UNHCR Started the Second Cycle of the Project “In their Sneakers”
Belgrade, 26 March – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, with the support of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia, has commenced, for a second year in a row, the initiative “In their Sneakers” in order to raise awareness amongst secondary school pupils and...
Vulnerable Households in Serbia Face Unique Challenges due to Ukrainian Crisis
Belgrade, 26 January 2023 – New research has revealed that vulnerable and marginalized population groups in the Republic of Serbia are facing distinct challenges resulting from both the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukrainian crisis. Poverty projections for the most...
8th Anniversary of #IBelong campaign marked
Belgrade, 13 December 2022 – The Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, the Ombudsman and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) held a joint conference to mark the eight anniversary of UNHCR global campaign #IBelong to eradicate statelessness across the...
A mobile app for Serbian language learning won first prize in UNHCR’s high school project
Belgrade – Following almost a year of implementing the initiative “In their Sneakers,” which UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, had developed with high schools across Serbia, the best solutions were announced, and accompanying prizes were presented today. UNHCR, together...
Delicacy Monday – Food, Dance and Safe place – for Everyone
May, warm yet pleasant weather. Pots full of food – chopped, fried, cooked and stirred with love by the students from the Hospitality and Tourism School and young refugees from Iraq and Burundi, Karoh and Lorraine, are being served into the KC Grad on the Sava...
Goodwill ambassador MIYAVI visits Serbia
By: Mirjana Milenkovski, Belgrade, Serbia “I know you! I saw you in Lebanon!!” exclaimed a little Syrian refugee boy who arrived in Serbia a couple of months ago with his parents and siblings. As life has a way of arranging it, MIYAVI and given a concert in a refugee...
UNHCR opened an exhibition displaying objects from refugees and celebrities who support them
Belgrade, 21 Jun – Honoring World Refugee Day, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, opened the exhibition “What They Took with Them” at the Ethnographic Museum. The exhibition was dedicated to all those who were forced to flee their homes due to wars and persecution. The...
UNHCR kickstarted the awarness-raising project “In their sneakers” aimed at secondary school pupils in Serbia
Belgrade, April 17 – How it feels to, at least for a day, walk in refugee “sneakers” and experience the overnight loss of everything that matters in one’s life became a bit clearer to the participants of the workshop on refugee integration, which was organized in...
SUPPORTING REFUGEES – MORE COLLABORATION NEEDED, INCLUDING THE PRIVATE SECTOR
There is a great potential for private sector engagement in supporting refugees in Serbia, as more joint work across the society is required to provide for their enhanced integration. Commencing the integration process as soon as refugees arrive to the country, as...