[:sr]One od evropskih zvaničnika kojima je deklaracija poslata očekuju da se i dalje odlučno bore i da:
potvrde perspektivu pridruživanja zemalja Zapadnog Balkana i otvaranje pristupnih pregovora sa Severnom Makedonijom i Albanijom, viznu liberalizaciju za građane i građanke Kosova i ubrzavanje integracija Bosne i Hercegovine u EU;
podrže napore u borbi za ženska ljudska prava i rodnu ravnopravnost u zemljama Zapadnog Balkana;
podrže napore na izgradnji jake regionalne mreže žena posevećenih EU integracijama.
Akademija ženskog liderstva[1], u saradnji sa Fondacijom Friedrich Ebert, je u drugoj polovini 2019. Godine organizovala prvu zajedničku „Regionalnu FES aktivističku Akademiju ženskog liderstva“. Ova Akademija je bila namenjena aktivistkinjama iz socijaldemokratskih stranka i društvenih pokreta iz čitavog regiona Zapadnog Balkana. Cilj Akademije je bio povezivanje aktivistkinja u širi front borbe za ravnopravnija, razvijenija, socijalno odgovornija društva, zasnovana na evropskim vrednostima mira i blagostanja, društva po meri žena.
Akademiju su finansijski pomogli Regionalna kancelarija FES – SOE Dijalog uJugoistočnoj Evropi i Fondacija Max van der Stöel.
[1] Akademija ženskog liderstva je udruženje građanki i građana nastalo iz programa koji je 2012, pokrenuo Nacionalni demokratski institut, a koji su zajednički realizovali Beogradski fond za političku izuzetnost, Centar modernih veština i Centar za podršku ženama. Osnovni zadatak Akademije je da okuplja i jača kapacitete žena angažovanih u javnom i političkom životu Srbije i povezuje ih u borbi za unapređenje ženskih ljudskih prava i rodne ravnopravnosti. Akademija danas ima više od 170 alumnistkinja koje su narodne poslanice, odbornice, članice gradskih i opštinskih veća, državne sekretarke, direktorke…[:]
[:sr]We believe in the social-democratic achievements that the European family of nations relies upon and we want to fight for them in today’s European Union. With that, we primarily mean peace, equality, tolerance, rule of law, solidarity, internationalism, social justice, social cohesion, equitable sustainable development, environment protection, gender equality and universal human rights.
We are aware that any delay in the European Union accession means undermining women’s and human rights in each of our respective countries. Therefore we the Western Balkans activists, are ready to work together and contribute to our countries’ the EU Members States as soon a possible.
We, participants of the Academy, firmly believe in the benefits of European integration. It assists us in overcoming the consequences of the wars in the nineties, in establishing regional cooperation and building our countries as democratic communities and successful economies.
At the moment when we are facing the backsliding of the rule of law, the loss of the achieved women’s rights, uneven development, security threats, massive depopulation of our countries, climate change and lack of regional cooperation, your support is indispensable.
We know that you have invested serious efforts in making the European Council’s decisions different. It is necessary at this moment, with the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union fast approaching, to reinforce the Union. That can and must be best achieved by completing the EU area with faster integration of the Western Balkan countries.
That Albania and North Macedonia have met all the prerequisites to open the negotiations is evidence-based, and so has Kosovo for visa liberalisation. It is necessary to respond rapidly and correct the errors made by the European Council’s October decisions.
We remain open to active participation in a dialogue on new models of our countries EU accession.
We expect you to continue the unswerving fight for:
Confirmation of the Western Balkan’s European perspective and opening the accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania, visa liberalisation for the citizens of Kosovo and expedition of the EU integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Support to our endeavours in fighting for women’s and human rights and gender equality in our countries;
Support our efforts in building a strong regional network of women committed to EU integration.
