SOROS YUGOSLAVIA FOUNDATION

1994

ANNUALREPORT

BOARD MEMBERS_____________________________________Ms. Sonja Licht, PresidentMr. Radoslav AndjusMs. Milena Dragicevic- SesicMr. Branko KovacevicMr. Shkelzen MaliqiMr. Veran MaticMr. Ljubisa StankovicMr. Vojislav StanovcicMr. Tibor Varady

PRESIDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD__________________Ms. Sonja Licht

MANAGIN DIRECTOR__________________________________Mr. Slobodan Nakarada

PROGRAM COORDINATORS____________________________Mr. Ivan Dzidic Children’s Programs

Mr. Zoran Dimitrievski Children’s ProgramsMs. Jadranka Jelincic East East, Grants, Regional

Programs, HESP, CEUMs. Gordana Jankovic Media ProgramMs. Tatjana Stojic Humanitarian Program PROGRAM ASSISTANT_________________________________Ms. Svetalana Djukic Media Program Assistant ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF_______________________________Ms. Vera Vukelic Administrative, CoordinatorMs. Dijana Zagorac Financial Manager

CONSULTANT________________________________________Dr. Vuk Stambolovic Medical AidDr. Sanja Petrovic Medical AidDr. Predrag Zivotic Medical Aid

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PRISHTINA BRANCH OFFICE____________________________

Office CoordinatorMr. Anton Berisha

Program CoordinatorMr. Sreten Ugricic

Administrative AssistantMrs. Lluleta Vuniqi

NOVI SAD BRANCH OFFICE__________________________________

Office CoordinatorMr. Laszlo Vegel

Program CoordinatorMs. Sarita Matijevic

Administrative AssistantMs. Tatjana Medic

PODGORICA BRANCH OFFICE_______________________________

Office CoordinatorMrs. Mirjana Popovic

Program CoordinatorMr. Sasa Brajovic

Administrative AssistantMs. Aleksandra Redzic

NEW YORK STAFF MEMBERS________________________________

Executive DirectorMs. Beka Vuco

Program OfficersMs. Mary Frances LindstromMr. Jim McLainMs. Maja Danon

Program CoordinatorMs. Vera Djomparini

Executive AssistantMs. Lesley Glauberman

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1994 - A YEAR OF AWARD AND PUNISHMENT

Following 1993 when the Soros Yugoslavia Foundation became a real institution, present in all parts of country, 1994 was the first year of real break-through. It was the first year that we succeeded to reach out to tree major universities with HESP program, supported a number of crucial research projects, started a serious publishing program-supporting both individual book projects and independent publishers as well as 35 various cultural and other journals, and were helping to create several journalist and media associations. We also supported initiatives in minority education and publishing, from dictionaries and manuals (in Rumanian, Albanian, Slovak, Hungarian languages) to starting a graduate course at the Department of Hungarian language at the Novi Sad University.

In the field of culture and art numerous new initiatives were launched, especially by young, gifted people, who were almost paralyzed in the recent years by the fact that most of the cultural institutions were over by official structures. The establishment of SCCA was seen by many visual artists as their last and only resort. The children program started supporting children and youth creativity through artistic colonies and the number of other specialized programs, and in the same time made a special effort to continue all those activities which could help this population to fulfill its needs through supporting as many quality projects of other institutions as possible. In the time of the worst crises, when the hyperinflation reached its peak, we organized New Year programs for more than 50.000 children, hoping that this mass action could, at least, for a few weeks help them to regain the perspective of a normal childhood.

In the humanitarian program we concentrated on the most vulnerable parts of the population: refugees in collective refugee centers and children in special institutions, initiating an active process of re-socialization and re-integration. Within the medical program we moved from aid centered activities toward longer-term projects, supporting education of medical professionals and development of the health system.

This was first year when the Foundation was really felt as a support system for hundreds of different independent initiatives in media, culture, art education, science, non-governmental activities.

But it was also the first year when the Foundation was faced with an orchestrated hostile campaign in the official media. This campaign was, for the first time, questioning the very existence of the institution, accusing the Foundation for countless evils and promoting in into a “dangerous public enemy”. This was the first time that we decided we have to launch a counter campaign defending the work publicly. Thus, after a month the attacks faded away. The financial police spent two months in our premises could not find any substantial irregularities, although it tried very hard. We continued working even harder than before. The campaign against the Foundation scared off some people but attracted many more, since we became really well known to the overall Yugoslav public. Although the atmosphere calmed down, we, unfortunately, do not believe that the hostility against the Foundation is over. But we are determined to go on, since we become fully aware that our work is

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needed and appreciated by many who really care and ready to struggle for the idea of an open society to become part and parcel of the future of this country.

Sonja LichtPresident of the Executive BoardSoros Yugoslavia Foundation

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EDUCATION

INDIVIDUAL GRANTS

The program of individual grants offers a possibility for scientists and others experts to apply for funds which should enable them to participate at international gatherings abroad (congresses, conferences, meetings…), and in expert and professional programs (courses, working groups, research projects, seminars...) lasting up to twelve weeks. The program is, above all, oriented toward younger scientists and experts (45 in the age limit), whose papers or projects have been accepted by the organizers or institutions, and who have been professionally invited to participate.

In 1994 more than two hundred grants were awarded, mainly in the field of medicine, technical and hard sciences.

Conference & Travel ’94

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDAnnual public announcement of the Conference & Travel Program

$ 312.08

Milan Kovacev Living expenses to attend the Barkley College of Music, 1994/1995

$ 500

Ljubinka Trgovcevic Living expenses to complete research on the Serbian pre-World I students in Germany, Jan.-Feb. 1994

$ 500

Srdjan Vujica Travel grant to attend the translators’ summer school, February 1994

$ 304

Miroslav Trakovic Travel grant to attend the “Interval ‘94”, St. Petersburg, March 7-10, 1994

$ 436

Nebojsa Caric Living expenses to attend the Adizez Institute Seminar “Find Out How to Lead Any Organization to Peak Performance”. Los Angeles, February 24-27, 1994

$ 1,000

Miomir Kostic Travel grants to attend the IEEE Power Engineering Winter Meeting, New York, January 30- February 3, 1994

$ 476.09

Ljiljana Tomasevic Living expenses for specialization at the Policlinico di Careggi, March 25 - July 25, 1994

$ 1,500

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDMiroslava Smiljanic - Spasic

Living and travel expenses to attend the 2nd Meeting of Interpreters and Translators from Central and Eastern Europe, Budmerice, April 21-24, 1994

$ 227

Zivana Milicevic Living expenses to attend the 8th Versammlung der Anatomischen Gesellschaft, Marburg, March 20-23, 1994

$ 400

Gordana Vukotic-Cotic

Living and travel expenses to attend the Oxford University Seminar “Issues of Assistance to Displaced Population in Europe”, Oxford, March 21-26, 1994

$ 467.84

Vladimir Kostic Living expenses to attend the 11th meeting on Parkinson’s Disease, Rome, March 26-30, 1994

$ 500

Dragana Sobic-Saranovic

Travel grant to attend the British Nuclear Medicine Society Annual Meeting, March 27-30, 1994

$ 380

Ivan Colovic Living expenses to complete project at the College International des Traducteurs Litteraries, Arles, April 1- May 31, 1994

$ 350.88

Muharem Cerabregu

Living expenses to attend the 94th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, March 30-April 4, 1994

$ 700

Dejan Soskic Living expenses to complete project at the Florida University, Economy Department, February 28- May 20, 1994

$ 1,500

Drita Tutunovic Travel grant to attend the 1st International Encoumters on Judeo-Spanish, Tel-Aviv, April 4-7, 1994

$ 454.29

Rade Babic Living expenses for specialization at the Hippokration Hospital, Athens, April-July, 1994

$ 800

Zoran Vukasinovic Living expenses to attend the 13th Meeting of the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society, Porto, April 4-7, 1994

$ 300

Natasa Stojadinovic Living expenses to attend the 25th Congress of the International Society of Hematology, Calcun, April 17-24,1994

$ 1,000

Eleonora Prohic Living expenses to attend Marche International des programmes de television, Cannes, April 15-20, 1994

$ 600

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDMilos Nikolic living expenses for specialization at the

Unite de dermatologie pediatrques, Bordeaux, April-July, 1994

$ 1,200

Branislava Savic Living expenses to attend the 6th International Congress on Infectious Diseases, Prague, April 26-30, 1994

$ 300

Natasa Vukovic-Opavski

Living expenses to attend the 6th International Congress on Infectious Diseases, Prague, April 26-30, 1994

$ 300

Ana Marija Veresbaranji

Living expenses to attend the Meeting of the American Oil Chemists’ Society, Atlanta, May 8-12, 1994

$ 656

Ivan ilic Travel grant attend the Multimedia and Fine Art Workshops, Bochum, June 4-25, 1994

$ 432

Vesna Stojanovic-Birovljev

Living expenses to attend the 5th Meeting of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, Taormina, May 31- June 5, 1994

$ 530

Mile Jovic Living expenses to attend the “People to People Citizen Ambassador Program”, Seattle, Beijing, Hong-Kong, May 9-27, 1994

$ 2,000

Ivan Ilic Living expenses to attend the Multimedia and Fine Art Workshops, Bochum, June 4-25, 1994

$ 568

Alisa Stojanovic Living expenses to participate at the Barlays New Stages Festival-Green Room, Manchester, June 7-25, 1994

$ 600

Zoran Filipi Travel grant to attend the Turbocharging and Turbochargers Conference, London, June 7-9, 1994

$ 380

Vesna Kacar-Kukric Travel grant to attend the 7th World Congress on Lung Cancer, Colorado Springs, June 26-July 1, 1994

$ 284

Vesna Skodric Living expenses to attend the International Congress of Pulmonary Diseases and the 28th Conference of the International Union for Anti-Tuberculosis, Mainz, June 14-17, 1994

$ 400

Dragoslava Djeric Travel grant to attend the 7th Triennial Meeting of the Schuknecht Society, Boston, June 21-22, 1994

$ 569

Aleksandra Petrovic Travel grant to complete research at the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, April 20- June 2, 1994

$ 325

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDDragan Toprek Travel grant to attend the 4th European

Particle Accelerator Conference, London, June 27-July 1, 1994

$ 380

Slobodan Golubovic

Living expenses to attend the 27th International Congress of Ophthalmology, Ottawa, June 26-30, 1994

$ 500

Ljubica Milivojevic-Poleksic

Living expenses for specialization at the Institute of Pulmonology, Jerusalem, June 10- September 10, 1994

$ 1,200

Milica Mojasevic Living expenses for specialization at the Weed Science Laboratory, Beltsville, June 24 - August 10, 1994

$ 1,000

Svetlana Stojanovic Travel grant to attend the College international des traducteurs litterarires, Arles, July 1- August 31, 1994

$ 483

Tomislav Gredic Living expenses to attend the 4th European Vacuum Conference, Upsalla, June 12-17, 1994

$ 600

Djordjije Saranovic Travel grant attend the Radiology and Oncology meeting ’94, May, 22-24, 1994

$ 612

Marina Stojanov Travel grant to attend ’94 AACC National Meeting, New Orleans, July 17-21, 1994

$ 748

Ivona Ilic Travel grant to attend the International Medieval Congress, Leeds. July 2- August 21, 1994

$ 748

Vesna Dragutinovic Living expenses to attend the 4th European Vacuum Conference, Upsalla, June 12-17, 1994

$ 400

Dubravka Franic- Mihajlovic

Living expenses to attend the 7th International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology Division, Prague, July 3-9, 1994

$ 400

Nysret Taraku Living expenses to complete research at the Institut ziemniaka, Bonin, June 28-July 28, 1994

$ 564.79

Tomislav Bodor Travel grant to attend the Weitzmann Institute Summer School, July 1- August 3, 1994

$ 412

Mirjana Jerkic Travel grant to attend the 3rd International Symposium “Multiple Risk Factors in Cardiovascular Disease”, Florence, July 5-10, 1994

$ 600

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDBogdan Djoric Travel grant for specialization at the

Leon-Mexico architecture firm, June 30-October 20, 1994

$ 1,053

Mila Pucar Travel grant to attend the PLEA 94, Negev, July 2-11, 1994

$ 412

Slobodan Savic Living expenses to attend the 16th Congress of the International Academy of Forensic Medicine, Strasbourg, May 31- June 2, 1994

$ 600

Bato Korac Travel grant to attend the 12th International Congress of Pharmacology, Montreal, July 24-29, 1994

$ 609.43

Miodrag Pavisic Living expenses to attend the 10th Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Lisbon, July 18-22, 1994

$ 400

Nevena Dakovic travel grant to attend the 1st European Film & TV Studies Conference, London, July 18-23, 1994

$ 401.89

Andreja Samcovic travel grant to attend the94th International Conference on Communication Technology, Shanghai, June 6-12, 1994

$ 905.66

Zvezdan Horvat Travel grant to attend the Adizez Premiere Training Seminar, Los Angeles, June 2-14, 1994

$ 613.21

Nenad Grubin Travel grant to attend the GLOPAL ICGP meeting, Warsaw, July 14-17, 1994

$ 254.72

Milan Sahovic Travel grant to participate in the European Council International Law project, May 5- June 7, 1994

$ 362.96

Zdenka Milivojevic Travel grant to attend the seminar “Turbulent Europe”, London, July 18-24, 1994

$ 401.89

Mirela Budec Living expenses to attend the 3rd European Congress of Endocrinology, Amsterdam, July 17-22, 1994

$ 600

Snezana Maloparac-Nikolic

Living expenses for specialization at the “La Paz” Hospital, Madrid, June 1- August 31, 1994

$ 1,200

Gordana Vukotic-Cotic

Reimbursement for travel expenses in England to attend the Oxford seminar, Oxford

$ 137.50

Svetlana Stojic Living expenses to attend the Scottish Universities Summer International School, Edinburg, August 1-29, 1994

$ 720.92

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDMomir Milosavljevic Living expenses to specialize at the

Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Guilford, September 3-30, 1994

$ 1,200

Ljiljana Petrovic Living expenses to attend the World Congress of Mathematicians, Zurich, August 1-11, 1994

$ 600

Zorana Penezic Living expenses to attend the 7th International Congress on Obesity, Toronto, August 19-26, 1994

$ 800

Milan Merkle Living expenses to attend the 7th International Congress on Obesity, Toronto, August 19-26, 1994

$ 600

Sanja Petrovic Living expenses to attend the 7th International Congress on Obesity, Toronto, August 19-26, 1994

$ 1,035.95

Lidija Zivotic Living expenses to attend the 7th International Congress on Obesity, Toronto, August 19-26, 1994

$ 935.95

Tamara Janjic Living expenses to attend the 7th International Congress on Obesity, Toronto, August 19-26, 1994

$ 708.95

Aleksandar Djordjevic

travel grant to the Orthopaedic Summer School, Helsinki, July 31- August 7, 1994

$ 430.07

Milos Ljubisavljevic Living expenses to attend the Alpha and Gama Motor System Symposium, London, July 10-14, 1994

$ 400

Ljiljana Comic Travel grant to attend the International Ecological Summer School, Poznan, June 10-18, 1994

$ 276.73

Dragan Vinterhalter Living expenses to attend the 8th Congress of the International Association of Plant Tissue Culture, Florence, June 12-17, 1994

$ 400

Nenad Tasic Living expenses to attend the 7th International Congress of South-East European Studies, Thessaloniki, August 29- September 4, 1994

$ 500

Aleksandar Fotic Living expenses to attend the 7th International Congress of South-East European Studies, Thessaloniki, August 29- September 4, 1994

$ 500

Darko Todorovic Living expenses to attend the 7th International Congress of South-East European Studies, Thessaloniki, August 29- September 4, 1994

$ 500

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDAna Marija Veresbaranji

Additional living expenses to attend the Meeting of the American Oil Chemists’ Society, Atlanta, May 8-12, 1994

$ 60

Caslav Pejovic travel grant to complete his studies at the Kyushu University, Faculty of Law, September 1-November 23, 1994

$ 2,000

Mila Todorovic-Tirnanic

Travel grant to attend the Euro Association of Nuclear Medicine Congress, Dusseldorf, August 20-24, 1994

$ 347.06

Vera Artiko Travel grant to attend the Euro Association of Nuclear Medicine Congress, Dusseldorf, August 20-24, 1994

$ 347.06

Zivko Sucurlija Living expenses to attend the 4th Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas, Graz, August 22-27, 1994

$ 600

Vesna Ristanovic-Nikolic

Travel grant to attend the 8th International Symposium on Victimology, Adelaida, August 17-29, 1994

$ 1,671.90

Milan Parivodic Travel grant to attend the Foundation for Freedom International Course, Tirley Garth, September 1-20, 1994

$ 558.17

Jelena Vranjesevic Travel grant to attend the Foundation for Freedom International Course, Tirley Garth, September 1-20, 1994

$ 452.29

Maja Hristov Living expenses to complete her professional training at the Renato von der Heyde Arquitetura e Planejamoneto Ltda, Porto Alegre, Brasil, August- October, 1994

$ 1,000

Miroljub Dugic Living expenses to attend the 17th International Conference “Nuclear Tracks in Solids”, Dubna-Moscow, August 23-29, 1994

$ 500

Maja Vuksanovic Living expenses to complete her professional training at the University of Illinois, Department of Linguistics, August-December, 1994

$ 2,000

Vesna Radoman Living expenses to complete her professional training in psychology of deafness in different British institutions, August 1994

$ 1,000

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDVedrana Marinovic Living expenses to attend the 45

Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Porto, August 28- September 2, 1994

$ 600

Branislav Rosic Living expenses to attend the 14th World Congress of Gynecology and Obstretics, Montreal, September 23 - October 4, 1994

$ 562.09

Fakultet muzicke umetnosti Beograd

Travel grant to perform at the International Symposium of Electronic Arts, Helsinki, August 20-26, 1994

$ 3,188.24

Sladjana Sobajic Living expenses to attend the 2nd European Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Berlin, September 28- October 1, 1994

$ 400

Mila Stojakovic Living expenses to attend the FUBEST ’94, Sofia, September 28-30, 1994

$ 320

Biljana Janic Travel grant to attend the World Congress of Gastroenterology , Los Angeles, September 30-October, 1994

$ 826.08

Nada Kostic Travel grant to attend the World Congress of Gastroenterology , Los Angeles, September 30-October, 1994

$ 1,000

Jasmina Ciric Travel grant to attend the 6th International Symposium on Pharmacological Control of Calcium and Potassium Homeostasis, Florence, October 4-6, 1994

$ 400

Snezana Sekularac Living expenses to attend the 16th International Congress on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Delhi, September 18-24, 1994

$ 914.65

Zoran Lazarevic Travel grant to attend the International Conference on Electrical Machines, Paris, September 5-8, 1994

$ 270

Zoran Golubovic Travel grant to attend the 30th Congress of the Italian Society of Paediatric Surgery, Verona, September 7-10, 1994

$ 359.24

Vladimir Jurisic Travel grant to attend the 13th Meeting of the European Association for Cancer Research, Berlin, September 25-28, 1994

$ 282.35

Ilja Slani Living expenses to attend the Image and Science Film Festival, Paris, September 29-October 14, 1994

$ 779.08

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDMilan Milosevic Living expenses to attend the Image

and Science Film Festival, Paris, September 29-October 14, 1994

$ 779.08

Vera Todorovic Travel grant to attend the World Congress of Gastroenterology, Los Angeles, September 30-October 8, 1994

$ 896.08

Njegica Jojic Travel grant to attend the World Congress of Gastroenterology, Los Angeles, September 30-October 8, 1994

$ 1,000

Marko Kontic Travel grant to attend the 14th World Congress of the Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae, Los Angeles, September 28-October 1, 1994

$ 960.78

Svetlana Kijevcanin Travel grant to attend the International Conference on Group and Interactive Learning, Glasgow, September 12-16, 1994

$ 400

Slobodanka Jankovic

Travel grant to attend the International Conference on Group and Interactive Learning, Glasgow, September 12-16, 1994

$ 400

Mirjana Vukmirovic travel grant to complete her studies in recent French literature, October-November, 1994

$ 277.12

Branimir Jovanovic Travel grant to attend the 2nd International Conference on Petroleum Chemistry, Tomsk, September 27-30, 1994

$ 877.78

Branka Karapetrovic

Living expenses to attend the FEBS International Summer School on Immunology, West Coast of Peloponese, September 5-12, 1994

$ 500

Zeljko Markovic Living expenses to attend the 4th European Symposium on Uroradiology, Florence, September 12-15, 1994

$ 400

Srmena Krstev Living expenses to attend the 10th International Symposium “Epidemiology in Occupational Health”, Como, September 19-24, 1994

$ 500

Dragoljub Popovic Travel to attend the 4th International Conference of Law and Language, Friburg, September 14-17, 1994

$ 338.22

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDVelibor Novakovic Living expenses to attend the 2nd

International Symposium and Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in central and Eastern Europe, Budapest, September 19-24, 1994

$ 400

Milica Tomasevic Living expenses to attend the 2nd International Symposium and Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in central and Eastern Europe, Budapest, September 19-24, 1994

$ 400

Slavica Rajsic Living expenses to attend the 2nd International Symposium and Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in central and Eastern Europe, Budapest, September 19-24, 1994

$ 400

Jadranka Marendic-Miljkovic

Living expenses to attend the 2nd International Symposium and Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in central and Eastern Europe, Budapest, September 19-24, 1994

$ 400

Ivan Grzetic Living expenses to attend the 2nd International Symposium and Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in central and Eastern Europe, Budapest, September 19-24, 1994

$ 500

Predrag Simonovic Travel grant to attend the 8th Congress of Ichtiology, Oviedo, September 25 -October 2, 1994

$ 657.32

Ljubisa Borota Travel grant to attend the 15th Symposium Neuroradiologicum, Tokyo, September 25- October 1, 1994

$ 1,100

Suzana Djordjevic Travel grant to attend the 17th European Congress of Comparative Endocrinology, Cordoba, September 5-10, 1994

$ 603.18

Konstantin Obradovic

Travel grant to attend the Round Table on Prevention of Conflicts, San Remo, August 29-September 4, 1994

$ 98.04

Laslo Gerold Travel grant to attend the meeting on Laszlo Nemet's Drama, Debrecin, September 23-24, 1994

$ 152.87

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDVesna Korac Living expenses to attend the

conference "AIDS in Europe - The Behavioral Aspect", Berlin, September 25-29, 1994

$ 500

Tatjana Vukasinac Travel grant to complete her specialization at the University of Algarve, Faro, September 7-October 5, 1994

$ 603

Masa Djordjevic Living expenses to attend the seminar "Perspectives de voisinage dans l'Europe du sud -est", Rennes, September 10-October 3, 1994

$ 423.57

Miroslav Vujovic Living expenses to attend the seminar "Perspectives de voisinage dans l'Europe du sud -est", Rennes, September 10-October 3, 1994

$ 423.57

Smiljana Sekulic Living expenses to attend the seminar "Perspectives de voisinage dans l'Europe du sud -est", Rennes, September 10-October 3, 1994

$ 423.57

Milena Jovanovic Living expenses to attend the Italian Language Course, University for Foreigners, Perugia, July 22-August 23, 1994

$ 331.85

Aleksandar Gajic Living expenses to attend the 17th IAHR Symposium, Section on Hydraulic machinery and Cavitation, Beijing, September 13-20, 1994

$ 1,000

Vesna Danilovic Living expenses to attend the training for the European Diploma in Cultural Project Management, Slovenia-Austria, September-October, 1994

$ 2,000

Nenad Dikic

Living expenses to attend the 16th Congress of European Society of Cardiology, Berlin, September 9-15, 1994

$ 600

Arsen Ristic Living expenses to attend the 16th Congress of European Society of Cardiology, Berlin, September 9-15, 1994

$ 600

Tatjana Simic Living expenses to attend the training on free-radical methodologies, Grenoble, September 26-30, 1994

$ 450.33

Rifat Kulenovic Living expenses to attend the Inaugural Meeting of the European Association of Archeologist, Ljubljana, 22-25, 1994

$ 400

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDIgor Bogdanovic Living expenses to attend the Inaugural

Meeting of the European Association of Archeologist, Ljubljana, 22-25, 1994

$ 400

Stasa Babic Living expenses to attend the Inaugural Meeting of the European Association of Archeologist, Ljubljana, 22-25, 1994

$ 400

Aleksandar Palavestra

Living expenses to attend the Inaugural Meeting of the European Association of Archeologist, Ljubljana, 22-25, 1994

$ 400

Milos Jevtic Living expenses to attend the Inaugural Meeting of the European Association of Archeologist, Ljubljana, 22-25, 1994

$ 400

Jelena Djordjevic Living expenses to attend 17th Annual Meeting of the European Neuroscience Association, Vienna, September 2-10, 1994

$ 600

Branko Tomcik Travel grant to attend the Diamond Films '94 Conference, Ciocco, Italy, September 25-30, 1994

$ 600

Mrija Obradovic Travel grant to attend the 4th ISSEI Conference, Gray, August 22-25, 1994

$ 234.84

Kemal Ljuci Travel grant to attend the Inaugural meeting of the Association of Archeologists, Ljubljana, 22-25, 1994

$ 354.25

Exilale Dobrua-Salihu

Living expenses to attend the Inaugural Meeting of the European Association of Archeologist, Ljubljana, 22-25, 1994

$ 354.25

Dusan Janjic Travel grant to attend the 15th General Conference of the International Peace Research Association, Malta, October 29-November 4, 1994.

