Serbia

The Child Rights Centre is an association of citizens established in 1997 with the main aim of implementing child rights in Serbia in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The main course of action of the Centre is aimed at creating a favourable social and legislative framework for the full achievement of child rights in Serbia through activities focused on the introduction and implementation of laws policies and practices that enable the improvement of the welfare of the child, the protection of their rights and their full participation in society.

The Children and Youth Support Organisation – Pomoc Deci is a non-governmental non-profit making organisation established in 2004 which promotes quality care and education for children and their parents and youth involvement and activism. Pomoc Deci is also active in the prevention and protection of children and youth trafficking.

MODS advocates for the exercise of the children’s rights and the increase of social inclusion and development of an inclusive society. It focuses on the reduction of child poverty the improvement of access and quality of formal and informal education and culture, health, environment and child protection. Other MODS’ areas of work include protection against child abuse, neglect exploitation and violence, and the promotion of greater funding allocations. MODS also promotes a greater participation of civil society organisations and youth in defining policies for children, by strengthening their capacities and establishing the channels of communication between the Network and local, regional and central government.

The mission of the Center for Missing and Exploited Children is to protect and promote children’s rights and to improve the safety and security of children. The mission is implemented through preventive educational and other activities, advocacy activities, introduction of new protective mechanisms, as well as through providing necessary psychological, legal and/or humanitarian aid and support to children, young people and their families in cases of existing or suspected violence. The focus of CNZD’s work mainly consists in undertaking activities aimed to improving safety of children on the street, at school and on the Internet, as well as supporting families and improving conditions and institutional mechanisms for finding missing children.

Association Friends of Children of Serbia (Prijatelji dece Srbije) is a voluntary and non-profit civil society organisation founded in 1990 in order to achieve goals in the area of protection and promotion of children’s rights, social care for children and encouraging activities to improve work with children and for children. Friends of the Children of Serbia is the continuation of the Society for the Support and Education of Orphaned and Abandoned Children, founded in 1880, one of the oldest organisations for children in Serbia and Europe. Friends of Children of Serbia works directly with children and young people from planning to evaluation and monitoring. At the national and local level, they organise activities for children.