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Late, Late Night: O Canada
O Canada – The Family That Dwelt Apart
A toon in honor of my patrilineal heritage on Canada Day, and, on a Full Moon…! 😉
What's on your mind tonite…?
O Canada – The Family That Dwelt Apart
A toon in honor of my patrilineal heritage on Canada Day, and, on a Full Moon…! 😉
What's on your mind tonite…?
Ultimately, it's about pride.
Greece is in dire straits. As a Greek American, it hurts to watch.
Without emergency loans from its European partners, Greece will default on its debts and likely be forced out of the Eurozone. That means tougher times ahead for Greece, Europe, and international financial markets.
In exchange for a short-term loan, European powers led by Germany want the Greek government to impose brutal new austerity measures on its people. So why won't Greece take the deal?
First, some background: Past Greek governments are largely to blame for the country's fiscal woes.
In 1981, Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou famously told his finance minister to "spend it all." And that's exactly what he did.
Greece became the first European country to allow all workers to retire with a full pension at the age of 55. A worker in a "dangerous industry" could retire even earlier. But "dangerous industries" ended up including everybody from hairdressers to radio disc jockeys.
In the meantime, the government hired everybody who wanted or needed a job. The public sector ballooned to unsustainable levels, and practically everybody was retiring early at full pension.
Later on, conservative governments jumped on the bandwagon too, handing fat government benefits to their supporters. Tax evasion ran rampant and the entire political system was corrupted.
The system was bound to collapse, and collapse it did. A few years ago, Greece's neighbors and the International Monetary Fund loaned the country money to make ends meet.
But instead of eating the losses on their banks' bad investments, the Europeans — and especially the Germans — demanded harsh austerity cuts that shredded Greece's social safety net, gutted the public sector, and plunged the country deeper into despair.
Fed up with the resulting poverty and unemployment, Greeks rejected their mainstream political parties in the last election and replaced them with the left-wing Syriza party. Led by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Syriza campaigned on protecting Greece's now-huge underclass from Europe's dictates.
Why would the Greeks risk losing everything by not continuing with a well-defined program of pension cuts and layoffs?
The answer isn't hard to understand.
First, Syriza rejects balancing the budget on the backs of the poor. Over 40 percent of Greeks now live at or under the poverty level. Middle-class people who worked all their lives have been thrown out of their jobs and have no hopes of getting another. Unemployment for young Greeks hovers around a whopping 50 percent.
Tellingly, suicides in Greece are up over 35 percent since the economy fell apart in 2009, and a "brain drain" of educated professionals to other countries is running apace.
Second, Europeans are ignoring the concept of saving face. The European ultimatum to Greece doesn't respect the country's election results or allow the government to claim even a partial victory. Add in the Greeks' lingering resentment toward the Germans over Nazi atrocities in World War II, and you get an even more difficult situation.
There's still hope for a last-minute breakthrough. If that doesn't happen, though, the money will dry up and the Greek economy will fall further apart. Yet compared to endless austerity, that might not be the end of the world.
It may be ugly for a while: Stock markets will slide, Greece will have to re-invent its currency, and the economic depression Greece has endured may last several years longer. But the Greeks will survive, and so will everybody else.
And despite their pain, the poor will know that their government did this for them. The Greek people will know that they weren't beholden to the Germans or to the International Monetary Fund.
It's not just about the money. It's about pride.
OtherWords columnist John Kiriakou is an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. He's a former CIA counterterrorism officer and former senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. OtherWords.org.
The United States and Cuba are going to open embassies in Havana and Washington D.C., possibly before the end of July, as they seek to normalize relations after a 60 year trade embargo by the United States failed to topple Fidel Castro's regime. His brother Raul has been running the country since 2008 when Fidel stepped aside due to an illness.
This is wonderful news. I lived in Havana for six years when I was a kid and have many fond memories. I learned English and Spanish at the same time and do not recall not being able to speak Spanish. My father was a Foreign Service Officer stationed in Havana. We left Cuba as Fidel Castro's revolution against Batista was getting started. He was a horrible dictator in thrall to the United States, many of its corporations, and the Mafia. He exploited his people ruthlessly suppressing dissent.
I never agreed with the embargo or breaking diplomatic relations. I think such steps are always counterproductive and usually only hurt the poor, the mentally ill and the marginalized. Children often suffer the worst as was the case in Iraq during the embargo imposed by the Clinton administration. Approximately one million children died in Iraq. I believe countries should always maintain diplomatic relations, especially during troubled times. Peaceful resolutions to conflict are impossible without communication.
Go here for a summary of the players and the issues by NBC News.
I can hardly wait to touch down on Cuban soil.
WikiLeaks has revealed more details of political and economic espionage against German government officials by the National Security Agency.
The media organization published a list of 69 telephone numbers in the German government that were "high-priority" targets for the NSA. The targets include people who were officials when President Bill Clinton was still in office and confirm the NSA intercepted communications Chancellor Angela Merkel had with German government officials.
On June 12, German prosecutors closed an investigation into the NSA's spying on Merkel's cellphone, which was spurred by disclosures made by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Prosecutors claimed the documents from Snowden did not contain "evidence of surveillance of the cellphone used by the chancellor" that would be "solid enough for the court."
On October 11, 2011, a document classified two levels above "Top Secret" indicates the United States closely monitored Merkel's conversation with her personal assistant about how to address the Greek financial crisis:
The intercepted communication was shared with the "Five Eyes" alliance—Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.
Another summary of an intercepted communication came from the British spy agency, GCHQ, and was shared with the NSA. It described how the German government planned to negotiate a European Union bailout plan for Greece. German Chancellery Director-General for EU Affairs Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut argued that it would take an increased level of involvement from the private sector to resolve the crisis.
The "high-priority" list of German targets published shows the US government's focus on information related to economic affairs. Oskar Lafontaine, who was German Finance Minister from 1998 to 1999, had his communications targeted.
Other officials spied upon include: Werner Müller, German Federal Minister for Economics 1998–2002, Barbara Hendricks, former Secretary of State at the Federal Ministry of Finance and current Federal Minister for the Environment and Ida-Maria Aschenbrenner, Head of Office of Minister of Finance Theo Waigel from 1989 to 1998.
The NSA targeted ministers, staff members and groups working on G7 and World Trade Organization meetings. The phone number of the European Central Bank was listed.
"Today's publication further demonstrates that the United States' economic espionage campaign extends to Germany and to key European institutions and issues such as the EU Central Bank and the crisis in Greece," WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange declared.
"Our publication today also shows how the UK is assisting the US to spy on issues central to Europe. Would France and Germany have proceeded with the BRICS bailout plan for Greece if this intelligence was not collected and passed to the United States – who must have been horrified at the geopolitical implications?"
The revelations related to US spying on German officials come after two releases highlighting US spying on French officials. (more…)
Nearly two weeks ago, the Miami Herald published a major investigative journalism series on two small Florida police agencies, which engaged in undercover money laundering operations with criminal organizations involved in drug trafficking so officers and the police departments themselves could claim millions of dollars as their own.