$ 456.38

Dragan Lakicevic Travel grant to complete research at the Center for Research into Communist Economies, London, October 23-30, 1994

$ 1,200

Djurdjica Kelemen -Masic

Living expenses to complete research at the National Institute of Public-Health, Bilthoven, Holland, November-December, 1994

$ 1,200

Ivan Colovic Travel grant to lecture at the Summer Rennes University, Rennes, September 23-27, 1994

$ 277.78

Zorica Petrasinovic Living expenses to attend the 6th World Congress of the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, Sydney, October 23-28, 1994

$ 800

Aleksandar Lesic Travel grant to attend the SIROT 3rd Meeting, Boston, October 27-30, 1994

$ 603.27

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDNevenka Badnjarevic

Living expenses to complete research at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, October 10, 1994- January 10, 1995

$ 1,000

Branko Kovacevic Living expenses to attend the 12th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Jerusalem, October 9-13, 1994

$ 400

Ognjen Pribicevic Living expenses to complete research at the university of Pittsburgh, Russian and East European Department, October 1994-January 1995

$ 679.74

Aleksandar Jeremic Travel grant to complete his practice at the TELECOM, Manilla, November-December, 1994

$ 1,000

Nebojsa Jojic Travel grant to complete his practice at the Telcom, SA, Pretoria, November-December 1994

$ 1,000

Dejan Sakac living expenses to attend the 7th Annual Meeting of the Mediterranean Association of the Cardiosurgery, Hammamet, October 5-8, 1994

$ 390

Srdjan Milenkovic Travel grant to complete practice at the Campinas SA , Campinas, Brasil, October-December, 1994

$ 1,000

Ljiljana Sofronic Living expenses to attend the 8th International Seminar on Parasitology, Izmir, October 10-14, 1994

$ 370.59

Bojan Stimec Living expenses to attend the Annual Meeting of the International Association of Pancreatology, Chicago, November 2-4, 1994

$ 600

Slobodan Jankovic Living expenses to complete training at the Institute of Experimental Pharmacology, Thessaloniki University, October 1994-January, 1995

$ 1,000

Ljubinka Markovic Living expenses to complete her research project at the McMaster University, Hamilton, October-December, 1994

$ 2,000

Srdjan Stankovic Travel grant to attend the IEEE-SP International Symposium on Time Frequency and Time Scale Analysis, Philadelphia, October 25-28, 1994

$ 790.85

Zdravko Uskokovic Travel grant to attend 28th Annual Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, October 31-November 2, 1994

$ 955.56

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDLjubica Kiselicki Travel grant to accompany underage

participants at the Olympics of Young Mathematician, to be held in Odessa, November 27-December 3, 1994

$ 735

Darko Gvozdenovic Travel grant to accompany underage participants at the Olympics of Young Mathematician, to be held in Odessa, November 27-December 3, 1994

$ 735

Isidora Miljkovic Travel grant to accompany underage participants at the Olympics of Young Mathematician, to be held in Odessa, November 27-December 3, 1994

$ 735

Aleksandar Alavantic

Travel grant to accompany underage participants at the Olympics of Young Mathematician, to be held in Odessa, November 27-December 3, 1994

$ 735

Ngadhnjim Domi Living expenses to complete his research at the King's College Dental Hospital, London, November 22- December 22, 1994

$ 800

Smiljana SekulicMasa DjordjevicMiroslav Vujovic

Reimbursement for travel expenses Budapest-Belgrade on their return from Rennes University Summer seminar, September 10-October 3, 1994 (Their participation was supported by SYF)

$ 181.21

Vigor Majic Travel grant to visit USA institutions dealing with education of gifted and able children, November 18-December 12, 1994

$ 632.21

Dragan Prsic Living expenses to attend the '94 IFAC Workshop on Trends in Hydraulic and Pneumatic Components and Systems, Chicago, November 8-9, 1994

$ 632.21

Slobodan Makarov Living expenses to complete his project at the Zoolisk Museum, Copenhagen, November 1994

$ 1,000

Nikola Rudic Living expenses to complete training and further research at the University of Miami, School of Medicine, November 21- December 21, 1994

$ 1,000

Slavica Maksic Travel expenses to attend training at the National Association for Able and Talented Children and Youth in Great Britain", November 21- December 21, 194

$ 398.66

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDMilos Rackov travel grant to complete his training at

the Trad S/A Empreendimentos e participacoes, Sao Paolo, November 11, 1994 - February 6, 1995

$ 1,000

Bozidar Curcic Living expenses to complete his research at the Institute of Zoology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, November 12-30, 1994

$ 750

Miomir Mijic Living expenses to attend the Acoustical Society of America meeting, Washington, June 3-17, 1994

$ 1,100

Milijana Pusara Living expenses to attend the 10th Asian Congress of Cardiology, Bangkok, November 26-30, 1994

$ 600

Zoran Avramovic travel grant to complete research at the School of Slavonic Studies, London, November 6-22, 1994

$ 492

Dragan Jakovljevic Living expenses to complete his research at the Salzburg University, November-December, 1994

$ 1,000

Vladimir Arsenic Living expenses to attend the 16th Worlds Congress of Oncology, New Delhi, October 30- November 5, 1994

$ 1,000

Vladislav Ognjanov Living expenses to complete project at the Horticulture Research International, East Malling, November 21-December 5, 1994

$ 500

Mirjana Ruml Living expenses to attend the Envirosoft '94, San Francisco, November 16-18, 1994

$ 600

Zarko Korac Travel grant to attend the "Road to peace and Common Security in the Balkans" conference, Bucharest, November 17-19, 1994

$ 201.34

Tahir Hasanovic Travel grant to attend the "Road to peace and Common Security in the Balkans" conference, Bucharest, November 17-19, 1994

$ 201.34

Slobodan Topovic Travel grant to attend the "Road to peace and Common Security in the Balkans" conference, Bucharest, November 17-19, 1994

$ 201.34

Mirko Stojcevic Travel grant to attend the "Road to peace and Common Security in the Balkans" conference, Bucharest, November 17-19, 1994

$ 201.34

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDDusko Ilic Travel grants to attend the 2nd

International Conference "Motor Control in Down Syndrome", Chicago, November 19-20, 1994

$ 782.55

Agim Hyseni Living expenses to attend the Triennial Congress of Norwegian Union of Teachers, Oslo, October 10-14, 1994

$ 391.95

Agim Salihu Living expenses to organize a one-man exhibition, Augsburg, November 19-December 18, 1994

$ 664.43

Sokol Beqiri Living expenses to organize a one-man exhibition, Frankfurt, may 11- June 11, 1994

$ 497.18

Svetlana Vucic Living expenses to specialize at the Pierre et Marie Curie, department of Physics, November-December, 1994

$ 800

Tatjana Subotin- Golubovic

Living expenses to attend the Russian Culture and the World Conference, Niznyi Novgorod, September 5-7, 1994

$ 280

Dejan Todorovic Travel grant to lecture at the Trieste University, Psychology department 9-16, 1994

$ 274

Srboljub Milicevic Living expenses to complete research at The Harris Birthright Research Center for Fetal Medicine, London, October 3- December 2, 1994

$ 2,000

Ljiljana Marjanovic Living expenses to complete research at the Technical University, Trodheim, December 28, 1994 - March 28, 1995

$ 1,000

Nenad Mladenovic Living expenses to interview Dalai Lama, New Delhi, December 15, 1994 -January 5, 1995

$ 2,000

Miljan Vuletic Living expenses to install technical devices in the Odraz B Center, and e-mail, London, December 11-31, 1994

$ 1,000

Dusan Masic Living expenses to interview new Serbian emigration and ambassadors from former Yugoslavia, USA, December 16, 1994 - January 16, 1995

$ 1,500

Isuf Berisha Living expenses to complete studies in communication and image studies, University of Kent, December 1994 - may 1995

$ 2,000

Vladimir Jurisic Reimbursement for additional travel expenses to attend the 13th Meeting of European Association for cancer research, Berlin, September 25-28, 1994

$ 124.50

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDJelena Petrovic-Mojsilovic

Living expenses to complete research at the Panum Institute, Copenhagen, December 1994-April 1995

$ 1,500

Jane Paunkovic Living expenses to complete research at the University of Kyoto, department of Nuclear Medicine, October-December, 1994

$ 2,000

Biljana Radojevic Living expenses to attend the 7th Conference on Solid Films and Surfaces, Taiwan, December 12-16, 1994

$ 600

Milenko Djuric Travel expenses to complete additional training in PR, Berlin-Frankfurt, November 21-December 4, 1994

$ 743.31

Mirko Trifunovic Living expenses to complete research at the Birmingham University, School of Physics and Space Research, December 1994- March 1995

$ 1,500

Olivera Bogunovic Living expenses to complete training at the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Phoenix, December 1994 - April 1995

$ 1,000

Ljiljana Beslac-Bumbasirevic

Living expenses to attend the 13th International Congress on Electron Microscopy, Paris, July 17-22, 1994

$ 600

Mila Nikolic Travel grant for specialization at metal engineering institute in Sao Paulo, July-August, 1994

$ 1,000

Dukagjin Pupovci Living expenses to complete project at the Moscow University, Oct.-Dec. 1994

$ 1,000

Svijetlana Bukvic Living expenses to study at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (IEAR Studios, Arts Department), NY, USA

$ 2,000

GRAND TOTAL: $ 148,956.13

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HIGH EDUCATION SUPPORT PROGRAMS (HESP)

During 1994, the SYF succeeded in making a breakthrough in reaching out to universities, both to students and lectures. The HESP national Board supported more than 20 various projects and individuals as universities in Belgrade, Novi Sad and Podgorica. When we started our HESP program in 1993 it seemed pretty hopeless. Most of the faculties were closed toward the Foundation. Thus, we started with a kind of extra-curricular help to a few "friendly" groups, such as the departments of history and philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. We supported seminars organized at those departments on the history of civil society in the Balkans and a seminar on multiculturalism. The first one resulted in a new journal, devoted to social history of Serbia and the Balkans. In 1994 we even succeeded in supporting some curricula development programs, bringing a few dozen foreign lecturers to the universities, including all the lecturers to the newly established graduate studies at the Department of Hungarian Studies in Novi Sad.

The best example of how the HESP program can combine education development with a broader political impact is the one concerning the Music Academy in Novi Sad. The most distinguished lecturers from this school had left the country, and many of their students tried to follow them. The SYF fully supported a program to bring back those lecturers as regular visiting professors. In this way the students were less inclined to leave the country, and the lecturers were performing for the public every time they were back in the country. The most impressive result of our cooperation with the Academy was the First International Meeting of Music Students in Novi Sad, held in April 1994, when more than 10.000 people attended their concerts and exhibitions which followed this event. After, 1989 the cultural life of Novi Sad was systematically destroyed. This was the most impressive cultural and social event in this city in the last few years, according to a number of art critics and other independent minded people.

In 1994 the HESP Board made efforts to achieve several essential goals, such as:1) Preservation and increase of quality of studies; 2) Increase of the level of technological equipment of the University;3) Effective change of curricula and introduction of new subjects at faculties;4) Support to student efforts to accelerate changes at the University.

First of all, efforts were directed towards the preservation and increase of quality of studies at the University considerable affected by the drain of teaching staff during 1992 and 1993, provoked by general political and economic situation in the country. Also, this process was characterized at certain faculties by the parallel drain of students who followed their professors.

In order to contribute to the achievement of this aim, the HESP Board strongly supported visiting professors in giving lectures at Yugoslav universities. About 40 foreign professors taught at the University of Belgrade, Novi Sad and Podgorica in the 1993/94 academic year both from the West and Eastern

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European countries. Also, several Yugoslav professors who had left the country came back due to the support of the Soros Yugoslavia Foundation. Examples of positive results achieved in this field are the Music Academies in Podgorica and Novi Sad, faculty of Philology in Novi Sad - Department of Hungarian Studies, faculties of Architecture and Anthropology in Belgrade, etc.

Secondly, as the general impoverishment of the society highly affected the University, preventing the purchase of modern equipment to be used as didactic material and to serve for establishment of communication with other institutions in the country and abroad (other universities, institutes, database centers) were put aside. Trying to eliminate the negative impact of such a situation, an important amount of the 1994 HESP budget was allocated for such purposes. The Faculty of Economics in Belgrade, Music Academy-Belgrade, University of Podgorica and others were granted with important equipment.

Thirdly, certain efforts concerning the transformation of curricula at the faculties of humanities were made. But, generally speaking, good will is not sufficient. Changes of curricula often require serious previous researches in the fields that were neglected for ideological reasons. Also when the curriculum is changed, there is a lack of new textbooks for students, they are either not written or not published yet. Therefore, the writing and publishing of new textbooks was supported as well as research projects in order to establish and define the new curricula.

Finally, experience has proven that the University is a huge and rather conservative institution where changes are usually slow and cautiously applied. Students are much more open in their expectations, courageous in their efforts and faster reaction. It was noticed that groups of students organized themselves in professional associations (e.g. association of students of Economics, Law, Architecture, etc.). Sometimes they were supported by teaching assistants who were trying to widen their knowledge in the fields which are still not part of the official curricula, by organizing their own seminars and inviting specialists to discuss certain topics, developing various researches or establishing cooperation with foreign institutions. The HESP board also supported, selectively, the most important and developed projects of this kind. Sometimes such projects help a new subject to be taught at the Faculty, as it was the case at Podgorica's Faculty of Economics where the subject "Marketing" became a part of the official school curriculum after two years of continuous efforts by the students and teaching assistants on the topic.

In 1994 the HESP Program, its aims and opportunities, were introduced to wider number of faculties. The HESP Board and the program coordinator visited a series of faculties in various university centers in country. The positive impact was a greater number of projects submitted to the HESP Board than in 1993. The vast majority of projects came/ originated from the main university centers such is Belgrade, Novi Sad and Podgorica. The universities in Nis, Kragujevac and Pristina have not shown any interests in the Program to date.

With this as our starting point, new efforts will be made to spread the HESP support to new university centers as well as to call the attention of a wider range

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of faculties from Novi Sad, Podgorica and Belgrade, to the opportunities offered by the HESP program. In approving grants, the Board is of the opinion that similar criteria should be followed as in 1994. Special attention will be paid to requirements concerning new equipment and publishing of new manuals.

The support of students efforts concerning the transformation of the University and curricula hugely encouraged their work, increased their efforts in this respect and to a certain extent also helped them to decide not to leave the country proving that their expectations can be met and that changes are, despite everything, possible.

In 1994 the HESP Board received a great number of projects from the Faculties of Hard/Fundamental Sciences and Technical Faculties. Unfortunately, according to the HESP rules, their demands were rejected. The HESP Board of the Soros Yugoslavia Foundation is of the opinion that the HESP rules should be in this respect interpreted in a more flexible way. Firstly, because at the present level of their development, it is not possible to sharply limit the borders between sciences. This year's Nobel Prize shown one purely mathematical phenomenon (developed and explained by mathematicians) found a wide application by the economists on the level of (micro) economy. Also, the understanding of main social trends and processes is not possible without the knowledge and understanding communication sciences, new technologies and certain fundamental sciences. Also, the basic economic development of the society, social stability as well as the harmonious flow of transition, depend upon all segments of the society.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDThe Research Station Petnica

"Research Station Petnica" The grant supported the research projects of the Petnica research projects of the Petnica research station and development of the cooperation with the international scientific institutions.

$ 13,000

Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade University

"Culture in transition"The grant supported the postgraduate studies seminar on culture in transition at the Department of Sociology, faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade

$ 4,439.10

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDCenter for gender Studies

"Center for Gender Studies"The grant supported the organization of lectures, seminars and lecturers' fees.

$ 13,136.22

Art Academy in Novi "Art Academy" $ 9,123

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Sad The grant supported the acquisition of stage equipment for the Academy.

Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade University

"Civil Society in Serbia in the second Half of the 19th and the First Half of the 20th Century"The grant supported the postgraduate seminar on this topic.

$ 8,489.08

Art Academy in Novi Sad

"Visiting Professors"The grant supported the visits of 23 professors from East and West European Music Academies.

$ 23,954.67

Music Academy in Belgrade

"Emil Hayek" Music Competition The grant supported the "Emil Hayek" music competition held in Belgrade and organized by the Music Academy.

$ 3,391.82

Faculty of Forestry Belgrade

"Sustainable Development of the Rroma Enclave 'Orlovsko Naselje'"The grant supported the multidisciplinary research project aimed at finishing solutions to the development of the Rroma enclave in Belgrade.

$ 9,186.34

Music Academy Belgrade

"Digital Sound Registration Equipment"The grant supported the acquisition of equipment for digital registration of sound and archiving on CD.

$ 1,754.39

Music Academy in Podgorica

"Specialized Studies in Piano, Violin and Cello"The grant covered the specialized studies in piano, violin and cello for specially gifted children.

$ 2,987.23

Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad

"Department of Hungarian Studies"The post-graduated studies at the Department of Hungarian Studies are organized in the field of general and Hungarian linguistics, in the field of literary sciences - theory and history of literature with comparative studies. The lectures are given by most prominent linguists, literary

$2, 617.17

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDHistorians and theoreticians from the Universities of Budapest and Szeged, Hungary.

Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad

"Department of Slovakian Studies"The grant supported the activities of the Department of Slovakian Studies.

$ 1,015.83

Administrative costs of the HESP program.

$ 560.69

Faculty of Electrical Engineering Pristina

"Electirad in Pristina"The grant supported the participation of a delegation of Electrical Engineering Faculty to the "Electriad".

$ 825.85

Faculty of Medicine Belgrade

"Medical Congress in Donetsk, Ukraine"The grant supported the participation of Professor Dusan Vranjesevic at the Medical Congress in Donetsk, Ukraine.

$ 600

Faculty of Architecture, Belgrade

"International Competition 'Urban Housing' in London"The grant supported the participation of Mr. Stevanovic, Mr. Hetcel and Mr. Lojanica at the international competition "Urban Housing" in London.

$ 1,336.43

Ms Leposava Kron "Research Scholarship"The grant covered scholarship for Ms Kron at the University of Montreal, Canada, with the aim of developing new curriculum for the subject.

$ 1,000

Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade

"Establishment of the Film Center"The grant covered the establishment of the film center.

$ 95

Faculty of Economics, Belgrade

"International Management Seminar AISEC"The grant covered the participation of Mr. Dimitrijevic at the International Management Seminar AISEC.

$ 116.96

Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade

"Summer Research Practice at the Locality of Gamzigrad'"In the vicinity of the famous ancient emperor palace in Gamzigrad, a multi-layer pre-historic settlement was discovered on the hill of

$ 4,723.93

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Banjska stena. this project is RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARD

dedicated to new studies of this very important archaeological location

Faculty of Economics, Belgrade

"Visiting Lecture"The grant supported the visit of Professor Wiel Aarets from the London School of Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade.

$ 687.50

Faculty of Economics, Belgrade

"Computer Equipment"The grant supported the acquisition of computer of computer equipment for the publishing the newsletter written by students of economics.

$ 7,262.29

University of Pogorica "Purchase of Manuals, Textbooks and Books"The grant covered the purchase of manuals, textbooks and books in order to facilitate the work of students in preparing for examinations.

$ 2,919.75

Faculty of Philology, Belgrade

"Summer Student Training at the University of Warsaw"The grant supported the scholarship for D.Nadezdin to participate at the summer student training at the University of Warsaw.

$ 1,090.75

Faculty of Dentistry, Belgrade

"World Congress of Students of Dentistry" The grant covered the participation of two students of the Faculty of Dentistry at the World Congress of Students of Dentistry.

$ 3,291.50

Institute of Social Sciences

"Library of the Institute of Social Sciences"The grant covered the acquisition of equipment for the library of the Institute of Social Sciences

$ 3,235.29

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Podgorica

"Equipment Acquisition"The grant covered the acquisition of equipment for the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Podgorica.

$ 8,496.73

Faculty of Architecture, Belgrade

"Style Interior Architecture"The grant covered the publication costs of the manual "Style Interior Architecture" by Alexander Eisenberg.

$ 6,711.41

Faculty of Law, Belgrade

"Kopaonik School of Natural Law"The grant supported the School of

$ 13,422.82

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Natural Law, organized inRECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARD

Kopaonik in Serbia on December 12-15, 1994. The special topic of this School's session was "Justice and the Existing Law".

Academy of Applied Arts, Belgrade

"Design"The grant covered the publication costs of the manual "Design" by Miroslav Fruht.

$ 4,026.85

Faculty of Philology, Belgrade

"The History of the Slovenian Literrature"The grant covered the publication costs of the manual "The History of the Slovenian Literature" by Marija Mitrovic

$ 3,355.70

faculties of Philology in Novi Sad and Belgrade

"Introduction to the Literature Methodology in the German Literature"The grant covered the purchase of the textbook "Introduction to the Literature Methodology in the German Literature" by Josip Babic.

