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January 15th, 2007

The office was opened in Raca Kragujevacka

Deputy director of People`s Office of the President of the Republic, Mladjan Djordjevic, has opened the office of the chairman of Raca Kragujevacka community. “ There are in Serbia, at the moment, 46 offices and ombudsmen established with the aim to protect the rights of citizens and enable them much easier communication with institutions”, said Djordjevic on the occasion of formal opening of the office in Raca Kragujevacka. He expressed his satisfaction that inhabitants of one more community in Serbia got the possibility to realize in a simple and faster way a communication both with local authorities and People`s Office of the President of the Republic. According to the words of Djordjevic, People`s Office has been supporting the opening of the offices of community` chairmen with the goal to help citizens solve their problems in individual cases equally when the whole categories of citizens are endangered.” People`s Office , besides the work on individual subjects , through the action “Let` s wake Serbia up” is trying to give help to those who are the most endangered and that are children, old people and sick people”, said Djordjevic and he underlined that Office induce those showing particular talent and readiness to achieve good results in various fields. After the opening of the office Djordjevic delivered jerseys to the members of local clubs, handball and basketball, and wished them good luck in further competitions.

December 27th, 2006

Protection of human rights - project of education

Non-governmental organization Initiative for democratic transition and People`s Office of the President of Serbia are starting the joint project « Creation of media capacity and local ombudsmen` offices with a target to approach the rule of law to citizens». The aim of this ten-months-long project is an increase of the citizens` knowledge about functions and the importance of local ombudsmen, and also about general principles of a protection of human rights. This project will be organized in four municipalities which already have civil defense attorneys: Sombor, Zrenjanin, Sabac and Rakovica. At the end of the program a manual will be printed with examples from the practice. –A year and a half ago we sent a letter to all municipality chairmen in Serbia with a request to establish the institution of ombudsman, and up to now we hardly have a tenth of them, said Branko Jankovic, deputy director of People`s Office of the President of Serbia. The majority haven`t done anything yet, firstly because they don`t understand what ombudsmen are supposed to do, or the existence of ombudsmen doesn`t suit them. The problem is also that there are not enough people who could do that. This project is financed by the Canadian government via Canadian Agency for international cooperation..

December 12th, 2006

The office in Titel

In the municipal assembly Titel, in order to help citizens an office has been opened, as a result of a particular cooperation of People`s Office of the President of the Republic and municipal authorities. According to the words of Mladjan Djordjevic, deputy director of People`s Office, by introducing this institution into the local self-government the inhabitants of Titel and neighbouring places will be able to finish much easier, first of all administrative works linked to Belgrade. At the same time, said Djordjevic, the office in Titel will participate, as a part of a fast growing net, in joint actions of People`s Office of the President of the Republic. The representatives of the People`s Office visited two elementary schools where 91 child from Kosovo and Metohia was attending classes during their ten days long visit to Serbia. The visit of the children from Kosovska Kamenica, Gnjilane, Kosovska Vitina, Novo Brdo and Štrpce was organized by municipal assembly Titel in association with People`s Office of the President of Serbia. «If one small community, as it is ours, has successfully organized such a wonderfull opportunity for children to make friendships, then the municipalities which are more developed could certainly do much more»- said Milivoj Petrovic, the headman of Titel municipality.

December 1st, 2006

Offices in Svrljig and Babusnica

During his visit to Svrljig and Babusnica director of People`s Office of the President of the Republic, Dragan Djilas opened the offices of the community chairman. On that occasion, ten the most endangered families in Svrljig got 10 000 dinars aid each, that People`s Office provided with the help of donors, while the Cultural center in Babusnica
got a computer.

October 31st, 2006

Veliko Gradiste – an office

Director of the People`s Office of the President of the Republic, Dragan Djilas, has opened the office of the municipal chairman in Veliko Gradiste. Djilas acclaimed, on that occasion, the decision of municipal management, which had answered the initiative of People`s Office, to add office in Veliko Gradiste to the list of local offices. «This is a good exemple how to put the interes of citizens above political intereses», said Djilas. The first working day of the office in Veliko Gradiste, the staff from the People`s Office of the President of the Republic was receiveng applications and requests and they were talking with citizens.

