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Youth need safe spaces where they can come together, engage in activities related to their diverse needs and interests, participate in decision-making processes and freely express themselves. While there are many types of spaces, safe spaces ensure the dignity and safety of youth. Safe spaces such as civic spaces enable Continue Reading →
“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” Franklin D. Roosevelt, from Great Speeches The Danube Peace Boat Platform can be a tool for sustainable development, inclusion, reconciliation and peace, intercultural and interfaith dialogue and understanding. Four years ago, MEC Continue Reading →
Highlights: Unity in Diversity – World Civil Society, Serbia Launch, 25-27 July 2017 By Mr Peter Pece Gorgievski and Mr Miomir Rajcevic The Danube Peace Boat and Unity in Diversity-World Civil Society Serbia event opened in the city of Novi Sad – the third largest city next to Belgrade, the Continue Reading →
Travel more than 10,000 years in the past Lepen Whirl (Serbian: Lepenski Vir) is an important Mesolithic archaeological site located in Serbia in the central Balkan peninsula. The latest radiocarbon and AMS data suggest that the chronology of Lepen Whirl is compressed between 9500/7200-6000 BC. There is some disagreement about the Continue Reading →
World Environment Day is observed on the 5th of June every year across the globe is the largest annual event for positive environmental action. This Day aims to deepen public awareness of the need to preserve and enhance the environment where we all live. The Danube Peace Boat 2017 will Continue Reading →
UNESCO-supported discussion on Media and Information Literacy in Serbia: Cross-sector approach for all generations Young people are faced with a challenge they might not even be aware of: from whom will they learn about Media and Information Literacy (MIL)? Parents, often themselves lacking MIL skills, are rarely aware of the Continue Reading →
My Danube Peace Boat Experience By Laura Gaynor, Ireland It’s more than a month since the Danube Peace Boat, and yet, I still find myself thinking and talking about it to my friends. Though I only visited one country, I felt like I visited eight. When I first heard about Continue Reading →
We are sailing again! It is two short points mentioned by Ms. Silvia Fridrich after research of our Project Concept: Innovation and Action means CHANGE because We are the BOAT. So, we are traveling and our daily reports will include all of you in our journey. From first to the last episode, EVERYDAY INSIDER! Continue Reading →
Investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova has been released from prison in Azerbaijan. Khadija, who turns 40 on Friday, had been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison on trumped-up financial charges in September 2015, having been detained since December 2014. The remainder of her sentence was commuted to a three-year conditional sentence. She Continue Reading →
UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova “I call on everyone to stand united in defending and encouraging press freedom and the right to access to information. This is essential for human rights and dignity, for our aspirations for sustainable development, for common determination to build lasting peace.” Every year, on the 3rd Continue Reading →