$ 671.14

Music Academy, Belgrade

"Equipment Acquisition"The grant covered equipment acquisition for the Music Academy.

$ 21,500

Faculty of drama Arts, Belgrade

"Equipment Acquisition"The grant covered equipment acquisition for the Music Academy.

$ 12,205.27

Academy of Art, Novi Sad

"Comedia del Arte"The grant covered the publication costs of the manual "Comedia del Arte" by Dusan Rnjak.

$ 2,684.56

Faculty of Philology, Belgrade

"Equipment Acquisition"The grant covered equipment acquisition consisting of the video player and a stapler machine for the department of Scandinavian languages.

$ 1,902.68

University of Illinois "Summer practice for 20 students from Belgrade and Novi Sad at the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA"

$ 10,000

TOTAL: $ 208,667.09

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STUDENT ADVISING CENTERS__________________________

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDThe Student Advisory Center, Pristina

The equipment was purchased and the reference books acquired.

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EQUIPMENT

The Foundation paid a lot of attention to further upgrading of technical basis needed for the operation of the best active NGOs and higher education institutions in the country. The following grants were approved:

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDCivil Movement "Public Against Fascism"

The grant covered purchasing of the equipment.

$ 2,222.22

"B. & S." The grant covered purchasing of the equipment (camcorder, HI-Fi system)

$ 7,368.42

BP The grant covered purchasing of the equipment for the children's program.

$ 5,730.99

"Mokranjac" School of Music

The grant covered purchasing of musical instruments.

$ 1,461.99

The Belgrade Circle The grant covered purchasing of the equipment.

$ 2,789.47

The European Movement of Serbia

The grant covered purchasing a fax machine.

$ 888.89

The Cetinje Biennial The grant covered purchasing of the equipment.

$ 3,783.63

PATROL The grant purchasing the alarm system for the Soros Club.

$ 2,298.77

Children's Soros Club The grant covered purchasing of the equipment for the Children's Soros Club in Novi Sad.

$ 14,204.35

The Cultural Center of the Republic of Montenegro

The grant covered in purchasing of equipment.

$ 5,279.37

The Vojvodina Association for the Language and Literature of the Roma

The grant covered part of expenses for purchasing a printer.

$ 2,568.63

The Belgrade Circle The grant provided support for the installing of the telephone system network.

$ 464.05

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Podgorica

The grant covered the purchase of the equipment and professional textbooks.

The Cetinje Biennial The grant covered the costs of the repairing of he laser printer HP IV L.

$ 517.04

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JO PAJTAS The grant covered the costs of the 17" monitor.

$ 4,590.60

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDArtistic Group FIA The grant covered purchasing

of the equipment.$ 8,644.30

The Syndicate of Teachers

The grant covered the purchase of a fax machine.

$ 980.89

TOTAL: $ 72,696.29

TEXTBOOKS__________________________________________

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDThe Association for Providing Aid to Students, Novi Sad

According to the Constitution and laws, the education of national minorities in their mother tongue is guaranteed. However, on the level of practice, the implementation of this right is limited, as the state led the restrictive policy regarding the publication of manuals on the languages of minorities. In order to improve the position of students studying in minority languages, the Foundation supported the project of the Association for Providing Aid to Students from Novi Sad. The grant

$ 65,695.74

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covered the costs of publishing digest for secondary school students in the Hungarian language.

CIVIL SOCIETY

RESEARCH PROGRAM

The SYF Society Program supported a number of independent research projects, seminars and workshops, as well as publications dealing with these issues. The most successful efforts were made in the field of research. Several books reporting on the results of these research projects have been published: one dealing with the social differentiation of the society and its implication on the overall social structure; one on regionalism as a way toward an open society; the directory of NGOs with an analytical study about the potentials and limits of the newly emerging civil society in Yugoslavia, etc. Several of these books will also be published in English, because we believe that the results of these very serious empirical research could be valuable to other researchers as well, especially those who are also sharing the experience of transition.Under the influence of the war, inflow of refugees from the war-stricken territories and the choice of the native educated young people who were refusing to take part in the war and were escaping from the economic pauperization, the social structure was dramatically changing; the UN sanctions and various internal measures of isolation created the atmosphere of despair; the economic situation was deteriorating with seemingly no prospects to be improved.Researchers paid attention to all these processes trying to find solutions to the crisis in the Balkans, offer new perspectives and propose ways and means to the society and political actors to step out of the situation the country and the society as a whole found themselves in.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDThe Institute for European Studies

"Balkan as a European Region - status and Perspectives"The grant covered the costs of this research project that stretched over two years.

$ 9,415.55

Professor Mladen Lazic Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade

"Deconstruction of the Yugoslav Societies"This portion of the grant covered the honoraria of the book authors, translation expenses and, finally, the publication of the book.

$ 10,640.40

Miklos Biro "The Influence of Crisis and War $ 978,69

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Circumstances on the Attitudes on Actual Political and Social Problems""To stay or To Leave" $ 920,53

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARD"Typological Analogies in the Literature of central Europe"

$ 844,32

Mr. Alpar Losonc "Regionalism as a Way Towards the Open Society"The grant covered the costs of publishing the conclusions of this research project.

$ 17,118.84

ECO Center, Belgrade "Suppressed Civil Society in Serbia"The project was conducted in cooperation with British Council in Belgrade. The grant approved covered Yugoslav researchers' honoraria and administrative costs of the projects in Yugoslavia.

$ 37,572.82

Open University, Subotica

"The Pulse of Yugoslavia" $ 14,754.61

The European Movement in Serbia

"Serbia Between Past and Future"This grant supported the research, which consequently resulted in one of the most demanded books on the contemporary crisis in Serbia.

$ 5,787.61

Miklos Biro "Etiological, Therapeutic and Preventive Aspects of War Stress"

$ 5,000

Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory

"Character and Social System"This comprehensive research project was conducted by an authors team, led by one of the most distinguished Yugoslav sociologists, Ms Zaga Golubovic. This grant covered the costs of publishing the book in Serbian and English.

$ 1,307.19

"Research Support Scheme"The costs of publishing the advertisement for the Research Support Scheme 1994/95 competition and postage costs.

$ 361,43

Nebojsa Medojevic "Position and Perspectives of Young Experts in Montenegro - the "Brain Train"

$ 2,684.56

"University of Montenegro Newsletter"The grant covered the costs of publishing the University newsletter.

$ 1,154.36

"Specialized Issue of the International review of Sociology"

$ 926,17

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The grant covered the translation expenses of Mr. Laslo Sekelj who translated the essays published in the International Review of Sociology.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDThe Institute for Pedagogic Research

"Morality and the Social crisis"The symposium was organized by the Institute for Pedagogic Research.

$ 2,013.42

Zarko Paunovic "Non-Governmental Organizations in FR Yugoslavia"The grant covered travel expenses of Zarko Paunovic, Branka Petrovic and Vedran Vucic, coordinators of the project "Civil Education for Non-Governmental Organizations", their honoraria and costs of the conference of non-governmental organizations in FR Yugoslavia.

$ 8,538.19

Women's Law Center "Establishment of the Women's Law Center"The grant supported the establishment of the Women's Law Center that would deal with educating lawyers in the field of women's human rights.

$ 2,013.42

The Belgrade Youth Forum

"Belgrade Youth Forum"The equipment grant consisting of one Panasonic facsimile machine and one PC computer.

$ 4,973.50

Djuro Susnjic "Experience of the Difference - Religious Dialogue and Tolerance"This portion of the grant covered the current expenses of the project.

$ 67.11

The Institute for International Policy and Economy

"Economic Cooperation" $ 2,013.42

The "Partner" agency "Media Maps" $ 574.50Agency for Restructuring the Economy in Montenegro

The grant covered the cost of acquiring the literature for the library of the Agency.

$ 2,013.42

TOTAL: $ 131,673.95

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HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM

The Human Rights Program supported various human rights groups all over the country whose number increased as a result of the fact that the cases of violation of the human rights were growing and getting more serious. The social tension and individual despair became visible and the confidence in legal bodies decreased. During this year the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia was established, while the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly intensified its activities. The new independent trade unions started to work trying to find their efficient field of the work and to increase their influence upon the economic and social policy and to prevent further deterioration of the position of the employees' position, both on the material and the legal levels.One of the most successful NGOs in the field was the Foundation for Humanitarian Law, which has developed into a totally independent institutions. A part of documentation on the war crimes they are preparing is already presented to the International War Crime Tribunal in The Hague. According to the leading humanitarian law experts, this is one of the most serious institutions in the field. In 1994 most of their activities were directly supported by the OSI Budapest. Their plan for 1995 is to develop into research and documentation center, accompanied with an appropriate library.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDHelsinki Citizens Assembly in Yugoslavia

"Helsinki Citizens Assembly "The grant covered the regular activities of the Yugoslav branch in the HCA.

$ 1,534.07

Mr. Djuro Susnjic "Experience of the Difference- Religious Dialogue and Tolerance" The grant covered the material costs of the project.

$ 680.62

Serbian Union of Employees In Secondary Education

"Serbian Union of Employees in Secondary Education"The project included the support to thepromotion and presentation of the Serbian Union of Employees in secondary Education, together with some equipment support (typewrite). The Union gave their presentations in the following cities in Serbia: Cacak, Kraljevo, Nis and Kragujevac. The idea behind this grant was that the employees in education in Serbia are in very difficult situation having to work under the inflexible Ministry of Education which, most of time, turns a blind eye to the problems of education.

$ 6,968.43

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDZarko Paunovic and Branka Petrovic

"Directory of Non-Government Organizations in Yugoslavia"The grant covered the production of the report on non-government organizations in Yugoslavia and followed by the publication of the Directory of NGOs in Yugoslavia.

$ 9,200.92

Fund for Humanitarian Law

"Fund for Humanitarian Law" The grant covered travel and living expenses for six members of the Center for Antiwar Actions to participate at the "Balkan Peace Project" conference in Schleiningen.

$ 3,250.76

Association of Yugoslav Collectors

The grant supported the project "We'll Get Behind God's Back"

$ 4,229

The European Movement in Serbia

"performance by Russian Pianist Dolski" The grant supported the performance of Russian pianist Doslki in Belgrade, organized by the European Movement in Serbia.

$ 865,50

Sandzak Council for Human Rights

Equipment grant consisting of one computer PC 486, one printer and two field tape recorders

$ 2,087.72

The Belgrade Circle "Three Circles"The project consisted in visits of the members of the Belgrade Circle to the following cities in the former Yugoslavia: Mostar, Hrtkovci, Novi Pazar, Cacak, Vranje, Nis, Zrenjanin, Kragujevac, Valjevo, Petnica and Pancevo. The Belgrade Circle also invited guests form Montenegro, Albania, Sandzak. Also, the following international guests visited Belgrade within the "Three Circles" project: Adam Mihjnik, E.Encenzsberger, Sylvia Hawksworth, Ron Howard, A.Joxs and Christopjer Norrsis.

$ 6,535.94

The Belgrade Circle "Visit of the professor Richard Rorty"Invited by the Belgrade Circle, the distinguished American philosopher Prof. Richard Rorty visited Belgrade in August and gave lectures in

$ 3,167.32

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Belgrade and Vrsac.Ms Sonja Biserko travel grant to participate at the

Festival du Pied in Die, France from September 21-26, 1994

$ 468.79

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDDemocratic Forum for Human Rights in Montenegro

The grant covered regular activities o the Forum and especially the project "Human Rights and International relations in Montenegro".

$ 2,649.47

SOS Telephone for Women and Children Victims of Abuse

The grant covered the activities of the SOS Telephone, mainly renting the premises, covering telephone costs and the like.

$ 8,445.68

"Legal Education Project"This grant supported the program of education for attorneys and lawyers in the field of women's human rights conducted by Julie Mertus.

$ 326.80

Center for Antiwar Action

"Human Rights Seminar"The project was focused on organizing seminars entailed "Human \Rights: International Standards and Yugoslav Legislation".

$ 980.39

Gordana Naumov, Women in Black, Belgrade

"Second World Peacemaking Congress"The grant covered the travel expenses of Ms Naumov to the Congress, in held in San Sebastian, Spain, on October 8-12, 1994

$ 593.46

Ms Alisa Maliqi, Ms Sevdije Ahmeti, Ms Edi Shukriu, Ms Edita Tehiri, Ms Naxhie Bucinica, Ms Ljubinka Miladinovic, Ms Lepa Mladjenovic, Ms Jelica Todosijevic, Ms Gordana Vilimanovic, Ms Verica VilimanovicMs Sladjana Dankovic, and Ms Gordana Soldatovic

The grant supported travel expenses to the NGO Forum for East and Central Europe held in Vienna, Austria, on October 12-15, 1994

$ 1,562.09

Open University Subotica

"Open University-Lectures"The grant supported the following round-tables organized by the Open

$ 2,614.38

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University in Subotica: "...at altera", "From My point of View", "Open Book".

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDAndjelka Milic and Marina Blagojevic, Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade

"The War in Former Yugoslavia-Women's Voice"The project investigated the role and position of women in Yugoslavia since the war started. The research was also directed at the role and position of women in the war itself and finally, in a deconstructed and destroyed society.

$ 6,711.41

Serbian Lawyers Association

"Kopaonik School of Natural Law"The grant supported the School of Natural Law, organized in Kopaonik in Serbia on December 12-15, 1994. The special topic of the this School's session was "Justice and the Existing Law"

$ 20,134.23

Miklos Biro The grant covered the publication costs of the book "Psychology of Post-Communism" written by Miklos Biro.

$ 1,543.56

Café Europa This project was a Yugoslav round table dedicated to the topics of European integration. The project was actually part of the broader project of Young European Federalists.

$ 335.57

Women's Center "Isidora", Pancevo

The grant supported the establishment of the network of Yugoslav women's organizations

$ 2,348.99

Humanitarian Organization "Branch", Belgrade

Meeting of Non-Governmental Organizations.

$ 78.66

The grant covered the expenses of translating the text "Dislocation in Croatia". Translated by Sanja Reljic.

$ 73.83

SOS Telephone Kraljevo

This grant supported the regular activities of the SOS Telephone for women and children victims of abuse in Kraljevo.

$ 4,026.85

The Belgrade Circle The grant supported the regular activities of the Belgrade Circle

$ 1,887.30

Helsinki Council for The grant supported the regular $ 1,887.30

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the Protection of Human Rights

activities of the Helsinki Council.

TOTAL: $ 99,333.09

ETHNIC CONFLICT PROGRAM

The Foundation has supported the project creating conditions for a normal education of ethnic minority pupils and students in their native language. In that respect, the Foundation continued to support the publication of popular scientific volumes for secondary school pupils in the Hungarian language, school readers in the Albanian language and, in somewhat more limited edition - in the Romanian and Slovak languages. Significant support was granted to the development of education in the Romany language and improving the working conditions of the Roma population in Yugoslavia, for further respect of the right of ethnic and national minorities, preservation of the identity against tendencies of assimilation, and improvement of conditions for their children.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDJo Pajtas Publishing company

The grant covered the publishing costs of the manual for the entrance exam for secondary school in the Hungarian language.

$ 5,095

Mr. Mihalj Harpanj, Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad

Panonian Archetype in the literature of Slovakia Enclaves

$ 2,896.68

Mr. Ljubisa Nikolin Multicultural Portrait of cities and Settlements of Central and North Banat

$ 424.83

Political Parties of Yugoslavia and Hungary in the Light of Vojvodina Hungarians’ Press

$ 1,686.29

The Rroma Cultural Club

“The First Conference of Editors-in-Chiefs of the Media in the Rroma Language”The conference was held in Belgrade on the basis of conclusions passed at the First International Rroma Conference held in Bucharest in 1993. The topic of the Belgrade conference was -informing the Rroma in their native language.

$ 1,780.50

“Minorities and Civil Society” $ 1,059.76

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This was an in-house project initiated by the Soros Yugoslavia Foundation - Branch Office Novi Sad

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDInstitute for Philosophy and Social Theory

“Interculturalism in Multiethnic Societies”The grant covered the costs of the international conference held in Belgrade.

$ 5,151.51

Jasminka Hasanbegovic, European Movement in Serbia

This was a travel grant to enable Ms Hasanbegovic to participate at the European Movement conference in Budapest.

$ 60.61

Open University Subotica

This grant supported the second term of EDUCTA.

$ 7, 878.78

“Multiethnic Camp”This was an in-house project initiated by the Soros Yugoslavia Branch Office Novi Sad.

$ 24,740.96

European Movement in Serbia

“Multicultural Existence in the European Context”This portion of the grant covered the publication coasts of the conclusions of this research project.

$ 1,312.50

Mr. Slavko Almaza “Methagalaxy of Minorities”The grant supported the publication of essays dealing with the position of minorities in Yugoslavia and Romania. The essays were published in Romanian language.

$ 948.92

Mr. Zarko Paunovic “Meeting of Civil Organization in FR Yugoslavia”The grant covered the production of a report on non-governmental organizations in Yugoslavia and followed by the publication of the Directory of NGOs in Yugoslavia.

$ 4,724.84

Cultural Artistic Company “Agimi”

“Production of films for a Monograph” The grant supported the production of films for monograph.

$ 2,013.42

Fjala Magazine The grant covered the acquisition of paper for this minority language magazine.

$ 9,226.85

Pionieri Magazine The grant covered the acquisition of paper for this minority language magazine.

$ 18,453.71

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HID Magazine The grant covered the printing costs of this minority language magazine.

$ 1,677.85

Letung Magazine The grant covered the printing costs of this minority language magazine.

$ 2.013.42

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDCenter for Antiwar Action

“Human Rights - International Standards and Yugoslav Legal System”

$ 3,154.36

Helsinki Council for Human Rights

The grant covered equipment acquisition.

$ 8,791.51

The Sandzak Council for Human Rights

The grant covered equipment acquisition.

$ 1,590.29

OBZOR Tvorba Publishing Company

“Anthology of Slovakian Poetry for Children in Vojvodina”The grant covered the publication of the anthology.

$ 2,770.70

The Kosovo Association of Composers

The grant supported the regular activities of the Association.

$ 6, 369.43

Elementary School in Aradac

Equipment grants. $ 11,464.97

TOTAL: $ 125,017.69

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CHILDREN’S PROGRAM

Soros Children’s Program entered 1994 a further expansion: geographically - expending programs throughout the country, and qualitatively - devoting greater attention to talented children and young people, as well as caring for children with additional needs.

The concern for children refugees has been maintained.The program has been realized mostly as the in-house program through

personal (authors’) projects, participation of children/the youth in other organizations’ projects and programs, as Soros Children’s Clubs and Soros Children’s Camps. An increasing number of children/the youth (as well as associates) have taken part in in-house and other projects and programs (well over 5000 children/young people and over 400 associates).

It was impossible to abandon the idea of designing additional programs for talented young people despite the risks resulting from the overall social situation and available funds. We started the realization of the idea following the experience of camps and again it justified the decision. A specific camp was organized during January: two of our regular programs - “The Open House of Words” and “The Theater of the Children of the World” - were practically moved into camp, with all the necessary arrangements. Organizing several summer camps with different programs and topics, “counter” camps, during summer proved both necessary and possible, they were to be transformed, according to form and essence, into parts of a continual totality of programs.

The Soros Artistic Camp has been divided in 7 colonies: Literary, Painting, Sculptural, Music, Film, Theater and Inter-media, located on 5 different sites. Around 250 exceptionally talented young people aged 14-19 and prominent artists and experts took part in the camp. Another 350 participants and associates took part in camps with other programs, Archaeological, Ecological, etc.

At The Soros Children’s Camp in Kanjiza another assumption was proven correct: a number of children with minor physical handicaps (damaged eyesight, hearing, deaf, palsy) and a children with other problems included in the camp, benefited from being out of their usual surroundings (health care institutions, unfortunately often their ghettos), and taking part in other, different programs.

During this year, The children’s Program was in fact organized as a program for young people in general. The realization of the regional Youth program, The International Exchange of Students Program was coordinated. The Regional Youth Program organized a number of clubs - the Literary Club, The Literary Critics Club, The Theater Workshop (at the DAH Theater), The Club of the Dramatic Communications (at the Center for Culture Stari Grad), The Socio-therapeutic Club, The Training Program for Associates of Psychological Clubs, to name but a few, as well as the journal of The Literary Club, THE MAGNET, along with its preparatory edition.

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Our success in 1994 may best be indicated by profit the postal service has made from our correspondence and telephone calls with children participating in the program and their parents, as well as individuals and organizations wishing to participate. There is also the fact that in 1994 well over 70 children from Kosovo took part in various activities, while earlier there were none. There was also our initiative to start The Fine Arts Club, The Jazz Club, The Journalistic Club…- resulting from a great interest of the young people who have taken part in our programs so far, as well as their friends wishing to participate.

Total expenses of children’s program in 1994: $ 1,007,993.04

KID CLUB_____________________________________________________

KID Club is an open project of computer culture and new means of communication. Since computers and new technologies are free of all racial, ethnic, religious, national, and sexual prejudice, taboos and arrogance - in the KID Club which was created as an open project for different forms of cooperation, interdisciplinary and transcultural connections - they play the role of mediators and interfaces in development of creative thinking, knowledge, new ways of communication, multimedia expression, algorithmic logical conception, alternative art, transcultural dialogue, team work, creation of en affirmative, constructive, tolerant and open attitude towards one another.

The KID Club is a long-term project which developed from the Children’s Soros Camp in Palic in Summer 1992. As an independent project of the Children’s Soros Program, the KID Club began operation on October 24, 1992 in Belgrade, as a specific school of creative thinking.