Faithfully,
The participants of the First Social Democratic Regional Women’s Leadership Academy and the Academy’s team
Ana Manojlović Stakić – Belgrade
Sonja Licht – Belgrade
Marijana Pajvančić – Novi Sad
Sonja Lokar – Ljubljana
Marija Srdić – Novi Sad
Biljana Stepanov – Kikinda
Karolina Leaković – Zagreb
Maja Sedlarević – Novi Sad
Adriana Zaharijević – Belgrade
Besima Borić – Visoko
Marina Hughson – Belgrade
Višnja Baćanović – Novi Sad
Erisa Kryeziu – Tirana
Asena Kantarci – Prizren
Sanja Renić – Zenica
Slađana Pavlović Đuričić – Obrenovac
Nataša Dimeska – Prilep
Sonja Kovač – Osijek
Nela Tonković – Subotica
Samra Gabeljić – Tuzla
Ana Avramovska – Ohrid
Maja Sporiš – Zagreb
Svetlana M. Vučetik – Novo Selo
Dragica Anđelić – Podgorica
Vanja Lakić – Banja Luka
Mirela Memić – Lukavac
Amina Jekalović – Breza
Draga Rakić – Vršac
Maja Martinić – Beograd
Dušica Žižić – Podgorica
Dragana Radulović – Podgorica
Svetlana Cenić – Sarajevo
Diellez Arifi – Prishtina
Tringë Arifi – Prishtina
Morena Guce – Tirana
Kristina Prhal Mišić – Zagreb
Ivana Cvetanovcka – Skopje
Miloš Đajić – Belgrade
Igor Jojkić – Belgrade
Tamara Jovanović – Belgrade
[1]Friedrich Ebert Stiftung’s offices in Serbia and Montenegro, together with the Women’s Leadership Academy from Serbia, organized the first “Social Democratic Regional Women’s Leadership Academy“ intended for active women from left-wing political parties and social movements in the Western Balkan countries, aiming at connecting and empowering them in political action based on the values and ideals of social democracy.
Konferencija je održana na državnom univerzitetu Yanka Kupala u Grodnom. Ovo prelepo zdanje kao i svečana sala su bili posebno inspirativni za preko 100 učesnika i učesnica foruma. Tema foruma je bila uključivanje žena u rad lokalnih samouprava. I U belarusiji kao i na drugim mestima na ovom svetu žene su manje zastupljene na mestima odlučivanja.
Ovo je bila prilika da čujemo uspešne priče žena kao i razmenimo primere dobre prakse iz Rusije, Kazahstana, Azerbejdžana, Belarusije, Švedske, Finske, Hrvatske, Srbije, Poljske, Italije… Na samom otvaranj Ajla Van Heen iz ODHIR-a je izjavila „Važno je preduzimati zajedničke akcije, učiti jedni od drugih i osigurati učešće žena u svim sferama života, bilo da se radi o politici, ekonomiji ili bilo kojoj drugoj oblasti života“. Podsetila je da „Vlade moraju ozbiljno da razumeju svoje međunarodno preuzete obaveze o rodnoj ravnopravnosti i da aktivno rade na stvaranju uslova za razvoj dece, da obezbede ravnotežu između posla i života i jednake mogućnosti za sve žene, kao i da obezbede mehanizme da žene i muškarci aktivno učestvuju u svojim zajednicama.“
Kroz niz tematskih radionica veliki broj okupljenih učesnica i učesnika foruma razgovaralo je o predlozima rešenja za današnje izazove. okupio je učesnike foruma kako bi pronašli praktična rešenja za identifikovane izazove.
Pokazalo se da je Akademija jedinstven projekat koji je predstavljao pravo osveženje kao nova ideja koja omogućava direktnu podršku liderkama na lokalu.
Beleške i prezentacija koju je Miloš predstavio
Women leadership Academy was established in 2011 as a National Democratic Institute program (NDI). They organized two national WLA in 2011 and 2012. After that, NDI left Serbia and in 2013 they announced a public call to continue the program. Three organizations made consortium and applied, Belgrade fund for political excellence, Center of modern skills and Center for women support. We received the possibility to continue the program. After that, we organized the fourth annual Academy. In 2017, we decided to register WLA as an organization. Our management structure is very inclusive. The steering committee, which leads the Academy, represents three organizations and has one representative of Alumni club and one representative of the program board.
Women leadership is very important, especially at the local level. If we can educate women leaders at the local level, we can improve living conditions for many women in that local community. We help and support them in different ways, such as education, mentoring programs, establishing connections with local and national NGOs and with expert knowledge. Our idea is to inspire them to start fighting for gender equality at the local level. To establish and improve local gender mechanisms, to establish and improve local women councilors’ network, to work on mechanisms for the protection of women in case of violence, establish a connection with women entrepreneurs, working on gender budgeting, etc. WLA is a well-known organization that promotes our participants in different ways, through social networks and on different occasions, such as conferences, meetings, public hearings, etc.
We have had so many good examples of their good work in the previous period. Some of our participants established solid local mechanisms of gender equality. This mechanism is a local council body that monitors all decisions, initiates different gender equality programs and reacts in the case of discrimination. In addition, some of them are working very closely with women entrepreneurs. They organized a campaign for promoting gender equality and eliminating violence against women. We can also see the work of local councilors’ women network as a good practice. Their work has made local political agenda more gender-sensitive. In this way, they could talk about all aspects of gender equality
Serbia is well placed on all lists that measure women’s participation. We have many women in high positions at different levels in our state, including the Prime Minister, President of Parliament, 34% of women in Parliament, 5 female ministers in Government, National Bank Governor, etc. However, these women do not work on the gender issue and do not look at their everyday jobs through the gender perspective. The current Government needs to show its openness and their respect for the European democratic standard.