The series, "License to Launder: Cash, Cops & the Cartels," has not received much media attention at all. Whether that is because the essence of the corruption was already known is unclear, however, the corruption detailed at all levels of government is staggering—from the money laundering itself to the coverup by federal investigators seemingly unwilling to investigate anyone in the task force who committed crimes.
It is a stark example of how the War on Drugs is more about how police departments and officers can profit than stopping the flow of drug money. Indeed, officers in this case needed money to keep flowing in order to continue living as high rollers.
Bal Harbour is a small community of around 2,500 people with "oceanfront condominiums" and "elegant boutiques." It had one reported violent crime in 2012 – an aggravated assault. But, beginning in 2010, the department partnered with the police department in Glades County, one of the poorest counties in Florida.
The police agencies formed the Tri-County Task Force, a state task force, to conduct undercover operations. They took place all over the United States but it would be difficult to believe they were carried out by officers interested in bringing drug traffickers to justice.
The task force made no arrests and engaged in no effort to have the Florida State's Attorney prosecute any cases. What the officers wanted was money, plain and simple, and they took advantage of the federal government's Equitable Sharing program to claim drug cash as their own.
When it comes to the War on Drugs, agencies operate under the presumption that undercover units have to typically "seize far more money from criminal groups than what a task force launders and returns to the streets." That is why one of the most shocking details is that the task force "passed tips that led to federal agents seizing nearly $30 million." Yet, during the same period, the task force laundered $50 million.
Based on "confidential records of the undercover investigation" and "thousands of records including cash pickup reports, emails, DEA reports, bank statements, and wire transfers for millions of dollars," the Miami Herald uncovered the following:
—The Justice Department Officer of Inspector General found the task force had laundered over $56 million dollars "without adequate written policies or procedures, prosecutorial oversight, or audits of the undercover bank accounts." The amount, however, was actually closer to $83 million.
—Officers made cash deposits at a SunTrust Bank about a block from the Bal Harbour police station, which totaled $28 million. None of the deposits appear in records created by the police.
—At least 30 times, police deposited funds into banks and storefront businesses to "conceal drug cash for criminal groups," but they never documented their actions. The total amount of money distributed was around $20 million. (more…)
A new month!
Greece and the Giant Grexit, Day 2
– Greece missed its June 30 payment to the International Monetary Fund
– Mark Weisbrot: "Are the European authorities trying to get rid of the Greek government?"; Good question
– In general, this crisis was expected and European officials are seriously considering a Grexit
– President Barack Obama: While Greek crisis will not affect U.S. financial system, it will affect Europe's
– Some Greeks marched in the capital for a "Yes" vote, who may reflect the conservative side of Greece
– Part one of two with professors William Black and Michael Hudson on why the troika insists on getting Greece to a deal, which would help out foreign banks
– It is right to say the Greek referendum holds significant consequences for the future of the euro
– Dean Baker: "The NYT Is Wrong: Greece Shouldn't Accept Endless Depression Because Default Might Be Painful" (more…)
According to the necn news station, calls for Maine Governor Paul LePage to be impeached are increasing. More than 100 people rallied outside the Statehouse in Augusta, Maine on Tuesday, following allegations that the bombastic governor blackmailed a school, threatening to withdraw funding if it did not fire a political opponent:
Last week, Democrat Speaker of the House Mark Eves announced he lost his job as President at Good Will-Hinckley School. He said Governor LePage threatened to withdraw state funding from the school if it did not fire Eves.
LePage admits making the threat, but said he was looking out for the school's best interest.
Several legislators have requested the government oversight committee launch an ethics investigation into LePage.
As the governor becomes increasingly isolated, with his speech in public becoming more and more out of control, inappropriate and hateful, perhaps impeachment would actually benefit him- so that he can get some help. His vile comments include remarks about blowing things up (see video) and shooting people: Bangor Daily News reports that LePage also said that some lawmakers should be "rounded up and executed" in public:
A day after Gov. Paul LePage told a group of high school students that he would "like to shoot" a Bangor Daily News cartoonist, a top advocate for expanding passenger rail to Lewiston-Auburn said that LePage earlier this month said state lawmakers from Lewiston should be "rounded up and executed in the public square."
In addition, Governor LePage has apparently demonstrated that he cannot, or will not, work with the legislature in Maine. He has vetoed more than 100 bills and line-item vetoed 79 so far this session. When he does this, the legislature must spend time and resources in an override process.
For everyone's sake, including himself, it's time for Governor LePage to go. Perhaps he can find a job where he is not so miserable that he constantly spews vitriol in public.
Creative Commons photo/image by DonkeyHotey on flickr.
Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, and Ron Wood – Five Long Years
Jonny has a busy Summer ahead of him…
Guitarist Jonny Lang says that playing the blues now that most of the greats are gone is like classical musicians still playing music written centuries ago.
He tells the Columbus Dispatch: "Classical musicians weren't around when Beethoven was going through whatever he was going through to make him write that music; they're standing on his shoulders when they perform."
Lang also reveals that while he can't experience what greats such as B.B. King went through in their early days, he can still appreciate it.
The North Dakota native adds: "Culturally, I couldn't be further away from the fellows that this music was born from. I don't have that life experience, but I can imagine what it was like to the best of my ability."
Lang released his most recent work Fight For My Soul in 2013 and believes pigeonholing music is growing increasingly pointless.
He says: "I can't keep tabs on what style of music I'm supposed to fit into. A lot of the songs I've done over the years, if you played a Muddy Waters record and then played mine, you'd go: 'No, those aren't in the same genre.'
"People's perception of the blues has evolved."
What's on your mind tonite…?
(update below)
A number of US media organizations are spreading fear based on a "bulletin" shared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security Department that reportedly warns of possible attacks by ISIS supporters on the July 4th holiday.
ABC News reported on the bulletin, which was issued on June 26, and titled, "Holiday Celebrations Remain Attractive Target." It was sent to 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States and warned Independence Day celebrations and activities that "appear to defame the prophet Mohammed" would "likely result in threats or plans to conduct violent extremist acts."
Despite the entire global security apparatus built and vastly expanded since the September 11th attacks over a decade ago, it apparently indicated that FBI, Homeland Security and National Counterterrorism Center officials "remain concerned about the difficulty in detecting violent extremists—especially lone offenders given the individualized nature of radicalization to violence."
CNN aired a report acknowledging the violent attacks that took place in France, Kuwait and Tunisia on June 26. Terrorism correspondent and propaganda maestro Paul Cruickshank declared, "The worry is the United States is next."
Unnamed US officials were said to fear the "symbolic July 4th celebrations coinciding with the Islamic holy month of Ramadan will further embolden ISIS supporters in the US to unleash attacks, a threat taken so seriously the Department of Homeland Security and FBI sent out a warning to law enforcement officials a week in advance of the holiday."