The work in the KID Club is individual, in teams, and with mentors. The support to creative expression, building up of self-confidence (from “you can do it”), it is turned towards the future and resolving of conflicts. It includes a series programs. Young, educated people, including guests from abroad are involved in the program, as well as experts in the field from the country and the world. Special emphasis is placed on the education of cooperates and involving of families into the activities of the KID Club. In groups, the balance of children from the war-stricken areas and the environment they come from is taken into account, their individual pace, inclinations and wishes. Communicativeness and readiness for dialogue and cooperation is cultivated through teaching, workshops, making of newspapers, exhibitions, radio and TV programs, video production, computer and multimedia projects, performances.(The author of project: Vesna Cosic)

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______________________________________________________________TOTAL: $ 24,281.73

TEENY TINY SCHOOL___________________________________________Learning of English language was often a privilege. Since English has become the most commonly used language in international communication, the aim of this project is to popularize it among children of pre-school age (5-7). About 1500 youngsters including a large number of refugee children, enrolled in some thirty different kindergartens of the Pre-School Education Institutions. In “11 April”, New Belgrade (the largest institution of this kind in Europe) pre-school children were offered the opportunity to attend free courses of English language adapted to their age, and through play could get acquainted with the English language and culture of the English-speaking world.(The author of the project: Ljiljana Jankovic)______________________________________________________________ TOTAL: $ 11,328.43

CHILDREN’S SOROS CAMPS_____________________________________Children’s Soros camps are organized during winter and summer, and are conceived as one great creative workshop regardless of various contents of separate workshops organized in them - artistic, scientific, psychological and others.Starting from the conception and the idea of the Children’s Soros program, was are striving to achieve the utmost possible variety: we gather boys and girls, from different environments- present and former - of origin of the participants, they belong to various groups (national, religious, cultural…)- we are, therefore, trying to achieve a multicultural human situation. In the course of 1994 we organized 10 camps.* Children’s Soros Camp held in Palic, Kanjiza and JabukaTotal expenses during 1994: $ 262,300.29* Soros Artistic Camp held in 5 places: Kovacica, Zrenjanin, Kikinda,Palic and Sremski KarlovciTotal expenses during 1994: $ 120,134.91

In those camps gathered children mostly from war-stricken territories. In addition, many children have also been involved in the camps of other organizations:* Archeological Camp in GamzigradTotal expenses: $ 14,694.79* Ecological Camp in PalicTotal expenses: $ 53,031.40* Ecological Camp- Backa TopolaTotal expenses: $ 1,437.91* Chess Camp - BeciciTotal expenses: $ 20,922.57

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EDUCATION___________________________________________________During 1994 we organized several training workshops for facilitators who collaborate with the Children’s Program with the main aim to improve their capacities in work with children and youth. In collaboration with the British Council, Mr. Alistair Campbell (well-known drama artist) conducted some workshops for trainees.______________________________________________________________TOTAL: $ 13,077.09

WINTER PROGRAM_____________________________________________At the and of 1993 and the beginning of 1994, Children’s Program organized winter program for children entitled in Wintertown. The program is aimed at New Year’s holidays and it is organized in Subotica, Novi Sad, Beograd, Pristina and Podgorica. Around 50.000 children participated in the program.______________________________________________________________TOTAL: $ 64,216.64

PROGRAMS OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS____________________

A prominent place within the Children’s Soros Program belongs to the programs which fully satisfy the requirements of the Children’s Soros Program, but are carried out by other organizations. At present, the Children’s Soros Program supports the participation of war-affected children in regular programs of the following organizations: Center for Culture “Stari Grad, Belgrade, Children’s Theater Bosko Buha, Belgrade, Open University, Subotica, The Home of the Young, Podgorica, the ZOO Gardens, Palic, Research Station Petnica…Children’s Program helped the following projects aimed for the children and youth:

1. Mathematics Calendar $ 584.802. Jasna Vuklis (picture book for children) $ 2,748.543. The Green horizon (ecological program) $ 6,038.964. Video-Lab $ 1,912.325. Vama I Detetu (book for the children and parents) $ 292.406. RAF (animation workshop) $ 10,475.567. “Bosko Buha” (children theater) $ 26,706.038. Lazic Slobodan (music talent) $ 3,504.759. Puppet theater “Pinokio” $ 2,725.15

10. Music Youth of Serbia (Festival of Spiritual Songs) $ 17,073.8111. Friends of Children of Serbia $ 3,030.3012. Ana Jovanic (young talent) $ 6,446.0413. Srdjan Valjarevic (book-Winters Diary) $ 3,181.67

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CENTER FOR CULTURE “STARI GRAD”, Belgrade___________________

The Center for culture “Stari Grad” is the home of culture which bases its programs on the postulate that culture should have the central position in development, that values of cultural identity should be increased, that the concept of active participation in cultural life should be broadened, and that international cooperation should be promoted the establishing of an intercultural dialogue as a new form of solidarity and communication. The Center cherishes what is valuable and positive, it develops and investigates novelties and alternatives. It is open to changes and cooperation. It respects the differences and stimulates research. The Center for Culture “Stari Grad” has various programs for children at preschool and elementary school age, for the creative and the gifted, for experts and artists, for interested parents…

The Center for Culture “Stari Grad” is especially famous for its programs of creative and artistic upbringing and education for children and youth. Creative workshops were initiated, developed, investigated and disseminated and a modern approach to drama training (Creative Drama or Drama in education). The center promotes a specific conception of its programs, and creates its new programs on the basis of ideas, proposals, wishes and interests of the children and the young people participating in the programs, parents, cooperates and experts which work were here, other institutions…The costs of enrollment and tuition-fees for the war-affected children are covered by the Children’s Soros Program.(Director: Ljubica Beljanski-Ristic)______________________________________________________________ TOTAL: $ 36,252.11

THE THEATER OF THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD__________________

The Theater of the Children of the World is a project which is a part of the Children’s Soros Program. Respect for differences, integration and creativity are the foundations on which the entire project is developed. The project opens the very space where these objectives will be reached through drama and theatrical art. The Theater of the children of the World is the theater of togetherness. The world of togetherness of the children and the adults. The children participate in revealing the world around the and the adults return to the forgotten world of childhood buried in them. The Theater of the Children of the World is also the theater of differences. An assembly of completely different peoples of various ages who are motivated, willing and capable of experiences these differences as wealth and expressing it is art. The Theater of the children of the World is an open theater. The theater of encounters of different cultures, languages and traditions. They all have understanding, tolerance and the promotion of peace in common. The Theater of the Children of the World is the theater of projects. Each project is an investigation of a form of theatrical expression. The Theater of the Children of the World is also an action of involving the spectators into

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process, or opening towards the spectators and penetrating into the audience. The life with the spectator. The Theater of Children of the World, through the processes of drama and theatrical art develops and elaborates the idea that the children in certain conditions of creative relationship with the adults create the essence of civilization and in this creative process they actually revitalize civilization they inherit.(The author of project: Ljubica Beljanski-Ristic)______________________________________________________________ TOTAL: $ 16.721.67

THE OPEN HOUSE OF WORDS__________________________________

The project “The Open House of Words” is a continuation of the excellent experience gained in poetry workshops in the Children’s Soros camps and a specialized program of the Summer School of Creative Writing for Teenagers organized during 1994 Summer in Belgrade.

The Open House of Words includes working with children and youngsters of various ages, cultures, who originate from different speech regions. Good experience and the fundaments the entire project is based on, are an openness towards new values, creativity as a process, respect of differences and alternative approaches. The open House of Words cultivates literary creativity of the children and young through direct joint work with famous authors and poets. An attitude towards literature as the art of words is developed, i.e. literary expression is cultivated, opening new meanings and revealing new experiences in the present time and space. (The author of the project: Ljubica Beljanski-Ristic)______________________________________________________________ TOTAL: $ 11,147.78

RESEARCH STATION - PETNICA__________________________________

The research Station Petnica has been, according to many parameters, the greatest innovative educational experiment in former and the present Yugoslavia in the last several decades. The uniqueness of the Station as an undertaken is manifested in the following:a) The Station is an alternative school, one could say, founded by dissatisfied students and it is, a priori, extremely out of the ordinary in the world of education.b) Since its establishment more than 10 years ago, the Station has operated strictly as an independent, non-governmental and non-profit institution and it is unique institution in the country.c) Acting independently of the changing ideological patterns, the Station has preserved its reputation and has connections with many institutions and experts in the Republics of former Yugoslavia.

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d) Devoted to young people who show extreme talent and capabilities for scientific work, the Station was isolated for a long time in the prevailing atmosphere of pseudo-egalitarism. Abandoning classical pedagogical paradigms and developing (often spontaneously) its own methods and techniques of work, the Station has become a source of new ideas and approaches to education.e) With a very young and not numerous team (about fifteen experts on the average 26 year old), the Station gathered over 800 top scientific workers from more than 70 scientific institutes and universities who participate in the organization, preparation and implementation of various educational programs.f) For ten years of its existence and operation, the Station has grown and has a modern and spacious complex of buildings (eight buildings, 2 hectares of land) with conditions necessary for scientific education which is close to the top achievements of the world educational practice.(Director: Vigor Majic)______________________________________________________________ TOTAL: $ 31,497.07

OPEN UNIVERSITY_____________________________________________

The Open University is an independent and non-governmental organization dedicated to education of adults and youth. The Open University bases its activities on the experience gained by similar institutions in Yugoslavia and abroad. Since the Open University is headquartered in Subotica where 23 ethnic and religious groups live, a variety of its activities are methodically adopted to that fact.The Open University is the core of a variety of types of education for adults and youth in the region. Actually, a number of companies, associations, citizens’ groups and religious organizations whether jointly or independently practice various cultural activities within a program of the Open University.(Director: Blazo Perovic)______________________________________________________________ TOTTAL: $20,222.70

EDUCTA______________________________________________________

The current political and the economical crises are causing a brain drain of those who cannot find their place in the prevailing nationalism. The aim of this project is to offer programs and elements which enable the opening of perspectives and preparation of young people for their engagement in social activities. Gifted students aged from 15 to 18 attend this program and are thus being prepared for university studies in seven scientific fields (law, sociology, economics, ecology, political sciences, English language, accounting). The program of education lasts two seminars with 50 lessons in each. Educational groups of 12 attendants in each are formed for each scientific field: the program carried out through lectures, exercises and individual work. The project involves 100 students. The basic approach of the program in social sciences is based on the ideas of an open society.

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(The author of the project: Dr. Bosko Kovacevic)______________________________________________________________ TOTAL: $ 2,132.00

SOROS CLUB__________________________________________________

Soros Clubs are conceived as places where creators of children’s programs-children and adults, can meet each other, exchange experiences, and innovate, experiment and promote their experience gathered so far, which will then further be implemented in their developed form in workshops. In this sense, the Club is a place of painting, music, literature, drama, in form of a great creative workshop for learning to respect differences, understanding, tolerance, peace. Clubs are organized in Subotica, Novi Sad, Beograd, Podgorica and Pristina.______________________________________________________________TOTAL: 4 42,280.71

CHILDREN’S PROGRAM IN PODGORICA___________________________

1. Computer School $ 10,748.762. The performance “Vilinska Kocija” $ 3,765.303. Club “Evergreen” $ 2,039.544. Soros English Club $ 2,471.205. School for Music Talents “Andre Navarra” $ 5,592.966. Radio Radoznalica $ 1,112.377. Regional Competition :Science to the Young” $ 625.00

CHILDREN’S PROGRAM IN PRISTINA______________________________

1. Computer School $ 18,246.882. “Songs about Animals” $ 9,664.433. The Picture-book “Klipani u pudingu” $ 1,703.82

CHILDREN’S PROGRAM IN NOVI SAD______________________________

1. “Fairytale about the Snowqueen” $ 205.072. Children’s Culture Center $ 41,683.643. “Bogu iza ledja” $ 256.694. Zmaj’s Children’s Games $ 4,848.485. Zmajeve Children’s Books $ 1,562.506. Collectors Association-Library workshops $ 22,444.207. Zornicka- Slovak children’s journal $ 939.608. Joakim Vujic- Theater $ 1,610.74

EQUIPMENT FOR CHILDREN’S CLUBS AND IN-HOUSE PROJECTS_____TOTAL: $ 48,071.73

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MEDIA SUPPORT PROGRAM

One of the most important tasks of the Program in 1994 was to react quickly and efficiently by providing urgent assistance to various media outlets, which were operating in unfavorable atmosphere created by the government pressure on the one side, and extremely difficult market conditions created by the UN sanctions on the other. The existence of independent media in such an atmosphere is the result of the Foundation’s continued support.

The Foundation also supported activities aimed at research and recording instances of pressure on journalists and independent media. Since June 1993, the Soros Yugoslavia Foundation has tried to prevent splits between various journalists associations and institutions, and encouraged cooperation and joint action in an effort to initiate the unification of these associations. In 1994, the Independent Association of Journalists was founded.

With the help of the SYF, the independent broadcasting media in Belgrade were strong enough not only to survive, but also to initiate cooperation between small radio stations throughout the country. As a result of these efforts, the Association of the Independent Electronic Media was formed of seven radio stations and one TV station (Studio B), which provided the networking and enabled dissemination on information, covering territory beyond the Belgrade area. Using positive results of the Association, Radio B92 initiated forming of a network of the East and central European radio stations, which should provide additional information channels, beyond the recognized world news agencies. The information come from local independent news sources, which were not easily attainable in the past.

In the field of print media, the SYF provides training in management, marketing and journalism, as well as legal aid for the protection of freedom of expression and broadcast legislation issues (including research into the legal issues affecting media). The support consisted not only of material assistance such is paper, equipment, etc, also of know-how. The assistance of the SYF led to survival of not just independent media, but also of numerous ethic minority media outlets such as “Koha”, the Albanian language weekly based in Kosovo.

Although print media are dominated by the state printing press, and single state-owned paper supplier, the independent newspapers still manage to print owing to the Foundation’s support.

RADIO, TV AND NEWS AGENCIES

The Association of the Electronic Media consists of six independent radio stations and one Radio end TV broadcaster. (Radio B92 form Belgrade, Radio BUM93 form Pozarevac, Radio Bajina Basta from Bajina Basta, Radio Smederevo from Smederevo, Radio Cetinje from Cetinje, Radio Antena M from Podgorica and RTV Studio B from Belgrade).

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The Foundation provides the foreign news agencies services and is encouraging the important exchange of the information between the members of the Associations. The Improvement of their technical bases was also in focus of the Media Program.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDAssociation of the Independent Broadcasting Media

News agencies services Technical support and expert consulting

$ 73,742.71$ 279,432.98

BETA, independent news agency from Belgrade

Equipment grant 4 19,072.28

INDEPENDENT TV AND VIDEO PRODUCTION_______________________

Having in mind the restricted official policy towards TV frequencies, the independent broadcaster had to find another way to broadcast their programs. The Media Program supported the independent TV and video productions which were broadcast abroad and on the only independent TV Studio B in Belgrade. The TV and editing equipment was provided for several independent production groups and companies.

Radio B92, from Belgrade

TV and editing equipmentTV and editing equipmentGrant for the exhibition “Triviart”

$ 55,190.80$ 55,190.80

$ 2,823.89VIN, independent video weekly from Belgrade

Grant for production of program $ 44,255.13

Christmas songs, children’s film

Video production in cooperation with the Serbian Orthodox Church and the independent production company VANSEditing costs IDEA PLUS

$ 14,441.68

$ 178.33ABV Media group It was founded by the Radio B92

and the “Vreme” weekly from Belgrade with the idea to combine the existing practices in the field of marketing, distribution, presentation abroad, and to develop its own TV and Film production.Costs for the space $ 11,963.09

The museum of Science and Technic from Belgrade

Exhibition costs for the anniversary of Nikola TeslaExhibition costs for the anniversary of Nikola Tesla $ 10,507.60

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RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDThe Yugoslav Cinematheque form Belgrade

Grant for the realization of the exhibition “Charlie Chaplin”

$ 2,485.37

PRINT MEDIA__________________________________________________

Although the difficult economic situation provoked of the purchasing power in the country, which affected the circulation of the press, the print media was not minimalized. The results of the different polls showed that each copy of some independent papers was read by eight to fifteen people.

One of the biggest problems was to ensure the regular supplies of the newsprint. The only paper factory in the country was controlled by the state and all newsprint was directed to the state media. The lack of the paper on the free market enormously increased the price of the newsprint. This is why the Media Program of SYF focused on providing newsprint for independent media.

The lack of foreign press directed the Media Program to provide the subscription of foreign press for some of the media as well as to cover the costs of the distribution of our press abroad and in the country. The Foundation also helped some media in keeping the correspondent network abroad.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDBORBA, Independent daily from Belgrade

Grant for newsprintGrant for corespondent network abroad

$ 209,897.58$ 45,000

VREME, independent weekly from Belgrade

Equipment grant (Photo laboratory and laptop)Grant for newsprint

$ 27,460

$ 96,378.48JO PAJTAS, children’s paper form Novi Sad

Grant for newsprintEquipment grant

$ 2,535$ 8,767.97

KOHA, independent weekly in Albanian from Pristina

Equipment grant (DTP lab)Grant for newsprint

$ 26,672.62$ 43,848.97

HAREJA, children’s paper in Albanian

Grant for printing costs $ 17,811.40

RITAM, youth magazine from Belgrade

Grant for printing costsGrant for subscription for foreign press

$ 9,227.51$ 718.95

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Grant for subscription for foreign press

$ 718.85

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDNEZAVISNOST, Independent union paper from Belgrade

Grant for printing cost $ 7,712.21

NOVI PANCEVAC, local paper from Belgrade

Grant for printing costs $ 18,733.11

OMLADINSKI GRAFITI, youth paper from Podgorica

Grant for printing costs $ 13,269.31

PIONIERI, children paper in Albanian from Pristina

Grant for printing costs $ 21,000

FJALA, cultural magazine in Albanian from Pristina

Grant for printing costs $ 2,313.74

FORUM, weekly in Albanian from Pristina

Grant for printing costs $ 6,651.78

SVET, independent weekly from Novi Sad

Grant for newsprint $ 18,195.04

KOSOVARJA, family paper in Albanian from Pristina

Grant for printing costs $ 2,313.74

REPUBLIKA, independent monthly from Belgrade

Grant for printing costs and distribution of the paper

$ 1,997.53

ONOGOST STANDARD, independent local weekly from Niksic

Grant for newsprintEquipment grant

$ 4,910.90$ 11,589.98

MONITOR, independent weekly from Podgorica

Grant for newsprintGrant for subscription for foreign press

$ 15,259.59$ 676.94

HORIZONTI, cultural monthly from Novi Sad

grant for printing costsGrant for rent of space

$ 2,684.56$ 805.37

RIGHT FOR PICTURE AND WORDS, monthly from Belgrade

Grant for printing costs $ 5,033.56

News of Media, monthly publication of the Media center

Grant for printing costs $ 5.033.56

DZVONI, magazine in Slovak from Novi Sad

Grant for printing costs $ 2,694.63

NIN, independent weekly Grant for newsprint $ 67,348.02

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from BelgradeJEHONA, independent weekly from Presevo

grant for newsprint $ 6,140.35

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDCSLADI KOR, family paper in Hungarian form Novi Sad

Grant for newsprint $ 639,005.85

ZERI, independent weekly in Albanian from Pristina

Grant for printing costs $ 17,542.68

THEMA, cultural magazine in Albanian from Pristina

Grant for printing costs $ 6,418.98

UJ SIMPOSIUM, cultural magazine in Hungarian from Novi Sad

Grant for printing costs $ 259.61

OBZOR TVORBA, independent publisher in Slovak, from Novi Sad

Equipment grant (PC and laser printer)

$ 7,737.17

ODGOVOR, refugee paper from Belgrade

Grant for newsprint $ 29,999.20

REC, literary magazine from Belgrade

Grant for printing costs $ 6,435.84

EKONOMSKA POLITIKA , weekly from Belgrade

Grant for printing costs $ 14,403.34

LUDUS, theatrical magazine from Belgrade

Grant for printing costs $ 4,084.97

BUJKU, daily in Albanian from Pristina

Grant for printing costs $ 9,803.92

OBRENOVACKE NOVOSTI, local paper from Obrenovac

Grant for printing costs $ 2,549.02

FATI, cultural magazine in Albanian from Ulcinj

Equipment grant (fax) $ 1,174.90

BOTA E RE, student paper in Albanian from Pristina

Grant for printing costs $ 3,921.57

DAMAD, independent publishing house from Novi Pazar

Equipment grant (P.C. and laser printer)

$ 6,060.45

NEZAVISNI, independent weekly from Novi Sad

Equipment grant (purchasing costs for the equipment)

$ 2,964.97

SHENDETI, weekly in Albanian from Pristina

Grant for printing costs $ 8,590.60

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TALAS, youth paper from Belgrade

Grant for printing costs $ 23,489.93

MAGYAR SZO, daily in Hungarian from Novi Sad

Grant for printing costs $ 2,348.99

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDRadio B92, from Belgrade

Grant for 100 copies of the “Sarajevo Stories-100 and 1 Night” by Zdravko GreboGrant for printing costs for the edition “Apartrids”

$ 627.53

$ 4,586.07

KULTURA VLASTI, cultural monthly publication

Grant for printing costs $ 2,163.54

OTHERMedia Center Media Center was formed as one

of the projects of the Media Program a year ago, aiming to provide the working place for the independent journalists.In 1994, the Media Center gathered over eight independent media associations and formed the independent Journalists Association of Serbia. It is now operating in the larger space and it was formed as a separate institution. The Media program provided the space and all the necessary equipment.

$ 98,434.86

MEDIA CONFERNCESANIZ, independent publisher from Niksic

Grant for the organization of the meeting of the meeting of the independent media

$ 1,755.06

Found of Journalist Solidarity

Grant for the organization of the first visit of the group of the independent journalists Zagreb, Pakrac and Gorski Kotar

3,214.65

Independent Journalists Association, Belgrade

Grant for the organization of the Founding Assembly

1,228.01

Independent Journalists Association, Podgorica

Grant for membership expenses in IFJ for 60 journalists

$ 637.50

Association of the grant for the organization of the $ 379.85

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Independent Media, Belgrade

Seminar “War and Media”

Workshop on the management of the independent mediaFund in Budapest

Participation of the independent media from Yugoslavia

$ 4,692.03

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDIFJ round table meeting in Ohrid

Participation of the independent media at the Conference

$ 3,007.05

AMARC, Conference in Ljubljana

Participation of the Association of the independent Broadcasting Media at the Conference

$ 2,447.71

Mirjana Stojanovic Travel expenses to attend 6th European TV and Film Forum

$ 992.62

“Oslobodjenje” from Sarajevo

Travel expenses for the Belgrade correspondents to attend the staff meeting in Ljubljana

$ 234.90

Slobodan Andjelkovic, BETA correspondent

Travel expenses to attend CSCE Conference in Budapest

$ 1,342.28

Visit of a group of journalists to London

Travel expenses to attend War Report Seminar in London

$ 5,256.64

Dragan Blagojevic, BETA correspondent

Travel expenses for Brussels $ 1,272.67

Svetozar Rapajic Travel expenses to attend the rectors’ meeting in Thessaloniki

$ 1,200

JOURNALISTS’ WORKSHOPS AND EDUCATION____________________

The global need of the independent media is to find professionally trained young journalists. This is why the Media Program of the Soros Yugoslavia Foundation initiated The Journalists’ Workshops, starting with Subotica and Novi Sad, and later in Belgrade and Podgorica. The program, which has operated for two years now, has been led by over fifty prominent Yugoslav journalists, who shared their experience with the participants, by giving them the overall information on professional journalism. Over sixty participants were trained in each course and attend the computer and typewriting course, which lasted for over tree months. Today, some of them are already involved in the work of the local media.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDPETNICA, youth research center, Petnica

Grant for the Journalists Workshop $ 5,388.89

VREME, independent weekly from Belgrade

Grant for realization of the Journalist Workshop in Belgrade

$ 11,080.12

Soros Journalists Camp in Vlasotinci

Realization of The Camp Grant for 100 copies of the Journalist manual for the Journalists’ camp

$ 25,606.54$ 9,763.14

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RADIO SMEDEREVO, local independent radio from Smederevo

Grant for realization of the Journalist Workshop

$ 6,525.97

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDKron, the Independent video production company from Podgorica

Grant for realization of the Journalist Workshop

$ 10,645.24

OTVORENI UNIVERZITET, from Subotica Workshop

Grant for the realization of the Journalist

$ 5,315.79

Dragoljub Ackovic Grant for the organization of the Conference of the Roma media

$ 1,404.80

PRA, independent P.R. agency from Belgrade

Organization of the management seminar for the independent media

$ 8,368.57

ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR JOURNALISTS_________________________

For over two years 50 participants from all Belgrade independent media have been taking English courses designed on the principles of English for Specific Purposes. Course material is authentic and suited to the group levels (there are seven levels) and professional needs of the journalists (CNN, WTN, BBC satellite program news, English and American dailies and magazines and LONGMAN, NELSON and OUP publications). The same English course was also organized in Podgorica, Montenegro.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSYLLABUS, private language school from Belgrade

Grant for the realization of the course

$ 14,746.70

Philological faculty, University of Podgorica

Grant for the realization of the course

$ 2,138.60

ARGUMENT, independent research agency from Belgrade

Grant for project “Media and war”Grant for project “Liberation and the submission of the media”

$ 8,760.00$ 6,510.07

OTVORENI UNIVERZITET, from Subotica

Grant for project “Independent media and local community”

$ 1,176.47

Aleksandar Pekovic Grant for the project Cable TV in Yugoslavia

$ 1,111.11

Predrag Djurkovic Costs for 100 copies of the book Journalism - Philosophy, Ethics, Profession

$ 1,342.28

VREME, weekly from Belgrade

Grant for the book “Primary adults” $ 34,899.33

THE ASSOCIATION OF Grant for newsprint $ 3,808.59

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THE BLIND, from Belgrade

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDMedia documentation Collecting the press clippings on

the situation in the media and regarding the presentation of the Soros Yugoslavia Foundation

$ 6,359.54

Erich Bachman Living expenses in Belgrade $ 27,416.40DTP lab Expenses $ 68,588.48Administrative costs of the program

Telephone costs, equipment, travel equipment, travel expenses of the coordinators

$ 9,295.08

Radio B92VremeKOHA

War report for the independent media in Yugoslavia

$ 4,000$ 2,000$ 4,000

Media library The first media library was founded in July 1994. The lack of the foreign literature on the media developments in the country proved the importance of establishing the Media Library, important for the education and training not only of journalists but also of the students of the media studies.