October 30th, 2006

The office in Kladovo

President of Serbia Boris Tadic, accompanied with the director of People`s Office Dragan Djilas, has opened an office of the chairman of Kladovo municipality. President Tadic expressed his pleasure that another local office ,with the help of People`s Office, was opened, where citizens would have an opportunity to complain about things and to ask protection of their rights. At the same time the team of People`s Office of the President of the Republic led by the chief of the Project Department, Sasa Velisavljevic have visited three villages in Kladovo community and they have given presents collected in the action «Let`s wake Serbia up» to the dislocated sections of the schools «Vuk Karadzic», «Hajduk Veljko», and «Stefanija Mihajlovic». Since the beginning of the action «Let`s wake Serbia up» till these days, 124 village schools in 30 communities in Serbia have been equipped with audio and video sets, school teaching devices and sport accessories.

October 8th, 2006

An office in Coka has been opened

Director of the People's Office of the President of the Republic, Dragan Djilas, has opened the office of the chairman of Coka community, announcing that, in this area, it will be one very important way of communication with citizens. Djilas said that functioning of the people's office would contribute to accelerate finding solutions for many painful problems that our citizens had , and from the other side, that the projects initiated by People's Office of the President of the Republic, could be easier realised in the areas where they were intended to be realised. The head chairmen in Coka district, Predrag Mijic, said on that occasion that his door was always open for the citizens, but as it had turned out , it was not always enough, so by opening of the people's office that way of communication with citizens was institutionalized.

September 19th, 2006

The office in Lajkovac

Director of People`s Office, Dragan Djilas has opened the Office of the mayor of Lajkovac district. On that occasion he underlined that more than a thousand of complaints were coming to People`s Office of the President of the Republic each month. Citizens were complaining mostly about the social problems, slow administration of justice,and long time waiting of the judgement executions.

Up to the present, 39 offices of the municipality mayors have been opened. This way, citizens make direct contact with the municipal authorities and some part of the problems they have is being solved on the spot, in local offices.

September 4th, 2006

Office Open in Niš Municipality Palilula

The director of People's Office of the President of Serbia opened an office of the district council chairman in Niš municipality Palilula . On this occasion he said that he expected that the other three Niš municipalities would soon have "an office of open doors" besides Palilula, and the previous Medijana. In Serbia, some kind of connection is necessary for everything that citizens need. This office will be their connection to solve their problems, if possible", Djilas said and added that we have to strive to create a society without the burden of administration and bureaucracy. "Citizens have their rights and we should provide the means to realize those rights", the director said.

June 28th, 2006

Medvedja: People`s Office has been opened

Director of People`s Office of the President of the Republic, Dragan Djilas, opened the Office of Medvedja municipality mayor, in the cultural center there, on 28th June.

-The Office in Medvedja will facilitate the citizens to solve their problems ,easier and more efficiently, considering the fact that they will not have to come to Belgrade anymore to do it.. Each mayor doing well his job is People`s Office by himself, and this is only an additional possibility to meet citizens`requests,- said Djilas, among other things, on that occasion.

May 26th, 2006

Office in Sjenica

Opening the office in Sjenica Director of People`s Office of the President of the Republic Dragan Djilas, said that 36 offices of mayors and ombudsmen had been working in Serbia till those days. „This is the net which tries, with the help of People`s Office, to fulfill numerous demands and requests of citizens“, said Djilas underlining that now in Sjenica exists a place where inhabitants could ask for help in resolving their problems or where they can submit a request which would be proceeded to the Office in Belgrade.

The mayor of Sjenica municipality, Esad Zornic, expresed his satisfaction concerning the beginning of the work of the office and said he hopes it would be of benefit to the inhabitants of that area.

May 19th, 2006

An Office has been opened in Prijepolje

President of Serbia Boris Tadic and director if People`s Office of the President of the Republic Dragan Djilas have opened the office of the mayor in Prijepolje municipality.

„We should listen to our citizens, see what their problems are. Sometimes people need only to be heard“, said President Tadic expresing his hope that the office in Prijepolje would succesfully solve the citizen`s problems. Almir Mehonic and Miodrag Cubic, who will work together in the office in Prijepolje, underlined that they had been doing similar things until nowadays and that, with the help of People`s Office, they would be able to do much more to help the inhabitants in protection of their rights in the future.

