50 million euro loan to Serbia

[May 8, 2008] World Bank, Serbian Office, has prepared the loan in the overall amount of 50 million euros for the projects invested from the National Investment Plan (NIP). This information was announces today by  Simon Gray, Director of the World bank office in Serbia.  This loan should be approved by World Bank Director Board, and later ratified when the Serbian Parliament is...  more...

Earth Day

[Apr 22, 2008] When American senator Gaylord Nelson came up with idea on April 22, 1970, to point out to the authorities that the Planet Earth is in danger and when he called about 22 millions of Americans to show that, the first protest for environmental protection was organized and it leaded to creation of the modern environmental movement. That was just the beginning. As time was passing this...  more...

Global Fund for Youth Investment

[Apr 8, 2008] The World Bank’s Social Development Civil Society Fund (CSF) Secretariat is organizing a logo and slogan competition for the Global Fund for Youth Investment (GFYI), a multi-donor trust fund recently approved to support the advancement of marginalized and vulnerable youth in the areas of entrepreneurship, citizenship and empowerment managed under the Global Public-Private Partnership for Youth...  more...

Working meeting of YVG in Nis

[Mar 12, 2008]  Youth Voices Group held a working meeting in Nis (southern Serbia) on March 5th, 2008. The main cause for organizing the meeting outside Belgrade was attending the ceremony of awarding scholarships to the best students of University of Nis, among which was the YVG member Ana Djelic. After the ceremony, Group held the meeting which main topic was creating the list of best candidates for new members of YVG and...  more...

Round table – “Civil Society in Serbia ? – challenges of the future”

[Mar 12, 2008]   Youth Voices Group members (Dusko Krsmanovic, Nikola Vucicevic, Dimitrije Talic and Dejan Tonic) attended on March 11th, 2008 in Media Center the round table “Civil Society in Serbia ? – challenges of the future”, which was organized by the Center for development of Civil Society MileniuM, as part of the project “The Future of Civil Society in Serbia”. After the...  more...

YVG visited Valjevo and Arilje on 2nd of March

[Mar 2, 2008]  On the 2. of March, the new World Bank Director and Regional Coordinator for the Southeastern Europe, Jane Armitage has started her visit in Serbia, by visiting the elementary school Stevan Colovic in Arilje and Medical Center in Valjevo. During this visit, she was accompanied by Mr. Simon Gray, the director of the World Bank office in Serbia, Mrs. Vesna Kostic, external...  more...

YVG visited Valjevo, Arilje and Ivanjica

[Feb 25, 2008] Partnership between State agency for Energy Efficiency and Youth Voices Group has always been successful. This is the report from our second joint activity which shows that we have the same attitude towards this important issue. Our first activity was held from 19.-21.05.2007. in Ivanjica and Katići. YVG Serbia is the most active group on this issue among all other YVGs in ECA region. Thus, we...  more...

Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program

[Feb 15, 2008] The World Bank Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGS) Application deadline: March 31 2008 The Joint Japan/ World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP), is in its 21st year. The Program awards scholarships to individuals from World Bank member countries to undertake graduate studies at universities renowned for their development research and teaching. In its Regular Program, the JJ/WBGSP has awarded scholarships to 2,707 scholars chosen from a total of...  more...

World Bank’s International Essay Competition 2008

[Feb 13, 2008]       SHAPING THE CITY OF YOUR DREAMS   In 2007, for the first time in human history, the majority of people in the world, particularly in developing countries, will be living in urban areas. Life in the city is often associated with more opportunities, better access to employment, education, health and other services. Cities are often called engines of economic growth,...  more...

Partnership with INFOSTUD!

[Feb 7, 2008] Not only people, but also organizations that work on similar activities and have the same ideological foundation soon find a common language and interest. In this case it is undeniably THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE POSITION OF YOUTH IN SERBIA!!! With pride we say that the Youth Voices Group has entered into a partnership with the INFOSTUD Company, the most visited youth related site in Serbia. Our...  more...

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