bela Crkva, with the most active members of the local “Be a Man” clubs as participants. They took part in workshops on leadership skills as well as various sports and team building activities and games. They also had the chance for swimming in the lake and enjoying some free time.

Participants had the opportunity to learn and develop their leadership skills by attending workshops on the topics of characteristics and qualities of good leaders, team and group, team roles, public speaking, organizing events. The knowledge and skills acquired will be useful upon return to their cities and this way the “Be a man” clubs will be empowered.

Team building activities included various games aimed at encouraging teamwork and team spirit. Sports competitions were held at the nearby courts and there was plenty of time for creative workshops and swimming in the lake as well.

Nacionalni kamp mladih lideraNational Youth Leadership Camp

Najpre je održan „Regionalni youth leadership kamp“ u kampu „Veli Jože“ u Istri u Hrvatskoj i okupio je preko 40 mladića iz “Budi muško” klubova iz Zagreba, Sarajeva, Banja Luke, Kosovske Mitrovice, Mostara, Prištine, Beograda i ostalih gradova Srbije. Ovo je bio već četvrti kamp regionalnog karaktera i evidentno je da ovi, već tradicionalni, kampovi daju značajne rezultate u pogledu razbijanja predrasuda o susednim narodima. Mnogi od mladića nikad ranije nisu napustili Srbiju niti došli u kontakt sa susedima druge nacionalnosti ili veroispovesti. Posle početne “stegnutosti”, brzo su uvideli koliko su zapravo u suštini slični, odnosno koliko toga imaju zajedničkog - ista interesovanja, želje, namere, dok su razlike mahom površinske. Kao i prethodnih godina i na ovom kampu se pokazalo da oni postaju pravi prijatelji i da ostaju u kontaktu i nakon završetka kampa.Na edukativnim radionicama na temu liderstva mladići su stekli nova znanja i liderske veštine koje će im značajno doprineti u vođenju lokalnih “Budi muško” klubova , a i u životu uopšte.Raznovrsnim team-building igrama je ojačavan timski duh, a tu je bilo i sportskih mečeva u fudbalu, košarci, odbojci i stonom tenisu. Mladići su imali prilike da se kupaju i uživaju na plažama u neposrednoj blizini kampa dok je jedan dan bio posvećen poseti Adrenalin parku. Pored toga, momke je oduševila i ekskurzija najpre do Pule, uz obilazak Arene i centra grada i odlazak brodom do čuvenog nacionalnog parka Brioni.

The first one was “Regional youth leadership camp” in a camp of “Veli Jože” in Istra in Croatia that gathered over 40 young men from “Be a man” club from Zagreb, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Kosovska Mitrovica, Mostar, Prishtina, Belgrade and other cities in Serbia.This was the fourth regional camp and it is evident that these camps organised annually provide significant results in breaking prejudice about neighbouring nations. Many of the boys had never left Serbia or came into contact with neighbours of different ethnicity or religion. After breaking the ice they quickly realized how similar they are, and how much they have in common - the same interests, desires, intentions, and very small differences. Like in the previous camps the guys had become true friends and stayed in touch even after the end of the camp.During educational workshops young people acquired new knowledge and leadership skills that will contribute significantly to the management of local “Be a Man” clubs, and will also be useful life skills. Team spirit was reinforced through various team-building activities, sport matches in football, basketball, volleyball and table tennis. The young men had the opportunity to swim and enjoy the beach near the camp and one day was dedicated to visiting Adrenalin park. In addition, the guys were excited about the trip to Pula, with a tour of the Arena and the city centre and a boat ride to the famous national park Brioni.

“Regional youth leadership” kamp

‘’Neki od mladića su prvi put vadili putne isprave samo zbog ovog kampa, do tad nisu napuštali Srbiju niti su dolazili u kontakt sa susedima druge nacionalnosti ili veroispovesti. Jedan od dečaka je dobio pasoš poslednjeg dana, u minut do 12. Bilo je zadovoljstvo gledati kako se upoznaju na kampu, stvaraju prijateljstva i zajedno uče i razvijaju se.’’

Branko Birač, Centar E8

‘’Some of the boys got their passports for the first time to go to this camp. Some of them never left Serbia nor had any contact with neighbours of different ethnicity or religion. One of the boys got his passport in the very last minute. It was a pleasure to watch them make friendships and learn and develop together at the camp.’’

Branko Birač, Centar E8

Tokom 2012. godine smo imali veliki broj aktivnosti u okviru programa ,,Mladi u akciji’’ (Youth in Action). ,,Mladi u akciji’’ je program za mlade Evropske unije koji promoviše mobilnost mladih kroz međunarodne aktivnosti i neformalnu edukaciju, kao što su: omladinske razmene, volonterski servisi, omladinske inicijative i treninzi za mlade.

Ove godine smo organizovali dva međunarodna treninga u okviru programa ,,Mladi u akciji’’ i ugostili 4 volonterke i 3 volontera iz Evropske unije preko Evropskog volonterskog servisa.

Inspirisani činjenicom da se u razgovorima o građanima i građankama drugih država često mogu čuti razni stereotipi, odlučili smo da to i proverimo. Često se može čuti da su u Italiji svi komunikativni, veseli, muzikalni, ali i lakomisleni i površni, u Nemačkoj su vredni, disciplinovani, ali sebični i agresivni, u Portugalu, Španiji i Grčkoj su hedonisti, u Skandinavskim zemljama vredni, ali hladni itd. Neretko se ovakvi stavovi mogu čuti i kod mladih koji nisu imali prilike da se upoznaju i druže sa mladima iz drugih država.

Upravo ovo nas je inspirisalo da organizujemo međunarodni trening ‘’No labels, please!’’ (,,Bez etiketiranja molim’’) na kome je učestvovalo

30 mladih Evropljanki i Evropljana. Trening se, kroz upotrebu neformalnog obrazovanja i korišćenjem teatra u edukaciji, bavio problemima stereotipa, predrasuda, rodne (ne)ravnopravnosti i diskriminacije žena. Kao krajnji rezultat treninga održan je performans u kome su učestovali mladi iz Italije, Rusije, Hrvatske, Makedonije, Ukrajine, Kosova, Grčke, Crne Gore, Rumunije i Srbije.

Nakon uspešno organizovanog prvog treninga, odlučili smo da nastavimo sa dobrom praksom. Na treningu ‘’Never let discrimination strike the same place twice’’ je učestvovalo 37 mladih ljudi iz Holandije, Italije, Portugala, Francuske, Poljske, Estonije, Turske, Azerbejdžana, Hrvatske, Bosne i Hercegovine, Crne Gore i Srbije. Glavni cilj treninga je bio da se otvori prostor za diskusiju, učenje i razmenu iskustava u oblasti diskriminacije i rodne ravnopravnosti među mladima, da se među učesnicima/cama razviju znanja i veštine u ovim oblastima, kako da prepoznaju te fenomene i kako sa njima da se bore, da se razviju komunikacione veštine u rešavanju kriznih situacija kroz verbalnu i neverbalnu komunikaciju.

Tokom 2012. godine 15 mladih iz Srbije je učestvovalo na treninzima u okviru programa ,,Mladi u akciji’’ koji su organizovani u drugim državama.

Youth in Action

In 2012 year we had quite a few activities within the “Youth in Action’’ programme. “Youth in Action’’ is a youth program of the European Union that promotes mobility of young people through international activities and non-formal education, such as youth exchanges, voluntary services, youth initiatives and trainings for young people.

This year we organized two international trainings in the framework of the “Youth in Action’’ programme and hosted four female and three male volunteers from the European Union within the European Voluntary Service.Inspired by the fact that in the discussions about people from other countries we can often hear various stereotypes, we decided to check this for ourselves. You can hear that people in Italy are communicative, cheerful, musical, but also frivolous and superficial, that in Germany they are hardworking, disciplined, but selfish and aggressive, in Portugal, Spain and Greece people are hedonists, in the Scandinavian countries they are hard working but cold. Frequently, these views can be heard by young people who have not had the opportunity to meet and socialize with young people from other countries.

This is exactly what inspired us to organize international training “No Labels, please!’’ which gathered 30 young Europeans. The training was focused on the problems of stereotypes, prejudice, gender (in)equality and discrimination against women, using theatre and non-formal education. As the final result of the training, we organised a performance involving young people from Italy, Russia, Croatia, Macedonia, Ukraine, Kosovo, Greece, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia.

After the success of the first training we decided to continue with this good practice. The training “Never let discrimination strike the same place twice’’ was attended by 37 young people from the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, France, Poland, Estonia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. Main goal of the training was to open space for discussion, learning and sharing experiences in the field of discrimination and gender equality among young people, to develop their knowledge and skills in these areas in order for them to be able to recognize these phenomena and how to fight them, to develop communication skills in resolving crisis through verbal and non-verbal communication.

15 young people from Serbia participated in trainings within the “Youth in Action’’ programme in different countries in 2012.

Evropski volonterski servis (EVS)

Evropski volonterski servis (EVS) je deo programa ,,Mladi u akciji’’. EVS omogućava mladim ljudima da volontiraju u drugim državama u period od 2 do 12 meseci uz sve pokrivene troškove. Centar E8 je akreditovana organizacija i za slanje volontera/ki iz Srbije u preko 30 evropskih države.

