March 2013

Research, advocacy and education

11. 04. 2012., Zagreb - Clanovi nestranacke udruge Gong fotografirani u prostorijama udruge na Trgu bana Jelacica. GONG je nestranacka udruga gradjana utemeljena 1997. radi poticanja gradjana na aktivnije sudjelovanje u politickim procesima. Duje Prkut, Nives Miosic, Korana Gacic Fuk, Tina Novak, Tanja Kapusta, Srdjan Novak, Albert Jedrejic, Jelena Berkovic, Danela Zagar, Natalia Mirkovic, Vanja Skoric, Dragan Zelic, Marina Skrabalo, Tamara Capeta, Berto Salaj, Robert Maracic, Iva Pinjusic. Photo: Davor Puklavec/PIXSELL

Every GONGs program consists of activities enforced by one of three methods, ensuring quality and applicability of the results. It is a somewhat cyclical process – research is conducted on a certain topic so the results could serve as a basis for advocating change. The education of citizens and advocating for change then follows. You can read more…

How will Croatia ensure continued work on the reforms?

Zagreb, 6.3.2013 - Platforma 112, koju saèinjavaju i podupiru vie nevladinih udruga, organizirala je konferenciju za novinare na kojoj su predstavili "Izvjetaj o radu Vlade na ispunjavanju zahtjeva Platforme 112". Na slici Eugen Jakovèiæ, Sanja Sarnavka, Saa egrt i Jelena Berkoviæ. Foto FaH/ Dario GRZELJ/ dag

The Platform of Croatian civil society organizations for protection and promotion of human rights welcome the conclusion of the European Commission that Croatia is expected to continue developing its track record in the field of the rule of law, notably in the fight against corruption. While waiting for the Government’s response as to how this…

GONG urges citizens to vote in EP elections

Zagreb, 20.3.2013.- Dravno izborno povjrenstvo (DIP) objavilo je danas da je u roku prispjelo 28 pravovaljanih kandidacijskih lista za izbor èlanova u Europski parlament (EP) iz Republike Hrvatske, raspisanih za 14. travnja, od kojih su 27 stranaèkih i jedna lista skupine biraèa. Od 27 stranaèkih lista 19 je samostalnih i osam koalicijskih, izvjestio je na konferenciji za novinare predsjednik DIP-a Branko Hrvatin. Na slici (L-D) Jakob Miletiæ, Branko Hrvatin i Zdravka Èufar ariæ tijekom konferencije. foto FaH/ Lana SLIVAR DOMINIÆ/ ua

The nongovernmental election monitoring organisation GONG issued a statement on Friday to draw attention to the importance of forthcoming elections for the European Parliament in Croatia, calling on citizens to vote. “Elected deputies will have a great responsibility to regularly report and communicate with citizens about their work and results achieved because the European…

Election Innovations Conference

In the year that the European Union has declared the European Year of Citizens, GONG held an international conference on “Innovation Fair Election” under the auspices of the President of the Croatian Parliament Josip Leko 19th and 20 March 2013. National and University Library in Zagreb 9:30 to 18:00 pm. The aim of this international…

Elections and everything that goes along with it: a festival or a travesty of democracy?

“Innovations are key to survival and they stem from the spirit of the society; as a part of democracy, elections and referendums are here to serve to citizens, and the real innovation would be not only to have the authorities amend laws, but to ask the citizens what they think about the laws”, this is…

28 slates filed for 14 April election of Croatian MEPs

A total of 27 party lists plus one list of a group of citizens were submitted to the Croatian State Election Commission for the election of Croatian members of the European Parliament until Monday midnight when the deadline for the delivery of slates for Croatia’s first election for its deputies to the European Parliament had…