However, the situation with gender equality, especially at the local level, is regressing. Serbia society is now completely divided. All international reports show a decrease in democratic standards, rule of law, a problem with free and equal election processes, pressure on journalists and media and strong attack on all opposition parties. The strongest opposition alliance announced a boycott of the next parliamentary elections. MEP delegation started negotiations with political parties in September to improve election conditions. For women, this atmosphere is very bad. They do not feel safe and have the fear of being attacked by the „yellow press“.
WLA participates in all activities regarding the adoption of the new gender equality law. Unofficially, the main problem is 40% quota. Through our Alumni network, we monitor local gender mechanisms. Last year, we participated in writing shadow reports for the CEDAW committee and GREVIO. We always react when some of the prominent women in political life are attacked.
I am a feminist. I want to leave a better world without discrimination, violence, sexual harassment and pay gap for my two daughters. I am in charge of the WLA steering committee because our statute says that some of the representatives of partners’ organization must lead it. For me, this is my permanent position.[:]
[:sr]Akademija je četvorodnevna obuka namenjena liderkama iz različitih stranaka, zainteresovanim da aktivno učestvuju u kreiranju političkog života Srbije i da kroz svoj angažman doprinesu poboljšanju položaja žena u društvu. Akademija ženskog liderstva je program koji je u Srbiji sprovodio Nacionalni demokratski institut (NDI) do 2013. godine, kada su ga preuzele tri organizacije na otvorenom konkursu.
Akademija je namenjena političarkama, koje ispunjavaju sledeće opšte uslove:
da su aktivne članice političkih stranaka, političkih pokreta ili grupa građana
da obavljaju javnu funkciju (u izvršnoj ili zakonodavnoj vlasti) ili da imaju želju da se kandiduju za javnu funkciju
da su spremne da kontinuiranim učenjem grade svoju karijeru i da su zainteresovane za oblast rodne ravnopravnosti
da dele vrednost solidarnosti – žele i reaguju u situaciji napada na žene ili kada je nekoj ženi potrebna pomoć i ohrabrenje
da, ukoliko budu izabrane, savezno odgovore obavezama koje su prihvatile u okviru Akademije ženskog liderstva
Posebnu pažnju ćemo posvetiti političkim strankama, organizacijama i grupama građana čije su članice zastupljene u novim sazivima predstavničkih tela – republičkog i pokrajinskog parlamenta, kao i skupština opština. U cilju formiranja izbalanasirane grupe učesnica, posebno ohrabrujemo pripadnice manjinskih nacionalnih zajednica da se prijave.
Ove godine na Akademiji će biti zastupljene sledeće teme:
Istorija i rezultati borbe za ženska ljudska prava
Diskusija sa narodnim i pokrajinskim poslanicama
Politički sistem i važnost učešća žena u političkom odlučivanju
Pravni i institucionalni okvir za dostizanje rodne ravnopravnosti u Srbiji
Lokalne politike rodne ravnopravnosti
Položaj žena iz ugroženih grupa
Liderske veštine na ženski način
Životne priče liderki
Veštine javnog nastupa, argumentacije i debate
Pored predavanja, treninga i radionica na kojima se bavimo navedenim temama, program Akademije inkorporira dodatne oblike aktivnosti. Pored sticanja znanja i veština, polaznice Akademije imaće priliku da se sretnu i razgovaraju sa iskusnim političarkama i parlamentarkama, ali i sa liderkama ostvarenim u razičitim profesijama i ulogama. Predviđene su projekcije filmova koji tematski odgovaraju na teme koje su u fokusu Akademije ženskog liderstva, kao i video snimanje i analiza javnog nastupa svake od učesnica. Konačno, biće odvojeno i vreme za upoznavanje, umrežavanje i druženje učesnica programa.
Osnovne informacije o programu:
program Akademije će biti realizovan kroz jedan četvorodnevni seminar i prateće aktivnosti: sastanke sa mehanizmima za rodnu ravnopravnost i drugim nadležnim institucijama, zagovaranje za unapređenje normativnog okvira, kao i sastanke sa ženskim nevladinim organizacijama
na seminarima će biti prisutno do 30 učesnica
predavači/ice na seminaru će biti istaknuti stručnjaci/kinje i javne ličnosti
organizatori snose troškove seminara, smeštaja i prevoza kao i svih pratećih aktivnosti
polaznice koje budu učestvovale na Akademiji ženskog liderstva će po završetku programa dobiti potvrdu o uspešno završenom programu i postaće deo alumni kluba Akademije.