U cilju promovisanja EVS-a na Međunarodni dan mladih lansirana kampanja ,,Zavolontiraj Evropom’’. U okviru kampanje organizovane su razne akcije na više lokacije u Beogradu. Jedna od akcija je bila ‘’živa biblioteka’’ gde su zainteresovani za ovaj program volontiranja mogli da ,,iznajme’’ na određeno vreme volonterku ili volontera iz inostranstva i da dobiju opšte informacije o EVS-u, ali i da čuje jednu ličnu priču i lično iskustvo. Pored toga, organizovane su javne akcije u srednjim školama i na fakultetima u Beogradu. Program je predstavljen na nekoliko festivala, sajmova, kao i u Info room-u, a sve sa željom da inspirišemo mlade da provedu jedan deo svog života u inostranstvu, da steknu nova iskustva i da dožive Evropu na najbolji način.

Preko EVS-a je u Centru E8 tokom 2012. godine volontiralo sedmoro mladih ljudi iz Portugala, Luksemburga, Velike Britanije, Poljske, Francuske i Estonije.

European Voluntary Service (EVS) is a part of the “Youth in Action’’ programme. EVS enables young people to volunteer in other countries from 2 to 12 months with all expenses covered. Centre E8 is accredited to send volunteers from Serbia to more than 30 European countries.

In order to promote EVS the campaign “Volunteer of Europe’’ was launched on International Youth Day. Within the campaign various activities were organized in several locations in Belgrade. One of the actions included the possibility for the people interested in this volunteering program to “borrow” an actual volunteer for a certain period of time in order to obtain general information about EVS, but also to hear a first-hand, personal experience. Apart from this we organised public actions in high schools and faculties in Belgrade. The programme was presented at several festivals, fairs, as well in Info-room, all with the aim to inspire young people to spend part of their lives abroad, to gain new experiences and to experience Europe at its best.

Seven young people volunteered in Centre E8 in 2012 through EVS. They were from Portugal, Luxembourg, UK, Poland, France and Estonia.

European Voluntary Service (EVS)

Izjava: Madli Kaljula, EVS volonterka u Centru E8:

‘’Kao mlada osoba koja je tek završila srednju školu, imala sam mnogo mogućnosti ispred sebe. Mogla sam da upišem fakultet kao većina mojih vršnjaka i da nastavim tipičnim putem u životu, ali nisam. Izabrala sam da iskoristim priliku i da volontiram preko EVS-a i za sada se nisam pokajala zbog te odluke. Lagala bih kada bih rekla da je sve kako sam očekivala jer ponekad stvarnost nije ono što je napisano. Ne kažem da je loše, nego da je drugačije. Kada sam stigla u Beograd bila sam spremna da delam, da spasim svet i mnogo više od toga. Pretpostavljam da sam bila tipična ,,novorođena’’ volonterka puna entuzijazma koja je samo čekala instrukcije kako to da uradi. Ali nije bilo tako i neočekivano sam morala da smišljam ideje i mislim više nego obično i sa mojim iskustvom iz srednje škole to nije bilo lako, jer sam navikla da izvršavam zadatke sa uputstvima.Mislim da je dobro što se to desilo, jer se sada osećam nezavisno i odgovorno kao nikada ranije. Naučila sam mnogo o implementaciji programa, pisanju, promociji, organizaciji YIA treninga i generalno kako funkcioniše NVO uopšte. Osećam kako konačno odrastam u predivnom međunarodnom okruženju sa mnogo neverovatnih ljudi, drugačijoj kulturi i poslu sa puno izazova.’’

Statement: Madli Kaljula, EVS volunteer in Center E8

“As a young person, who had just finished high school, I had so many opportunities ahead of me. I could have gone to the university like all my other classmates did and follow the typical path of life, but I didn’t. I chose to be part of the European Voluntary Service and until now I’m not regretting my decision. I would be lying, if I say that my EVS turned out exactly the way I imagined it to be, because sometimes reality is different from the words in the project description. I’m not saying that the reality was worse, it was just different. When I arrived to Serbia I was ready to act, save the world and do so much more. I guess I was the typical “newborn” international volunteer full of enthusiasm, who was just waiting for the instructions how to do that all. But there weren’t any clear instructions, surprisingly I had to use my own ideas and thoughts more often than usual and with my fresh memories from high school it wasn’t so easy, because I was used to complete the task with certain instructions. However, I think it’s good that it happened, because I feel independent and responsible more than ever. I know more about project implementation, writing, promoting, organising YiA trainings and about the work in NGOs as a whole. I feel that I’m finally growing up in this wonderful international environment with lot of amazing people, different culture and work what is full of new challenges. (I think life is too short to spend it in a one place, so volunteer and make your life a journey.)”

Tokom 2012. četiri volonterke i tri volontera iz Portugala, Luksemburga, Velike Britanije, Poljske, Francuske i Estonije su radili u Centru E8 preko Evropskog volonterskog servisa

Four female and three male volunteers from Portugal, Luxembourg, UK, Poland, France and Estonia worked in Centre E8 in 2012 through EVS.

Izaberi da drugi ne bi birali umesto tebeDon’t let others decide for you

“Maa daj, samo nemoj o politici”, “Ma za koga da glasam”, “Svi su oni isti”, “A šta ja imam od toga” samo su neki od stavova koji se najčešće čuju od mladih ljudi povodom izbora vlasti, bilo na lokalnom ili republičkom nivou. U isto vreme, statusi na Facebook-u, tvitovi, priče na velikim odmorima, u pekarama i barovima sve više iskazuju stav mladih o tome kakav bi sistem školstva bio bolji, kako bi nečiji kraj bio zanimljiviji, kako bi nam grad bio više kul, kakvi i koliko opremljeni bi sportski tereni trebalo biti. Imajući ovo u vidu, još krajem 2011. i početkom 2012. počeli smo da se bavimo istraživanjima kakve su reakcije mladih na predstojeće izbore i koliko, odnosno koliko ne, mladi vide izbore kao šansu da neke od svojih ideja i ostvare. Tada se rodila ideja za projektom “Izaberi da drugi ne bi birali umesto tebe”.

Od samog starta, “Izaberi da drugi ne bi birali umesto tebe” nije planirano da bude puka kampanja za izlazak mladih na izbore već kampanja koja bi promovisala omladinski aktivizam kroz osnaživanje mladih da sve ideje koje imaju jasno iskažu i njima lobiraju prema donosiocima odluka da se i ostvare. Računica je bila prosta - ako mi mladi ne iskažemo svoje stavove, zastupamo ih, zahtevamo njihovo vrednovanje od strane političkih partija i ako mi ne utičemo na programe političkih

partija, ti programi i buduće odluke političara biće bazirani samo na zahtevima ostalih starosnih grupa društva. Na taj način sve naše ideje o boljem školstvu, terenima, komšilucima, gradu padaju u vodu i ostaju u krugu naših najbližih prijatelja, bez mogućnosti da se ikada ostvare. Zbog toga je projekat i dobio naziv “Izaberi da drugi ne bi birali umesto tebe.Pored potrebe da osnažimo mlade da preuzmu stva u svoje ruke i aktivno se uključe u društvene procese, još jedan od ciljeva projekta bio je da zainteresujemo političke partije za stavove mladih i da probudimo potrebu da budući donosiociodluka te odluke donose u skladu sa potrebama mladih.

Primarna ciljna grupa obuhvaćena projektom su mladi ljudi do 30. godine, ali od posebog značaja bilo je da u svojim aktivnostima uključimo što veći broj mladih ljudi koji prvi put izlaze na izbore zbog čega smo u startu sklopili partnerstvo sa Unijom srednjoškolaca Srbije.

U prvim mesecima 2012. godine radili smo intenzivno na pripremi kampanje - istraživanja o izlaznosti mladih, predstavljanje projektnih ideja, identifikovanje donatora i prikupjanje sredstava. Nakon sklapanja ugovora sa Institutom za održive zajednice, aktivnosti na kampanji su počele da se intenziviraju.

“Please just skip politics”, “Come on, whom should I vote for?”, “They’re all the same”, “What’s in it for me” are some of the most common attitudes of young people during local and national elections. At the same time, posts on Facebook, tweets, stories during breaks in school, in bakeries and bars reflect more and more the attitudes of young people about changes needed in the educational system, in their local neighborhoods including sport fields and the city as a whole. With that in mind, at the end of 2011 and beginning of 2012, we started to do some research on the attitudes of young people towards elections and whether or not they see elections as a chance to make some of their ideas a reality. And that is how we came up with the idea for the project “Don’t let others decide for you”.

Since the beginning, “Don’t let others decide for you” was not planned to be just a standard GOTV campaign for youth but a campaign for promoting youth activism by empowering young people to speak out their ideas and to use them as a lobby tool towards the decision makers. It was simple: we realized that unless we as young people express our attitudes, advocate for them and demand them to be taken into account by political parties and unless we influence the parties’ programmes those programmes and future decisions made by politicians will be based only on the demands of other age groups of the society. This way all of our ideas about better educational system, sport fields, neighborhood, the city remain only in the circle of friends without the possibility of ever being put into action. That’s why the project was titled “Don’t let others decide for you”. Apart from the need to empower young people to take matters in their own hands and to become active members of society, another aim of the project was to make political parties interested in the attitudes of young people and to make the future decision makers act according to that.

