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Attractive workplace for all – Joint Initiative


The project "Attractive workplace for all" focuses on poor working conditions and Decent Work deficits which results in SER violations, social exclusion and increased vulnerability. We want to contribute to better socio economic development in Serbia through improving the working conditions and promoting the Decent Work agenda by mobilizing citizens and CSOs, influencing policy and creating effective interaction with the media.

Our goal is to make wide support for Decent Work agenda as one of most important conditions for socio-economic development in Serbia through raising public awareness and knowledge on this topic and synergy between citizens and all stakeholders.

Central part of the project is "Crno na belo" campaign which will motivate and encourage citizens to fight for their workers' rights and speak up about workers' rights violations. Some of our concerns are such as unpaid work, unregistered work, occupational safety and health, discrimination, mobbing.  

Our activities are various:
  • Communication and interaction - we offer integral, informative and interactive on-line platform www.crnonabelo.com) where useful advices and direction for workers' rights protection can be found, as well as many examples of good and bad practices. We are active in social media also.  
  • Support network - built through established network encompassing prominent figures from culture, independent institutions, businesses,  media in purpose of Decent work agenda promotion 
  • Local coalitions - we target local decision makers, businesses, and CSOs  
  • Street actions - direct communication with citizens on suggested topics and public appearance
  • Individual testimonials gathering
  • State institution efficiency analysis - necessary changes in legal/institutional framework will be identified, formulated, presented and advocated for among policy makers on local and national level
  • NGOs Mobilizing Rally -  massive gathering of NGOs activists for Decent work agenda support

1. Our messages are designed for workforce

2. Our partnership building activities are directed to non-governmental organizations, media, syndicates, professional associations, business sector, independent bodies and specific government institutions.

3. Our advocacy activities involve all relevant decision makers and institutions - MPs, misdemeanor courts, labor inspectorates, local decision makers and relevant ministry representatives.  

Expected results:   
  • More powerful citizens' voices in influencing public policy
  • NGOs becoming an important actor in representing citizens' major concerns
  • Built wider public support for improvement of working conditions and decent work agenda in general 
  • Proposed guidelines for improvement/ better protection of workers' rights by recommending changes in legislation and the work of relevant institutions.    

Project is implemented by six non-governmental organizations - Center for Democracy Foundation, Center for the Development of the Non Profit Sector, Centre for New Communications Dokukino, Timok club, Resource center Majdanpek and NGO Together, together and supported by USAID through The Institute for Sustainable Communities.  
 

    
 
Center for Democracy Foundation is one of the most experienced and competent non-governmental organizations in Serbia. It was founded in 1994 by Professor Dragoljub Mićunović and a group of prominent Intellectuals. Center for Democracy Foundation is recognized in the public mostly by its seven-year project POLITEIA and the project for fostering women employment, while its most important current projects include: Democratic political forum, launched with the goal of establishing European public policies in Serbia, as well as the Power of our Social Responsibility which deals with the promotion of economic and social rights of the employees.