Cruickshank ominously opined, "Terrorist groups have historically been interested in targeting the United States on the July 4th holiday because they see that holiday as being very important to Americans, and if that were to happen, then this would inflict psychological trauma."
Another report from CNN claims the "Islamist terrorist threat is the highest in years," and "officials have raised concern about possible domestic attacks tied to the July 4 holiday and the upcoming visit of Pope Francis."
On CBS News' "This Morning," former CIA director Mike Morell, in his new position as CBS News senior security contributor or chief fearmonger, declared warnings like Friday's advisory of potential terrorist attacks in the US during the Fourth of July are routine, but "there's nothing routine about this particular one to me."
"I wouldn't be surprised if we're sitting here a week from today talking about an attack over the weekend in the United States. That's how serious this is," Morell stated.
Morell is correct. Bulletins about potential terrorism attacks in the US on the Fourth of July are routine. One was reported in 2013, 2011, 2004, and 2002.
In 2011, the fear spread by law enforcement officials was that al Qaeda and others were "eager to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden."
John Solomon and Tara McKelvey unquestionably reported for The Daily Beast that the "threat matrix" had "ticked up in recent weeks." There was no specific threat, however, "evidence" in bin Laden's possession had shown an interest in attacking "major holiday gatherings, including Independence Day celebrations."
Nothing happened. No matter how much individuals like former Bush Homeland Security adviser Frances Townsend hyped the threat, no one was attacked by terrorists in America on the Fourth of July in 2011.
That might be because these terrorism bulletins or alerts to law enforcement agencies are just agencies being "prudent."
"I don't want to overhype it, but I think what was passed out yesterday is just a prudent–prudent a–alert to law enforcement agencies," Secretary of State Colin Powell said prior to the July 4th holiday in 2002. "And in the course of the next couple of days, we'll be meeting on a regular basis to make an assessment of–of any additional threats that might be coming our way."
What happened in 2002 less than a year after the September 11th attacks? Nothing. (more…)
Rod Dreher, a senior editor and blogger at The American Conservative penned a piece in TIME titled, Orthodox Christians Must Now Learn To Live as Exiles in Our Own Country. He's upset by the SCOTUS decision in Obergefell. He said,
It is hard to overstate the significance of the Obergefell decision — and the seriousness of the challenges it presents to orthodox Christians and other social conservatives. Voting Republican and other failed culture war strategies are not going to save us now.
Discerning the meaning of the present moment requires sobriety, precisely because its radicalism requires of conservatives a realistic sense of how weak our position is in post-Christian America.
He recommends,
It is time for what I call the Benedict Option. In his 1982 book After Virtue, the eminent philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre likened the current age to the fall of ancient Rome. He pointed to Benedict of Nursia, a pious young Christian who left the chaos of Rome to go to the woods to pray, as an example for us. We who want to live by the traditional virtues, MacIntyre said, have to pioneer new ways of doing so in community. We await, he said "a new — and doubtless very different — St. Benedict."
Throughout the early Middle Ages, Benedict's communities formed monasteries, and kept the light of faith burning through the surrounding cultural darkness. Eventually, the Benedictine monks helped refound civilization.
I believe that orthodox Christians today are called to be those new and very different St. Benedicts. How do we take the Benedict Option, and build resilient communities within our condition of internal exile, and under increasingly hostile conditions? I don't know. But we had better figure this out together, and soon, while there is time.
I thought this was a piece by the Onion when I read it, but it isn't.
The people he calls Orthodox Christians, I call Christian hypocrites.
Jesus preached equality. He ministered to the poor, the mentally ill and the marginalized. He welcomed everyone, but warned that a rich man had about as much chance of getting into heaven as a camel getting through the eye of a needle. He would have had no patience for the Christian hypocrites.
I don't either.


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In Pictures: SpaceX Crew Dragon Takes Flight in Pad Abort Test
Posted by Jason Davis on 2015/05/06 11:00 CDT | 2 comments
A SpaceX Crew Dragon rocketed into the sky under its own power this morning, completing a critical milestone necessary to certify the spacecraft for crewed flights in 2017.
A week's worth of "RC3" images from Dawn at Ceres
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2015/05/05 12:25 CDT | 1 comments
Now that Dawn is in its science orbit at Ceres, the mission has been releasing new images every weekday!
Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Logs Sol 4000, Digs Spirit of St. Louis Crater
Sols 3877 - 4004
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2015/05/05 09:20 CDT | 2 comments
After investigating some flat, light and dark toned rocks around Spirit of St. Louis Crater in April, Opportunity chalked up another milestone achievement – the 4000th sol or Martian day of surface operations.
How to Watch the Humans to Mars Summit This Week
Posted by Casey Dreier on 2015/05/05 12:36 CDT | 5 comments
Our friends at Explore Mars are live-streaming their Humans to Mars Summit this week, happening in Washington, D.C.
Despite Rain Delays, NASA Prepares for Busy Year of SLS Engine Tests
Posted by Jason Davis on 2015/05/04 04:02 CDT | 1 comments
Despite a rainy spring that has caused schedule delays, NASA is preparing for a busy year of Space Launch System engine testing.
[Updated] Good Planetary Support in A Flawed NASA Bill
Posted by Casey Dreier on 2015/05/02 07:45 CDT | 15 comments
Casey Dreier gives a brief summary of the House draft bill released the other day that would authorize NASA funding for the years 2016 and 2017.
Mars Exploration Rovers Special Update: MERathon Celebrates Opportunity's Marathon
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2015/05/01 10:06 CDT
MER mission ops team members joined other engineers and scientists, some who previously worked on the MER mission, to take on the challenge of a relay marathon to celebrate Opportunity's milestone achievement.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2015/05/01 06:55 CDT | 5 comments
There is one less robot exploring the solar system today. MESSENGER, which has orbited Mercury for four years, finally ran out of fuel and crashed into the planet at 17:26 UT on Thursday, April 30, 2015.
Dawn Journal: Getting Down to Science at Ceres
Posted by Marc Rayman on 2015/05/01 03:02 CDT | 14 comments
Dawn Mission Director and Chief Engineer Marc Rayman gives a status update on the mission, having finally arrived at dwarf planet Ceres.
New Horizons sees surface features on Pluto, begins raw image release
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2015/04/29 08:06 CDT | 11 comments
Today the New Horizons team released a new animation of images taken on approach to Pluto. The animation clearly shows how Pluto wobbles around the Pluto-Charon barycenter. It also shows something more exciting to the scientists: variations in brightness across the surface of Pluto. They also began releasing raw images to the Internet.
ISS-bound Cargo Spacecraft Doomed to Atmospheric Reentry
Posted by Jason Davis on 2015/04/29 01:09 CDT | 2 comments
The six crew members aboard the International Space Station will have to go without a scheduled delivery of food, supplies and fuel.