Young people under 30 were the primary target group of the project, but it was particularly important to engage a big number of first voters in the activities which is why we established partnership with Union of secondary school students of Serbia from the very beginning.

In the first months of 2012 we worked hard on preparing the campaign by doing research on the youth voter turnout, presentation of the project idea, identifying donors and fundraising. After signing the contract with Institute for Sustainable Communities the campaign activities started.

Kad bi samo stavovi mladih mogli da se nadju na jednom mestu...

“Izaberi” ekipa po celom gradu

If only all of youth demands could be found in one place…

“Izaberi” crew all over the city

www.izaberi.rs je bio prvi da to i omogući! Kako bismo izazvali diskusije mladih i sakupili njihove razne stavove na jednom mestu, napravili smo internet platformu na kojoj bi svaka mlada osoba mogla da prenese poruku, pismeno, u formi videa, slike ili bilo koji drugi način. Kako bismo ispromovisali platformu, aktivno smo delili vesti o njoj na društvenim mrežama, ali ne samo to - organizovali smo razne aktivnosti kojima smo lansirali platformu i omogućili da se na njoj nađu stavovi ne samo korisnika i korisnica Interneta već i oni koji nemaju pristup istom. Prva aktivnost je tweetUP - izaberiUP - koji je okupio tviteraše i tviterašice, a drugi “Otvoreni mikrofon” koji je bio organizovan na Trgu republike i gde su svi mladi prolaznici/e mogli/e da kažu šta misle, koju ideju imaju ili šta zameraju i to ne samo onima koji su u to vreme čekali da se s nekim nađu kod sata, već i u kameru koja je prenosila stavove na izaberi.rs.

20 volontera i volonterki u startu se uključilo u projekat i već na svom prvom treningu izgradilo planove za dalje aktivnosti na projektu. Jedna od prvih bila je da u 10 dana na 10 različitih lokacija u Begradu pitamo mlade ljude za ideju i stav,kritiku i mišljenje. Studenti/kinje, radnici/ce, blejači/ce iz različitih krajeva grada podelilo je u kameru svoje stavove koje smo sakupljali na internet platformi i delili na društvenim mrežama. Bolji javni prevoz, više biciklističkih staza, metro, bolje uređeni parkovi, drugačiji školski program samo su neke od ideje mladih ljudi kako da naš grad bude razvijeniji i na nama je bilo da te ideje dobiju pažnju društva, a pre svega donosioce odluka u društvu i one koji to nameravaju da budu. Ovim “pokretnim otvorenim mikrofonima” smo u najvećoj meri uspeli da prikupimo shvatanja mladih.

20 volunteers joined the project from the start and already made plans for project activities during their first training. One of the first activities was to ask young people about their ideas, stand points, critique and opinion in 10 different locations during 10 days. Students, workers and those hanging around not doing much from different areas of the city spoke about their attitudes to the camera. They were then published on the internet platform and shared through social networks. Better public transport, more bicycle tracks, metro, decorated parks, different school curricula are just some of the ideas of young people on how to improve our city. It was up to us to bring public attention to those issues and most of all the attention of the decision makers and those to be. We managed to gather the opinion of young people with the help of these “portable open mics”

www.izaberi.rs was the first one to make it happen! In order to evoke discussions and gather youth demands in one place we created an internet platform where any young person can leave a message in writing or in the form of video, photo, etc. In order to promote the platform we actively spread the news through social networks, but that’s not all – we organised various activities for launching the platform and enabled young people who do not use or do not have access to internet to express their attitudes on the platform. The first activity was the tweetUP - decideUP – that gathered active users of twitter and the second one was “Open mic” where any young person that passed by had the chance to express their opinion, idea or critique at the Republic square and not just to their friends they were meeting there but also to the camera that was broadcasted on izaberi.rs.

Da li vi, politička partijo, uzimate ove stavove mladih Beogradjana i Beogradjanki...

Do you, political party, take these attitudes of young people of Belgrade…?

Svi izneti stavovo mladih prikupljeni u nedeljama uličnih i online aktivnosti našli su mesto u ProGLASU mladih - Deklaraciji koja sumira ideje mladih, namenjena da svoje mesto nađe u ekspozeima političkih partija. Kako bismo ovo omogućili, organizovali smo sastanke sa svim političkim partijama koje su se kandidovale na izborima. Deklaraciju mladih potpisale su 3 političke grupe - Demokratska stranka, lista za Preokret i Ujedinjeni regioni Srbije, iako smo nedeljama radili aktivno na tome da svakoj političkoj partiji predstavimo potrebe i zahteve mladih.

All of the standpoints of young people gathered during weeks of street and online actions were put together in ProGLAS – a declaration that sums up the ideas of young people with the aim to find its way to the exposés of the political parties. In order to make this happen we organised meetings with political parties running in elections. This youth declaration was signed by 3 political groups – Democratic party (Demokratska stranka), Turnover coalition (lista za Preokret) and United Regions of Serbia (Ujedinjeni regioni Srbije) – although we tried hard for weeks to present the needs and demands of young people to each political party.

Izaberi u medijima!

Izaberi in the media!

Ukupno dva promo videa, 3 reklame i 3 video spota širila suse društvenim mrežama da ispromovišu zahteve mladih ljudi upućene političkim partijama. “Neću cenzuru na Internetu”, “Hoću da se profesori malo više zainteresuju za nas” i brdo ostalih stavova našli su se u promo videima koji su upućivali ljude da svoje zahteve podele sa vršnjacima i vršnjakinjama na izaberi.rs. Reklame su snimane sa ciljem da ukažu na to kako je kad neko drugi bira umesto nas - npr. kada je taksista taj koji bira u koji centar grada će nas voziti. Video spotovi su izazvali najbolje rekcije mladih. Snimani su za srpske verzije popularnih pesama Adel, Rihanne i Maroon 5 koje su tematski ukazivale na potrebu većeg aktiviranja mladih u društvu.

“Ma nije sve PR! Poštujem tvoj reklamni tim! Ali ne planiram da živim sa njim! Kada kampanja prođe hoćuda znam ŠTA KAD DOĐEŠ NA VLAST??”

Two promo videos, three advertisements and three video clips were shared on the social networks in order to promote the demands of young people towards political parties. “I don’t want internet censorship”, “I want teachers to be more interested in us” and a lot more of attitudes were integrated in the videos inviting young people to share their demands with their peers through izaberi.rs. The advertisements were created with the aim to show what it’s like when someone else decides for you – e.g. when the taxi driver is the one choosing which centre of the city to take us to. The video clips were the biggest success among youth. We created Serbian versions of popular songs by Adele, Rihanna and Maroon 5. The lyrics were about the importance of youth activism. “Not everything is about PR! I respect your marketing team, but I don’t plan to live with them! When the campaign is over, I want to know, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU’RE ELECTED?”

Tokom kampanje ‘’Izaberi da drugi ne bi birali umesto tebe’’ smo u klubu ‘’Plastic’’, u dogovoru sa DJ-om, pustili u sred žurke klasičnu muziku. Eto šta može da se desi kad dozvoliš da drugi biraju umesto tebe!

During the “Don’t let others decide for you” campaign in conspiracy with the DJ we played classical music in the middle of the party in the “ Plastic” club. That’s what can happen when you let others decide for you!

Izaberi u zvučnicima, Izaberi na platnu!

Izaberi on the speakers, Izaberi on screen!

Ne samo na netu, već i širom grada “Izaberi” fore su počele da se šire. Posteri u gradskom prevozu, plakati u školama, flajeri neki su od materijala koji su promovisali kampanju. A onda je kampanja ušla u klubove i bioskope. Da bismo pokazali kako je to da kad neko drugi bira umesto nas, umesto mladih klubera i kluberki mi smo izabrali da se u Plastic-u jedno veče pušta Betoven umesto Antoana Klamarana. Umesto filmadžija i filmadžijki mi smo odlučili da neće gledati alternativne filmove na Beldocs festivalu, već popularnu Godzilu! Popularnu u Japanu. Osamdesetih. Odnosno na početku filma je ispisan slogan da umesto regularnog repertoara, prikazat će se Godzila, sto je ukupno trajalo par minuta. Na ovaj način hteli smo da pokažemo da ako mi sami ne odlučimo kakvu vlast želimo, neko drugi će tu odluku doneti umesto nas, a onda kada nam se to ne svidi nećemo imati pravo da žalimo za propuštenom prilikom.

The campaign messages were not only spread on the internet but all over the city. Posters and flyers in the public transport and schools are some of the promotional materials. And then the campaign entered clubs and cinemas.In order to show to young clubbers what it feels like when someone else is deciding for them, we decided for Beethoven to be played one night in Plastic instead of Antoine Clamaran. We decided for young movie lovers to see Godzila instead of alternative movies at Beldocs festival. Before the projection of the movie the audience was suppose to see, we put out a message saying “The management of this cinema has decided that tonight you’d be watching famous movie Godzilla” and played this movie for a few minutes. By doing this we wanted to show that if we don’t decide ourselves on the government we want someone else will decide for us and if we don’t like it there’ll be no use in crying over spilt milk.

