Serbia

BETA News Agency
$49,800*
To increase the accessibility of high quality, unbiased information in Serbia and Republika Srpska in Bosnia-Herzegovina. BETA will use Endowment funding to cover the subscription costs of its news services for eight struggling independent media outlets in Republika Srpska and a news and photo service for the Local Press Association of Serbia.

Center for Anti-War Action
$40,545*
To encourage greater civic activism at the local level and advance citizens' knowledge of the basic principles of democratic processes, civic activism, and human rights. The Center will expand the impact of its NGO network by developing the organizational capacities of its four regional centers and establishing a new center in Vojvodina. Activities will include educational seminars, workshops, roundtables, publications, and a national conference.

Center for Civil-Military Relations
$43,900*
To increase the transparency and accountability of the army, police, and intelligence services in Serbia and raise public awareness of the need for reforms in this sector. The Center will produce a series of documentaries on civilian control of the army, police, and intelligence services, Serbia's future integration into Euro-Atlantic structures, and the need for reforms.

Center for Interethnic Reconciliation, School for Investigative Journalism
$68,000*
To promote the development of free and democratic media in Serbia. The School for Investigative Journalism will hold a series of training seminars for 200 young reporters, editors, and managers from the print and electronic media in five municipalities in southeastern Serbia and the Sandzak. The courses will cover the principles of professional journalism, media management, and media technology.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$112,887
To aid the Center for Liberal-Democratic Studies (CLDS) in equipping Serbian journalists with skills to assess the progress of economic reform and the accuracy of information on economic and business topics from governmental and private sources. CLDS will provide journalism training seminars and will establish a network of journalists from different regions of the country.

Center for the Development of Parliamentary Debate
$33,660*
To promote communication and dialogue among young politicians in Serbia. The Center will organize ten mock parliamentary debates for young leaders from the youth wings of democratically-oriented political parties. The Center will also conduct five advanced skills-building workshops for 100 participants on leadership, debate, and communication skills and a four-day debate summer camp for 20 of the programs' most active and gifted participants.

Medienhilfe/Radio BOOM 93, Radio Ozon, Radio Patak, OK Radio, STV Negotin, Radio City, Radio TV M+
$136,430*
To support the operations of key sources of independent information in Serbia. Medienhilfe will use Endowment funding to cover the basic operating costs of local radio and TV stations committed to promoting multi-ethnic coexistence in Serbia and professional standards of free speech and objectivity.

Organization for Development and Democracy Bujanovac (ODDB)
$24,231*
To increase the transparency of local municipalities, promote citizen participation in local government, and assist in easing tensions between southern Serbia's diverse ethnic groups. ODDB will monitor local government assemblies, publish the minutes of assembly meetings and distribute them to the public, and facilitate citizen outreach to their assembly representatives through a question and answer forum.

Poster for a B92 documentary on the shelling of Vukovar, the first major war crime committed during the Yugoslav conflict of the 1990s.

Radio Television B92
$88,660*
To raise awareness and understanding of the Serbian and Croatian public of the events of the past decade and the responsibility of their leaders for crimes committed during the disintegration of Yugoslavia. B92 will produce and broadcast a documentary examining the complex series of events leading up to and immediately following the three-month-long shelling of Vukovar, a town in Croatian Eastern Slavonia.

Student Union of Serbia
$50,000*
To encourage greater youth involvement in the country's reform processes and to build its capacity to represent student interests on the campuses of Serbia's four main universities. The Student Union of Serbia will establish new chapters, conduct a national membership drive, organize a campaign for university reform, publish informational materials representing student interests, and train student leaders in organizational and leadership skills.