More than 1000 Rosetta NavCam images released!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2015/04/29 11:50 CDT
Today the European Space Agency released a ton of NavCam images, taken as the spacecraft approached and then entered orbit at the comet.
Looking Down On Jupiter's North Pole
Posted by Ted Stryk on 2015/04/28 10:12 CDT | 3 comments
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Russian Resupply Ship Spins Out Of Control after Reaching Orbit
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Bill Nye's Earth Day Visit with the President of the United States
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Last week, our CEO Bill Nye joined The President of the United States for an Earth Day visit to The Everglades, one of the country's renowned National Parks and a vital global ecosystem. The Washington Post covered the news, and we at The Planetary Society shared in the excitement.
A few gems from the latest Cassini image data release
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2015/04/24 06:30 CDT | 4 comments
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LightSail Readiness Tests Prepare Team for Mission Operations
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Rosetta update: Two close flybys of an increasingly active comet
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In the two months since I last checked up on the Rosetta mission, the comet has heated up, displaying more and more jet activity. Rosetta completed very close flybys on February 14 and March 28, taking amazing photos. But comet dust is making navigation difficult, so the mission is now keeping a respectful distance from the comet and replanning its future path.
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Civil society focal point for the implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy -- target group for children Cluster for Children ____________________http://www.prsp.sr.gov.yu/aktuelno/kocd.jsp___________________ Association for Protection and Promotion of Mental Health of Children and Youth and Deputy Prime Minister's Poverty Reduction Strategy Implementation Focal Point Programme Civil Society Focal Points Phone: + 381 18 234192, email: email@example.com, www.oknis.org.yu Content Introduction 3 How well are CSOs informed about 6 Poverty Reduction Strategy Poverty Reduction Strategy Implementation Focal Point activities GoS Council for Children's Rights activities National Plan of Action for Children Participation in preparation of LPAs for children 7 Cluster for children CSOs coperation with local self-governments 9 Recommendations for improvement of cooperation with local self-governments 10 Cooperation with Government institutions and line ministries 11 Most important problems of children identified by the organizations from the cluster for children 13 Problems and obstacles that imperil the work of the organizations from the cluster for children 14 Contribution to the Poverty Reduction Strategy implementation 15 Communication mechanisms 17 Annex 18 List of the organizations in the cluster for children List of the CSOs that participated in preparation of the listed strategic documents 2 Introduction Upon a consultative process with the civil society organizations (CSO) the Poverty Reduction Strategy Implementation Focal Point (PRS IFP) has initiated a Civil Society Focal Point Programme (CSFP). The aim of the Programme is to ensure active participation of CSOs in the PRS implementation, monitoring and evaluation and build partnerships between the Government institutions and non-government sectors in the PRS implementation process. Basic precondition for the achievement of this aim is establishment of the two way communication mechanisms and flow of information between the PRS IFP, other Government institutions, line ministries and CSOs. Programme activities should help solving problems that the CSOs encounter in representing the needs and improving the status of their vulnerable groups. The PRS recognises seven vulnerable groups exposed to an extreme risk of poverty: children, youth, women, elderly, internaly displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees, Roma and persons with disabilities. Following organizations were selected to represent interests of these vulnerable groups: Association for Protection and Promotion of Mental Health of Children and Youth, Nis - Civil Society Focal Point for Children ; Civic Initiatives, Belgrade - Civil Society Focal Point for Youth ; Autonomous Women's Centre, Belgrade - Civil Society Focal Point for Women; Amity, Belgrade - Civil Society Focal Point for the Elderly; Group 484, Belgrade - Civil Society Focal Point for Refugees and IDPs; Roma Information Centre (RIC), Kragujevac - Civil Society Focal Point for Roma; Centre for Independent Living (CIL), Belgrade - Civil Society Focal Point for People with Disabilities Centre for the Development of Non-profit Sector, Belgrade - Programme Management Unit Cluster for children Association for Protection and Promotion of Mental Health of Children and Youth was chosen to be the Civil Society Focal Point for children. The first step in the Programme realization was to gather all interested CSO's working with children in a cluster/group that will act jointly and based on their rich practical experience formulate recommendations and suggestions to be submitted to the PRS IFP, line ministries and GoS Council for Children's Rights. Fifty four organizations from thirty six municipalities have joined the cluster for children so far. These organizations have reached over 40.000 children through their activities, established cooperation with elementary and secondary schools, number of preschool institutions, centres for social work, health institutions and other institutions and local self-governments and line ministries. They work with almost all categories of vulnerable children – Roma, IDPs and refugees, children with special needs, children without parental care, molested and neglected children, children out of the system, "street" children. Organizations from this cluster undertake a variety of activities: representation, advocating for solution of problems of marginalized children, initiating and participating in development of strategic documents and their implementation in institutions, at local and national level. Following is the list of target groups for the organizations in the cluster for children: Children/youth/grown-ups from marginalized groups Children and youth: With disabilities, Roma, Children without parental care, From juvenile correction centres, From single parent families, poor families, IDPs, refugees Parents: elderly, domestic violence victims, unemployed, IDPs and refugees, minority (Roma) communities. Policy and decision makers represent out target group as well: Reform supporters and reform leaders decision makers at national and local level, professionals working with children and youth (in education, health and social welfare institutions), media, business sector, civil society organizations, citizens We have prepared a Questionnaire for the civil society organizations (CSOs) working with children. The aim wis to identify how well are the CSOs informed about the Poverty Reduction Strategy, PRS IFP activities, GoS Council for Children's Rights activities, National Plan of Action for Children, have they been involved in developing Local Plans of Action for Children and its implementation, to assess their experience in cooperation with local self-governments, Government institutions, line ministries and Government agencies. The Questionnaire also addresses problems that CSOs might have had in their work that might have jeopardized successful realization of the Programme. This overview of the cluster for children is based on the analysis of the information gathered from the questionnaires. Results of the analysis of the information form the Questionnaires One of the results of this exercise is a CSO Directory containing a database of CSOs that represent children as a target group. In addition to basic information about the CSOs, the database includes information about the significant projects they have realized as well as their ongoing 4 project activities, sectors covered by these activities (health, education, social welfare), categories of targeted children (children with deficiencies in mental and physical development, Roma children, internally displaced and refugee children, children without parental care, molested, neglected and abused children, victims of violence, children out of the system) as well as geographic areas the CSOs cover. The Directory can be found on our organization's website http://www.oknis.org.yu/zadecu. The software enables CSOs to update the Directory information themselves. Other results of the analysis of the Questionnaire: the list of municipal/local self-government bodies that the CSOs have established cooperation with, the CSOs recommendations as to how this cooperation can be improved, the list of strategic document and the list of CSOs that have participated in their development and the list of Government bodies and line ministries that have established cooperation with the CSOs, and the CSOs assessment of this cooperation and problems identified that imperiled their work. Through the Questionnaire data analysis we have gathered the information as to how well the CSOs are informed about the Poverty Reduction Strategy, PRS IFP activities, GoS Council for Children's Rights activities, National Plan of Action for Children, Local Plans of Action for Children and DevInfo database. At the end of the fourth quarter of the CSFP programme implementation we will check again if the CSOs in the cluster for children are better informed. 