Izaberi na raskrsnicama!

Izaberi on the streets!

Flesh mob-om na pešačkim prelazima u centru grada pozivali smo mlade vozače i vozačice da se uključe u kampanju i jasno donesu svoje odluke na predstojećim izborima.

With flash mobs at pedestrian crossings in the city centre, we invited young drivers to be involved in the campaign and go out to vote in the upcoming elections.

“Not everything is about PR! I respect your marketing team, but I don’t plan to live with them! When the campaign is over, I want to know, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU’RE ELECTED?”

“Ma nije sve PR! Poštujem tvoj reklamni tim! Ali ne planiram da živim sa njim! Kada kampanja prodje hocuda znam ŠTA KAD DODJEŠ NA VLAST??”

Pa izaberi! So, decide!

U poslednjim nedeljama pred izbore, na trgovima i parkovima grada postavljali smo velikebiračke kutuje i razgovarali sa prolaznicima o izborima, pričajući im kako funkcioniše postupak glasanja i zašto je važno da kroz taj postupak prođu. Ova aktivnost - “Simulacija glasanja” - imala je za cilj takođe da ljude zainteresuje za anketu koju smo sprovodili online na pitanje “Šta je najprioritetnije da buduća vlast obezbedi?”.Veče pred same izbore smo se okupili Kod Konja na još jednom TweetUP-u da ljude na Trgu i Twitteru pokušamo da dan pred glasanje upoznamo sa potrebnom aktivnog učešćau društvu. Svi oni koji na jutro glasanja nisu još izašli na biračka mesta, mogli su da na društvenim mrežama gledaju video snimke glasanja javnih ličnosti koje smo pozvali da sa nama i kamerom podele zašto su glasali i pozovu mlade ljude da urade isto. Na dan izbora, 6. maja organizovali smo izborni štab mladih, gde su mladi pratili rezultate izbora i izlaznosti.Da bismo bili sigurni da će izabrane političke partije zaista ispuniti svoja obećanja data mladima, još smo u startu planirali aktivno praćenje odluka novoizabrane vlasti i njihovo usaglašavanje sa datim izbornim obećanjima potpisivanjem ProGLASA mladih.

In the last weeks before the elections we organized street action in squares and parks, where big ballot boxes were placed in the street and we talked with people about the elections, the casting of the vote and the importance of voting. This activity was a “voting simulation” and it also involved a survey where passers-by were asked to chose what future Government’s priorities should be. The night before the elections we gathered at the Republic square (“by the horse”) for another Tweet-UP in order to get people on the square and the internet aware of the importance of active civic participation. All those who didn’t go to vote in the morning could see videos of celebrities voting, on the internet. These celebrity persons were invited to share with us and the camera their reasons for voting and to invite young people to do the same. On 6th May we organised youth headquarters where young people were following the elections.

In order to ensure that the political parties will fulfill their promises given to young people we planned from the beginning to actively monitor the decisions of the new government and its compatibility with the demands stated in ProGLAS which they have agreed to by signing it.

Round table “Analysis of the past and the upcoming plans of the city authorities in the field of youth policy”

OKRUGLI STO “Analiza dosadašnjih rezultata i buducih planova gradske vlasti u oblasti omladinske politike”

Još jedan vid evaluacije postignutih rezultata bio je organizovanje okruglog stola u Skupštini grada na temu “ProGLAS mladih - Analiza dosadašnjih rezultata i budućih planova gradske vlasti u oblasti omladinske politike” na kojem su se okupili predstavnici i predstavnice vodećih političkih grupacija u državi i mladi. Okrugli sto organizovan je tako da reflektuje rad gradskih vlasti u prvih 100 dana novog mandata. Ovo je, međutim, bila prilika da se ne samo osvrnemo na postignute rezultate već i pravimo zajedničke planove za buduće programe i odluke.

Govornici i govornice okruglog stola bili su predstavnicim/ce Krovne organizacije mladih Srbije, Demokratske stranke, Srpske napredne stranke i Liberalno demokratske partije koji su podelite sa mladima i ostalim prisutnima dotadašnje učinke u unapređenju života mladih, kao i tekuće i buduće planove za dalji razvoj Beograda atraktivnog mladima.

U 11 meseci desetine akcija, zakazivanja, stresa, organizovanja, pevušenje istih pesama obeležile su kampanju “Izaberi, da drugi ne bi birali umesto tebe”, platforma sa stavovima mladih i deklaracija ProGLAS kao osnova za dalje praćenje rada vlasti Beograda, opominjanje i saradnju. Prvi korak za bolji Beograd 2016. – checked!

Another mechanism of monitoring the results was the round table organised in the Belgrade City Hall on the topic of “ProGLAS (Youth declaration) - Analysis of the past and the upcoming plans of the city authorities in the field of youth policy” that gathered representative of major political parties and youth representatives. The incumbent parties were in power for 100 days at the time and young people wanted to see what has been done and mainly to give out a message that they are ready to get involved in future steps in changing the city and the society.

The speakers at the round table were representatives of National Youth Council of Serbia, Democratic Party, Serbian Progressive Party and Liberal-democratic party who shared their views on what has been done do far for the improvement of the status of young people as well as the current and future plans for developing Belgrade to be an attractive city for the young.

During 11 months there were dozens of actions, appointments, stress, organising, singing to the same tune all of which marked the “Don’t let others decide for you” campaign and the declaration ProGLAS is a basis for future monitoring of the work of the local government in Belgrade and cooperation. The first step for a better Belgrade 2016 – checked!

dance4life SrbijaZapočni igru, zaustavi sidu/ Start dancing, stop AIDS

dance4life je u Srbiji lansiran 2008. godine velikim flash mob-ovima koje su se u istom trenutku dešavale u Beogradu, Novom Sadu, Loznici i Novom Pazaru. I tako je priča krenula....Projekat se vremenom proširio i u 2009.-oj pridružili su nam se Vranje i Jagodina. Ambasadorka dance4life Srbija od oktobra 2008. godine je Ana Stanić, a u 2011. joj se pridružuje i SevdahBABY, DJ i producent kao još jedan ambasador pokreta.

dance4life was launched in Serbia in 2008 with flash-mobs in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Loznica and Novi Pazar. And that is how the story begins... In the meantime the project has expended and in 2009 Vranje and Jagodina joined. Since October 2008 the ambassador of dance4life campaign is Ana Stanić and in 2011 SevdahBABY, DJ and producer also supported this project by becoming an ambassador of this movement.

dance4life kroz muziku i ples povezuje, inspiriše i osnažuje mlade ljude da naprave korak napred u borbi protiv HIV/AIDS-a.

dance4life kroz muziku i ples povezuje, inspiriše i osnažuje mlade ljude da naprave korak napred u borbi protiv HIV/AIDS-a.

dance4life uses music and dance to connect, inspire and empower young people to make a step forward in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

dance4life SrbijaZapočni igru, zaustavi sidu/ Start dancing, stop AIDS

Od kada se projekat sprovodi u Srbiji edukovano je više od 15.000 mladih ljudi. Mladi prolaze kroz tri faze edukacije, koje čine program schools4life. Kroz te tri faze oni se edukuju o reproduktivnom zdravlju, HIV/AIDS-u, oni razvijaju svoje komunikacione i socijalne veštine. Podstiču se da osmisle i organizuju akciju u svojoj lokalnoj sredini u cilju podizanja svesti o ovim temama kroz ulične akcije, flash mob-ove, aktivnosti u školi.. Nakon ova tri koraka mlada osoba postaje agent4change, a vrhunac schools4life jeste dance4life event. Ovaj dogadjaj se održava vikend pre 1. decembra – Svetskog dana borbe protiv HIV/AIDS-a svake parne godine, kada preko 100.000 mladih sa svih kontinenata u isto vreme, povezani video linkom, igraju za život.

Projekat je u Srbiji sprovodilo sedam nevladinih organizacija: JAZAS, Centar E8, Centar Živeti uspravno Novi Sad, Iskra Loznica, Omladinski kreativni centar Jagodina, Generator Vranje i Kancelarija za mlade Novi Pazar, a u 2012. godini dance4life su se priključile tri organizacije: NVO Duga iz Šabca, KOM 018 Niš i Volonterski centar Prokuplje.

Pored brojih akcija povodom Dana zaljubljenih, Dan sećanja na preminule od side, Dana mladih, u 2012. dance4life Srbija je ponovo bila deo Sensation priče u Beogradu. Sensation je postao naš partner od 2010 godine. Za svaku prodatu kartu za Sensation Amsterdam, Danska, Nemačka, Poljska, Portugal, Srbija, Španija i Rusija oni poklanjaju € 0,50 dance4life-u za dalji rad u oblasti edukacije mladih. Sensation je održao žurku u belom u Beogradu pod nazivom “Innerspace“ na kojoj je bilo preko 13.000 ljudi.

U novembru 2012. završili smo implementaciju projekta dance4life. Ali tokom skoro pet godina rada na ovom projektu shvatili smo da je ples sjajan metod rada sa mladim ljudima. Zato ćemo u svom budućem radu nastaviti da plešemo i koristimo ples kao metod rada da bi što više mladih ljudi edukovali i animirali da postanu aktivni u svojoj zajednici.