May 17th, 2006

Office in Zajecar has been opened

The deputy director of People`s Office of the President of the Republic, Mladjan Djordjevic, said at the opening of this office that its main task was to solve problems of the inhabitants of Zajecar, but at the same time, to take part in already existing actions and projects of the People`s Office. «This is 34th office of the mayors and city`s ombudsmen. We have been opening offices everywhere where we were invited, regardless who`s been in authority», said Djordjevic. The mayor of Zajecar, Bosko Nicic stated that this office would be the service of the citizens which will help them solve the problems they were facing every day, with the aid of People`s Office and in cooperation with it.

April 19th, 2006

Opening of the People`s Office - Dimitrovgrad

The Office of the mayor has been opened in Dimitrovgrad ,too. Deputy director of People`s Office of the President of the Republic Mladjan Djordjevic and the mayor of Dimitrovgrad municipality Veselin Velickov expresed their hope that opening of the office will be of exceptional use to the citizens, and that the cooperation with state authorities will be better.

-Authority should be service of citizens and I think that the main role of local offices is exactly to help people find solutions for their problems-said , among other things, Mladjan Djordjevic.

March  31st, 2006

The Office in Razanj

President of Serbia Boris Tadić and director of People`s Office of the President of the Republic Dragan Djilas were present at the opening of the Office of the mayor of Razanj.

On that occasion, President Tadic indicated his readiness to be a patron of the Fair of small municipalities business offers, which would gather investors willing to input their means in less developed areas in Serbia. This is one of the ways, for small municipalities, to present their developmental potential and to provide means that could improve economic situation, relieve unemployment and increase standard of citizens, concluded President Tadic.

March 31st, 2006

The Office in Trgoviste has been opened

During the visit of Trgoviste President of Serbia Boris Tadic and director of People`s Office Dragan Djilas were present at the opening of people`s office of the mayor of that city. Thus, the inhabitants of this extremly poor area got the possibility to ask for help in protecting their rights. However, this municipality according to 2002 census of population had 6 372 inhabitants, but the following year this number was reduced to 6 234. From the whole number of citizens in Trgoviste only 1 639 of them are employed, and the majority of working people are seasonal workers, so that only children and old people live in Trgoviste and surrounding villages from spring till autumn.
 

March 14th, 2006

Office in Knjazevac

The second Office in Zajecar district, established on the initiative of People`s Office of the President of the Republic, started its work. While opening the Office in Knjazevac Director of People`s Office Dragan Djilas expressed his hope that the Office in Knjazevac, in cooperation with local government and with the assistance of People`s Office, would help local inhabitants solving the great deal of problems they are facing. The mayor Gradimir Zivkovic expressed his gratitude for computer equipment that People`s Office of the President has provided, with help of donors, for the beginning of work of Office in Knjazevac. He frankly showed his satisfaction that, from now on, citizens have possibility to ask for help trying to protect their rights.

February 9th, 2006

The Office in Pecinci

Director of People’s Office of the President of the Republic Dragan Djilas and the Mayor of Pecinci Nikola Pavkovic opened the second local Office in Srem county. Djilas and Pavkovic expressed satisfaction that residents of Pecinci and the surrounding villages will have opportunity to solve their problems easier. The Office in Pecinci is the 19th Office of the Mayor that began to work thanks to initiative and help of People’s Office of the President of the Republic. Along with the Offices, there are 10 local ombudspersons in Serbia. On the occasion of this visit, municipality of Pecinci received communal equipment, that city of Belgrade in cooperation with People’s Office gives as aid to local self-governments.

October 27th, 2005

Office in Medijana, Municipality of Nis

The first Office of the Mayor in Nis will offer help to the citizens that complained to local self-government, state and other authorities. Director of People’s Office Dragan Djilas opened the Office, and the Mayor of Medijana Dragoslav Cirkovic emphasized on the occasion of opening the Office in Medijana that the citizens will have legal help free of charge and opportunity to find the solution for their problems.

October 26th, 2005

Boljevac- One More Office

During the visit to Boljevac President of Serbia Boris Tadic opened the Office of the Mayor and on that occasion stated that the main task of every Mayor is to take care of the citizens and to defend their rights. With the intend to offer an expert help, the People’s Office of the President of Serbia organized a number of seminars in order to educate all employees of the Offices and Ombudspersons in Serbia, said Dragan Djilas Director of People’s Office, while opening the office in Boljevac.

