SOLIDARITY AND INTERCULTURAL SYNERGY – BEST PRACTICES FROM RASKA MARTINIQUE , ON 9TH OF APRIL 2019. WWW.RASKA.GOV.RS
RASKA BEFORE
RASKA NOW
MAPPING RASKA
BASICS ABOUT RASKA and surrounding area ▪ Terminology: Town of Raska, Municipality of Raska, Raska District, Raska river, Raska State, Ras – old Serbian town ▪ Population: 24678 citizens (in 2011 th ) ▪ Area: 670 km² ▪ Raska District (South-West Serbia) ▪ 252 km from main City of Belgrade ▪ First Serbian state, founded in 9th century ▪ Raska became Kingdom in 13th century
TWINNED TOWNS ▪ Town-twinning between Municipality of Raska and Hrastnik municipality (Slovenia) – from 1974. ▪ Town-twinning between Municipality of Raska and Municipality of Sighisoara (Romania) – from 2014.
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS ▪ BRIDGE TO EUROPE , 2016. (Hrastnik, Slovenia and Raska, Serbia) ▪ UNITED , 2017. (Raska, Serbia; Caltanissetta, Italy; NGO Brainstorming group, Bulgaria; Farkadona, Greece; Obec Helpa, Slovakia; Hrastnik, Slovenia; Jonava, Lithuania and Daugavpils, Latvia ▪ TOWN-TWINNING AS A CHANNEL OF EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY, 2018. (Daugavpils, Latvia)
BRIDGE TO EUROPE
MEMORIES Town-twinning between Raska and Hrastnik has continued after 27 years!
MEETING POINT HRASTNIK, Republic of Slovenia
Arrival to Hrastnik – then and now
UNITED ▪ Talking about european values and future of Europe ▪ Transfer of knowledge and informations from EU countries to Raska citizens ▪ Promotion of Municipality of Raska potentials
UNITED
TOWN-TWINNING AS A CHANNEL OF EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY ▪ Lead partner : City of Daugavpils, Latvia ▪ Partners : Municipality of Raska, Serbia, Vanesborg, Sweden, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Germany, San Benedeto del Tronto, Italy, Panevezys, Lithuania, Lodz, Poland. ▪ Themes: Intercultural cooperation, solidarity, promotion of advantages of City of Daugavpils ▪ Realization: November 2018. ▪ Main results: Cooperation Agreement between Raska and Daugavpils, new proposal
ONE FORMAL PICTURE
YOUTH OF TOMORROW ▪ PROGRAM ERASMUS +, K1 Youth Exchange ▪ Themes: Intercultural peace, xenophobia and tolerance ▪ Realization: April-June 2018. ▪ Countries included: Italy, Spain, Ireland and Serbia ▪ Age: kids from 13-17 ▪ Main result: Short movie on above mentioned themes
RASKA TEAM!
INTERNATIONAL COMIC COLONY AT RASKA ▪ First of its kind in Serbia! ▪ Content: lectures and practical work ▪ Realization: 2014-2018., Youth Office Raska ▪ Age: 13-65 ▪ Countries included: Macedonia, Croatia, Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia ▪ Main results: exhibitions held, comic books made
Young artists on Semetes Lake
Picture speaks a thousand words!
UNPACKING ▪ Exchanging cultural packages between 12 municipalities/towns from Serbia ▪ Supported by: Ministry of Youth and sports, realized by Belgrade Fund for Human Rights and Democracy ▪ Realization: 2014/15., Youth Office Raska ▪ Content: creating and representing local stories, comics, dances and music between young people from Raska and Prijepolje through mutual visits (Serbia) – twinned towns in national framework
UNPACKERS!
RASKA SPIRITUAL CEREMONIES ▪ Lead cultural event at Municipality of Raska! ▪ Traditionally helding in last 25 years ▪ Content: international art colony Jelena Anzujska, music concert, theater performances for children and for the adults, science conferencies ▪ Participants from: Spain, Portugal, South Korea, Greece, Hungary, USA, Macedonia etc.
CULTURE IN THREE WORDS!
RASKA SPIRITUAL CEREMONIES
YOUTH OFFICE RASKA ACTIVITIES Youth Office Raska has more than 1000 volonteers and activists annually. Activists often organize charity parties, costume balls, theater performances for children with rare diseases. Also, every year for Christmas we are visiting children with disabilities, giving them presents and trying to make them happy for holidays.
Presents for children with disabilities
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ▪ Ministry for work and employment and Municipality of Raska are giving mutual support for realization of following social policy services: ▪ 1. Geronto housewives – 120 final beneficiaries ▪ 2. Personal companion of the child – 25 final beneficiaries ▪ 3. Advisory-therapeutic services – 25 final beneficiaries
Improving the living conditions of Roma women and other marginalized groups, preventing illegal migration and encouraging reintegrationof returnees intoSerbia
Results: Housing conditions for 26 families have been improved through the construction of new housing facilities, the renovation and reconstruction of the existing, upgrading of the bathrooms, all depending on the needs of the project beneficiaries. Donors: SSM - State Secretariat for Migration, Switzerland), (SDC - Swiss agency for development and cooperation, Switzerland), HEKS-EPER,Switzerland, as well as local self-governments from Serbia
CULTURAL-ARTISTIC SOCIETIES FROM RASKA ▪ Raska has 6 cultural-artistic societies that are the largest promoters of the tradition and culture of Raska. ▪ A large number of members: dancers, singers and musican visited the world and presented the traditional music, the folklore dance and the tradicional costums of Raska district.
Different national costumes
HVALA VAM! ▪ THANK YOU! ▪ MERCY! ▪ DZIĘKUJĘ! ▪ GRAZIE! ▪ DANKE! ▪ MULTUMESC! ▪ BLAGODARIM! ▪ OBRIGADO! ▪ GRACIAS!
KOPAONIK – TOURISTIC CENTER OF WESTERN BALKANS
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