FREN Director Jelena Zarkovic Rakic participated in the work of the Civil Society Forum CSF (Western Balkans Summit Series) held on July 11-12, 2017 in Trieste, Italy. The CSF brought together representatives of civil society organizations (CSOs) to facilitate their impact on the so-called Berlin Process. The CSF covered topics such as Business Environment and Innovation, Rule of Law, Youth... Read more
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04.09.2017
30.06.2017
Belgrade, June 29, 2017 - Children and young people from the lower social strata in Serbia do not have equal chances to gain education, fulfill their potentials and give maximum contribution to the society. This is a main message from the panel discussion dedicated to inequalities in education, organized on June 29, 2017 on the occasion of the new issue and topic presented on the internet... Read more
28.04.2017
Belgrade, 27th April 2017 – Today's presentation of the new online platform for Monitoring Social Situation in Serbia MONS (www.mons.rs) highlighted that the great increase in inequality has negative consequences on economic growth and stability of the society. Serbia's Income and living conditions survey shows that our country has the greatest inequality in the distribution of... Read more
20.04.2017
Belgrade, April 20, 2017 - Social enterprises, in addition to achieving their economic function, through the sale of products and services on the market, have an important social role - to contribute to solving social issues, stated participants at the FREN conference organized on April 19, 2017, in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran And Social Affairs Zoran Lalic;... Read more
11.04.2017
FREN has become a member of the “Eastern European Social Policy Network” (EESPN) that was established in 2016 by the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research (affiliated to the United Nations) in Vienna. The European Centre is a UN-affiliated intergovernmental organization concerned with all aspects of social welfare policy and research.The Centre aims to improve social... Read more
13.03.2017
On Friday, 17 March 2017 at 11.00 am promotion of the new issue of the Quarterly Monitor - QM47 will be held in the Professors hall at the Faculty of Economics. Participants: Prof. Dr Milojko Arsic - Editor in Chief of the Quarterly Monitor, Will Bartlett - London School of Economics and Political Science, Milica Uvalić - Department of Economics of the University of Perugia,... Read more
08.12.2016
The First Newsletter of the Western Balkans Labour Market Research Network. Western Balkans Labour Market Research Network was established in June 2016 as a Regional Research Promotion Programme (RRPP) projed 'Strengthening the Labour Market Research Network - Toward the Understanding of the Political Economy of Unemployment in the Western Balkans'. The key objectives of the network have been to... Read more
07.12.2016
Belgrade, 2 December 2016 - Children in Serbia have significantly higher risk of poverty (30%) compared to the general population, as compared to children in the countries of the European Union (19%). For existing social protection programs in Serbia to respond more adequately to the needs of families and children at risk of poverty, better identification of households in... Read more
29.11.2016
Within the project "Strengthening the Labour Market Research Network – Toward the Understanding of the Political Economy of Unemployment in the Western Balkans", on November 24th 2016 the third workshop of the Network of researchers of the labour market in the Western Balkans, was held. The project is funded by the Swiss Government through the RRPP - Regional Research Promotion... Read more
14.11.2016
On October 27-28, 2016, the second Workshop of the RRPP Western Balkans Labour Market Research Network was held at the Univeristy American College, Skoplje, Macedonia. At the Workshop, project researchers from the Western Balkans region have presented comparative stock-taking papers covering the following topics: Migration and remittances, Informal employment, Public-... Read more
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Today's presentation of the new online platform for Monitoring Social Situation in Serbia MONS (www.mons.rs) highlighted that the great increase in inequality has negative consequences on economic growth and stability of the society.
To reduce the gap between the rich and the poor in Serbia, it is necessary to improve the policies that contribute to higher employability, such as education policy, lifelong learning and active employment policies. This was presented today at the presentation of a new online platform "Monitoring of the Social Situation in Serbia" (MONS).
Social enterprises, in addition to realization of their economic function through the sale of products and services on the market, have an important social role to contribute to solving social issues. This was concluded at a conference organized by the Foundation for the Advancement of Economics FREN.
