After the media reported the information that the HNS’s Minister of Civil Construction in the new Government of Croatia will also take charge over the sector of spatial planning, several environmental associations demanded from Zoran Milanović, the head of the “Kukuriku coalition” and holder of the mandate to form the new Government to keep his campaign promises, listed in the so-called “Plan 21”, and ensure that the spatial planning sector will be incorporated in the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

On December 8, the National Youth Day, the Albanian Youth Council launched the creation of Academy of Youth Policy for Young Leaders 2012. Earlier this week, Albanian Youth Council offered more detailed information on this initiatuve on its Facebook profile.

The Survey “LGBT Population and Reforms of Security Sector”, prepared by the Public Policy Research Centre shows taht LGBT population has little confidence in the institutions of the security sector in Serbia, resulting in a situation in which the majority of the non-heterosexual persons hesitate to report the cases of violence and discrimination to the authorities.

Yesterday, December 19, 2011, the Civic Association MOST presented its new Guides for citizen participation in policy and decision-making processes in the local self-government, intended for tthe citizens and municipal administrations, aiming to strengthen and increase citizens’ participation in local policy and decision making processes.

On December 9, the International Day against Corruption, the FOL Movement held an action to “disinfect” corrupt civil servants and elected officials, at the main entrance of the Government building in Prishtina/Priština. The action aimed to express FOL Movement’s concerns over high levels of corruption in public and government institutions.

Last Thursday, December 15, the Association of Anonymous Artists (UAA) opened the third „Minimum Maximum” International Exhibition on the subject of “Sexuality”. Out of more than 150 submitted works, the selection committee chose 130 works that, according to committee member Davor Paponja, approached the subject with a definitive opinion and position.

The new internet portal http://pravodaznam.ba was presented today in Sarajevo. The portal makes a specific contribution to the implementation of the Law on Free Access to Information and offers the citizens assistance with the submission of requests for free access to information, monitoring of its progress. It also offers a repository of all earlier successful and failed requests and a searchable database of institutions to which a request can be submitted.

The publication of the report on implementation of the Anti-Discrimination Law took place on the 14th of December 2011 during a conference held in Hotel Sirius, Prishtin

Today, at a ceremony held at the Belgrade City Assembly, 43 Romani middle aged and senior men and women were presented with the certificates for completion of literacy course organized by Civic Initiatives association and conducted by students of Belgrade University. The certificates were presented by Deputy Mayor of Belgrade Miodrag Krkobabić and the Director of Civic Initiatives NGO Miljenko Dereta.