$ 25,132.27

TOTAL: $ 1,834,762.78

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PUBLISHING PROGRAM

The program policy of the SZF's Publishing Program covers tree areas:

Support to publishing projects in the field of social sciences (sociology, political studies, interculturality, human rights, intercultural studies, management and marketing)Support to university textbook publishing (specific books with small circulation which cannot be commercial)Support to periodicals (culture, arts and social issues)

The method of work was based on the analysis and assessment of the manuscripts that arrived. Information in this program was sent to scientific institutions, Universities, periodicals and independent publishers in mid 1993, which was advantageous as we could make quality choice among a large number of texts and periodicals. However, the incoming texts in 1993 were not large in number and the assessment of budget needs for 1994 was not realistic, because when the first supported books and periodicals were avail-able for the public the interest for this program suddenly increased, resulting in a great number of applications in 1994. Thus the quality of supported editions was also improved; i.e. the Foundation was able to maintain a certain program policy aimed at supporting its general objectives (open society, the development of civil society, education for human rights, etc).With the aim to promote publishing in minority languages, the Commission for assessing the publishing projects in the Albanian languages was appointed in mid 1994.Assessing each of the incoming applications, the Commission recommended and determined various aspect of support: covering printing costs, acquisition of paper, covering translation costs, copyright costs as well as costs of purchasing parts of circulation for libraries or precisely determined beneficiaries -the target group. Thereby professionalism in publishing was encouraged, and connections between publishers and end-users were established (especially in academic literature, etc)

The main objectives of the program were successfully covered.

POLITICAL SCIENCES___________________________________________

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDNova, Independent Adam Mihnjik -Thinking Democracy $ 1,461.99

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publishing house, BelgradeAssociation of Writers of Pancevo

Isaiah Berlin - Against the Stream $ 3,267.97

Institute for Political Studies

Todor Kuljic - Forms of Personal Power

$ 3,554.45

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDPolitics and Society, Belgrade

Group of Authors - About Democracy

$ 2,614.38

Institute for European Studies, Belgrade

Dragan Lakicevic- Essay About Institutions of Freedom

$ 877.19

Publishing Company Zoran Stojanovic, Novi Sad

East-East Collection of theoretical texts about Central European Policy issues:Istvan Bibo - The Poverty of Small Central European PeopleOscar Jasi - The Fall of MonarchyJan Patocka -The Heretical EssaysJanos Kis - The Political Essays

$ $ 28,108.31

Belgrade Circle Hans Magnus Encenberger - Civil War

$ 738.07

Dubravka Opacic-Kostic translator and publisher

Vladimir Odajnik - Jung and Politics $ 2,585.15

Miroljub Vuckovic - Screams from Lebanese Hall, purchase for local libraries-200 copies

$ 584.80

Institute for Philosophy and social Theory, Belgrade

Group of Authors - The Rethorics and Democracy

$ 980.39

Republika, Belgrade Mirko Tepavac - Democracy and Tyranny

$ 849.67

Vreme knjige, Belgrade

Dusan Kecmanovic - The Mass Psychology of Nationalism

$ 2,684.56

The Institute for European Studies, Belgrade

Zlatko Isakovic - Armies and Changes in Former Socialist Countries

$ 753.13

Filip Visnjic, Belgrade Mladen Lazic - The Demise of Socialism and the Structure of the Yugoslav Society

$ 1,169.59

Coll. Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade

Theoretical assumptions of understanding of dissolution of Yugoslavia

$ 1, 797.39

Belgrade Circle Ivan Colovic- Healthy as Hell $ 685.53Belgrade Circle Ranko Bugarski - Language From

Peace to War$ 1,069.21

Belgrade Circle Bogdan Bogdanovic - City and

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Death, + Filip David - Fragments From Dark Ages Purchase of 200 copies (both books) $ 405.23

Borba ABC Slavisa Lekic- Hundred Persons-Which Named the Year

$ 980.39

SOCIOLOGY___________________________________________________

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDInstitute for Political Studies, Belgrade

Anjelka Milic - The Women, family and politics, Institute for

$ 3,020.13

Prosveta, Belgrade Simone de Beauvoir - Biography of a very Polite Girl

$ 3,267.97

Feljton, Novi Sad Gordana Vuksanovic - Old Peasants $ 1,292.57Institute for Sociological Research, Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade

Rappi - The Contemporary Albanian Large Family

$ 2,013.42

INTERCULTURALISM ___________________________________________

Intercultural studies is a very significant field of social research and theory in terms of institution completely neglected here. Nevertheless, a number of publisher suggested some titles, aware that there was a lack of literature in this field. The Commission chose the following:

Independent publisher Ivan Colovic

Tzvetan Todorov - We and the Others, Collection XX century

$ 2,815.05

Center for Geopoetics, Belgrade

The Selected Works of Bela Hamvas

$ 3,267.97

CID, Podgorica Albanians in Montenegro $ 3,020.13Prosveta, Nis Branimir Sojkovic - European

Cultural Identity$ 505.95

Svetovi, Novi Sad Zoran Konstantinovic - Comparative Approach Toward Serbian

$ 750.58

Prometej, Novi Sad Tomislav Gavric-The European Man $ 892.00

CULTURAL HISTORY___________________________________________

Serbian Academy of Art Sciences, Belgrade

Dragoslav Srejovic - Roman Imperial Towns and Palaces in Serbia

$ 1,562.50

Serbian Academy of Art Sciences,

Dragolav Srejovic- Imperial Mausolea and Consecration

$ 8,250.00+$ 2,844.71

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Belgrade Memorials in Felix Romuliana $ 11,094.71Radio B-92 Serbian Oldest Psalmbook, reprint $ 4,431.53Osisani jez, Belgrade Milisav Savic- Who is Who-Writers

from Yugoslavia $ 2,549.02$ 2,549.02

Folk Architecture of Kosovo $ 2,483.66

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARPont Geoffrey B. Russell-Prince of

Darkness$ 2,416.11

Grafit press Richard Muller - Nemesis, purchase $ 1,307.19

HUMAN RIGHTS________________________________________________

Prometej, Zemun Dona Gomien- Short Guide Through European Convention About Human Rights

$ 1,637.43

Filip Visnjic, Belgrade and Women’s studies

Mary Wolenstonecraft - Vindication of Rights of Women

$ 1,169.59

Association Politics and Society, Belgrade

Kosta Cavoski- The Law as a Craft of freedom

$ 701.75

CID, Podgorica Hano Hardt- The Nation of Law $ 4,136.18

The number of manuscripts dealing with ecology, management and marketing which arrived to the Foundation was not large, so those fields were but slighly touched upon.

MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT_________________________________

CLIO, Belgrade Patrick Forsyth - Everything You Need to Know About Marketing,Keith Sparling - Think Marketing,Purchase of 2 times 100 copies for media and art & culture managers -recipients of the grants of Soros FoundationPeter Roth - Sponsorship of Culture, printing costs

$ 1,169.59

$ 2,197.38

ECOLOGY_____________________________________________________

Eco Center, Belgrade Milorad Jankovic- The Development of Ecological Theory in Serbia

$ 2,091.50

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UNIVERSITY MANUALS AND ENCYCLOPAEDIC LITERATURE_________

We have supported manuals from both and social sciences, as well as medical manuals.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARD Publikum, printing company

Eugenio Barba & Nikola Savarese - The Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology, Institute for Theater, Film, Radio and Television, BelgradeDavid Chystall Oxford Encyclopaedia of language, Nolit, Belgrade and Catalogue for Frankfurt Book Fair

$ 42,675.56

Libertatea, Pancevo Serbian-Romanian Dictionary $ 1,292.57Chemistry Faculty, Belgrade

Ivan Juranic- Chemistry Connection, University manualIvan Juranic and S.Niketic - The Collection of Problems from the Chemistry TheoryS.Milosavljevic- Structural Instrumental Methods

$ 42,675.56

Scientific Book Publisher, Belgrade

P.Grujic- Introduction in the Theory of Atoms and Molecules

$ 221.48

Institute for Political Studies

Milan Podunavac and Milan Matic- Political System: Theories and Principles, Belgrade

$ 3,169.11

Visio Mundi Academic Press, Novi Sad

Aleksandar Molnar- Society and Law

$ 6,786.01

Institute for Pedagogy and Adult Education, Belgrade

Marina Pavlovic - Behavior and Meaning

$ 1,176.47

Orthopedic Clinic Zoran Vuksanovic - Medicine Textbook

$ 6,462.87

Medical communications

Mihajlo Stajic- Medicine textbook $ 6,535.95

The Soros Yugoslavia Foundation focused attention on support to independent publishers, primarily those having better quality texts, placing emphasis on quality and graphic design of the books as well as distribution, i.e. publishing marketing, so that could operate successfully, surviving in such bad market conditions without a large number of individual, private sponsors- whose promotion pages fill other publishers’ books.

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Damad, Novi Pazar, Vreme knjige, CLIO, Radio B-92, Belgrade Circle, Z.Stojanovic Publishing co. and others

Participation on Frankfurt Book Fair $ 3,231.44

PUBLISHING IN MINORITY LANGUAGES___________________________

Publishing in minority languages has entered a severe crisis, since besides the circumstances affecting all, their subventions have been reduced or completely discontinued for political reasons, and the society in general tends to become less multi-culturally defined. Therefore it was essential that the Foundation focus its activities more substantially toward publishing in minority languages. However, there were also a number of problems:Projects very rarely meet the established criteria so the Commission had to make exceptions in order to support the survival of some publishers; the publishers is under such social (state) pressure that it discourages him from asking for support (Studia ruthenica, for instance).Therefore, the Foundation’s attention, especially in Novi Sad and Podgorica (and also in Pristina when Turkish is in question), should be more initiative and less receptive. We also insisted that sometimes a portion of circulation of significant book in minority language be incorporated in the cultural life of the whole country.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARPhilosophy faculty, Pristina

Human Rights, collection of works in the Albanian language, I & II

$ 980.39

Zeri, Pristina Zeki Bejtulahu - Strategy in Business or Bases of High Level Business

$ 1,867.92

Publisher Dukagjini, Pec

Stefanllari, I. & G. Hadaj / K.Gega - English 5-20.000 copiesStefanllari I., G. Hadaj & K.Gega- English 6Ali Podrimja - The smile in the CageEcrem Basha - Snail’s PaceRexhep Ismaili - Etnicity and ModernitySkelzen Maliqi - Albanians in EuropeGani Bobi - The Context of SelfcultureFehmi Agani- Democracy, Nation, Self-determination Karmino Abate - the Adventures of the RingClaude Lefort- Democracy in Totalitarianism Muhamedin Kullashi - Ese Filozofiko Politike

$ 25,620.92

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The administrative costs of the Publishing Program

$ 122.17+$ 201.34=

$ 323.51

THE IMPACT OF SOCIETY ( beneficiaries and cultural public)____________

With the demands set upon publishers, the Foundation has set adequate publishing criteria which are valid in the world, and here not anymore: reviewing of text (not accepting occasional formal reviews should be considered though), bibliographies, indices, resumes in languages spoken worldwide…At the same time, by preparing the catalog for the Franklin Book Fair and sending five publishers to the Fair, further improvement and professionalism of work was supported, being one of our more important objectives.(The catalog was prepared and published by publishers themselves, thus providing a true test of the level of professionalism and ability to emerge on the world market).

However, if we consider the impact on the society through the projects we supported in terms of value - whether and how much they helped open the Serbian and Montenegrin societies, opened up horizons, visions of future development, crushed xenophobia, ethnic and sex prejudices, theoretically considered various issues relating to crisis of society (the dissolution of society, war, media issues, ethical matters…) - the answer could be positive. A large number of purchased books was sent to libraries throughout Serbia, but it is, of course, hard to say how books will reach their readers. However, numerous critical editions, public reactions, round tables, promotions… of the books supported by the Foundation indicate that their reading public is substantial in number. One of the books was awarded the Belgrade October Award (textbook: Vuksanovic et al., - Child Hip Disorders), whereas it cannot be expected of others, especially the ones relating to social sciences, because the state will surely not award books dealing with the social and political crises in scientific language and providing different methods for their resolving.

CULTURAL REVIEWS___________________________________________

PERIODICALS

The objective to relive the existence of periodicals in Yugoslavia, especially in the field of the art and culture, was achieved by supporting 35 periodicals.

RECIPIENT TOTAL AWARDSCulture (Kultura), BelgradeIstocnik, BelgradeGradac, CacakTranskatalog, Novi Sad (alternative art review)

$ 1,910.71$ 4,496.64

$ 10,161.94$ 3,150.33

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Also, we have supported reviews which are limited to one art field, devoted to development of the art theory

RECIPIENT TOTAL AWARDSNew sound (Novi zvuk)Musical wave, Belgrade CLIOZoograf (art history)L’impossible, photo art review, BelgradeMostovi, literary translation reviewSerbian literary quarterly

$ 3,759.31$ 2,614.38$ 1,019.88$ 2,033.56$ 3,860.98$ 2,380.95

Special emphasis was placed on general cultural reviews coming from the provinces of the country, considering them the core local and regional cultural development. RECIPIENT TOTAL AWARDSCasopis, Novi Sad, alternative literary reviewEranos, KragujevacRukovet, SuboticaKopca, PristinaDoclea, PodgoricaChristmas Song, Valjevo

$ 764.33$ 1,257.86$ 3,921.57$ 3,496.73$ 2,516.70$ 2,287.09

A greater number of academic periodicals, currently almost the only possibility of professional, expert verification of the research project and achievement, was also supported.

RECIPIENT TOTAL AWARDS Academic reviewsSociology (Sociologija)Sociological Review (Socioloski pregled)YUNIR, NisInternational Problems, BelgradeGledista, BelgradeThe voice of Volunteer (Dobrovoljacki glasnik)Nissa, NisJournalism (Novinarstvo)

Folklor u VojvodiniEcologica, Belgrade

Law Life (Pravni zivot), Belgrade

Archive for Law and Social Sciences, BelgradeYugoslav Review for International Law, BelgradeArchives of Gastroentheropatology, BelgradeMedicine Review (Medicinski pregled), Novi Sad

$ 3,877,72+$704.09= $ 4,581.81

$ 387.77$ 2,013.42$ 1,960.78

$ 89.17$ 1,255.10

$ 584.80$ 2,012.42+ $ 892.86=

$2,906.28$ 1,273.88

$ 969.43+ $ 1,190.48=$ 2,159.91

$ 1,250.00+ $ 4,026.85=$ 5,276.85$ 3,921.57$ 3,355.70$ 4,079.07$ 1,938.86

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MINORITY CULTURES REVIEWS____________________________________

Mak, Novi Pazar (review for Muslim culture)Almanah, Pogorica (review for Muslim culture)Fati, Ulcinj, Albanian

Uzenet, Hungarian languageEletjel, HungarianBulletin, academic review, Faculty of Philosophy Pristina Oferta, weekly magazineShendeti, Pristina, medical journalEcological Bulletin (posters, etc.), Pristina

$ 3,877,72$ 1,405.23

$ 909.80+ $ 1,226.88+$ 791.67=$ 2,928.35

$ 1,830.07$ 4,458.60

$ 980.39$ 980.39

$ 2,068.12$ 1,307.19

GRAND TOTAL: $ 325,968.01Such a large number of periodicals was supported because of very difficult market conditions, i.e. the prices of paper and costs of printing are highest in the world, and the impoverished middle class stopped buying books and periodicals. It makes this program even more significant than in other regions of Eastern Europe where the business and market conditions are more normal.

Evaluation of support to periodicals also calls for establishing changes in their ways of operation, especially in terms of management, marketing - subscription... Some of the periodicals, whose quality could hardly satisfy the set standards, accepted our suggestions in terms of quality and subjects of the texts, graphic design.It is especially significant that, insisting upon re-establishing of discontinued intercultural stimulation, we enabled the periodicals in multinational communication to open up to neighboring cultures, even to certain extent.

Generally speaking, the support we provided for periodicals enabled them to survive, keep in operation, and affected the rise in quality to a large extent.

We are of opinion that the Foundation has largely influenced the number and quality of ideas currently on effect with the cultural (intellectual, academic, etc.) public indirectly, through our beneficiaries. Estimating that influence after only a year seems rather difficult, but we can nevertheless claim that the periodicals we support encourage people to explore, write, think (the topic-based issue of The Sociological Review: texts by our most prominent sociologists on the state and "guilt" of the science were asked for and surveyed, which could be the paradigm).

On the other hand, by supporting publishers and periodicals published in the provinces of Serbia, we have largely motivated cultural public and scientific circles there, at the same time enabling the cultural public of small communities to reach information - above all fresh and new ideas. (Mak, Novi Pazar; Gradac, Cacak; Gradina, Nis; Doclea, Podgorica...)

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ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAM

Despite the increased freedom and possibility of expression, due to the lack of funds the independent intellectuals in culture and arts have recently been facing the greatest problems. The best positions are reserved for the state institutions and the privileged individuals. Kitsch, promoted by huge publicity in the state media, prevails over everything else.

The Soros Yugoslavia Foundation has started its program of support to arts and culture in 1994, with a policy committed to the criterion of value, as the only one which could contribute to the development of art and culture. The Foundation supported independent institutions of culture and art, individuals, alternative groups and initiatives which found themselves bereft of any funds for material, or presentation of their work both in the country and abroad.

Within the program, the Soros Yugoslavia Foundation has established a competent commission to evaluate the artistic value of project proposals in visual and alternative arts, theater, classic and rock music, video and documentary film production. Their number increased each month to reach 100 in October 1994.

It is difficult to say what was the most important of things done in 1994: a series of young music talents who, with support of the Foundation, participated at international contests all around Europe and sometimes won one of the first tree places (Stresa, Rome), or projects that students of music, drama and visual arts, unable to get any support from the Ministry of Culture, realized with the same support. We also provided a number of artists with funds to complete their training abroad, and helped even more of them to carry out their projects: concerts, exhibitions, performances and multimedia performances at home. Beside many artistic exhibitions, the Soros Yugoslavia Foundation supported an exhibition on Nikola Tesla, in cooperation with the Museum of Science and Technique. The Nikola Tesla Museum and the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

The projects of the Yugoslav Drama theatre, Bitef Theatre (Belgrade), Dodona Theatre (Pristina), Crna Gora National Theatre (Podgorica), Bosko Buha and Dusko Radovic (Belgrade children and youth theaters), Dah Theatre, and many others were supported, and the public offered a repertory different from the poor and unified one of the state institutions.

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As a result of the current situation in culture and arts, some publications devoted to it appeared in 1994: for example, "Kultura vasti/Index smena i zabrana" (Culture of Power/Index of Dismissals and Bans), a kind of Yugoslav Index of Censorship, published by Radio B92 with support of the Foundation. The Publication deals exclusively with repression in culture.

As a result of the present situation in the culture, the independent cultural institutions were established in Belgrade and Novi Sad, which was welcomed and supported by the Soros Yugoslavia Foundation.