“dance4life je pokret koji uključuje mlade u aktivnu borbu protiv HIV/AIDS-a i promoviše zdrave stilove života. Ja se kroz svoju muziku obraćam prvenstveno mladima i drago mi je što mogu da im svojim angažmanom, kao ambasador d4l, skrenem pažnju na dobre stvari, što zajedno sa njima mogu da makar malo utičem da svet bude bolje mesto!” Ana Stanić, ambasadorka dance4life Srbija

”dance4life is a movement which includes young people in active fight against HIV/AIDS and promotes healthy lifestyles. Trough my music I address young people and I’m glad that my engagement as an ambassador for dance4life gives me an opportunity to draw attention to good things and make and influence, together with the young people, on this world becoming a better place” Ana Stanić, dance4life ambassador

During the project implementation in Serbia more than 15000 young people have been educated. Young people take part in three educational phases and develop their knowledge about reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and they also develop their communication and social skills. This project also encourages young people to organize this type of action in their local communities which helps raising awareness of these problems. All of this is accomplished by street actions, flash-mobs and school activities. After these three steps, young person becomes agent4change, and culmination of schools4life is dance4life event. This event is held on the weekend before 1st December, World Aids Day, every second year when over 100 000 young people from every continent dance for life at the same time. This project in Serbia was implemented by seven NGOs: JAZAS, Centre E8, Centre Living Upright Novi Sad, Iskra Loznica, Youth creative centre Jagodina, Generator Vranje and Youth office Novi Pazar, and in 2012 three more organizations joined dance4life: NGO

Rainbow from Šabac, KOM 018 Niš and Volunteer centre Prokuplje.

Apart from numerous actions on the occasion of Valentine’s Day, International AIDS Memorial Day and Youth day, dance4life was once again a part of Sensation in Belgrade in 2012. Sensation became our partner in 2010. For each ticket sold for Sensation Amsterdam, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain and Russia € 0.50 is given to dance4life for further work on education of young people. Sensation held a party in Belgrade called “Innerspace” which was attended by more than 13 000 people.

In November 2012 we have finished the implementation of dance4life project. During these five years of working on this project we have learned that dancing is a great method for working with young people. That is why we will continue to dance and use dancing as a method for educating and animating young people and getting them to become active in their community.

U 2012. dance4life su se pridružile tri nove organizacije iz Prokuplja, Niša i Šabca.

In 2012 three new organizations from Prokuplje, Niš and Šabac joined dance4life.

dance4life - young people gain knowledge, skills and possibilities to become active locally and thus influence change globally

dance4life - mladi ljudi na interesantan način stiču znanje, veštine i mogucnosti da se aktiviraju lokalno i tako utiču na stvaranje globalnih promena.

Predstavljamo vam...

Predstava “MUŠKARČINE“Theatre play “Macho men”

Koncept, režija i dramaturgija:Milena Bogavac i Vojislav Arsić

Ko-autori i izvođači:Alek Surtov, Đorđe Živadinović Grgur, Jovan Zdravković, Marko Panajotović, Nemanja Puvača, Nikola Pavlović, Uroš Novović

Koreografija i scenski pokret: Ljiljana TasićOriginalna muzika: Vladimir Pejković Kostimografija: Pull My Daisy

Dizajn zvuka: Miroljub Vladić Dizajn svetla: Dragan Đurković Šef tehnike: Ljubomir Radivojević

Stručne konsultantkinje: Jelena Bogavac i Mila Manojlović

Organizacija: Adnan CvikoRežija dokumentarnog filma: Ivan StojiljkovićFotografija i video: Miloš MitrovićDizajn: Sanja Drakulić

Produkcija: Centar E8 i Bitef teatar Podrška: CARE NWB, Ministarstvo inostranih poslova Kraljevine Norveške, DKC Majdan, Alma Quatro

Concept, directing and dramaturgy:Milena Bogavac i Vojislav Arsić

Co-authors and performers:Alek Surtov, Đorđe Živadinović Grgur, Jovan Zdravković, Marko Panajotović, Nemanja Puvača, Nikola Pavlović, Uroš Novović

Choreography: Ljiljana TasićOriginal music: Vladimir PejkovićCostumes: Pull My Daisy

Sound design: Miroljub VladićLights design: Dragan ĐurkovićStage manager: Ljubomir Radivojević

Professional consultants: Jelena Bogavac and Mila ManojlovićOrganizer: Adnan CvikoDirection of documentary: Ivan StojiljkovićPhotography and video: Miloš MitrovićDesign: Sanja Drakulić

Production: Center E8 and Bitef TheatherSupport: CARE NWB, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DKC Majdan, Alma Quatro

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“Muškarčine” predstavljaju pozorišni dokumentarac o muškosti ovde i danas, razvijen u okviru projekta “Budi muško”tokom 5 meseci rada. Predstava je nastala u koprodukciji Centra E8 i Bitef teatra. Premijera je održana 30.novembra 2012. godine i od tada se nalazi na redovnom repertoaru Bitef Teatra uz planirana gostovanja u velikom broju gradova Srbije. NIN, jedan od najcenjenijih domaćih nedeljnika, proglasio je “MUŠKARČINE” za jednu od 3 najbolje predstave godine.

Osnovna tema ove predstave je maskulinitet i način na koji se muškost tretira, odnosno formira u našoj kulturi. Ideja i poruka koju ona treba da prenese jeste poruka o slobodi, o ličnom ostvarenju i pokušaju da se prevaziđu kulturološki nametnute norme, koje mladiće sprečavaju da budu ono što jesu.Tekst predstave je nastao kolažiranjem ličnih priča, iskustava i stavova ko-autorskog i izvođačkog tima; dramatizacijom teza iz knjige „Biti muško“ Stiva Bidalfa; citiranjem teoretičara muškog pokreta; od fragmenata iz štampe, sa interneta i televizije. U predstavi su korišćeni statistički podaci dobijeni u istraživanju „Mladići i maskulinitet“ sprovedenom u okviru projekta „Budi muško“, iskustva trenera u ovom projektu i materijali nastali kroz proces radionica zasnovanih na tehnikama upotrebe drame u edukaciji i metodološkim igrama osmišljenim da podstaknu kolektivno autorstvo.

U želji da se uklope u socijalno prihvatljive matrice rodnog ponašanja, mladi muškarci rade mnoge stvari koje su štetne po njihovo fizičko ali i psihičko zdravlje. Društvo od njih očekuje da svoju muškost dokažu pokazivanjem snage, odlučnosti, hrabrosti, borbenosti i srčanosti, koja ih često uvodi u destrukciju i autodestrukciju. Vaspitani u kulturi u kojoj se muško pokazivanje emocija smatra za znak slabosti, mladi muškarci svoje emocije potiskuju i preinačuju u destruktivne oblike ponašanja. Ova predstava ima za cilj da ukaže na taj problem, ali i da dokumentuje priču generacije rođene u toku ratova na Balkanu, generacije čiji je sistem vrednosti formiran u tranziciji te je, shodno tome, konfuzan i nedovoljno čvrst.

“Macho man” is a theatrical documentary about manhood here nowadays which was developed as part of the project “Be a man” over the course of 5 months. This play was created in co-production of Centre E8 and Bitef Theater. The premiere was held on 30th November 2012 and since then it is a part of the repertoire of Bitef Theater with many performances around Serbia planned. NIN, one of most appreciated weekly magazines, declared “Macho men” one of top three theatre plays of the year.

The main topic of this show is masculinity and the way that it is treated and formed in this society and culture. The play delivers a message about freedom, personal accomplishment and ability to overcome culturally imposed norms that prevent young men from expressing themselves.

The script was written by combining personal stories, experiences and attitudes of both co-producers and performers; dramatization of theses from the book “Manhood” written by Steve Biddulph; quoting theorists of men movement; using fragments from newspapers, internet and television. Moreover, data from the research “Men and masculinity” conducted within “Be a man” project was used in this play, as well as the experience of trainers in the project and the materials constructed during workshops based on the method of using theatre in education and methodological games aimed at encouraging collective authors’ creation. Dunja Lazic

Macho men Great review for great play. Must see

Dunja Lazic Muškarčine Divna recenzija za divnu predstavu. Obavezno pogledajte

‘’U mačo društvu kao na Balkanu i Srbiji, izuzetno je značajna predstava ‘’Muškarčine’’. Već sam naslov sa ironijom tretira problem muškosti u njenom tradicionalnom mačoističkom ključu, s tim da su uloge prihvatili glumci, u inteligentnom i adekvatnom rediteljsko dramaturškom izboru reditelja, koji jesu ili liče na muškarčine. Zbog takve podele predstava ‘’Muškarčine’’ je duhovita i ubojita. Ali na način koji izoštrava temu bavljenja novim osećanjem i analizom muškoškosti u pravom pravcu. Nezavisno od toga predstava je na visokom umetničkom nivou, što je veoma važno i često neuobičajeno za predstave koje imaju nameru da budu angažovane.’’