Potrebno je da kandidatkinja popuni online prijavu Akademije ženskog liderstva (EDIT: link do prijave je ukinut, jer je konkurs završen) o razlozima za uključivanje u politiku i bavljenje rodnom ravnopravnošću na najkasnije do ponedeljka, 18. jula 2016. godine. Za sve dodatne informacije moguće je kontaktirati Bogdana Uroševića, koordinatora programa, putem telefona +381 11 3036 520 ili putem mejla burosevic@bfpe.org
Selekcija kandidatinja obaviće se u periodu od 18. jula do 18. avgusta na osnovu sledećih kriterijuma:
Iskazana motivacija za bavljenje politikom
Iskustvo i prethodni angažman u politici u bavljenju rodnom ravnopravnošću
Posvećenost vrednostima rodne ravnopravnosti
Funkciji u okviru političke partije/pokreta
Učešću u institucijama izvršne ili zakonodavne vlasti, ili u organima javne uprave.
Izveštaje sa prošlogodišnjih seminara možete pogledati na našem sajtu: Novi Sad i Niš
Program Akademije ženskog liderstva je omogućen velikodušnom podrškom američkog naroda kroz Američku agenciju za međunarodni razvoj (USAID). Sadržaj programa je isključiva odgovornost Beogradskog fonda za političku izuzetnost, Centra modernih veština i Centra za podršku ženama i ne predstavlja stavove USAID-a ili Vlade SAD.
[:en]The Academy is a four-day training intended for women leaders from different parties, interested in actively taking part in forming the Serbian political life and contributing to women’s position in the society through their engagement. The Women’s Leadership Academy is a program which was conducted in Serbia by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) until 2013, when it was taken over by three organisations at an open contest.
The Academy is meant for women politicians which meet the following requirements:
– They are active members of political parties, political movements or citizens groups
– They preform a public function (in executive or legislative government) or have a desire to run for a public function
– They are ready to build their careers through continuous learning and are interested in the gender equality topic
– They believe in values of solidarity – they desire to act and react in situations where women are being attacked or when women are in need of help and encouragement
– If they are selected, they will meet the obligations taken within The Women’s Leadership Academy
A special focus will be on political parties, organisations and citizens groups whose members are present in the new convocation of representative bodies – the republic’s and provincial legislature, as well as municipality assemblies. In order to form a balanced group of participants, we especially encourage members of national minority communities to apply for The Academy.
This year, The Aacademy will take on the following subjects:
– The history and results of the battle for women’s human rights
– Discussion with national and provincial women lawmakers
– The political system and the importance of women’s participation in the political decision-making process
– Local policies on gender equality
– Position of women from groups at risk
– Leadership skills the women’s way
– Public performance skills, arugmentation and debates
Aside from lectures, trainings and workshops dealing with the mentioned subjects, the program of The Academy incorporates additional activities. Alongside acquiring knowledge and skills, the Academy’s trainees will gain an opportunity to meet and speak to experienced women politicians and parlamentaries, as well as women leaders successful in various professions and roles. The Academy will also include screenigs of films with suitable themes that are to be discussed, as well as producing videos and analysis of public appearances of each participant. Finally, a certain amount of time will be dedicated to acquaintance, networking and socializing among the participants.
Key information on the program:
– The program of The Academy is to be conducted through a four-day seminar and follow-up activities: meetings with institutions and mechanisms dealing with gender equality, advocacy for improvment of the normative framework, as well as meetings with women’s NGOs.
– The seminars will include up to 30 participants
– The lecturers on the seminars are distinguished experts and public personas
– The organisers will cover the seminar, accomodation, transfer fees, as well as additional costs for follow-up activities;
– The participants at The Women’ Leadership Academy will receive a certificate for successful completion of the program upon its conclusion and will become a part of The Academy’s Alumni Club.
The candidates should fill out an online application for The Women’s Leadership Academy including their reasons for their engagement in politics and gender equality, no later than Monday, July 18th 2016. For further information please contact our program coordinator, Mr. Bogdan Urošević either by phone: +381 11 3036 520 or via email at burosevic@bfpe.org.
The selection process will take place between July 18th and August 18th and will be conducted based on following criteria:
– Manifestation od motivation for for political engagement
– Experience and previous engagement in politics on the field of equal rights
– The function preformed within the political party/movement
– Participation in executive or legislative government, or public administrative bodies
The reports from the previous Academy seminars can be accesed on the Women’s Leadership Adademy website: Novi Sad and Nis
The program of The Women’s Leadership Academy is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The program content is the exclusive responsibility of The Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence, The Centre of Modern Skills and The Centre for Support of Women and does not represent the actual stands and positions of the USAID or the Government of The United States of America.[:]