PERFORMING ARTS______________________________________________

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSYugoslav Drama Theater

Grant for printing costs of the publication-booklet "The Dresser"Grant for printing costs of the publication "Relatives from the better time"Grant for the realization of the performance "Last days of Mankind" by Gorcin StojanovicGrant for the publication "Troilus and Cressida" and "The Last days of Mankind"Grant for the publications "Put ka Eleusini" (The road to Eleusina) and"The Bartholomew Fair"

$ 1,785.71

$ 3,036.74

$ 15,468.75

$ 6,000

$ 6,711.40

DAH THEATER Grant for realization of the performance "Cassandra"Travel expenses for Copenhagen to attend the Performing Art WorkshopTravel grant for realization of the performance "Zenith" in Novi SadTravel grant to participate at EdinburgTheater Festival with the performance "Legend about The End of the World"

$ 181.29

$ 6,275.49

$ 203.88

$ 6,525.49

Center for Cultural Decontamination

Grant for the realization of the performance "Bad Evils"

$ 4,575.16

Council for Artistic Dance

Grant for realization of performance "Days of ballet and Dance"

$ 1,176.47

BITEF Festival Grant for the participation of the Stalker Stilt Theatre, Australia at the Festival

$ 15,953.38

Theatre DUSKO RADOVIC

travel grant to attend the Lisbon Children Theatre Festival with the performance "The Beauty and the Beast"

$ 6,397.66

DADOV Theatre grant for the realization of the performance "Charlie Brown"

$ 4,429.53

Youth scene from Valjevo

Grant for the production of the performance "I don't like school"

$ 1,342.28

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BITEF Theatre from Belgrade

grant for the production of the performance "Deja vu"Grant for the production of the performance "Ziggy Stardust"

$ 1,637.43

$ 14,429.53

BITEF Theatre Travel grant for the Thessaloniki to perform the performance "Medea"

$ 2,440.27

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSCenter for Antiwar action

Grant for the group of San Francisco artists who held the performance "Honoring life" in Bitef Theater and visited refugee camps in Serbia

$ 2,440.27

Balet Studio from Subotica

Grant for the production of the performance “Little Mermaid”

$ 2,684.56

BITEF Festival Grant for forming of the documentation regarding the 30th anniversary of the festival

$ 3,000

Association of the Drama Artists

Grant for the annual charity concert $ 2,339.18

Ljudmila Stratimirovic Grant for the production of the performance “Hats”

$ 3,184.71

BEPAR Alternative performing arts group from Belgrade received grant for the performance “La regina abandonata”

$ 2,927.42

VISUAL ARTS____________________________________________________

LED ART Alternative visual arts group received a grant for the exhibitionGrant for the realization of the exhibition in Montenegro

$ 2,842.11

$ 3,521.57

SKART Alternative art group received a grant for the project “Armature first architectural hymn” Printing costs for the booklets “Sadness”

$ 2,426.90

$ 3,521.57RADIO B92 Grant for the project “Urbazone”, a

series of the alternative culture events held in BelgradeGrant for printing costs of the cultural review “Rec”Grant for CDs of young rock group “Deca losih muzicara” and “Eva Braun”Grant for realization of the exhibition and catalogue “Signed by War”Grant for the printing coasts of the edition “Apartrides”

$ 7,544.38

$ 13,885.12

$ 7,636.02

$ 7,636.02

$ 3,349.68

Gabriel Glid grant for the catalogue $ 877.19Momir Grujic Fleka Grant for the catalogue $ 654.76Museum of Sciences and Technique and

Grant for the exhibition regarding the anniversary of Nikola Tesla

$ 15,343.40

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Academy of Science and ArtsVREME UMETNOSTI

Grant for printing costs of visual arts supplement of weekly VREME

$ 4,026.85

BEORAMA Grant for printing costs of cultural review $ 4,026.85Dusan Miskovic Grant for catalogue $ 943.40RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSRastko Ciric Grant for the printing costs for the

children publication “Prtko”$ 2,585.15

Marijena Golubovic Honoraria for the Ex libris logo of the Soros Yugoslavia Foundation

$ 193.88

TERRA The Children’s artistic colony $ 21,004.33Goran Basaric Grant for the realization of the B92

exhibition in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver

$ 2,800

Rasa Todosijevic Grant for printing costs of the book “Stories on Art”

$ 1,307.19

Dragan Jelenkovic Grant for catalogue $ 980.39Dejan Milicevic Exhibition on the photographs in

Cultural Center$ 467.84

Biljana Tomic Travel grant for the group of artists for their exhibition “Naturally” in Budapest

$ 2,690.06

Gallery Jazzbina Grant for realization of the yearly catalogue

$ 3,071.90

Group “Art in project” Grant for realization of the catalogueGrant for exhibition in Belgrade

$ 3,000$ 980.39

Olga Jancic Grant for catalogue $ 292.15Agency APOSTOF As a result of the pressures on the

cultural institutions on the cultural institutions, new independent cultural centers were formed this year. The agency “Apostrof” was established in Novi Sad which realized a series of projects, round table discussions, video presentation and exhibitions

$ 26,498.75

Tatjana Milenkovic Grant for Catalogue $ 653.59

MUSIC AND ROCK CULTURE______________________________________

Olivera Djurdjevic Grant for the realization of the concert of chamber music at the Kolarac Hall

$ 5,521.47

SORABIA DISC Grant for Memorial CD of Vlajko Lalic $ 5,521.47EUROPEAN MOVEMENT

Grant for Memorial CD of Vlajko Lalic $ 1,320.99

Sasa Sailovic Grant for the realization of the series of concerts “Year of Violin” in Belgrade, Nis, Novi Sad, Subotica and Pristina

$ 6,901.84

Faculty of Music Arts Grant for the realization of the 6th Memorial Emil Hajek

$ 7,532.21

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Equipment grantPrinting costs for the books “Music as an event” and “History of Dance”

$ 13.820$ $ 3,732.48

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSStudio for Early Music

Grant for CD “Chant of the Hilandar Monastery” Grant for the realizations of the 4th Festival of Early Music at the Kolarac Hall

$ 4,575.16

$ 14,597.99

String Trio Mladenovic, Jokanovic, Varga

Grant for the realization of the concerts in Novi Sad and Sombor

$ 2,684.56

SOKOJ Grant for the production of the edition of CDs “Contemporary Yugoslav Composers”

$ 15,272.03

Rock group OBOJENI PROGRAM

Grant for the realization of the concert in Belgrade

$ 636.94

Rock magazine RITAM

Grant for printing costs $ 2, 547.77

S vremena na vreme Music group received a grant for the concert in Belgrade

$ 2,547.77

Gallery JAZZBINA Travel grant for Allan Praskin for the realization of the concert in Gallery “Jazzbina”

$ 2,013.42

EPTA Grant for realization of the Summer Piano Seminar in SuboticaGrant for the Sixth Congress of the EPTA (European Piano Teachers Association)

$ 4,575.16

$ 5,228.76

Jovan Kulundzija Grant for concert of famous violinist at the Kolarac Music HallGrant for the realization of the CD

$ 2,339.18

$ 4,549.02TOISUDO KAI Grant for the 1st Meeting of the horn

musicians in Novi Sad $ 357.00

Rock band “Direktori” Grant production of LP $ 1,342.28

FILM AND VIDEO ART_____________________________________________

Christmas Song Grant for the post-production of the film made in cooperation with the Serbian Orthodox Church and independent production company VANS

$ 5,098.28

Zelimir Gvardiol Grant for the production of the film "I do not know when, or where or how"

$ 11,977.48

Dinko Tucakovic Travel expenses to attend the Cannes $2,111.24

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Film FestivalRadio B92 grant for the production of the film

"Urbazone"$ 9,450.54

Young Researchers of Serbia

Realization of the Soros Artistic Camp-Film Colony

$ 22,952.76

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSIvan Milovanovic Travel expense for the Madrid for the

research on the project "Film as a war profile"

$ 1.915.03

Zoran and Svetlana Popovic

Equipment grant for private Youth Film School

$ 4,402.68

Daniel Popovic Grant for cinemascoping the film "Dinosaur" from Beta SP to 35mm film

$ 2,290.80

SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION GRANTS_____________________________

Jovan Pavlovic Travel grant to attend the Music Conservatory in Trondheim

$ 643.79

Neda Narandzic Travel grant to attend the 44th international Youth Festival in Beirut

$ 1,142.48

Ivana Cojbasic Travel grant to attend the University North Texas in Denton, majoring in music

$ 828.76

Bojana Sovilj Travel Grant to attend Music Festival in Florence

$ 1,306.54

Katarina Ambrozic Travel expenses to attend the Meeting of the Art Historian in Paris

$ 360.18

Milica Paranocis Travel expenses for the entrance audition at the Julliard School 1994/95

$ 2,000

Goran Kapetanovic Travel grant to attend Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam

$ 364.33

Zeljko Blagojevic Travel grant to participate at the International Music Competition Morro D'Oro

$ 1,050.96

Nikola Jankov Travel grant to participate at the International Music Competition Morro D'Oro

$ 1,056.96

Milan Milisavljevic Travel grant to participate at the International Music Competition Morro D'Oro

$ 800

Alisa Besevic travel and living expenses for the "Mocerteum" School in Salzburg

$ 3,597.99

Milan Djordjevic Travel grant for the Pen Club Meeting in Ljubljana

$ 95.54

Ognjen Popovic Living expenses for the Hochschule fur Musik, Stuttgart

$ 5,000

Oliver Dizdarevic Travel expenses to participate at the $ 1,410

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International Music Festival BolognaAssociation of the Composers of Serbia

Grant for the realization of monograph and CD of V.Mokranjac

$ 6,666.67

Frankfurt Book fair Participation of the independent publishers at the Frankfurt International Book Fair

$ 7,202.61

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSMiroslav Polic Travel grant to participate at the

International Competition in Accordion in Ancona

$ 1,157.52

Association ALMANAH

Grant for the catalogue of the collective exhibition of the Moslem artists

$ 1,666.67

Draga Bozinovic Travel grant to participate at the Art Meeting in Ohrid

$ 1,307.19

Dragan Lapcevic Travel grant to participate at the International Biennial of the Art Film in Paris

$ 980.39

Miona Babic Travel expenses to participate at the International Competition of the Young Pianists in Rome

$ 1,013.07

Ljiljana Vukelja Travel expenses to participate at the International Competition of the Young Pianists in Rome

$ 1,013.07

Srdjan Stosic Travel expenses to participate at the International Competition of the Young Pianists in Rome

$ 1,200

Vladimir Cvijic Travel expenses to participate at the International Competition of the Young Pianists in Rome

$ 1,013.07

Dinko Blagojevic Travel expenses to participate at the International Competition of the Young Pianists in Rome

$ 1,013.07

Aleksandra Mandic Travel expenses to participate at the International Competition of the Young Pianists in Rome

$ 1,013.07

Jugoslav Vlahovic Travel grant to attend the International Cartoon Festival in Sidney

$ 1,411.76

Milica Ostojic Travel and living expenses to attend the music seminar in Salzburg

$ 1,279

Tamara Stefanovic Travel grant to attend the School for Music, Cologne

$ 326.80

Vesna Djordjevic-Radulac

Travel grant to participate at the International Singing Contest in Barcelona

$ 1,161.07

Theatre ZID, Amsterdam

Travel grant for the realization of the performance "There is no place for us" in Bitef Theatre

$ 860.40

Snezana Skoko Papic

Travel expenses to attend Goldsmiths College in London for fine arts

$ 2,000

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Dragoljub Cenic Travel expenses to attend the International Competition of the Opera Singers in New York

$ 652.43

Vladimir Lukic Travel expenses to attend the International Competition in Accordion in Kligental

$ 1,500

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSTamara Savic Travel expenses for Berkeley College of

Music$ 1,393.94

OPEN ROAD Travel grant for the realization of the tour of the group of Yugoslav ballet artists in China

$ 9,980.80

Zoran Jasmak Travel grant to participate at the Interlohen Center for the Arts

$ 1,495

Omar Abu al Rub Travel grant to attend the presentation of the Slovenian Modern Theatre Travel grant to attend the International Prisma II Festival of the Theatre and Dance

$ 111.11

$ 627.52

Nenad Prokic Travel grant for Artslink alumni $ 830.37Oleg Novakovic Travel expenses to attend the New York

Festival$ 506.09

Music school "Mokranjac"

Travel expenses to attend the Stresa Music Competition

$ 1,174.81

Music school "Stankovic"

Travel expenses to attend the Stresa Music Competition

$ 467.84

Music School "Kosta Manojlovic"

Travel expenses to attend the Stresa Music Competition

$ 1,169.59

Music School "Davorin Jenko"

Travel expenses to attend the Stresa Music Competition

$ 584.80

Sanela Jandric Living expenses to attend Hungarian Academy for Dance

$ 3,862.10

Alma Bektesi Travel expenses for Albanian Conservatory

$ 1,600

Aleksandar Milojevic Travel grant to participate at the International Competition in Accordion "Villa de Arassate"

$ 684.56

Stasa Mirkovic Travel grant to participate at the 12th International Harp Contest in Tel Aviv

$ 550

Mirjana Antonijevic Grant for the realization of the concert in The Kolarac Hall

$ 100.67

Isidora Kresic Living expenses for ballet school at Scalla in Milan

$ 5,000

Leo Mujic Living expenses for ballet school of Rudre Bejrart in Lausanne

$ 5,000

Milutin Mladenovic Travel grant to attend the Moscow State Conservatory "Tchaikovski"

$ 2,000

Vuk Cosic Grant for the realization of the project "Slovenian video today" in Bitef Theatre

$ 307.43

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Association of the Writers of Kosovo

Grant for Annual Competition $ 2,270.58

Lexicon of Albanian writers

grant for printing costs $ 2,523.22

Veran Matic Travel grant to attend the British Film Institute Seminar "Turbulent Europe"

$ 1,100

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSZdenka Milivojevic Travel grant to attend the British Film

Institute seminar "Turbulent Europe"$ 314.47

Bojana Milenkovic Travel and living expenses to attend Academy Musicale Cigiana in Sienna

$ 1,075.47

Jelena Santic travel grant to attend the ELIA Conference and Performances in Lisbon

$ 970.44

Vasil Hadzimanov Living expenses for Berkeley College of Music in Boston

$ 4,740.69

Advisory Board of the Arts and Culture Program

Honoraria for five members of the Board Administrative costs

$ 3,562.75$ 2,271.03

TOTAL: $ 543,464,05

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MEDICAL AID PROGRAM

During 1994 the basic activity of the medical group, i.e. distribution of humanitarian medical aid, was discontinued for almost four months.

On 9 March, 1994, the Soros Yugoslavia foundation was given a 24 hours' notice to leave the warehouse, by Mr. Milivoje Stamatovic, director of the Clinical Center of Serbia.

All supplies were temporarily stored in a huge shed and, after several disrupted agreements, the new warehouse was rented at the beginning of July.

It appeared that this expulsion was only the introduction into a large campaign organized against the Foundation which was coupled with the prolonged visit of the financial control. Both the state-owned newspaper and the state accountants required extensive answers an/or report.

Otherwise, the work on the medical Program was carried on as usual.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSvarious medical Institutions, 28 of them in Belgrade, and 105 all over Yugoslavia

Medicaments and medical material. In five regular distributions and four mini-distributions, 133 "packages" of humanitarian medical aid were delivered to various medical institutions.Emphasis was put on institutions of primary health care, especially outpatient clinics (locally known as "dom zdravlja"), after estimating that these institutions were neglected because most of the attention of other newly-arrived agencies, such as the Red Cross and the World Health Organization, was paid to hospitals. In order to accomplish this task, the network of out patient clinic in Yugoslavia was constructed.A total of 214 outpatient clinics were

$ 2,233,937.96

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also classified in five groups, according to the number of people in a relevant gravitating area.Total amount paid by New York office.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSMedical equipment.In order to specifically support highly specialized care, a special program for medical equipment was designed, and the first shipment of equipment ordered.Total amount paid by New York office:Clinical Seminars.Realizing the planned switch toward more sophisticated ways of humanitarian aid, and intending to emphasize the educational orientation, the Medical program organized "The Clinical Seminar in Current Approaches to the Diagnosis and Treatment of People with Cerebral Palsy" at the beginning of December. The goal of the whole Seminar project was to provide the Yugoslav medical professionals with an up-to-date information on new developments in their fields, to give them opportunity of direct communication with their foreign colleagues, and to introduce new techniques of treatment to the benefit of patients.Four Russian and four American cerebral palsy experts gave presentations and were involved in lively discussions with more than 120 Yugoslav physicians, psychologists, speech therapist, rehabilitation specialists and other professionals.In the Fall of 1994 the cooperation with the Salzburg Cornell Seminars was established and Yugoslav physicians were sent to attend four programs of one week knowledge innovation. Two participants were accepted at the Seminar "Cardiology

$ 337,490.78

$ 15,838.91

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and Epidemiology". At the Seminar "Acute Care in Pediatrics " two participants were accepted. At the Seminar "Pediatric Surgery"-one participant. And at the Seminar "Bone and Joint Surgery"-also one participant was accepted.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSWoman and child Friendly.The important program "Woman and child Friendly" was started by establishing contact with the Zrenjanin hospital, and by financing reconstruction of the delivery ward in order to introduce rooming -in practice for the first time in Yugoslavia.A sizable support was also given to the maternity ward of Clinical center "Zvezdara".

$ 1,099.42

Cooperation with agencies.Participating in the "Saint Andrew Foundation" endeavor to revitalize village health centers in Sumadija (the so-called heart of Serbia) SFY contributed to the opening of village health center in Kloka, and participated in the formal opening.The SFY Medical Program also cooperated, in various ways, with other humanitarian foundations and organizations. Among them with ARCHI (Padova branch), Physicians for Social Responsibility (Houston, Texas), Associazione per la pace (Padova branch), Komitee fur Grundrechte und Demokratie, WHO, as well as with Doctors of the World (USA).Shipment, storage, insurance for all programs.

TOTAL: $ 2,623,688.77

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HUMANITARIAN PROGRAM

The consequences of the war were catastrophic: 655 000 registered refugees, mostly women (83%), children (43%, 22% of which are babies) and the elderly, (30%); as much as 67% of families were missing at least one member, usually the father. The whole population, and especially host families, were already materially and psychologically exhausted and impoverished; refugee population had health problems, social welfare, and educational problems. Also, 83% of the refugee families showed various signs of depression.

Having all that mind, the foundation made a system of organized help for the population that was most endangered and the target groups were:1. Refugee population, accommodated in the collective centers2. Institutions that accommodate, and associations that take care of physically and mentally handicapped children and adults3. Refugee population living with their host-families.

The criteria we used in identifying the target population were:

The age of beneficiaries 2. Dependence on foreign assistance 3. Neglect.

Following the principles of acting quickly and directly to the end -users, working parallelly on fulfilling the basic (food, clothing) and other (social, educational) needs, monitoring, sharing the information with other Agencies.

Our main aim was to help the part of the refugee population stay, or become open-minded, self-conscious, free human beings, ready to create and to feel as a human beings, even in these circumstances. In order to do that, we selected the population and helped them to fulfill their basic needs first, and then make them create their own working, entertaining and

Educational activities, with the material help and supervision. We tried, not just GIVE, but to help them become STRONGER in dealing with everyday problems.In spite of the refugees’ suspicion that the humanitarian organizations sometimes didn’t keep their promises or were to slow, The kind of help we organized was the way of getting their confidence. The principles of operating quickly and always keeping the promises, with the direct contact and the direct way of supplying them with goods of excellent quality, resulted in our

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being estimated by the beneficiaries as a partner that is always there for them, that helps them directly and in a way which doesn’t insult them.

We also established excellent coordination with more then 10 international humanitarian organizations. Having formed the network of regional and local coordinators and volunteers, we were able to monitor and follow up the needs of refugees in the refugee collective centers, which was the main point of our collaboration, as well as coordination of the work. With the same aim we printed the monthly Newsletter about the actions of the Soros Yugoslavia Foundation with the precise dates and beneficiaries. A significant collaboration has been made especially with the “Save the Children Fund” on the program for unaccompanied children, that was significantly materially supported by the Soros Yugoslavia Foundation, in addition to support in children’s clothes and footwear.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDS183 refugee children in collective centers and host families

200 school children from 22 RCC

Curricular and extracurricular help InstructionsA large number of refugee school children (elementary and secondary level) needed help to continue their education in order to re-socialize and get socially integrated. The instructions continued in the February 1994, and lasted until August 1994. There were 183 refugee children who received the instructions organized by SYF in Belgrade, Podgorica, Novi Sad and Subotica. The refugee pupils were mostly attending secondary school. These children are mostly without one of both parents, and half of them are accommodated in the specific residential institutions and orphanages. Most of them came with very bad marks at school. The instructions were going on in schools, collective centers, and teachers’ homes. Such instructions were organized in several collective centers where students and their professors, all refugees, were accommodated.School suppliesAt the beginning of the 1994/95

$ 103,853.28

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school year (September 1994) we purchased school supplies for children in the collective centers. The school children from 22 refugee centers received school material (32.275 notebooks, 2.252 pencils, 1,234 erasers) from the SYF

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDS200 adolescents from the RCC at Palic

Extracurricular activities in RCC at Palic A team of professionals from the Institute for Mental Health assisted 200 adolescents accommodated in this center. The socio-educational program was offered to the adolescents: various workshops such as: tourist guide workshop, clubs of friends, creative, artistic workshops etc., which helped them to structure their free time. The program was finished in June 1004

50 collective refugee centers

Subscription for dailies and newspapers for the refugee collective centersSince refugees in the collective centers had serious problems due to their isolation and the lack of information, SYF subscribed 50 collective centers all over FR Yugoslavia for the different independent dailies, weeklies and children’s periodicals and refugee papers. The aim was to inform the refugee about the current situation in terms of different sides and ways of thinking.Because of the enormous prices and the fact that many of the collective centers stopped receiving the newspapers, we were forced to reduce the number of centers from 50 to21 in September 1994.We constantly receive reports that newspapers and journals have been received and read in those collective centers, as well as how

$ 174,828.00

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much they meant to the people in the RCC.

12 refugee collective centers

Self-organizing in the refugee collective centersThe program that made more than 2.500 refugees, accommodated in 12 collective centers, feel at least sometimes useful and active again, was for them of great

$ 61,351.64

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSimportance. We helped them to organize working and entertaining activities in the collective centers by enabling them to make their own clothes (By buying them 7 sewing machines and 3.880m of the material for sewing), to make shelves and closets (by buying them 9 sets of the carpentry material and tools), to knit the sweaters for themselves and their children (by buying them 1.025kg of yarn for knitting and 150 knitting needles). We were well informed about what has been made of the materials: 87 dresses, 332 men’s and women’s suits, 8 coats, 67 pairs of trousers, 35 skirts, 329 sweaters, 285 socks, 28 shelves, 54 closets and 3 working tables.

59 refugee collective centers, 2 humanitarian organizations, 2 social welfare institutions, Serbian Red Cross

Supplementary food for the refugee collective centersDuring December 1994 the food distribution for 59 refugee collective centers, 2 humanitarian associations and 2 Social Welfare Institutions (for the blind people, and mentally handicapped children) was finished. We purchased 75 tons of supplementary food items such as ready-made meals in cans, meat cans, canned fish, pate, marmalade, honey, biscuits, chocolate, canned fruit.On the occasion of the Week of the Red cross the SYF donated to the Red cross of the Republic of Serbia humanitarian aid in 12 tons

$ 384,176.97

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of food. Thus, more than 15.000 adults and children were able to benefit from this program.The distribution and monitoring was organized by the SHF, using its own, for that purpose created network of volunteers and coordinators. Excellent results had been shown, because of the

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSexcellent quality and choice of goods (The refugees never received some of goods, such as honey, chocolate, marmalade etc., from anybody else), or did very rarely (such as meat). The food was given directly to them, which was very positively assessed by the refugees

Refugee collective centers, Yugoslav Red Cross

40 refugee collective centers

32 refugee collective centers

Clothing and footwear for the refugees in the collective centersOne of the basic-need projects, such as this one, was of great importance, because the refugees in the collective centers usually had only the clothes that were on them. Very rarely did the humanitarian organizations supply them with clothing and even less, with footwear. Since we have made the volunteers’ and coordinators’ network and were well informed about the needs in the collective centers; we tried to respond to as many demands as possible. The refugees were supplied with the following items:1.659 jackets, 3.150 sport suits, 2.838 sweaters, 572 raincoats, 4.546 pieces of underwear, 7.838 socks.

4.197 pair of shoes

The SYF donated 500 pairs of children’s shoes to the Yugoslav Red Cross in bringing humanitarian aid for the children in

$ 241,190.04

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the Republika Srpska and the Republic Srpska Krajina. The shoes were distributed to the most needy children.

