The project “Strengthening resilience of older persons and persons with disabilities during COVID-19 and future disasters” is a three year initiative in the region of the Western Balkans, coordinated by the Red Cross of Serbia and supported by the European Union, Austrian Development Agency and Austrian Red Cross. Started in late 2020, it connects civil […]
Ten years after the implementation of the baseline study on Women’s Entrepreneurship, the SeConS Development Initiative Group, with the support of UN Women, is conducting a new study to assess the current position of women entrepreneurs in Serbia and assess the impact of policies, strategies, initiatives and individual programs implemented by the Government of Serbia. […]
Monitoring social situation in Serbia (MONS) is an online platform, launched jointly by the Foundation for the Advancement of Economics FREN and SeConS Development Initiative Group, in order to better present results of socioeconomic research and increase its significance an impact on processes of adopting public policies. The platform was launched to establish a dialogue between […]
SeConS is currently working on development of the National Report on Gender Equality Index for Serbia Women and Men, that will give more visibility to areas that need improvement and support policy makers to design more effective gender equality measures. Collection of all the necessary data and calculation of the Gender Equality Index will be […]
Rapid assessment of the abuse of child labor on the streets of Serbia is part of a project that has been implemented in the period 2019-2023 by the International Labor Organization office in Serbia, with the support of the United States Department of Labor, under the title “Measurement, awareness-raising and policy engagement to accelerate action […]
SeConS Development Initiative Group participates in the project “Improving the safety of women and girls by increasing the effect of safe houses for victims of gender-based violence and domestic violence”, which is being implemented by the Women’s Support Center Kikinda, in cooperation with the United Nations Agency for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Serbia […]
SeConS Development Initiative Group has launched monitoring and evaluation of the project “Road to recovery: Improving services for victims of sexual violence in Vojvodina”, which is being implemented by the Women’s Support Center Kikinda, aided by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. The general goal of the project is to provide women […]
In close cooperation with the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Development Program in Montenegro, the SeConS expert team developed the Strategy on Deinstitutionalization in Montenegro for the period 2023-2027. The draft was prepared taking into account relevant national regulations and analyses in the field of social and child protection, as well as […]
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Global Compact Network Serbia held its first meeting in 2024
The Global Compact Network Serbia members convened for their first meeting in 2024 to discuss the Network’s strategic goals and upcoming activities. A portion of the meeting was also devoted to deliberating on the similarities and differences between the ESG concept and the Sustainable Development Goals, and the significance of their integration in the pursuit of sustainable development. This was also an opportunity to learn more about the new members and the sustainable practices they follow.
SeConS commenced cooperation with the BAPUSS Department of Art and Design
SeConS Development Initiative Group and the Department of Art and Design of the Belgrade Business and Arts Academy of Applied Studies have entered into an agreement on cooperation that will enable students in Basic and Master Applied Studies to present and publish in SeConS publications their signature watermark photographs created as part of their course work in Photography.
MICS6 – Secondary Analysis
UNICEF in Serbia conducted additional analysis of the MICS survey from 2019, but also using available data collected through the previous MICS surveys (2005, 2010, 2014). Experts from the SeConS Development Initiative Group participated in MICS6 – Secondary analyses.
Gender Equality Indices in the Western Balkans and Turkey
The Gender Equality Index is a unique measuring instrument important for monitoring the progress of gender equality in various areas of society, not only in the EU but also among the Western Balkans and Turkey. It facilitates a comparison at the regional level among EU member states, candidate countries, and potential candidates.
Training session “Knowledge Transfers in Agriculture for the Advancement of Gender Equality” was held
Prof. Marija Babović, PhD, director of the SeConS programme, spoke on the topic of “Gender equality in Serbia: concepts, situation, and policies” and the executive director of SeConS Olivera Vuković gave a presentation on “Programmes of social and economic support for rural women”.
The latest issue of MONS: Fiscal policy, poverty, and inequality in Serbia
How was a system of taxes and social benefits created on the foundations of neoliberal ideology in the early 2000s, leading to a significant deterioration in the relative position of the lower classes? What is the current state of poverty and social exclusion according to the most recent SILC data? What characterizes intergenerational mobility in Serbia, and how could inheritance and gift tax reform encourage this mobility? Is there a need for a thorough reform of labor taxation?
The Conference in Sarajevo: Long-term care services
On the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons, SeConS Executive Director Olivera Vuković attended the “Celebrating Life” conference in Sarajevo, where she addressed Access to long-term care services in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“Consolidating the democratization process in the security sector in Serbia”: Presentation of the evaluation findings
Today we presented final evaluation findings of the fifth phase of the OSCE Mission to Serbia project “Consolidating the democratization process in the security sector in Serbia” (DEMSEC project). In line with the OECD-DAC standard evaluation criteria and in line with recently adopted OSCE Evaluation policy, the evaluation assessed the relevance, coherence, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of the project.