Within the 54th Festival of Youth Culture Serbia, on the 07th August, Knjazevac municipality in cooperation with the EU Info corner from Nis and Local Democracy Centre LDA Knjaževac, is organizing Day of the European Union.
The program starts at 14 pm with the presentation of the EU programs for youth. Ms Sofija Petrović from the Tempus Foundation Belgrade will present programs and scholarships available for students from Serbia while Ms Milena Milosevic, representing organization ‘’Let’s...’’ fro m Belgrade, the contact point for Erasmus + in Serbia, will present opportunities for volunteering in the EU to the young people from Knjazevac. At the same time, public will be able to visit the EU Information corner stand where they will be able to get appropriate information materials. This activity coincides with the launching of the Info point that Local Democracy Centre LDA is opening in Knjazevac within the project ‘’Balkan Regional Platform for Youth participation and Dialogue’’ and represents not only the first activity of Info point but also the beginning of cooperation between EU info corner Nis and Info point. Thanks to this cooperation newly opened Info point will therefore continue to provide quality information on EU programs for young people of Knjazevac and surrounding area.
The program of the Day of the European Union will continue later that day with the official opening of the exhibition of caricatures entitled "Myths and prejudices, how Serbia sees the EU and how the EU sees Serbia", at 17 pm in the gallery of the Land Museum of Knjazevac. The exhibition consists of works by well known Serbian caricaturists submitted for the competition organized by the EU Delegation in Serbia last year. It will be open for public during the Festival days, until 10th of August.