Jovan Ćirilov, teatrolog i književnik

‘’In the macho society of the Balkans and Serbia ‘’Macho men’ theatre play is of great importance’.The title itself ironically approaches the issue of manhood in its traditional machoist meaning, by selecting actors who are or resemble macho men. It was intelligent and adequate dramaturgical choice of the director. Because of that choice ‘’Macho men’’ play is humorous and leaves no one indifferent. In that way it underlines the topic of dealing with new feelings and analysis of manhood in the right direction. Apart from that the play is at high artistic level, which is very important and often uncommon when socially engaged plays are concerned.’’ Jovan Ćirilov, theatrologist and writer

“(…) Playful and dynamic (choreography and scenic movement Ljiljаnа Tаsić) touching and witty, with skillfully set dramaturgy, the play captures freshness and honesty and the faith that theatre can (still) change the world. Naturally, the large part of the credit goes to irresistible and infinitely charming actors, who uncompromisingly, and in youthfully direct way expressed their intimacy on stage. This play should be watched by the young, their parents, people who work in the field of education. Actually, it should be watched by everyone in this country. The way it is, it is simply necessary.’

Boban Jevtić, NIN, Beograd

“(…) Rаzigrаnа i dinаmičnа (koreogrаfijа i scenski pokret LJiljаnа Tаsić), dirljivа i duhovitа, vešto drаmаturški postаvljenа, predstаvа pleni svežinom i iskrenošću kаo i verom dа pozorište (ipаk) može menjаti svet. Nаrаvno, ogromаn deo zаsluge ide neodoljivim, beskrаjno šаrmаntnim аkterimа koji su beskompromisno, mlаdаlаčki direktno, izneli svoju intimu nа scenu. Predstаvu bi trebаlo dа gledаju mlаdi, njihovi roditelji, ljudi koji se bаve njihovom edukаcijom. Predstаvu bi u ovаkvoj zemlji zаprаvo trebаlo dа vide svi. Ovаkvа kаkvа je, jednostаvno rečeno, neophodnа je.”

Boban Jevtić, NIN, Beograd

“(…) U pozorišnom smislu, „Muškаrčine“ otvаrаju stilske i znаčenjske nivoe koje su vešti аutori i аkteri iskorišćаvаli dvojаko – kаd je reč o nečemu što prevаzilаzi grаnice njihovog iskustvа komično, а kаd je reč o generаcijskim nevoljаmа i detinjstvu, bliže nečemu što je potresno. U drаmаturgiji kojа bi se uprošćeno moglа biološki grаdirаti – detinjstvo, аdolescencijа, zrelost – prevlаdаvаle su inteligentno osmišljene obrаde temа i dilemа. (…) Sаv diverzitet (nаbаcаnost temа) i višeslojnost (mogućnost tumаčenjа), predstаvа „Muškаrčine“ podnosi stilskim opredeljenjem inscenаcije. Poput stend аp komičаrа, izvođаči igrаju frontаlno, u jednom trenutku čаk i zаrepuju. Scenogrаfijа-kutijа i nаznаke mizаnscenа u tipično dečjoj rаzuzdаnosti i kreveljenju (kаdа jedаn igrа scenu, drugi mu se pridružuju i „kvаre“ je), super je funkcionisаlo. (…)” Igor Burić, pozorišni kritičar „Dnevnik“, Novi Sad

‘(…) In a theatrical sense ‘Macho men’ opens stylistic and meaningful levels and those were used by the skilled authors and actors in two ways. When speaking of something beyond their experience it is comical, but when speaking of generation gap and childhood it is closer to being startling. The dramaturgy, which could be simplified as biological stages of childhood, adolescence, maturity, was dominated by intelligently contemplated and processed subjects and dilemmas. (…) All the diversity (randomness of subjects) and large number of layers (possibility of translation) is enhanced by the stylistic concept of the scenography. The performers act frontally like stand up comedians. At one point they even start rapping. The box-scenography and hints of mise en scène, being typically childish debauchery and grimacing (when one of them plays the scene, the others join him and ‘spoil’ it), functioned very well. (…)

Igor Burić, theatre critic„Dnevnik“, Novi Sad

“Fantastična predstava i u pozorišnom smislu i u smislu toga šta moze da znači ljudski i edukativno, kao podrška ovim dečacima koji su bili deca kad je u našoj zemlji bilo najteže, ali I novim generacijama dečaka koje dolaze. Vrhunski duhovito i emotivno, predstava odličnog ritma s veoma dobro izabranim pozorišnim sredstvima i sa šarmantnim izvodjacima. “ Tanja Marković, psihološkinja i teoretičarka umetnosti

‘Fantastic show in a theatrical sense and in a sense of what it can mean for the people and education, not only as a support for these boys who were children during the hardest times in our country, but also for the generations of boys who are yet to come. Excellently witty and emotional, the show has excellent rhythm, many well chosen theatrical means and charming performers’

Tanja Marković, psychologist and art theorist

@nata hari Bravo! Finally someone has realised that it is necessary to work on issue of raising gender awareness with men.

@nata_hariBravo! Konačno se neko setio da radi na podizanju rodne svesti i kod muškaraca

@kostic_marija22zaljubljena u @muskarcine !!!!! koliko su divniiiii @CentarE8

@kostic marija22In love with @Macho men!!!!! So wonderful @Center E8

Uloge/ Performers: : Ana Veljković, Soni Halilović, Denča Denčić, Duško Kamberović, Zumreta Cuni, Jugoslav Hamza, Marina Milošević, Nikola Kamberović, Sara Asanović

Trenerski tim/ Trainers’ Team: Vojislav Arsić, Nevena Boroja i Andrijana Tasić

Play “Victims of Love”

Predstava ‘’Žrtve ljubavi’’

Predstava ‘’Žrtve ljubavi’’ na komunikativan i duhovit način obrađuju temu polnog i reproduktivnog zdravlja kod Roma i raseljenih lica, približavajući publici tradicionalne vrednosti, kao i kulturne i socijalne promene kroz koje prolazi ova populacija.

Predstava je nastala tokom interaktivnog rada sa glumcima amaterima – mladim Romima/kinjama i raseljenim licima sa juga Srbije u okviru projekta „Pristup zdravstvenim uslugama koje tretiraju polno i reproduktivno zdravlje za raseljene i Rome, žene i mlade u južnoj Srbiji“.

“Žrtve ljubavi” se izvodila širom Srbije, u Bosni i Hercegovni i u Hrvatskoj. Predstava je izvedena dva puta u Jugoslovenskom dramskom pozorištu (JDP) u Beogradu, na BITEF Polifoniji i na pozorišnom festival u Puli gde je probrala brojne pohvale publike. A u februaru 2012. predstavom ‘’Žrtve ljubavi’’ otvorena je i Konferenciju o aktivnostima na unapređenju zdravlja Roma u Srbiji.

Projekat „Pristup zdravstvenim uslugama koje tretiraju polno i reproduktivno zdravlje, za žene i mlade – raseljene i Rome/kinje u južnoj Srbiji“ sprovodio je CARE Srbija sa partnerima Centar E8, Nexus, Narodni parlament i Generator uz finansijsku podršku CARE Nemačka-Luksemburg i Evropske unije.

In communicative and funny way play “Victims of Love” deals with problems of sexual and reproductive health. It is especially focused on such problems with Roma and IDPs (internally displaced people). This kind of approach makes it much easier for others to understand traditional values, as well as cultural and social changes that these populations go through.

This play was created during interactive work with amateur actors and actresses - young Roma and young IDPs from the south of Serbia. This was part of project “Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Uprooted People and Romani Women and Youth in Southern Serbia”. “Victims of Love” was performed in Serbia, Bosnia and Hercegovina and Croatia. It was played twice in Yugoslavian Drama Theater in Belgrade, in BITEF Polyphony and in theater festival in Pula where this play got some amazing reviews. In February 2012 the play “Victims of Love” has also been performed at the opening of the Conference on activities for the improvement of the health of Roma.

Project “Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Uprooted People and Romani Women and Youth in Southern Serbia” was implemented by CARE Serbia and their partners Centre E8, Nexus, National parliament and Generator. The project was financially supported by CARE Germany-Luxembourg and European Union.

Intervju sa Jugoslavom Hamzom, glumcem

Interview with Jugoslav Hamza, actor

Theater is power!

Pozorište je moc!

Intervju sa Jugoslavom Hamzom, glumcem

Jugoslav Hamza ima 22 godine. Rodom je iz Leskovca. Svi ga zovu Jugi. Zaljubljen je u teatar i pozorište. Kada zacrta neki cilj uvek će dati sve od sebe da ga ostvari, jedan od njih je i da završi Pravni fakultet jer želi da pomogne ljudima u svom kraju. Muzika ga opušta, voli da čuje dobar hip hop, rege, jazz. A svojom životnom energijom i pokretačom smatra svoju ćerku, Suzanu.

Kako je započela tvoja saradnja sa Centrom E8?Pa sve je počelo jednom audicijom u Leskovcu. Ivan Šečirević i ja smo otišli u NVO ‘’Narodni parlament’’, prošli audiciju i tako je počeli da radimo na projektu koje se zove, dug naziv ali veruj mi znam ga, ‘’Pristup zdravstvenim uslugama koje tretiraju polno i reproduktivno zdravlje, za žene i mlade – raseljene i Rome/kinje u južnoj Srbiji’’.