ADRA, The Belgrade Family Club, Family camp

Humanitarian aid for ADRASince ADRA had many difficulties with the licenses, Yugoslav-

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSBosnian border, robberies of the warehouse, etc., the ADRA humanitarian program aimed for Sarajevo was stopped for a long time. For that reason, the budget aimed for these purposes had to be re-allocated to other humanitarian activities such as:1. The Belgrade Family ClubFamily club is the socio-educational program of working with whole refugee families with the aim to support the refugee families in the new environment, as well as alleviating their specific problems and fulfilling and developing their personal and family needs through different programs aimed for adults (parents’ topic-children’s upbringing, family events and problems, health education, communication skills etc.) and their children (Painting, ecological, musical, dramatic play, video, plastic workshops etc).The form of organizing the programs with refugees in the collective centers as mostly creative workshops with the children and adults, was accepted as the most appropriate for working with these groups. Example: Over 50 refugee families that participated in the Family Club program evaluated it as a program that had the great impact on their lives in several ways. Parents found that their children were more relaxed, spontaneous, more open

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for social contacts, they were playing differently and inviting their parents to take part in those games. The participation also described this program as ”the only good thing that happened to them in the past several years”, that helped them fulfill the educational, social and similar

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSkinds of needs. They found this program the initial impact in organizing their lives, their attitudes concerning how to educate and bring their children up, and their positive self-concept.2. Family camThe same principles were used and the same results found with the family camp organized at Lepenski vir in the period from the July 2 to July 30, in two shifts 12 days each. Over 60 refugee families (150 people) with their 5-7 year-old children. took part in the family camp activities. 15 instructors worked with the children through painting, ecological, musical, dramatic play, video, plastic workshops and their parents-through parent’s topics, like children’s upbringing, family events and problems, health education, communication skills.

Association for the Mental Health Protection for the Families Affected by the War

Organization of professional network for the mental health protection of the refugee families in FR YugoslaviaThe network of more than 150 professionals and semi -professionals, specially trained to work with the war-affected families and individuals, was formed during 1993. Four psychological consulting centers, in Novi Sad, Belgrade, Podgorica and Pristina have been established to offer assistance to the families, directly and indirectly affected by the war. The consulting centers have been

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operating in four languages (Serbian, Hungarian, Albanian and Turkish) for different ethnic groups and nations, living in FR Yugoslavia. Having in mind that any similar kind of institution requires a period of time to become well-established, the results were highly satisfactory

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSafter only several months, in spite of certain cultural and civilization circumstances (Inertia, reservation, lack of habit to seek psychological assistance), social, political and economical circumstances (existential problems, chaotic political changes, attitudes towards the Soros Foundation…).The psychological assistance has been provided through individual and group work with the clients, as well as through informative and consulting telephone calls. Informative calls mostly referred to the status problems of refugees, possibility of providing material or medical assistance, as well as informing about the operation on the consulting center. Consulting telephone calls were made mostly by the people in need, who were unable to come because of their financial situation, or elderly, or handicapped persons with family problems.From September 1993 until December 1994, they worked with 370 clients, had 673 consulting sessions, had 292 informative and 218 consulting telephone talks.Volunteer network in 76 refugee collective centersThe idea to create the volunteers’ and coordinators’ network which will cover a number of refugee collective centers was accepted with relief, not only by as, but also by other humanitarian aid to FR Yugoslavia. Now we are all able to

$ 30.355,66

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have complete information on the needs of refugees in the collective accommodation and to monitor who the real beneficiaries are.This was the main reason we were able to establish such a fruitful collaboration with UNHCR, ECHO and others agencies. Forming the volunteer network, which means

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSselecting reliable people, especially from the neighboring cities for the collective centers, was a very delicate matter, but we succeeded in creating the network of 6 central, 16 local coordinators and more than 80 volunteers-refugees from the collective centers, and their work is organized on the regional basis. There are 6 sectors which are covering the whole territory of FR of Yugoslavia (Western, Eastern, Central, Northern, Southern, Serbia with Kosovo and Montenegro).

Children’s hospital in Belgrade

Institute for rehabilitation of the children with the special needs, in Podgorica

Crisis resolving fundThis fund was used mostly for the people with special needs, mainly children, regardless of whether they are physically, mentally handicapped or just sick and hospitalized.

The grant is aimed for the repairing of the toilets and water pipes. The situation in the hospital was that not a single toilette was in order, as well the faucets.

The grant is used for supplying the Institute with the computer equipment, aimed for learning and rehabilitation process of the children with the hearing and speech problems. Computer equipment is used directly for the learning process. Also, 11 hearing machines for the children were purchased.

$ 299,385.80

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Blind intellectuals and Artists Association

We supplied the Association with the following technical facilities: type-writers for the blind, cassette deck and audio cassettes, with the aim to improve the living and working conditions for the blind intellectuals and artists.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSHospital “Djordje Jovanovic” from Zrenjanin

“Save the Children Fund”

Institute for experimental phonetic and speech pathology

Institute for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Neurology, Belgrade

The grant was aimed for supplying the Maternity department of the hospital in Zrenjanin with the technical and other equipment. The main purpose of the grant is to help the UNICEF program “Baby Friendly” to be realized, i.e. the rooming-in practice in post-natal care.

The grant was the material aid for “Save the Children” fund aimed for the refugee children without both parents accommodated with their families, regardless of whether they are their relatives or not. There was also some financial support for the families, as well as the aid for the children in clothing and footwear. These are the children that were not registered by any organizations, and didn’t, for that reason, receive any assistance. By the “Save the Children” fund they were registered for the first time and started receiving humanitarian aid.

Financial support for providing and installing 5 “KSAFA” machines that are irreplaceable in speech development for the pre-school children, in order to enable them to normally attend school.

We covered the costs of repairing and buying the facilities for rehabilitation of the children suffering from the cerebral palsy.

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Children’s department

Children department

We covered the costs of repairing and buying the facilities for the rehabilitation of the children suffering form the cerebral palsy.

Within the project “Children in Need” initiated by the Institute and supported by many humanitarian organizations, the SYF supplied

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSThe children from the Institute with diapers, school supplies, children’s underwear and socks.

Refugee collective centers in Montenegro and refugees in general in Montenegro

Urgent humanitarian aid to RozajeSince the situation in this RCC had changed in different ways, the budget was reallocated to various other programs for the refugees in Montenegro. The change of the situation was both in the field of the refugee needs, and monitoring of the humanitarian aid. The misusing of the humanitarian aid by the managing team in Rozaje become obvious, so the aid was transferred for financing the part of the above mentioned projects aimed for the refugees in Montenegro.

Doctors of the world, USA

Building the children’s hospital in Štrpce

$ 379,746.70

TOTAL: $ 1,871,671.41

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REGIONAL PROGRAMS

EAST EAST PROGRAM

The Soros Yugoslavia Foundation hosted twelve projects in 1994. The projects hosted were:

• Bridges of Minorities: Hungarian Minority in Yugoslavia and Serbian Minority in Hungarian• 24th International competition of the “Jeunasse Musicale”• The Cetinje Biennial: To See in the Darknes• Meeting of Students of Art Academies• Bridges of Minorities: Slovakian Diaspora in the Panonian Region• What Can We Do for Ourselves?• Summer School for Interconfessional Dialogue and Understanding• 5th Anniversary of radio B92• Ethnic Conflict and Their Management• Initiating Meeting for the Establishment of the Committee for South Eastern Europe within the European Archeological Association• Serbs and Croats• Conference of the Editors-in-Chief of Rroma Media.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSParticipants: Gordana Jankovic (Soros Yugoslavia Foundation media Coordinator), Velimir Curgus (Media Center Belgrade), Vladan Radosavljevic (TV Studio B)

A Key to the Peace, IFJ Conference. Host: Open Society Institute Slovenia, Ljubljana, November 18-19 1993

$ 523.33

Participants: 17 professors of Albanian linguistics

The Language and Literary Continuity. Host : Open Society Institute

$ 35.30

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Macedonia, Skopje, December 9-10, 1993Bridges of Minorities: Hungarian Minority in Yugoslavia and Serbian Minority in Hungary. Host: Soros Yugoslavia Foundation, Subotica, February 18-19, 1994.The meeting of representatives of Hungarian minority in Yugoslavia

$ 3,265.50

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSand Serbian minority in Hungary represents the opening of the broader projects entitled “Bridges of Minorities” planned to initiate the establishment of the network of dialogue and cooperation between minorities living in Yugoslavia and neighboring countries. The representatives of the Hungarian national minority in Yugoslavia and Serbian minority in Hungary got together to discuss the position they are in their respective domicile countries, to consider future mutual cooperation and the possibility of helping each other in improving their position. The views were exchanged on legislation, in the light of how the two countries regulated the rights and position on minorities and the impact of the transition period on the position of minorities and possible forms of mutual cooperation. Particular attention was paid to the question of who could be considered as a representative of a minority living in one country and if a political party should pretend to be representative of the a minority group. The participants expressed their wish to further develop the relations between the two states, as this would be beneficial not only for the two minorities, but also for all the nations living in these two countries. The discussion was to be resumed in the Fall of 1994. The following meeting will be dedicated to review of possible forms of

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concrete cooperation. Participants: Ljubisa Ristic (Serbian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Balkan Studies), Jasna Alibegovic (Serbian Arhive), Nikola Markovic (University

Winter Balkan Meetings. Host: Open Society Foundation Sofia, Bansko, February 12-Marcg 3, 1994

$ 829.40

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSLibrary), Dejan Ajdacic (University Library), Bojana Lazic (student), Gabrijela Kostic (student), Aleksandra Dimitrijevic (student)

24th International Competition of the “Jeunesse Musicale”. Host: Soros Yugoslavia foundation, Belgrade, March 20- April 2, 1994.The competition was held in Belgrade, March 20-April 2, 1994. The total number of competitors was 45 and they came from Russia, Austria, Romania. Great Britain, South Africa, Israel, France, Italy, Bulgaria, Belarus, Uzbekistan and Yugoslavia. The International jury, consisting of pianists and piano professors from Great Britain, Greece, Estonia and Yugoslavia, awarded the following prizes: the second prize was awarded to Ms Anna Shibayeva (Belarus) and the third prize went to Maja Rajkovic (Yugoslavia), both in the piano category. The winners in the piano trio category were the Amber Trio (France) and the L’s Piano Trio from Moscow received the second prize. The first prize in the piano category and the third in the piano trio category were not awarded.

$ 142.50

Participants: Jean-Hubert Martin (art historian, France), Abdel Wahab Meddeb (art historian, France) Marc Voinnchet (“France Culture”, France), Roger Caplan

The Cetinje Biennial: To See in the darkness, Host: Soros Yugoslavia Foundation, Cetinje, March 26-27, 1994.The round table discussion entitled “Sanctions or Cultural Actions, To See in the Darkness” was the

$ 21,314.83

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(Freedom House journalists, France), Marie Ponchelet (artist, France), Josepe Ramoneda (City Museum Barcelona, Spain), Philippe Petit (art critic, France) Claudine Vermier Palliez(journalist, France)

second round table organized within the Cetinje Biennial, an international art institution founded in 1991. The 1991 Biennail closed with the prophetic words of the Sarajevo artist Jusuf Hadzifejzovic: “There isn’t but one step between trash and blood”. Soon after the closing of the 1991 Cetinje Biennail,

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSNikki Dianna Marquard (gallery manager, France), Experanca Rabat (Center for Contemporary Art Barcelona, Spain), Nikola Petrovic-Njegos (founder of the Biennial, France), Stanko Cerovic (philosopher, France), Dimitri Prigov (Russia), Evgenija Kikodoze (Russia), Elena Vasiolaya (Russia), Igor Makarevic (Russia), Bill McAllister (Soros Foundation London, Cultural Programs Advisor, Great Britain), Edi Rama (Albania), Piero Misha (Open Society Foundation Albania), Barhabas Bensic (SCCA Budapest, Hungary), Andrea Szekeres (SCCA Budapest, Hungary), Bojan Ivanov (art historian, Macedonia), Marika Bocuvarova-Plevevska (Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Macedonia), Nebojsa Vilic (SCCA Skopje, Macedonia), Zoran Bojarovski (journalist, Macedonia), Bran Fero (cameraman, Macedonia), Rasa Todosijevic (artist, Yugoslavia), Biljana Tomic (curator, Yugoslavia), Radmila Vojvodic (artist,

the war on the territory of formed Yugoslavia started, and not long afterwards, the UN sanctions were imposed against the FR Yugoslavia. In such circumstances, the 1994 Biennial opened the question on the role of art and artist in the society punished by the sanctions, i.e. in a closed society. One of the questions discussed at the round table was that of whether the artist had a special role in endeavors aimed at the changing of the society and whether artists are capable of seeing in the darkness. In order words, whether they supposed to indicate the directions and ways leading to the changes of society. The idea to discuss the problem of sanctions in general and sanctions in culture in particular were supported by the Soros Yugoslavia Foundation for obvious reasons as this is a very interesting philosophical and theoretical question dealing with the basic notions of sociology and culture. Also, the idea to organize a discussion on this subject was inspired by the situation on FR Yugoslavia since the imposition of the UN sanctions, as this was the first example of a total isolation of one society from the rest of the world at times when communications is sine qua non of any society’s existence. Unfortunately, a large number of invited participants at the Biennial round table, such as C.Gavras,

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Yugoslavia), Branimir Stojanovic (artist, Yugoslavia) Balint Szombathy (artist, Yugoslavia), Voja Despotov (artist, Yugoslavia), Jadranka Jelincic (East East Program Coordinator,

E.Morian, P.Hulger, J.H.Martin, C.Salmon, H.H.Haske, to mention just a few, decided only seven days prior to the meeting not to participate in the discussions. Consequently, the founder and the director of the Cetinje Biennial Prince Nikola Petrovic Njegos invited other participants instead,

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSSoros Yugoslavia Foundation), Jakov Mrvaljevic (writer, Yugoslavia), Mladen Lompar (art critic, Yugoslavia) Balsa Brkovic (poet, Yugoslavia), Tiho Vujovic (artist, Yugoslavia), Nikola Markovic (artist, Yugoslavia), Darka Radosavljevic (art critic, Yugoslavia, Mirjana Popovic (Soros Yugoslavia Foundation-Podgorica branch office), Gordana Stevovic (Cetinje Biennial Secretary General, Yugoslavia), Rajko Cerovic (journalist, Yugoslavia

without informing or consulting the Soros Yugoslavia Foundation. The changes in the list of participants negatively influenced the quality of discussion at the round table and caused great concern with the Soros Yugoslavia Foundation. Also, participants from Yugoslavia and international guests were rather disappointed as they expected and were prepared for a much more substantial discussion.

Participants: professors and students of the Belgrade Academy of Drama Arts: Aleksandar Ivanjikov, Sreten Jovanovic, Veljo Gerasimovic, Bojan Ivic, Ivan Jevtovic, Dejan Lutkic, Boris Milivojevic, Petar Petrovic, Gordana Maric-Neskovic, Natasa Klickovic, Sanja Mikitisin, Jovana Petrovic, Mara Radulovic

SKOMRAHI 94, Host: Open Society Institute Macedonia, Skopje, March 29-April 2, 1994

$ 1,551.70

Music Academy (Bucharest), Music School “Tchaikovsky” (Bucharest), Secondary Music School (Sofia), Academy “Franz

Meeting of Students of Art Academies. Host: Soros Yugoslavia Foundation. Novi Sad, April22-May 9, 1994.On the occasion of the 20th

$ 35,204.40

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Liszt” (Budapest), Faculty of Music (Belgrade), Faculty of Music (Podgorica), Faculty of Fine Arts (Belgrade), Secondary Music School (Tigry Mures), Academy of Art, Novi Sad

anniversary of the Academy of Art in Novi Sad, the Academy hosted the event “Meeting of Students of Art Academies”. Over 750 students from all over Europe participated in the event presenting their art works at seven exhibitions held in Novi Sad and Belgrade, nor giving concerts (400 concerts were held)

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSor playing in 16 theater venues. The event was broadly covered by media and 14.000 people attended the different performances.

Participant: Vesna Mandic, European Federalists, Novi Sad

Interweek-International Youth Forum. Host: Open Society Institute Novosibirsk, May 9-16, 1994

$ 496.66

Participants; Berislav Sefer (Institute for Social Policy, Belgrade), Luka Todorovic (Institute for Social Policy, Belgrade), Milosav Milosavljevic (Institute for Social Policy, Belgrade), Gradimir Zajic (Institute for Social Policy, Belgrade)Aleksandara Mitrovic (Institute for Social Policy, Belgrade), Olga Arezina (Institute for Social Policy, Belgrade) Djordjije Uskokovic (Institute for Social Policy, Belgrade) Miroslav Radovanovic (Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade), Prof. Srecko Mihajlovic (Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade) Bozur Savic (Institute for Social Policy, Belgrade)

Social Policy in the Period of Transformation. Host: Open Society Institute Macedonia, Skopje, May 26-28, 1994.

$ 1,238.10

Participants: Prof. Aleksandar Sevo (Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Slavonic Languages, Novi Sad) Prof. Branimir Covic (Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Slavonic Languages, Novi

Unity and Diversity in Slavic Languages. Host: Open Society Foundation Sofia, Sofia, May 27-29, 1994

$ 921.19

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Sad) Larisa Razdobitko , lecturer (Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Slavonic Languages, Novi Sad), Prof. Slavko Vukomanovic (Faculty of Philology, Belgrade), Prof. Bozo Coric (Faculty of Philology, Belgrade, RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSMariana Kirsova, Lecturer (Faculty of Philology, Niksic).

Bridges of Minorities: Slovakian Diaspora in the Panonian Region. Host: Soros Yugoslavia Foundation.Novi Sad, Backi Petrovac, June 3-4, 1994.The round table “Slovakian Diaspora in the Panonian Region” is a part of the broader project entitled “The Bridges of Minorities”. It brought together representatives of Slovakian minorities living in Yugoslavia, Romania, Hungary, as well as guests from Slovakia. The representatives of the Slovakian minority in Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia and guests from Slovakia discussed the following topics: history of the Slovakian Diaspora and enclaves in the Panonian Region; common characteristic and differences of Slovakian enclaves; position of the Slovakian ethnic minority in East and Central Europe and their relations with Slovakia; changes in the post-communist period and their impact on the position of the Slovakian ethnic minority; expectations of the Slovakian national minority from its nation-state, i.e. Slovakia.; possible forms of cooperation among the Slovakian national enclaves. Bearing in mind the common roots, cultural tradition and the actual need of the Slovakian minority living in Yugoslavia, Hungary and Romania,

$ 5,168.87

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the participants at the round table agreed that Slovakian enclaves in the Panonian region are s specific cultural phenomenon representing a natural part of the overall Slovakian population and culture. The participants agreed to promote common research in the field of history, ethnography, linguistic,

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSphilology, pedagogy and organize conference in order to review results achieved through research; promote mutual contacts through participation in seminars; workshops, conferences, etc. organized by various associations of Slovakian minorities; exchange professors and other specialists with the aim of carrying out the projects of mutual interests; cooperate with the aim of promoting the work of members of Slovakian ethnic minority in the countries where the Slovakian minorities live, as well as in Slovakia itself.; establish common literature editions of writers belonging to the Slovakian population living in the Panonian region; reestablish the magazine “Dolnozemsky Slovak” dedicated to science, culture and literature; organize at least once a year a joint exhibition of art objects in one countries populated by the Slovakian national minority or Slovakia itself; cooperate in the fields of Slovakian language. What Can We Do for Ourselves? Host: Soros Yugoslavia Foundation, Belgrade, June 3-5, 1994The conference was organized by the Belgrade Center for Gender Studies and was fully sponsored by the Soros Yugoslavia Foundation. The main topic of discussion was the notion that feminism has in Eastern accumulated certain experiences which had more than sufficed for an autonomous

$ 13,723.67

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gathering of feminists from the region. These experiences paralleled and included unemployment, insecurity, poverty, ethnic conflicts, nationalist propaganda etc.

Participants: Bogdan Brukner (Faculty of History, Novi Sad), Nikola

Migration Movements in Macedonia from Antiquity to the Present Days. Host Open Society

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSTasaki (Institute of Balkan Studies, Belgrade), Rastko Vasic (Institute of Balkan Studies, Belgrade), Milutin Garasnin (Institute of Balkan Studies, Belgrade), Biljana Djordjevic Bogdanovic (Institute of Balkan Studies, Belgrade), Olga Zirojevic (Institute of History , Belgrade), Djordje Kostic (Institute of History, Belgrade), Ejup Muskovic (City Museum, Novi Pazar), Milorad Stojic (City Archive, Jagodina), Dragoljub Petrovic (Institute for Recent History, Belgrade), Momcilo Pejovic (Institute of History, Podgorica), Vance Stojcev (historian, Belgrade)

Institute Macedonia, Skopje, June 7-8, 1994.

$ 1,095.14

International Meeting of Pediatricians. Host: Open Society Institute Macedonia. Struga, June 1994

$ 111.52

Participants: Dusan Janjic (Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade) Dragan Bisenic (journalist, “Borba”, Belgrade), Jadranka Jelincic (East East Program Coordinator, Soros Yugoslavia Foundation).

New Germany in New World. Host: Stefan Batory Foundation, Warsaw, June 25-26, 1994

$ 1,136.17

Meeting of Theater Amateurs in Zambek. Zambek, July 1-4, 1994

$ 1, 696.97

Summer School for Interconfessional Dialogue and

$ 5,952.38

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Understanding. Host: Soros Yugoslavia Foundation, Novi Pazar, August 1993These costs covered the publication of papers present at the 1993 Summer school.

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSSummer school for Ineterconfessional Dialogue and Understanding. Host : Soros Yugoslavia Foundation, Struga, June 25-July 9, 1994

$ 42,362.39

Participant: Jadranka Jelincic

East East Program Coordinators Annual Meeting. St. Petersburg, July 3-8, 1994.

$ 1,397.18

Participants: Blagojka Zivkovic. student, Natasa Andjelic, student

Summer School of Polish Language. Host: Stefan Batory Foundation. Ciezinie, August 1-28, 1994

$ 1,054.90

Participants: Jasmina Tesanovic (Center for Gender Studies, Belgrade), Olja Bulatovic (journalist, Podgorica) Isidora Jaric (student, Belgrade)

Democracy and Diversity. Host: Stefan Batory Foundation. Krakow, July 20-August 10, 1994

$ 1,660.82

Participant: Dr. Dusan Kicosev, Institute of Geography, Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad

Environment and Quality of Life in Central Europe. Host: Open Society Institute Prague, August 22-26, 1994

$ 252.83

Participants: Radio Tartu, radio Kuku (Estonia); Super radio, Radio Libertas (Macedonia), Radio Galaxy (Romania), Association of Independent Electronic Media consisting of radio Bum 93, Radio Antena M, radio B92, Radio Cetinje, Radio Smederevo and Studio B (Yugoslavia), radio Tatry (Slovakia), radio Student (Slovenia)

5th Anniversary of Radio B92. Host: Soros Yugoslavia Foundation. Belgrade, September 1-3, 1994The anniversary was marked with a conference of the independent media in Eastern and Central Europe. The idea on the promotion of closer cooperation between independent media in the region as well as establishment of the association of independent radio stations in Eastern and Central Europe was launched. The conference also produced a Declaration on the establishment of the Eastern and Central European Network of Independent Radio

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Stations. Participant: Dr. Berislav Sefer, Institute for Social Policy, Belgrade

Problems and the Future of Small Countries. Host: Open Society Foundation Slovakia. Bratislava, September 5-7, 1994.Magic and Aesthetics in the Folk Literature of Balkan Slavs.Publication of the collection of papers presented at the meeting of

$ 1,973.09

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSSlavists in October 1993, and distribution of books to university and national libraries in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.Serbian Albanian Relations and the Integration of the Balkans into Europe.Collection of papers issued from three round tables held in 1993. Preparation of the book and publication in English, Serbian and Albanian languages.

