Pro-NGO: quality management for social change

Pro-NGO – quality management for social change is a capacity building project for civil society organizations in Croatia. Project applicant Culture Development Association “CDA” implements this project with 5 different civil society organizations and with a Norwegien partner. The financial support for this project is 200.000 EUR and project duration is 36 months. Innovative approach…

Instead of fighting corruption, the Minister prefers to accuse Gong

From the letter of the Minister of Justice and Public Administration Ivan Malenica to GRECO, in which he tried to deal with Gong, it is clear that our concern is justified and that the Commission for the Prevention of Conflicts of Interest will lose its power. The Commission will no longer be able to decide…

Government attacks on civil society in Croatia

Many civil society organisations in Croatia are suffering from burnout and exhaustion, and have been at brink of existence for a long time, with less and less time for the most important part of their job and their very reason for existence – solving social problems and creating positive social change. Gong publishes analysis with…

Preserve democracy in the time of coronavirus

In the fight for health, we must not lose democracy. The various restrictions on civil rights and freedoms that we have witnessed in recent days after the introduction of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus require decisive action to safeguard democratic institutions and processes. Gong warned on particularly dangerous Government’s attempt to suspend parliament’s…

Civil Society Priorities for the Croatia’s EU Presidency

Croatian civil society organizations, gathered in the informal network Forum 2020, through in-person consultations in five cities (Rijeka, Varaždin, Split, Osijek and Zagreb) as well as online consultations, have come to an agreement on the priorities for the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from January to June 2020. We are cognizant that…

To the occupation of the HRT we answer with an unprecedented boycott

Zagreb, 25.02.2019 - Konferencija za novinare Gong-a, u povodu bojkota Hrvatske radio-televizije (HRT) kojemu se prikljuèilo 40-tak udruga, novinara, sindikata, politièkih stranaka i politièara. Na fotografiji predsjednik Nezavisnog cestarskog sindikata Mijat Staniæ, izvršna direktorica Gonga Jelena Berkoviæ, èlan Programskog vijeæa HRT-a Nikola Baketa. foto HINA / Denis CERIÆ /dc

It is a political responsibility, primarily of the ones that are currently in the position of power, the fact that they enabled – by actions or oversights – for the HRT not to represent a public media service we deserve, but to serve in enabling the relativisation and normalisation of the instances not welcome in…