October 18th, 2005

Office in Topola

Director of People’s Office of the President of the Republic Dragan Djilas and the Mayor of Topola Dragan Jovanovic opened a local office in this municipality in Sumadija. In the aid action for schools in rural regions of Serbia, the representatives of People’s Office visited the school in village Donja Satornja. With a help of donors, the pupils received teaching aids.

October 17th, 2005

Offices in Bor and Majdanpek

The inhabitants of two municipalities in east Serbia from now on have possibility to ask for help in local offices of the Mayors. On the occasion of opening the offices in Bor and Majdanpek, the President of Serbia Boris Tadic emphasized that the authorities should serve the people and that the role of local offices is to help people to find solutions to their problems. While visiting Majdanpek, President Tadic and Director of People’s Office Dragan Djilas went to the basketball playground in elementary school “Velimir Markicevic” in Majdanpek that was repaired thanks to People’s Office, municipality of Majdanpek and IPM Majdanpek. For the elementary school “Branko Peric” in Rudna Glava near Majdanpek, People’s Office of the President of the Republic purchased teaching aids and sports gear for the pupils and in that way begun the aid action for village schools in Serbia.

July 1st, 2005

The Office in Secanj

The opening of the offices in townships of Serbia is the best way for solving the problems on a local level, the problems for which the citizens would try to find the solution in Belgrade- said Dragan Djilas, Director of People’s Office on the occasion of opening the office in Secanj. The Mayor of Secanj Predrag Milosevic presented the facts about damage caused by flood and about the repair, and expressed gratitude for the help that was provided in the aid-action of the People’s Office and B92. During the visit of Jasa Tomic, Djilas has informed township officials that People’s Office in cooperation with Belgrade Water-Supply provided a donation of 800 meters of external water pipes, damaged during flood. Special gratitude was expressed to Srboljub Milenkovic, the Mayor of Kosovska Mitrovica. During the aid-action of People’s Office and B92, this township has set aside certain amount of money for the buying of special clothes, necessary for the reparation of the flooded ground.

June 27th, 2005

Office in Krupanj

Krupanj, centre of Radjevina, joined the towns that have people’s office of the Mayor. Director of People’s Office of the President of the Republic attended the opening and stated that citizens must have the opportunity to implement their rights easier.

“The citizens of Serbia were deprived of civil rights, and we are trying to accelerate implementation of those rights” emphasized Djilas.

June 26th, 2005

Cicevac Has Office

The first office in Rasina region will offer help to residents of that area considering complaints directed to the local-selfgovernment, to governmental and other bodies. For the opening of the office in Cicevac, People’s Office, with a help of donors, provided computer equipment.

Office will be opened, said the Mayor Zlatan Krkic, every workday in order to provide help for citizens to solve their problems efficiently.

June 21st, 2005

Office in Bac

President of the Republic of Serbia Boris Tadic opened people’s office in Bac. The township office is established to make easier communication between the Office of the President of the Republic, departments of the Government and the Province, and especially with the Ombudsperson of the Province. The citizens will be able to hand over complaints, appeals and other requests every workday, or to send them by mail.

June 17th, 2005

The First Office in Branicevo Region

On the occasion of opening the office in Golubac, Director of People’s Office Dragan Djilas said he hopes that the other municipalities of the Branicevo region would also respond to the appeal of the President and establish offices. Djilas announced that there will be opened offices in Krupanj and Secanj in the next ten days. The office in Golubac received computer equipment for the begging of work, and People’s Office provided, with a help of donors, 16 computer desks for elementary school “Branko Radicevic” from Golubac.

June 7th, 2005

Office in Prokuplje

President of Serbia Boris Tadic opened people’s office in Prokuplje. On that occasion the President emphasized that it is very important for development of Serbia that municipalities and directly elected representatives of citizens in local self-government fulfill obligations within their legal authority.

President Tadic said that cooperation between central institutions of government, in other words, the Parliament, the Government and President of the Republic with the local self-governments is of high importance, too. “Only in that way we will have a secure political system and we will be able to solve the permanent and everyday problems of the citizens”, concluded President Tadic on the occasion of opening the office in Prokuplje.