5 How well are CSO informed about Poverty Reduction Strategy Poverty Reduction Strategy Implementation Focal Point activities GoS Council of Children's Rights activities National Plan of Action for Children There were four possible answers offered for assessing how well the CSOs were informed about the Poverty Reduction Strategy, PRS IFP activities, GoS Council for Children's Rights activities, National Plan of Action for Children. The scale contained following answers: fully informed, generally informed, partially informed and not informed. Regarding the Poverty Reduction Strategy out of 54 CSOs: 13 CSOs (24%) are fully informed, 26 CSOs (48%) are generally informed, 15 CSOs are partially informed (28%). There are no CSOs that are not informed about the PRS. 0% Fully informed 13 24% 28% Generally informed 26 fully Partially informed 15 generally Not informed 0 partially not informed 48% Regarding the Poverty Reduction Strategy IFP activities out of 54 CSOs: 8 CSOs (15%) are fully informed, 18 CSOs (33%) are generally informed, 25 CSOs are partially informed (46%) and 3 CSOs (6%) are not informed. 6% 15% Fully informed 8 fully Generally informed 18 generally Partially informed 25 partially 46% Not informed 3 33% not informed 6 Regarding the Government of Serbia Council for Children's Rights activities out of 54 CSOs: 7 CSOs (13%) are fully informed, 9 CSOs (17%) are generally informed, 25 CSOs (46%) are partially informed and 13 CSOs (24%) are not informed. Fully informed 7 Generally informed 9 not informed Partially informed 25 partially Not informed 13 generally 24% fully 46% 17% 13% Regarding the National Plan for Children out of 54 CSOs 14 CSOs (26%) are fully informed, 12 CSOs (22%) are generally informed, 17 CSOs (32%) are partially informed and 11 CSOs (20%) are not informed. Fully informed 14 Generally informed 12 20% 26% Partially informed 17 fully Not informed 11 generally partially not informed 32% 22% Participation in preparation of LPAs for children The next segment of the Questionnaire was dedicated to participation of the CSOs in the preparation and implementation of Local Plans of Action for Children and how well are the CSOs informed about the DevInfo database. Eleven CSOs did not know if there was a Local Plan of Action for Children developed in their municipality, nine had an information that there was a LPA for children developed in their municipality and two CSOs stated that the LPA were in the phase of being developed in their municipalities Is there a Local Plan of Action for Children in your municipality? 7 Yes 9 No 25 Being developed 2 Not informed 11 Eight CSOs participated in the development of the Local Plans of Action for Children in their municipalities 1. Pralipe, Pirot 2. Pirgos, Pirot 3. Logos, Pirot 4. ĐurĎevdan, Bela Palanka 5. Nexus, Vranje 6. New Vision, Prijepolje 7. Centre for Children's Rights, Kraljevo 8. Our Dreams, Valjevo Organizations that participated in the development of the LPAs think that the local self- government regarded them as equal partners during the preparation process of the Local Plans of Action for Children. CSOs had an opportunity to influence the design of the LPA and give recommendations that were taken into consideration. Out of 8 CSOs 4 CSOs were involved in the implementation of the Local Action Plans for Children as well and the other 4 CSOs stated that they were not involved in any way in the implementation of the LPAs for children. Yes 4 No 4 Regarding the DevInfo database out of 54 CSOs: 6 CSOs (11%) are fully informed, 7 CSOs (13%) are generally informed, 10 CSOs (19%) are partially informed and 31 CSOs (57%) are not informed. Fully informed 6 11% Generally informed 7 13% fully Partially informed 10 generally Not informed 31 57% partially 19% not informed 8 Cluster for children CSOs coperation with local self-governments Organizations from the cluster for children have established cooperation with the following municipality/local self-government bodies: Mayor, Deputy mayor, Municipal council, President of the local assembly, City manager, Department for civic affairs, Department for social protection, Department for social policy in the City assembly, City Administration for child protection, social protection and primary health care, City Administration for education, Secretariat for education, Poverty reduction board, Board for prevention of substance abuse, Office for local economic development, Adviser for minority issues, Commissioner for internally displaced and refugees, Local office for Roma, Social welfare centre, Department for informatics and development, Team for the development of the LPA, Team for the Development strategy designing Organizations from the cluster for children had different experience in their cooperation with local self-governments. Their experiences are ranging from very positive to very negative, from the examples of partnerships to the examples of mistrust towards the CSOs. Local self- governments attitude towards the CSOs often varies depending on political will, political changes and personal attitude of the people in power. In some municipalities the CSOs established cooperation with local self-governments based on mutual understanding. That enabled them to jointly realize projects of common interest.. In such cases the local self-government financially supported the CSOs activities (costs of renting premises, heating) and projects. At the other hand some CSOs had difficulties in establishing relationship with the local self-government and were left without financial support. The cooperation between the local self-government and the CSOs is often conditioned by the international donors and agencies financing certain projects. As soon as the donors leave, there seams to be no more need for the cooperation with NGOs. In these municipalities local self- governments are still not open for cooperation with the CSOs, they are full of prejudice, stereotypes and mistrust towards the CSOs. In these cases there is no real cooperation and partnership. In some municipalities support is given only to the CSOs that are politically close to local authorities, people are selected according to their political option and personal contacts. Local self-governments are often not aware of the local community capacities. Due to the strong political influence there is often mistrust and lack of interest for cooperation with the CSOs that 9 invest a lot of efforts to establish open dialogue with local authorities, to enable the citizens to participate in the decision making processes, design of plans, programmes and strategies and represent interests of their target groups. Each change of leadership in the local self-government often means discontinuation of activities and projects undertaken by the previous local authorities. One of the identified problems is a lack of continuity in the development processes, planning and cooperation with CSOs. This often means that the CSOs are obliged to start from the beginning with every new establishment of the local self-government. Recommendations for improvement of cooperation with local self-governments Organizations from the cluster for children have given certain recommendations for improvement of cooperation with local self-governments. The necessity for institutionalization of the cooperation between the CSOs and the local self- government has been emphasised. Institutional framework for such cooperation could be established through an inter sectoral coordination body in the local self-government that would include CSOs representatives. This would provide a channel for the CSO representatives to participate in solving crucial problems related to their target groups. Establishment of institutional framework for CSOs and local self-government cooperation will make this cooperation less dependent on individuals. The need for establishing a relationship of trust and understanding between the CSOs and the local self-government has been particularly stressed. That is why it is important that the CSO representatives meet frequently with local self- government representatives and participate in joint activities and projects in order to solve local problems. Decentralization and delegation of responsibilities to local self-governments is very important if they were to become more efficient in solving local problems. However the decentralization does not mean only that the municipality would get more funds, it also implies wider mandate and bigger responsibilities