$ 29,168.20

Professor P.E.Mitev Research of the Level Of European Consciousness in the Young GenerationVisit of the professor P.E.Mitev from the International Center for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations Foundation to Belgrade on October 22-26, 1994.

$ 52.29

Participants: Dusan Janjic, Vladimir Goati, Tibor Varady, Ivab Siber and Rudolf Rizman

Ethnic Conflict and their Management.Host: Soros Yugoslavia Foundation.

$ 1,335.60

Participant: Vesna Krmpotic

Comparative Research of Opinions, Attitudes and Propositions for the Development of the former Yugoslavia.Host: Open Society Institute Croatia. Zagreb, September 29-October 3, 1994

$ 324.84

Dibidon. Host: Open Society Institute Slovenia. Ljubljana, September 26-October 3, 1994.36 Belgrade artists representing the art scene of the nineties in Belgrade visited Ljubljana.

$ 11,047.74

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Participants: Milan Ristovic (Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade), Ljubodrag Ristic (Institute for Balkan Studies, Belgrade)

Nationalism and Internationalism - the Empire Problems in Europe and in the Balkans. Host: Open Society Foundation Sofia. November 2-4, 1994.

$ 550.34

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSInitiating Meeting for the Establishment of the Committee for South Eastern Europe within the European Archeological Association. Host: Soros Yugoslavia Foundation, Zlatibor, October 20-23, 1994.The Committee for South Eastern Europe within the European Archeological Association was established and it was agreed that each Balkan country should appoint two representatives as members of the Committee

$ 5,718.95

Serbs and Croats. Host: Soros Yugoslavia Foundation, November 1994. Two preparatory meetings for the future round table discussions were held in Belgrade

$ 5,637.58

LUR. Host: Open Society Institute Slovenia. Ljubljana, December 12-16, 1994

$ 6,804.84

Conference of the Editors-in-Chief of Rroma Media. Host: Soros Yugoslavia Foundation. Belgrade, 17-20, 1994.

$ 24,668.80

Participant: Jadranka Jelincic

Scholarships program.Meeting of the Scholarship Program Coordinators in Budapest, May 21-23, 1994

$ 191.07

Participant: Jadranka Jelincic

East East Evolution Team Meeting.Prague, December 4-8, 1994.

$ 845.26

Post-Production, Promotion and Presentation of the "Marble Ass" FilmThis film was directed by Zelimir Zilnik and produced by Radio B92.

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The film is about the status of the homosexual population and their conflicts within the central and Eastern European societies characterized by rather traditional system of values and firm prejudices towards everything not considered as "normal social behavior". The film was distributed throughout Central and Eastern Europe through the network of

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSindependent TV stations. The film was awarded the Teddy Bear (International Association of Homosexuals and Lesbians) prize at the Berlin film festival in the selection of Panorama.

Administrative expenses in 1994: $ 19,652.23TOTAL: $ 302,447.44 The New York office has paid directly $ 2,100 for the project "Democracy and Diversity", this bringing the total 1994 East East expenditures to 304,547.44.

ARTS LINK

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSMr. Aleksandar Kujucev Catalog "Kids, My Eyes Can Move,

Too", realized in USA.The SOROS Foundation in collaboration with National Endowment for the Arts, The trust for Mutual Understanding and Citizen Exchange Council initiated a program offering 10 travel grants designed for artist' and art managers' exchanges between the USA and Central and Eastern Europe. The majority of applicants were from the field of visual arts, while several applications represented performing and theatrical arts and activities. Applicants from Kosovo and

$ 2,771.74

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Vojvodina showed the greatest interest for the program.

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN BULGARIA (AUBG)

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDSAUBG '94 Advertisement Ads in local dailies and weeklies $ 320.83AUBG-photocopies Photocopying of the applications

and other materials $ 327.27

AUBG-postage DHL Belgrade-Blagovgrad: sending of the application materials

$ 118.75

AUBG-postage DHL Belgrade-Blagovgrad: sending of the application materials

$ 847.50

AUBG-postage DHL Belgrade-Blagovgrad: sending of the application materials

$ 73.86

AUBG: TOEFL/SAT Administering the test $ 75Snezana Zivanovic Travel costs - Christmas holidays $ 59.52Srdjan Smajic Travel costs - Christmas holidays $ 59.52Mina Rolovic Travel costs - Christmas holidays $ 59.52Igor Djakovacki Travel costs - Christmas holidays $ 59.52Aleksandar Stanojevic Travel costs - Christmas holidays $ 59.52Emil Kerenyi Travel costs - Christmas holidays $ 59.52Ivan Pancic Travel costs - Christmas holidays $ 50Snezana Zivanovic Pocket money, travel costs $ 609.09Igor Djakovacki Pocket money, travel costs $ 609.09Ivan Pancic Pocket money, travel costs $ 609.09Mina Rolovic Pocket money, travel costs $ 609.09Aleksandar Stanojevic Pocket money, travel costs $ 609.09Srdjan Smajic Pocket money, travel costs $ 609.09Emil Kerenyi Travel costs $ 109.09Alush Gashi Pocket money, travel costs $ 624.20Adriana Brestovci Pocket money, travel costs $ 624.20Dragutin Cvetkovic Pocket money, travel costs $ 614.65Nevena Ivanovic Pocket money, travel costs $ 614.65Milena Radenkovic Pocket money, travel costs $ 617.65Tijana Krstic Pocket money, travel costs $ 617.65

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Adthe Veliu Pocket money, travel costs $ 630.72Nevena Ivanovic Travel costs $ 120.81Igor Djakovacki Travel costs $ 120.81Ivan Pancic Travel costs $ 120.81Tijana Krstic Travel costs $ 120.81TOTAL AMOUNT:Amount paid by the New York office:

$ 3,997.60$ 113,123.92

GRAND TOTAL: $ 117,121.52

CENTRAL EUROPEAN (CEU) PROGRAM

1. Advertising costs Total cost: $ 3,133.91

2. English Language Testing Total cost: $ 357.55

3. DHL Service Total cost: $ 377.04

4. Student Travel to CEUThe following students were granted travel expenses to travel tothe Central European University:Ms Olivera Fatic $ 5.95Mr. Ilija Sindik $ 5.95Ms Ylbera Hyse $ 267.11Ms Katarina Kovacevic $ 5.95Mr. and Ms Bivkovic, Djeric and Bakic $ 84.82Mr. Jasmina Spasojevic $ 206.81Mr. Dusan Sevic $ 174.26Ms Gordana Djoric $ 244.30Ms Maja Djuric $ 206.81Ms Mirjana Ruml $ 207.57Mr. Slavoljub Mijovic $ 183.79Ms Serda Zofija $ 77.99Mr. Mirko Djordjevic $ 109.87Mr. Dragan Stavljanin $ 206.81Ms Danica Kilibarda $ 109.87Ms Denisa Kostovic $ 206.81Mr. Zoran Janjetovic $ 147.45Ms Olga Manojlovic $ 109.87Ms Violeta Besirovic $ 109.87Mr. Branko Jovanovic $ 206.81Mr. Predrag Cveticanin $ 206.81Mr. Bojan Prokic $ 109.87Mr. Bosko Spasojevic $ 109.87

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Mr. Zoran Nedin $ 109.87Mr. Simon Tamas $ 50.00Mr. Dusko Radisavljevic $ 77.99Mr. Arrimu Gjakovi $ 194.65Ms Dijana Vukomanovic $ 111.11Mr. Srbobran Brankovic $ 111.11Mr. Boris Pajkovic $ 245.78Ms Tanja Damljanovic $ 203.82Mr. Bojan Todosijevic $ 203.82Ms Aleksandra Milicevic $ 206.81Mr. Miodrag Salai $ 206.81Ms Milica Delevic $ 209.15TOTAL: $ 9,113.64

YOUTH PROGRAM

The strategy of the Program was based in identified needs and interests of different strata of our target group. According to these criteria, projects were classified in three groups. (The list of projects is enclosed).Projects aimed at helping the young people who are either refugees or suffer from various difficulties related to late adolescence development are listed in the firs group. We concluded from the feedback of our and-users that activities realized in these projects were very successful and that they functioned properly in continuity with other activities as below. The team of people engaged in these activities reported on the positive effect of their work and increasingly high involvement of the young in various social events and projects. They are increasingly self-confident, have developed communication skills, the ability to cope with the difficulties they are facing, and capacities to understand complexity of social relations.The second group of projects is aimed at using arts in the creative development of their personality on a creative way. Actually, these projects encouraged youth to be more directly involved in re-building social relationships and to develop communication skills where communication is symbolical, and to transfer such skills in multiethnic context of the everyday life. Facilitators of various workshops witnessed usefulness of drama and other artistic ways in better articulation of thoughts, behavior and attitudes toward social environment. The third group of projects is aimed at the gifted who showed high

interest in drama activities, painting, dance, ballet, writing, literature, critic, music, puppetry and multimedia projects. The listed projects helped them to develop their capacities and talents. All projects nurtured multi-cultural approach; one of them was realized by young puppet-makers in the village Kisac, in which a large Slovak community lives.

After two evaluation meetings with facilitators of workshops and continuos communication with the and-users we found that activities undertaken within the Youth Program were of the great importance for young boys and girls taking part in it. Therefore, the Youth Program has to be a part of continuing work with the young generations. Those who attend our programs should have an opportunity to continue their involvement in the Youth Program. Thus, the Youth Program

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will be a program where those who have already participated in several activities of the Children's Program and other programs can be involved. Different clubs and other forms of work will help them to develop their specific identity and activities.

THE PROJECTS REALIZED WITHIN THE YOUTH PROGRAM IN 1994

1. GroupSocio-therapy ClubPsychological Club

2. GroupNew School of drawingStudio of ActingClub of Writers-the Magnet Journal-Theater Project-Talia-Music Project-Time in Front of Us-Club of Writers-Tradition of Avant-garde-Theater project-Zenitsm-Theater Workshop-Dah Theater- Inter-media Project-Way which has Heart-Puppet Theater Project -On Neighbor's ChimneyMore, More, The Theater of the YoungFilm Project- Creative Eye-Center for CultureLamps

$ 636.06$ 9,217.42

$ 1,960.78$ 2,013.42$ 2,747.48$ 1,840.49$ 1,218.71

$ 279.26$ 2,105.26

$ 763.37$ 3,038.95

$ 637.81

$ 4,235.52$ 1,431.88$ 2,013.42

$ 644.30________________________________________________________________TOTAL: $ 34,784.13

STEP BY STEP PROGRAM

During 1994 the following was done: Six-week training for the Yugoslav team in USA• Making the Project design for Yugoslavia• Accepting it by the Institute for Pedagogy and Adult Education, of the Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade, the organization that realized the project• Contract with the Minority of Education• Visiting and choosing the sites and the people that will realize the project• Contracts between the Institute, Soros Yugoslavia Foundation and the pre- school institutions• First cycle of a seven-day training for all the participants led by the USA trainers, together with the Yugoslav team.

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• Reconstruction of the Pre-school buildings and classrooms• Making the furniture for classrooms

According to the plan, the realization of the Project within the sites should started in October 1994. Unfortunately, we had to postpone the start for January 1995 because of the following reasons:• delay in preparing the furniture• difficulties in importing the toys and expendable supplies• several campaigns against Foundation

Funds spent:• for adaptations of the buildings and classrooms• for the seminar • for making furniture• for the travel expenses• for the office expenses of the Institute________________________________________________________________TOTAL: $ 312,502.66

HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE PROGRAM

After the first training meeting held in Budapest at the end of March 1994, we established the methodology for the realization of RHSDP on the following preconditions: curricula-creating, team building, plan of action, program development, and phase-evaluation. Soon, we made a team of experts on particular program units, which worked for two months on the development of methodology of realization. The main aim was/is to create a framework of interactions between program units which will provide a lot of room for both workshop facilitators and participants themselves to be highly participative and creative in a multidisciplinary approach to the program.

We decided to test both the team and the program in the summer Debate Camp. The camp was held in July in Jabuka, a village close to Prijepolje, a town in which Serbian and Muslim population live together peacefully. It was organized in two terms (two weeks each) in which 70 high-school students from all over the country took part. During the work of the camp the team was homogenous, effective, cooperative and flexible. The program was well organized and adjusted for the high-school students. At the and of each term we distributed evaluation sheets to the participants in which they scored the

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following categories from 1 to 5: usefulness of the program. The average score was 4:95.

During the realization of the program, it became clear that the debating increasingly developed logical and critical thinking, the skill in organizing the participants thoughts, empathy and tolerance for different viewpoints, self-confidence etc. which helped the participants to know and understand each other. The students were of different nationalities and religions and they were highly participative and cooperative. Intensive communications, well prepared debates, research and intensive cooperation with team-members enabled the participants to overcome misperceptions of each other. The letters we received afterwards from participants and their parents, confirmed the positive effect of the program.

The realization of the program is continued on two debate clubs in Belgrade and Novi Sad with 15 coaches and 80 high-school students. Since our main criterion for the realization of the program is high-quality work, we planned to create firm groups of facilitators and participants themselves, which will become the basis for further networking and development on a larger scale.

During the school-year 1994/1995 the program will be realized in three parts in which students will acquire knowledge and skills in debating and related program units. The evaluation meetings will be held periodically in order to identify all possibilities for the development of methodology and program itself.________________________________________________________________Total costs in 1994: $ 59,534.71

HIGH SCHOOL EXCHANGE PROGRAM

The realization of the program started in 1994. According to the guidelines for the realization of the program we publicly announced the criteria for the competition for the programs in UK and USA. After testing 764 candidates at the SLEP. Test and having interviewed the best of them, 24 students were chosen according to the places allotted for the candidates from Yugoslavia.

Ten students attended one academic year in high-schools and colleges in UK and 14 students attended 4-6 weeks programs in various schools in USA.

We received positive feedback from the students who attended the programs in USA. Their opinion is that the program contributed a lot in acquiring skills and knowledge in the subjects they are interested in.

Good organization also contributed to the students’ positive feedback.________________________________________________________________Total amount spent in 1995: $ 67,123.14

MEDICAL LIBRARY PROGRAM

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Purchase of the computer, CD-ROM and other necessary materials for the Library of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade.________________________________________________________________Total grant: $ 6,493.31

HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM

At the beginning of October, after participating in the workshop in Burgas, the Health Education Program coordinators presented their Program at the Annual Meeting of Psychologists in Lepenski Vir. In mid December, they held their first seminar for teachers, educators and psychologists in Topola.________________________________________________________________Total cost: $ 6,466.55

SOROS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS

SCCA BOARD MEMBERS_________________________________

Mr. Jerko Denegri - ChairmanMr. Dragomir UgrenMs. Darka RadosavljevicMr. Eqrem BashaMs. Marina MarticMr. Petar CukovicMr. Dejan Sretenovic

SCCA STAF_____________________________________________________DirectorDejan Sretenovic

Assistant DirectorBranislava Andjelkovic

Visual Arts Program CoordinatorLidija MerenikProgram CoordinatorJelena Subotic

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LIST OF SOROS VISUAL ARTS GRANTEES

INDIVIDUALS

NAME MEDIA PROJECT AMOUNTRasa Todosijevic (m)

conceptual artist Project for Europe Copenhagen

$ 2,300.00transfer via

SCCA Network office-Budapest

Milena Djordjevic (f)

sculptor Young European Art - Munich

$ 2,000.00

Ivan Ilic (m) sculptor Young European Art - Munich

$ 2,000.00

Biljana Vickovic (f)

mulit-media artist catalogue for multimedia project “Democrat”

$ 521.01

Mrdjan Bajic (m)

sculptor Project for Europe Copenhagen

$ 2,300.00

Srdjan Apostolovic (m)

sculptor “TV Lunch” catalogue

$ 2,098.04 transfer via

SCCA Network office-Budapest

Milan Kralj (m) painter exhibition catalog(paintings)

$ 1,049.02

Zoran Pantelic (m)

sculptor “Absolutely ‘95” catalog(drawings, objects, installations)

$ 3,000.00

Marija Dragojlovic (f)

painter exhibition catalog(paintings)

$ 3,080.54

Balint Szombathy (m)

mulit-media artist catalog for “Telefotografiak” exhibition which took place at the Vasarely Museum Budapest

$ 2.235.19

Dragan Petrovic (m)

photographer catalog(photographs)

$ 784.31

Dragan Pesic (m)

photographer catalog(photographs)

$ 939.60

Slavoljub Radojcic (m)

sculptor retrospective catalog (photographs)

$ 2,684.56

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NAME MEDIA PROJECT AMOUNTDanijel Glid (m)

painter exhibition catalog(paintings)

$ 2,082.55

Zdravko Joksimovic (m)

sculptor Sao Paulo exhibition catalog;Sao Paulo traveling expenses

$ 3,678.52

$ 92.58

Dobrivoje Krgovic (m)

sculptor exhibition catalog(sculptures)

$ 3,922.61

INSTITUTIONS

NAME MEDIA PROJECT AMOUNTPetar Lukovic "VREME"

Vreme umetnostiArt supplement;issued monthly

$ 15,032.68

Gordana Stevovic

The Second Cetinje Biennial

Catalogue "Fest Off" (Yugoslav section)

$ 6,830.07

Milomir Petrovic "Nadezda Petrovic" Gallery

color supplement IX N.Petrovic Memorial Exhibition

$ 1,882.32

Srdjan Jovanovic

ACCELERATOR -group

Magazine for architecture: "ACCELERATOR"

$ 3,100.07

Zoran Vukovic Third print Biennial Belgrade (ULUS)

General Catalogue of the Biennial

$ 6,711.41

Zoran Kulundjija publishing house

PROMETEJ publishing house

K.Bogdanovic's book on abstract sculptural forms

$ 4,575.16

Lendita Zegiraj "n'Art"Art Magazine

First Culture Magazine in Kosovo

$ 4,458.60

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MONOGRAPHIES_______________________________________

ARTIST: painter ART HISTORIAN:

STOJAN CELIC (m) (1925-1992) painter Ivana Simeonovic

MILICA STEVANOVIC (f) (1933) painter Bojana Buric

PREDRAG NESKOVIC (f) (1938 painter Predrag Caranovic

LEONID SEJKA (m) (1932-1970) painter Irina Subotic

DUSAN OTASEVIC (m) (1940) painter Gordana Stanisic

MICA POPOVIC (m) (1923) painter Jovan Despotovic

RASA TODOSIJEVIC (m) (1945) conceptual artist Slavko Timotijevic

MARIJA DRAGOJLOVIC (f) painter Marina Martic

FILO FILIPOVIC (m) (1924) painter Zoran Gavric

ARTIST FILES

Nr NAME Visual arts Applied Arts1 ZIGON, Nikola *2 PURIC, Olivera *3 GLID, Gabrijel *4 GLID, Danijel *5 MIHAILOVIC, Nenad *6 VULANOVIC, Ratko *7 PANTELIC, Zoran *8 RAKIC, Dragan *9 MARKOVIC, Sasa *

10 FIA (group) * *11 SKART (group) * *12 DENIC, Goran *

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The Artists File Program has been advertised on two occasion in the main daily and weekly newspaper in Serbia, Vojvodina, Kosovo and Montenegro. According to SCCA's inquires among the artists; this unsatisfactory response to our advertisements is due to their financial incapability to make standardized visual documentation. We do hope that situation will be somewhat different next year.

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PROGRAMS

ANNUAL EXHIBITION Since the SCCA Belgrade officially opened on June 1st, the SCCA Board has decided that there was not enough time for SCCA Annual Exhibition to be properly advertised. The Board was facing two other but important difficulties; in the midst of a campaign against the SOROS Foundation Yugoslavia it would have been rather difficult to get space for an exhibition; due to the cultural sanctions the technical obstacles were substantial.

PROJECT FOR EUROPE Participation of the Yugoslav artists Mrdjan Bajic and Rasa Todosijevic at the Project for Europe Exhibition in Copenhagen has been thoroughly administered by SCCA Belgrade. We do consider Yugoslav participation at this manifestation of utmost importance, especially since their participation would have been impossible if had not been for the SCCA Belgrade.

SAO PAULO BIENNIAL Yugoslav artists have not been invited to participated at Sao Paulo Biennial since 1988. The SCCA Board has selected Zdravko Joskimovic (sculptor from Belgrade) as our representative. Unfortunately, both of the curator (Dejan Sretenovic) and the artist had a serious car accident on their way to Sao Paulo.

CETINJE BIENNIAL This year's Biennial "To See in the Dark" included participants from all over Europe, and, which is more important, artists from the former Yugoslav republics (Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia) participated as well. The SCCA Board awarded a grant to the Biennial for printing costs of the Yugoslav Catalogue Section "Fest Off". Also, Ms Lidija Merenik, SCCA Visual Arts program Coordinator has been the curator of the French Pavilion Exhibition.

THE THIRD BELGRADE PRINT BIENNIAL is a rather important manifestation for Yugoslav artists. This year it has become an international affair. The SCCA Board decided to participate in the catalogue costs for the Binnial.

NOTE: The SCCA Board has decided that the reintegration of Yugoslav artists into the world art scene is a priority at the moment.

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1994 BUDGET REPORT__________________AMOUNT IN $ US

1.a.b.

SOROS VISUAL ART GRANTSBoard Emergency Visual Arts GrantSOROS Annual Visual Arts Grants $ 74,367.99

2.

a.b.c.d.e.f.g.

SOROS ARTS DATABASE, ARTS DOCUMENTATION INFORMATION art historian commissionstranslation commissionsphotography (slides, b/w photos)library acquisitionsadvertisinglegal costsauthorized equipment purchase

$ 3,125.80$ 429.53

$ 3,089.22$ 245.10$ 542.55$ 457.52

$ 4,268.46

3. IMPLEMENTATION BUDGET $ 41,119.57

4.a.b.c.d.

e.f.g.

SCCA ADMINISTRATIONpostage and communications (telephone, telefax)stationery and advertisingrepresentation and transport (taxi, petrol, internal, train,bus)equipment (extra office equipment not purchased for Implementation)equipment maintenancebank charges, taxesoffice rental

$ 1,319.88$ 1,133.687

$ 736.203$ 2,080.54

$ 705.21$ 5,182.93

5. a.b.c.

SCCA PUBLICATIONSinformation brochuretwo year bulletincomputer forms

$ 4,685.93

$ 1,113.17

6. SPECIAL SCCA PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

7. OPERATIVE EXPENDITURES $ 19,372.91

TOTAL: $ 163,976.20

________________________________________________________________TOTAL OPERATIONAL EXPENSES OF THE FOUNDATION: $ 629.001.10

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