Da li si pre toga imao neko iskustvo sa teatrom?I na audiciju smo otišli zato što je Ivan rekao da je nešto vezano za pozorište, a pošto sam već ranije radio u pozorištu, otišao sam da vidim po čemu se radi. Radio sam u hriščanskoj crkvi sa decom na pozorišnim predstavama. Pogotovo za Božić i Uskrs, tada samo se uvek trudili da napravimo lepu predstavu. Tako da baš zbog toga rada od ranije i svoje ljubavi prema pozorištu, otišao sam na audiciju.

Šta je tebi bilo najznačajnije u radu sa Centrom E8?Vreme koje sam proveo sa ljudima koje sam upoznao i metod rada, definitivno. Prilika da kažem svoje mišljenje, svoj stav o stvarima koje su bitne za mlade. Unapredio sam sebe i naučio stvari koje mislim da ći moći da primenjujem kroz život. Rad sa Centrom mi je promenio život na bolje. A to je bitno, zar ne?4. Reci nam neku anegdotu dok si radio na projketu?Bilo ih je dosta! Jedan od produkta našeg projekta bila je predstava ‘’Žrtve ljubavi’’ sa kojom smo gostovali po celoj Srbiji i region. Najbolje je bilo kad smo imali predstavu u Surdulici i u našoj garderobi je bio televizor. Glumica iz naše trupe, Zumi je baš pratila neku tursku seriju i zbog toga zaboravila da izađe na scenu kad je trebalo. Mi smo svi stajali i čekali da se ona pojavi, a ona je za to vreme sedela prikovana uz televizor. Srećom, neko je otrčao do nje pa se to na kraju dobro završilo.

Čime se danas baviš?Raznim stvarima. Ali mogu reći da radim ovo što volim. Imam svoju glumački trupu u Leskovcu. Imamo predstavu ‘’I vi imate šansu’’ koja se izvodi u Leskovačkom kulturnom centru. Nastupali smo u Vranju nedavno. Postao sam trener za teatar. Mogu reći da sam radom sa Centrom E8 naučio mnoge tehnike i metode rada koje su mi danas korisne za posao. Naučio sam i dosta o reproduktivnom zdravlju na kreativan, a ne neki tamo suv, teoretski način.

To znači da savetuješ svoje drugare o reproduktivnom zdravlju?Kako da ne! Ja ih učim o svemu što znam. Znaš, moraš da shvatiš da nije lako mladima, pogotovo Romima i Romkinjama da tek tako idu i pitaju sve što ih interesuje o reproduktivnom zdravlju. Neke je sramota, neki ne bi želeli da drugi saznaju, a to su sve stvari koje trebaju da se znaju. Zbog sebe. I zato mi je drago što ja mogu da pomognem mojim drugovima.

Kad si već to spomenuo, šta misliš da je glavni problem mladih na jugu Srbije? I u Srbiji, generalno?Nezaposlenost. Velika želja mladih da rade nešto, a nemaju gde. Mislim da su dosta i izgubili poverenje u razne ljude i institucije jer su obećavali razne stvari, a ništa se od toga nije desilo. Mladi žele da se aktiviraju ali ne znaju kako ili gde.

Po tvom mišljenju, koji su načini da se mladi bolje edukuju, više uključe u društvo i budu aktivni građani i građanke?Milsim da mladi, za početak, treba da postanu svesniji svojih prava. Tu dosta organizacije kao što je Centar E8, može da pomogne. Nisu ni svesni nekih stvari, a one mogu da im pomognu da se pokrenu. Ja bih lično koristio stvari koje oni vole i tako dopreo do njih...da li je to pozorište, muzika, fudbal...I onakon toga, kroz rad sa njima saznao šta je to što oni žele, kakvi su im stavovi i onda bih video kako mogu da im pomognem. Eto, možda je to jedan od načina.

I za kraj, da možeš da biraš, koja bi bila tvoja super moć?Gluma je moja super moć! i Pozorište ideje.

Jugoslav Hamza is 22 years old and he was born in Leskovac. Everyone calls him Jugi. He is in love with theater. When he focuses on a goal he will do everything that is in his power to achieve it. One of his goals is to have a Law degree because he wants to help people from his region. Music relaxes him and he likes to listen to good hip hop, reggae and jazz music. His daughter Susanna is his greatest motivation and his greatest source of energy.

How did your cooperation with Center E8 begin?Well, it all started with one audition in Leskovac. Ivan Šečirević and I went to this NGO “National Parlament” we passed the audition and that is how we started working on the project “Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Uprooted People and Romani Women and Youth in Southern Serbia”

Did you have any experience with theater before this project?The reason why I went to this audition is because Ivan told me that it was something about theater. Since I’ve already done some work with theater I decided to go and see what was that audition all about. I’ve worked in Christianity Church with children on some plays, especially on Easter and Christmas. Because of my previous work and because of my passion for theater I’ve decide to go for audition.

What was most valuable experience for you while working with Center E8? The time I spent with people I’ve met there and methods of work. Also, the opportunity to say my own opinion and express my beliefs considering things which matter to young people. I have grown and I have learned some very important lessons. Cooperation with Center E8 has really made my life much better and at the end of the day that is the only thing that counts. Right?

Tell us an anecdote from the project.There were so many! One of the outcomes of our project was the play “Victims of Love” which made it possible for us to travel through Serbia and the whole region. The best thing was when we had a performance in Surdulica and in our dressing room there was a TV. One actress from our group was really into this Turkish soap opera and because of that she forgot to go out on stage. We all stood there and waited for her to come out while she was stuck to TV. Fortunately someone went to the dressing room to tell her that it was her turn and everything ended well.

What are you doing now?I am doing a lot of different things, but I can say I’m doing something I like. I have my own acting group in Leskovac and right now we have a play called “You have a chance”. It is played mostly in Cultural center of Leskovac but we also had a performance in Vranje. I became a theater trainer. By working with Center E8 I have learned many different techniques and methods which are very useful for my current work. I have also learned a lot about reproductive health in a funny and creative way.

Does this mean that you give advice to your friends about reproductive health?Exactly! I teach them everything I know. It’s not easy for young Roma to just go and ask questions about reproductive health. Some are ashamed, some don’t want for others to find out what they have been asking about. But these are some things that they need to know. Mainly because of themselves. That is why I fell so good whenever I can help them.

Now that you have mentioned, what do you think is the main problem of young people in south of Serbia? Or Serbia generally? Unemployment. Young people wish to work but they can’t find a job. I think that they have lost confidence in many people and institutions. They have promised many things but they haven’t accomplished any. Young people want to get active but they don’t know where and they don’t know how.

In your opinion which are the ways for young people to get educated and become more active citizens?First, I think that young people need to become aware of their rights. Organizations like Center E8 can help a lot in this aspect. They can also help them to become more active in society. Personally, I would use things that they like in order to reach them…theater, music, football…And after working with them I would ask them about their problems, what they want to change etc. That could be one way to help them.

And for the end, if you could choose one super power what would it be?Acting is my super power! And theater of ideas.

Centriramo za vas!Radio emisija ‘’Centriranje’’

We target for you! Radio show Centriranje (targeting)

Radio emisija koju rade mladi namenjena mladima u Srbiji. Obrađuje različite teme od obrazovanja, ljudskih prava, pop kulture, volontiranja do omladinskog preduzetništva, nasilja u sportu i biciklizma.

It is a radio broadcast made by young people and for young people in Serbia. It deals with various topics from education, human rights, pop culture, and volunteering to youth entrepreneurship, violence in sport and cycling.

We ask. We answer. We monitor. We explain. We’re cool. We like. We chat… on air!Listen to “Centriranje”

Pitamo. Odgovaramo. Pratimo. Objašnjavamo. Kuliramo. Lajkujemo. caskamo … u etar!Slušajte Centriranje.

RTV OK

93.2 MHz

Radio City Subotica 88.3 MHz

Radio Raška Raška 95.50 Mhz

Kladovo 89,00 MHz

Radio Zlatar Nova Varoš 106,8 MHz

Radio Saška Mosna 98,3 MHz

88,9 MHz

Radio Tempo

97,5 MHz

Radio Sezam Bor 91,3 MHz

Radio Srce Prokuplje 91,4 MHz

96,3 MHz

Radio EMA Bujanovac 88,5 MHz

Radio City Ub 92,7 MHz

Radio Brus Brus 94,1 MHz

Radio Bubamara Svrljig 96,5 MHz

Radio Srem Ruma 102,7 MHz

Radio Kula Valjevo 102,8 MHz

Prokuplje 100,2 MHz / 94,1 MHz

Radio OK Vranje 92,8 MHz

Radio Xanadu

100,8 MHz

Radio Drina Loznica 95 MHz / 98,6 MHz / 100 MHz

Radio Mlava Petrovac na Mlavi 92,0 MHz

Radio Bravo Po�arevac 100,2 MHz

Radio Biser Plus

92,6 MHz

Radio 987 Kragujevac 98,7 MHz

Radio 019 Negotin 88.4M Hz

Radio Puls Despotovac 96.0 MHz

Regionalni radio Kragujevac Kragujevac 94,7 MHz

mRadio Kragujevac mmuzik.net

Radio Kuršumlija Kuršumlija 102,6 MHz

Radio D�oker

95,6 MHz

Studentski radio Bor- Srbija www.studentskiradio.com

Radio GAGA Vlasotince 94,9 MHz

Radio Kruševac Kruševac 93,2 MHz

Radio Temerin Temerin 93,5 MHz

Ami radio Kikinda 89,7 MHz

Radio BUS Kovin 89,5 MHz

Radio Majdanpek Majdanpek 89,9 MHz

Radio B 92 Beograd/Srbija Beograd 92.5,Vojvodina 103.2 / 103.9MHz,Centralna Srbija 102.3MHz / 105.6 MHz,Ju�na Srbija 104.6MHz,

Reci OSAM!