for local sustainable development. This requires medium and long term planning at municipality level. It is essential to ensure CSOs participation in the process of strategic planning by establishing consultative process in which the CSOs would be regarded as equal partners. The municipality should provide financial resources needed for the development of local plan of action and at later stage financial means for its implementation. In order to achieve full transparency of the implementation of the adopted strategic documents the local self- government should allocate budget resources for the CSOs to apply. The cooperation between the local self-government and the CSOs should be conducted in a transparent manner and based on the quality of the project applications submitted by the CSOs. One of the basic principles of the Poverty Reduction Strategy implementation at the local level lies in a joint cooperation of the local authorities' representatives, non-government organizations, private sector and donors. Having in mind the fact that children are among the most exposed groups to the risk of poverty, the CSOs from this cluster believe that Local Plans of Action for Children (LPA) can represent a means for integrating poverty reduction among children as an objective in regular activities of the local self-government. The process of development of the LPA will also help sensitize the local self-government decision makers as to the children's needs. 10 Local Plans of Action for Children represent a means of the Poverty Reduction Strategy implementation at the local level and can ensure integration of the poverty reduction among children as an objective in regular activities of the local self-government units. Decentralization process and delegation of responsibilities to local self-government should be accompanied with more intensive care of the local self-government for the children and more programmes addressing children's needs, resulting in improving the status of children at the local level. In order to promote LPAs for children we propose establishing cooperation with the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities, the national association of local authorities. This cooperation could ensure that all local self-governments become aware of the importance and need for developing and implementing LPAs for children. No availability of the information of public interest at the local level is one of the identified problems. The local self-government should ensure accessibility of information of public interest for CSOs and citizens through local media, organized round tables and public debates. Regarding the status of Roma children as partcularly exposed to the risk of poverty, the CSOs have stressed that the local self-government need to develop, in cooperation with the Roma community, local strategies for improvement of the status of Roma containing four main areas as per Roma Decade: health, employment, housing and education. Such a document should be adopted by the local Assembly. The municipality should allocate funds from the municipality budget for the implementation of this document and appoint a coordinator that would serve as a mediator between the local authorities and the Roma community. Cooperation with Government institutions, line ministries Organizations from the cluster for children have established cooperation with the following Government bodies/institutions, line ministries: Ministry of Education Ministry of Labour and Social Policy Ministry of Health Ministry of Culture Ministry of Finance Ministry of Youth and Sports Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-government Ministry of Diaspora Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of International Economic Affairs Ministry for the Environment Protection Ministry of Mining and Energy Ministry of Interior Ministry of Justice Ministry of Tourism Provincial Secretariat for Education and Culture Provincial Secretariat for Youth and Sports Provincial Secretariat for the Environment Protection and Sustainable Development 11 Provincial Secretariat for Labour, Employment and Gender Equality Provincial Secretariat for Regulations, Administration and Minorities Deputy Prime Minister's Poverty Reduction Strategy Implementation Focal Point Government of Serbia Council for Children's Rights Commissioner for Information of Public Importance Republican Commissioner for Refugees Coordination body for Preševo Bujanovac and MedveĎa municipalities School Administrations Health Insurance Fund Institute for Environment Protection National Employment Service National Anti-trafficking Team Previous ministries: Ministry of Science and Environment Ministry for Human and Minority Rights Organizations from the cluster for children are divided in their assessment of the quality of cooperation with state institutions. Some CSOs are satisfied with their cooperation and others have extremely negative experience. The latter stated that they could not get meetings organized or establish communication with the Government representatives, very often the Government representaties did not take phone calls, did not provide timely information, delayed providing answers, there was only declarative support to CSOs, lack of clear information, circular letters were sent and answers given that had nothing to do with the questions asked and specificed problems, and there was heavy bureaucracy procedure. Some CSOs are of the opinion that the CSOs in Belgrade are privileged and that the Government representatives are not interested in the activities of the CSOs out of Belgrade, which makes it difficult for these organizations to access necessary information. Some organizations at the other hand feel that the Government institutions are cooperating with them only under the donors' pressure. Since no funds from the state budget are not being allocated for their activities that means that the authorities regard the CSO activities as unacceptable and lacking quality. CSOs are especially dissatisfied with the lack of regular information about the Government and line ministries' projects and programmes that are of interest for the CSOs and children as their target group. Another big problem for the continuity of work is frequent change of Government. Very often all the activities have to start from the beginning or it is necessary to wait for months to continue with the implementation of the projects that have already been initiated, until the new Government gets informed about the work of the line ministries. 12 Most important problems of children identified by the organizations from the cluster for children Organizations from the cluster for children have identified numerous problems ofchildren and they have been engaged in finding solutions. These problems are essentially in the domain of the children's rights and are related to the implementation and recognition of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Another problem for the CSOs working with children related to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is the fact that the grown-ups do not recognise, or at least not enough, that the children have certain rights and that they can demant protection of their rights from the state. That is why many CSOs working with children put special emphasis to full implementation and recognition of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child provisions and plan their activities in such a way to enable full and equal participation of children in their realization.. One of the serious problems our society is facing and the problem CSOs from the cluster for children are eaither directly or indirectly fighting against through their projects is the poverty among children. It is estimated that one third of the total number of children in Serbia are in some way affected by poverty. As a result of the poverty in Serbia the children's rights are seriously jeopardized – the right for living, survival and development, for education, right to participate and decide, to play and to be protected from work and discrimination. Poverty usually causes social exclusion of children with all the negative implications to other aspects of their life. With regards to this the CSOs stress the problem of children's social exclusion (exclusion of marginalized children from the main social processes – their exclusion from decision making processes importante for protection of their interests, their exclusion from education, entertainment and culture), social neglect, poor health, discrimination and segregation. Children without citizenship are not registered, as a consequence they have no name and are in particularly difficult situation in spite of the fact that the right to have a name is one of the main rights guaranteed to every child within our Constitution and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. These children do not exist; they are not part of the system and come from the poorest families. This fact endangers their rights to primary health care, social protection and education. Children that are not registered are entitled