June 6th, 2005

Office in Vlasotince

President of Serbia Boris Tadic, on the occasion of opening people’s office in Vlasotince said that it assures a two-way communication between the Mayor and the citizens. People’s office in Vlasotince will be led by Snezana Golubovic who said she hopes she would justify confidence and invited citizens to turn to the office for every violation of their civil rights. People’s Office of the President of the Republic provided, with a help of donors, technical equipment for the beginning of work.

June 6th, 2005

Office in Vladicin Han

A local people’s office is established in Vladicin Han with the purpose of protecting the interests of citizens before legal authorities. The office will be financed from the township budget, and People’s Office will offer help in computer equipment and training of the employees.

The representatives of local self-government attended the opening of the office, and Director of People’s Office Dragan Djilas announced the opening of people’s office in Bujanovac, where the negotiations with the local officials are brought to the end.

May 19th, 2005

Faster Implementation of Civil Right

People’s Office of the President of Serbia sent a letter to all mayors in all municipalities in Serbia inviting them to establish institution of ombudsperson or open people’s office at city or township level. People’s Office promised to find donors that would donate a personal computer to ombudsperson or people’s office of the mayor, and to cooperate in order to solve the problems that citizens have with administrative authorities of the Republic.

In cooperation with Ombudsperson of Province of Vojvodina, People’s Office takes measures in order to expand the network of ombudspersons, education and advancement of their work. Ombudspersons and people’s offices would contribute to faster and easier implementation of civil rights.

May 6th, 2005

Office in Sremska Mitrovica

President of Serbia Boris Tadic said that foundation of People’s Office was justified and that the Office worked successfully in the past few months. At the opening of the office in Sremska Mitrovica Tadic said that it is important institution specialized for helping citizens. “This office has the obligation to recognize problems that citizens of Mitrovica and region of Srem have, and to try to find the solution for those problems,” President Tadic said.

April 26th, 2005

Office in Paracin

Director of People’s Office of the President of the Republic Dragan Djilas, in presence of the Mayor of Paracin Sasa Paunovic, opened the office in that town today.” We want to show that something can be done, and that politicians do not pave with asphalt and cut ribbons just during the election campaign. Our idea is not to open the offices just in places where the Mayor is from DS, yet to cooperate with every township. No matter who governs the town, he needs to be there for the citizens”, said Djilas. The office in Paracin received computer equipment from People’s Office in Belgrade, in order to begin with work promptly.

April 25th, 2005

Office in Batocina

"The aim of People’s Office is to provide better contact between citizens of Serbia with the central administration in Belgrade", stated Dragan Djilas, Director of People’s Office at the opening of the office in Batocina. "We are trying to accelerate and make easier implementation of citizens’ rights in Serbia that were abolished", emphasized Djilas. People’s Office supplied the office in Batocina with computers.

April 19th, 2005

The First Office Opened in the South of Serbia

While opening the Office in Lebane, Director of People’s Office Dragan Djilas emphasized that it will certainly help solving the problems of population of that region. The Mayor, Dr. Mica Stankovic told that there are numerous social and economic problems in Lebane, and that the cooperation with the republic institutions is indispensable in order to improve the situation of the population of the one of the poorest community in Serbia.
Djilas fulfilled the promise of President Boris Tadic, and on this occasion announced that in the next ten days, for the costs of medical treatment, the sum of 12,000 euros will be paid on the account of Lidija Marjanovic from village Sumane, near Lebane. Lidija will face a very difficult heart operation in London, and People’s Office provided the large amount of money that was necessary with the help of donators.

April 14th, 2005

Office in Arilje

With the purpose of meeting the needs of citizens and to show that the things can be changed and problems can be solved quicker- People’s Office is opened in Arilje. Ljubica Bogosavljevic, the Mayor of Arilje told that the citizens will be able to appeal to People’s Office, present their problem and ask for solution every work day from 9-10 o’clock.

Director of People’s Office Dragan Djilas on this occasion said that People’s Office in Belgrade has a great number of calls from the provinces, and that the founding of the offices in townships in Serbia is necessary in order to offer help to citizens more efficiently. The Office in Arilje received from People’s Office computer equipment, and Djilas announced that in the next few months there will be established about twenty offices.