U februaru 2012. godine Centar E8 je proslavio svoj osmi rođendan u klubu ‘’Plastic’’.Baš zbog simbolike žurku smo nazvali Reci OSAM žurka.

In February 2012 Centre E8 celebrated its eight birthday in ‘’Plastic’’ club.Because of the symbolic we called the party Say EIGHT.

Say EIGHT!

Ekipa na mestu

Svake godine E8 tim se okuplja na jednom mestu radi godišnjeg sastanka. Naš tim čini 50 mladih iz cele Srbije. Pored toga što volimo da se okupimo zajedno i družimo, sastanak je prilika da zajedno diskutujemo i pokrenemo teme značajne za mlade u Srbiji, doedukujemo se ili svi zajedno nađemo najbolji način kako da se radi na rešavanju nekog problema sa kojim se mladi suočavaju.Sastanak je svečano otvoren predstavljanjem novog logoa Centra E8. Autor logoa je Predrag Stakić, dizajner svetskog logoa za ljudska prava. Nakon predstavljanja logoa celokupnoj ekipi Centra E8, lansiran je na našem sajtu i svim društvenim mrežama.Pored Predraga Stakića, na sastanku su nam se pridružili Ivan Čosić i Nebojša Radović koji su održali predavanja na teme ‘’Prezentacija o držanju prezentacije’’ i ‘’Upotreba društvenih mreža u radu i online reputacija’’.Kako je koncept našeg logoa vezan za super moći mladih odlučili smo da fotografijama predstavimo moći članova i članica Centra E8. Možda su neke moći bile međusobno slične, ali su fotografije svakako jedinstevene!Razvili smo super ideje za dalji rad, a nakon predavanja naših gostujućih predavača par naših članova i članica su otvorili twitter nalog jer su, kako su sami rekli, shvatili neograničen značaj rada sa mladima upravo putem društvenih mreža.

Every year the entire E8 team gathers in one place for the annual meeting. Our team consists of 50 young people from all over Serbia. Apart from the fact that we like to get together and socialize, that meeting is a chance to discuss issues which are important for young people in Serbia. Moreover, we acquire new skills and find the best way to solve some problems affecting young people together.The meeting was inaugurated by presentation of the new Centre E8 logo. The author of the logo is Predrag Stakić, the designer of the global human rights logo. After presenting the logo to the whole team of Centre E8, it was promoted on our website and in all social networks. Apart from Predrag Stakić, we also hosted Ivan Čosić and Nebojša Radović, who held lectures titled ‘’Presentation about making a presentation’’ and ‘’Using the social networks at work and online reputation’’.Because our logo concept is related to youth superpowers we decided to present powers of Centre E8 members by photography. Perhaps some powers are similar to each other, but the photos are unique.We developed excellent ideas for future work and after the lectures of our guest speakers a couple of members started using Twitter because, as they said themselves, they understood the meaning of unlimited potential of working with youth through social networks.

Crew on the spot

Ako nešto ne prenesu mediji, kao da se nije ni desili. Ne, nismo nikad razmišljali na taj način. Uvek smo se vodili maksimom da bi mediji trebalo da budu naši partneri u radu i značajan kanal komunikacije sa građanima i građankama Srbije. Što ćemo nastaviti da radimo i u budućnosti.

If something doesn’t appear in the media it’s as if it never happened. No, we have never believed in this. We always believed that media should be our partners and a significant channel for communication with citizens of Serbia. We shall continue cooperation with the media in the future.

Ukupno 301 medijskih članaka/priloga o našem radu napravljeno je u 2012. godini

Društvene mreže

twitter

follower3.039

Pregleda na YouTube kanalu Centra E8

Views on YouTube channel of Centre E8

Snimaka smo postavili na YouTube kanal

Videos uploaded on YouTube channel

YouTube

28.303 109

Altogether 301 media reports/articles about our work were broadcasted/published in 2012

SAJTCentar E8

www.e8.org.rs

WebsiteCentre E8

E8 blog Newletter OSMICA

Broj poseta putem mobilnih telefona/The number of visits via mobile phone:

Broj poseta/Number of multiple visits:

Broj jedinstevnih poseta/Number of single visits:

23.427 14.461

1.853

U 2012. godini smo pokrenuli E8 blog na našem sajtu. Do sada smo napisali preko 20 blogova. A koje teme su nas inspirisale da napišemo blog? Pa razne. Od toga kakav je položaj mladi u Evropi i Srbiji, kolika je sloboda medija u Srbiji, zašto treba pomagati ljudima, koliko su političari zaista odgovorni prema svojim građanima i građanka do toga kako je predstava Muškarčine uticala na jednu mladu osobu. A ko su E8 blogeri i blogerke? Tu su Aleksandra Maldžiski, Besnik Leka, Bojana Knežević, Branko Birač, Dejan Bojanić, Erna Oklapi, Jelena Ninčić, Jovan Grubić, Luka Božović, Madli Kaljula, Marija Kostic, Marina Ugrinić, Marko Malenčić, Natko Gereš, Nemanja Milisavljević, Vladimir Mihajlović i Vojislav Arsić.

In 2012 we started with the E8 blog on our website. Until now we there have been over 20 blogs published. Which subjects inspired us to write the blog? Various. Starting from the situation of youth in Europe and Serbia, the freedom of the media, the reasons for helping others, the extent of responsibility of politicians towards citizens, the influence of the Macho men theatre on a young person. Who are E8 bloggers? Among them you can find Aleksandra Maldžiski, Besnik Leka, Bojana Knežević, Branko Birač, Dejan Bojanić, Erna Oklapi, Jelena Ninčić, Jovan Grubić, Luka Božović, Madli Kaljula, Marija Kostic, Marina Ugrinić, Marko Malenčić, Natko Gereš, Nemanja Milisavljević, Vladimir Mihajlović and Vojislav Arsić.

Did you know that Centre E8 website was visited by people from Brazil, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, Argentina, Haiti, and New Zealand...?

Did you know that Centre E8 website was visited by people from Brazil, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, Argentina, Haiti, and New Zealand...?

Svakog 8-og u mesecu.U vašem inbox-u.Newsletter OSMICA!Šta smo radili u Centru E8 predhodnog meseca, emisija Centriranje, E8 blogovi, intervjui i info za mlade...Naš newletter stiže na 1.845 mailova svaki mesec.

U 2012. smo napisali 193 vesti. Čitajte nas i dalje!

Every 8th of the month.In your inbox.Newsletter EIGHT (OSMICA)!What Centre E8 did last month, Centriranje radio show, E8 blogs, interviews and info for youth...Our newsletter reaches 1.845 email addresses each month.

In 2012 we wrote 193 news.

Continue reading!

SAJTCentar E8

www.e8.org.rs

WebsiteCentre E8

E8 blog Newletter OSMICA

Broj poseta putem mobilnih telefona/The number of visits via mobile phone:

Broj poseta/Number of multiple visits:

Broj jedinstevnih poseta/Number of single visits:

23.427 14.461

1.853

We were also speaking at...

During 2012 we presented the work of our organisation on 19 conferences in 8 countries. Apart from that we were dealing with youth mobility, gender transformation, youth rights, we took part in making the YO! Magazine published by European Youth Forum, we learned about violence in sport and much more.

Tokom 2012. na 19 konferencija u 8 zemalja sveta predstavili smo rad naše organizacije. Ali pored toga, bavili smo se mobilizacijom mladih, transformacijom gender-a, pravim mladih, učestvovali smo u kreiranju magazine YO!, koji izdaje Evropski omladinski forum / European Youth Forum, učili o nasilju u sportu i još mnogo toga.

Konferencija/ Conference SHARE 2 26-28. 04. 2012., Beograd, SrbijaOrganizator/ Organiser: SHARE conference

“ Transforming the Gendered Culture of Schools”27. 09. 2012., Washington DC, USAOrganizatori/ Organiser: Society for International Development, Save the Children, Promundo, CARE International, ICRW

Završna konferencija projekta „Borba protiv seksualnog i rodno zasnovanog nasilja“Final conference of the project „Combating sexual and gender based violence“27-28. 09. 2012., Aranđelovac, SrbijaOrganizatori/ Organiser: Uprava za rodnu ravnopravost Ministarstva rada, zapošljavanja i socijalne politike, UNDP / The office for gender equality of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Policy, UNDP

“Safer, better, stronger!” Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Abuse in Sports20-21. novembar 2012., Berlin, NemačkaOrganizatori/ Organisers: Deutsche Sport Jugend, European Commission, FIBA, Youth sport in Europe

During 2012 we presented the work of our organisation on 19 conferences in 8 countries of the world.

Tokom 2012. na 19 konferencija u 8 zemalja sveta predstavili smo rad naše organizacije.

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