to receive primary health care free of charge but cannot receive prescribed medications free of charge. This means that their parents have to pay for medications in spite of the fact that they are people living below the poverty line. Children that aare not in the system do not get vaccines on time, which is very important. They are not targeted under social protection measures that could alleviate consequences of their extreme poverty. There are no reliable data on the number of children that are not within the education system. Children that enlist in schools without registration cannot obtain diploma without their birth certificate. Children are exposed to domestic violence, violence in society and negative influence from their surroundings. This is the reason why the CSOs from the cluster for children engage in the fight against violence. CSOs within the cluster for children see education as a key means for fighting poverty that is transmitted from generation to generation. Many of their activities are targeting children from marginalized groups in order to help them exercise their right for education. These children are often missing social support to enter and stay in the education system. Unfortunately quality of 13 the education for poor is very low. Their parents are not aware how important early development and schooling is, so they do not send their children to attend preschool preparatory programmes. Among other things, there is a lack of out of school activities, schools do not plan and organize pupils' free time in a qualitative manner, there is a lack of children and youth clubs. Children with deficiencies in mental and physical development are generally double isolated: first they are isolated from their families and community in specialised social welfare institutions and secondly these institutions are isolated themselves. Parents are rarely informed about their rights deriving from social welfare, very few children with special needs are receiving education and there is no support for their inclusion in local community and schools. Problems and obstacles that imperil the work of organizations from the cluster for children Many organizations from this cluster are complaining that the existing legal framework is making their work difficult. The solution lies in adoption of the Law on Associations that is currently in the parliamentary procedure and it is still not certain wether it will be adopted. Most of the CSOs are working in local environment and without support from the local authorities they have serious problems to realize their activities. CSOs are facing lack of political will of their local authorities to engage in developing local LPAs for children. This shows their lack of interest in children's problems and lack of planning in the areas that could improve the status ofchildren. Other obstacles are: local policies, prejudice and stereotypes about CSOs. Another problem is lack of support from state institutions and inaccessibility of line ministries. Poor coordination between the state, town and municipal authorities is another problem for CSOs. This often makes realization of local projects very difficult or impossible, even when there is a support from the state level. Another problem CSOs are facing is that the schools are not willing to cooperate. Schools and School Administrations are afraid to act without written consent from the Ministry of education. Educational institutions are passive and uninformed due to the poor exchange of information on the line: Ministry of education – School Administration – educational institution – teachers. There is also a need for decentralisation of civil sector. The impression is that donors support mainly CSO from big towns. When there is no financial support for projects from the national and municipal level the CSOs have problems to achieve their objectives. One of the predicaments is a lack of public interest for problems of vulnerable groups. So this becomes an important field of their activities – getting the public interested in the issues important for improvement of the status of children, preventive actions via media, especially in the field of protection against violence, education of media and journalists in ethical reporting and prevention of sensationalistic reporting. The lack of cooperation or poor cooperation with centres for social welfare is also an issue. This puts in danger realization of the planned activities. 14 Contribution to the Poverty reduction Strategy implementation Civil society organizations were asked to suggest possible areas of activities in the implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (social protection, health protection, and education) that they were particularly interested to engage in, design suggestions and recommendations, or to choose another activity of their choice. They were given an option of multiple choice of areas. 47 CSOs selected education, 28 CSOs selected social protection of children and 8 CSOs selected health protection. 16 CSOs stated that in addition to the offered areas they were especially interested in: Monitoring and lobbying for legislative changes in order to protect and improve the children's rights Fight against molesting, neglect and abuse of children, Inclusion of children with special needs, Inclusion of children and youth in decision making processes, Informal education for children and youth, Informal lifelong education, Prevention of substance abuse, promotion of healthy life styles and protection of reproductive health of the young, Sports, Housing and development of children's commune, (priority were the children with special needs), Youth activism, Improvement of living environment, New employment, prequalification, supplementary education. CSOs from the cluster for children have evaluated how their projects and activities contribute to the Poverty Reduction Strategy implementation. Generally the CSOs from this cluster believe their activities represent direct contribution to the Poverty Reduction Strategy implementation since in most of the cases their target groups are the vulnerable social groups that are recognized by the PRS as the most deprived. The CSO's projects are aiming at supporting children from marginalized groups (Roma children, children from foster families and from socially vulnerable communities), children growing in the extreme poverty that has negative effects on their general development. The CSOs are engaged in protection of children against violence, domestic violence, inclusion of children with special needs in all levels of social activities and their protection against segregation. CSOs undertake concrete activities (such as free of charge rehabilitation for children with asthma from socially vulnerable families, providing summer holidays and learning activities in summer camps for children from socially vulnerable families, minority groups, organizing day care for children with special needs) that enhance children's experience, improve their living standard and education. All this contributes to their positive development and helps stop the intergeneration transmission of poverty. Realization of projects that provide care for children with special needs gives an opportunity for their parents to leave their children in protected conditions, engage in work and provide 15 additional income for their families. Additionally the children beneficiaries are free to choose the type of activities that most fit their needs and capacities, in order to develop their personal abilities that would enable them to gain knowledge and skills required for their future work. The CSOs are engaged in increasing participation in education of Roma children/youth, disabled children/youth and children/youth with deficiencies in mental and physical development. General and vocational education of children and youth from poor and marginalized families is directly in line with poverty reduction and represents one of the objectives of the PRS. CSOs activities comprise: advocating for the right for education, promotion of strategic and legal documents that regulate these issues, preparing and building school capacities to admit these children and provide them with quality and continuous education, support to children and their families to carry on with education and obtain certificates and qualifications for future employment. In addition to this, the CSOs endeavour to get LPAs for children adopted in local communities as strategic documents linked with the PRS. Guided by the principle that the poor have to actively engage themselves in reducing poverty, we believe that elementary and all other informal ways of education give people better opportunity for employment, provide better quality of life and reduce the poverty rate. 16 Communication mechanisms All CSOs have stated that they have technical resources needed for communication via internet. Out of all offered means of communication the CSOs chose mailing lists, phone, website, printed bulletins and electronic news letter. The CSOs were allowed to choose more than one answer. mailing list Mailing list 51 Website 35 website Phone 38 51 Fax 14 Electronic news letter 24 phone Internet forum 10 Internet electronic board 3 fax 38 Leaflet 16 35 Printed bulletins 25 elect.news letter 24 25 internet forum 16 internet 14 electronic board 10 leaflet 3 printed bulletins The CSOs consider electronic exchange of information via email and mailing lists as the most efficient means of communication. Additionally they stress the importance of personal contacts and a need to organize meetings and round tables. 