#ACTCommunityEvent
1st – 3rd June 2022
Venue: Hotel M, Bulevar Oslobođenja 56a, Belgrade
With around 200 supported organizations through 6 grant schemes and over 100 grants, ACT project wants to gather all its grantees in a two-day event in Belgrade. After more than two years of working online, we believe it is high time for organizations to meet in person, exchange, network and learn from each other. Given the importance and size of the event, focusing on ACT’s core would involve everyone and bring the most value to the participants.
The event will provide plenty of opportunities to the participants to network and connect through their areas of expertise, but the main focus should be on the topics that affect the civil society as a whole.
No. of participants: up to 250(incl. ACT Team) in compliance with all epidemiological measures.
ACT COMMUNITY EVENT PROGRAM
DAY 1
Wednesday, 1st June 2022
ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE AFTERNOON
| 16:00h – 16:30h | REGISTRATION | ||
| 16:30h – 17:00h | OPENING SPEECHES | – Richard Kohli, Director of the Swiss Cooperation Office, Belgrade – Jens Engeli, International Team Leader – ACT / Regional Director of HELVETAS Eastern Europe – Maja Stojanovic, Executive Director, Civic Initiatives Conference hosts: Marija Vujkovic, Civic Initiatives and Marko Rakic, Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation SRB | |
| 17:00h – 18:00h | Key Note speech | Bistra Kumbaroska, Managing Partner at Heartbeats Innovation & Communication | |
| 18:00h – 20:30h | RECEPTION/COCKTAIL |
DAY 2
Thursday, 2nd June 2022
| 09:00h – 09:30h | REGISTRATION | |
| 9:30h – 11:00h | PANEL DISCUSSION: Growing influence of civic activism in the Western Balkans | – Daliborka Uljarevic, Centre for Civic Education, Montenegro – Marina Skrabalo, Solidarna Foundation for Human Rights and Solidarity, Croatia – Safet Kubat, Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina Moderator: Bojana Selaković, Program Director, Civic Initiatives |
| 11:00h – 11:30h | Coffee break | |
| 11:30h – 13:30h | BREAKOUT PARALLEL SESSIONS | Breakout Group I: ADVOCACY IN STATE CAPTURE – Doing advocacy in 2022 in Serbia – which strategies and methods are actually working? Facilitator: Dragoslava Barzut, Public Policy Program Manager, Civic Initiatives Breakout Group II : CSOS – LGS COOPERATION: Remaining space for cooperation with local authorities – is there any window of opportunity? This sub-group will gather 16 CSOs that are ACT grantees on Partnerships grant scheme and additionally other participants interested in this topic Facilitator: Danijela Bozovic, Project Officer CSO and LG Cooperation, ACT Breakout Group III: SOLIDARITY VS. POLARIZATION – division, networking and cooperation of the civil society – how to increase it? Facilitator: Katarina Djukic, Capacity Building Coordinator, Civic Initiatives |
| 13:30h – 13:45h | Break | |
| 13:45h – 14:30h | BREAKOUT SESSION INSIGHTS | |
| 14:30h – 16:00h | Lunch | |
| 19:30h | Networking and social event (cocktail with drinks & DJ at the hotel premises) |
DAY 3
Friday, 3rd June 2022
| 09:00h – 09:30h | REGISTRATION | |
| 09:30h -12:00h | PILOTING QUALITY ASSURANCE STANDARDS (QAS) IN CIVIL SOCIETY SECTOR IN SERBIA: Experience of ACT institutional grantees | – Facilitator: Tina Divjak, CNVOS –Center for Information, Participation and Development of NGOs, Slovenia |
| 12:00h – 12:30h | Coffee break | |
| 12:30h -13:00h | PRESENTATION OF KEY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BREAKOUT GROUPS | |
| 12:15h – 12:45h | CLOSING REMARKS | – Jens Engeli, International Team Leader – ACT / Regional Director of HELVETAS Eastern Europe – Maja Stojanovic, Executive Director of Civic Initiatives |
| 13:00h – 14:00h | Lunch | |
| 14:00h | Departure of participants |