17 Annex List of organizations in the cluster for children Name of the organization Municipality 1 Citizens' Association Rainbow Ada Association for Support to Persons with Mental 2 Disabilities in Aleksandrovac municipality Aleksandrovac 3 Association for Creativity Development Aleksinac 4 Festival of Ecologic Theatres for Children and Youth Bačka Palanka 5 Citizens' Association ĐurĎevdan Bela Palanka 6 Centre for Children's Rights Beograd 7 CIP – Centre for Interactive Pedagogy Beograd Philanthropy – Serbian Orthodox Church Humanitarian 8 Fund Beograd 9 Children's Roma Centre Beograd 10 Challenge of Living Beograd SOS open line for Women and Children Victims of 11 Violence Beograd Beograd 12 Citizens' Association - Support to Children Beograd 13 International Democratic Action Bosilegrad 14 Civil Resource Centre Bujanovac Bujanovac 15 Roma Humanitarian Centre Bujanovac 16 Citizens' Association "Vesta" Čačak 17 Children's friends of InĎija municipality InĎija 18 Citizens' Association "Amarro kham" Kikinda 19 Citizens' Association RROMA – ROTA Kikinda 20 Association of Roma-serbian Friendship Tree Kragujevac 21 Friendly Hands Kraljevo 22 Centre for Children's Rights Kraljevo 23 NGO forum Kraljevo Kraljevo 24 I've got an idea Kraljevo Sports Association for Children and Youth with Special 25 Needs Palestra Kruševac Citizens' Association for Civil Society and Democracy – 26 Offered Hand Kuršumlija 27 Association Connection Kuršumlija 28 Scouts' Organization Majdanpek Majdanpek 29 Association of Citizens' with Disabilities - Friend Majdanpek Association for Protection and Improvement of Mental 30 Health of Children and Youth Niš Niš 31 Association of Single Mothers Niš 32 PAAD Centre for Social and Cultural Excellence Novi Bečej 33 Association of Roma Students Novi Sad 34 Initiative for Inclusion - BigLittle Pančevo 18 35 Citizens' Library Pirgos Pirot 36 KIC Pralipe Pirot 37 The teachers' Association LOGOS Pirot 38 Children's Friends from Požarevac Municipality Požarevac 39 Multicultural Centre Narajan Preševo 40 NGO New Vision Prijepolje Sremska 41 Citizens' Association - PRO VITAE Mitrovica 42 Educational Centre for Roma Subotica Subotica, 43 Open Perspectives - Nyitott Távlatok Szabadka 44 Užice Centre for Children's Rights Užice Association for Support to Children with Special Needs - 45 Our Dreams Valjevo SOS for Women and Children Victims of Violence 46 Vlasotince Vlasotince Voždovac, 47 Children's Friends Voždovac Municipality Beograd 48 NEXUS Vranje 49 Roma Cultural Centre Vranjska Banja 50 Centre for Children and Youth Vrnjačka Banja 51 Children' Happiness Zaječar 52 NIE Team (Network for Inclusive Education) Zaječar 53 Balkan Centre for Minority Integration Zemun 54 Children's Friends of Zemun Zemun 19 List of the CSOs that participated in preparation of the listed strategic documents Centre for Children's Rights, o NPA for Children Beograd Centre for Children's Rights, o LPA for Children Kraljevo Centre for Children and o "Project for Planning of Local Social Youth, Vrnjačka Banja Welfare Services – PLUS" o Draft Strategy for Improvement of Education for Roma in the Republic of Serbia o Joined Action Plan for Improvement of Education for Roma in the Republic of Serbia CIP – Centre for Interactive o Local Strategies for Improvement of Pedagogy, Beograd Education for Roma in Kragujevac and Niš – training for the members of local teams and support during the designing o Participated in training of local authorities' representatives and Roma coordinators for the preparation of the Action Plans for Improvement of Education for Roma Association for Creativity o Economic Development Strategic Plan for Development, Aleksinac Aleksinac municipality o Strategic Plan for Social Protection in Bela ĐurĎevdan, Bela Palanka Palanka, o LPA for Children o LPA for Roma Children Education, Education Centre for Roma, o Strategic Plan for Social Protection in Subotica Subotica o Local Ecology Action Plan (LEAP), NGO Forum Kraljevo o PRS in the area of economic development and youth problems o LPA for Roma, o LPA for Persons with Disabilities, o Strategy for Inclusive Education for Roma KIC Pralipe, Pirot and other Marginalized Children in Pirot municipality, o LPA for Children. o Strategic Action Plan for the Development of Pirot, Teachers' Association o LPA for Persons with Disabilities, LOGOS, Pirot o Local Plan of Action for Persons with Disabilities, o LPA for Children 20 o LEAP o Strategic Action Plan of Majdanpek Scouts' Organization municipality, Majdanpek o Establishing of the Association for the Development of Majdanpek municipality. Association for Support to o Planning of Integral Social Policy, Children with Special Needs - o LPA for Children. Our Dreams, Valjevo o Development Strategy of Vranje Nexus, Vranje municipality 2006 – 2010 o LPA for Children. o Sustainable Development Strategy of New Vission, Prijepolje Prijepolje municipality 2005-2009, o LPA for Children. o LPA for Youth, PAAD, Novi Bečej o Economic Development Strategy of Novi Bečej municipality o Strategic Action Plan for Development of Pirgos, Pirot Pirot municipality, o LPA for Children Children's Friends of InĎija o Social Policy Plan of InĎija municipality municipality Children's Friends of Zemuna o Strategic Plan for Social Policy 2005-2010 Roma Cultural Centre, o Development Strategy for Vranje Vranjska Banja municipality Friendly Hands, Kraljevo o Municipality Housing Strategy, Kraljevo SOS for Women and Children o Strategic Plan for the Development of Victims of Violence, Vlasotince municipality 2006 – 2010 Vlasotince Association of Roma-serbian o Local Strategy of Education for Roma friendship -Tree, Kragujevac (2004. god.) o Participated in development of the Strategic Citizens' Association Plan for Zaječar municipality, section "Children's Happiness", regarding NGO activities in the Zaječar municipality Citizens' Association o Social Protection Strategy of Ada Rainbow, Ada municipality Užice Centre for Children's o Strategy for Children and Youth of Užice Rights Initiative for Inclusion o LPA for Youth BigLittle, Pančevo 21 Programme Civil Society Focal Points for the implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy is financed through the DFID support to the Government of Serbia for the Poverty Reduction Strategy implementation. The Association for Protection and Promotion of Mental Health of Children and Youth, Nis, is solely responsible for the content of this document. The above statements could not be considered as official standpoint of the Deputy Prime Minister Poverty Reduction Strategy Implementation Focal Point. 22
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Don't eat any fresh peaches recently purchased at a Valley City grocery store – they could be contaminated with the listeria bacteria, a potential health hazard. More in Thursday's issue of the Times-Record.
Many people showed up for Crazy Day in downtown Valley City Wednesday. The annual street fair featured inflatable games, activities and contests, shopping, food vendors and more.
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Martin Scorsese delivers the annual Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, from Inside Higher Ed.
National Endowment for the Humanities honors Martin Scorsese with lecture at Kennedy Center, from Associated Press.
Scorsese on Film: the director delivers the 2013 Jefferson Lecture, from the Weekly Standard.
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) launches, supported by an NEH grant, from the New York Review of Books.
Jefferson Lecture honors a master of the "language of cinema," from the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Issues of North Dakota's Bismarck Tribune from 1873-1922 online and searchable at NEH-funded Chronicling America site, from the Bismarck Tribune.
NEH-funded traveling exhibition Civil War 150 opens at the Twin Falls Public Library in Idaho, from Twin Falls Times-News.
Charles Templeton Music Museum hosts NEH-funded film series "America's Music: A Film History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway," from the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.


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For two glorious months, one lucky family gets an intimate peek at the daily activities of a mother hummingbird and her babies. Nest building, egg hatching, flying lessons--the family sees it all unfold on the back patio. Share the experience through this poignant journal of poems filled with funny observations, fascinating hummingbird facts, and unforgettable moments.
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