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MEGA Campaign: Make Europe Great for All!

As Europe undergoes many political changes and important decisions are to be made, the European Civic Forum and its member organizations such as GONG want to ensure that the processes are democratic and inclusive of all Europeans. The European Civic Forum - ECF is a transnational network that brings together over 100 associations and NGOs […]

Project AGAINST HATE

GONG is a partner in the implementation of the „Against Hate“ project, which focuses on monitoring the incidence of hate speech in the public space and raising the capacity of the police and judiciary to address both hate speech and sanction hate crimes. In Croatia, hate speech is on the rise – discriminatory, inflammable and […]

Civic Education in Schools

GONG is currently working on training teachers to acquire the skills to teach students about civic engagement and participation in policy making. Because GONG believes in civic participation, it included an “Education for Citizenship Literacy” module in its curriculum to educate teachers about political decision-making processes and civic engagement. Workshops on these topics were held […]

Media Literacy in Schools

An educational program for educators and teachers tackling media literacy is one of the most important educational programs that GONG has designed. It aims to equip teachers to properly educate and inform their students about the significance of media literacy today. The program also focuses on teaching students how to develop a critical approach towards […]

Protect those who exercise the right of access to information

In light of the shocking news that Jan Kuciak was likely killed as a result of his work as an investigative journalist and whose freedom of information requests may have been passed to the subject of his inquiry, we the undersigned, are calling on the EU for immediate action to safeguard journalists exercising the right […]

After joining EU, Croatia lost political will to fight corruption

On the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day, observed on December 9, the nongovernmental election-monitoring organisation GONG on Friday warned that after it joined the European Union, a lack of a true political will for fighting corruption at all levels was evident in Croatia. GONG council president Nenad Zakosek told a news conference held outside parliament […]

Ambassadors of Solidarity

Intercultural learning involves learning about differences, other cultures and their customs, openness of communication, building relationships with others, and developing awareness that building a community in which we live is only possible with the involvement of all of its participants. Training for intercultural competences for young people, with the aim of interconnecting young people and […]

Teaching Interculturalisam for Solidarity & Inclusive Society

From 2 to 7 of July, a joint seminar by GONG and Nansen Dialogue centre was held in the city of Zadar in Croatia. Combining and upgrading two of the GEAR project partners' educational seminars that already proved to be successful – Nansen Dialogue Centre Osijek's Intercultural Education for Inclusive Societies and GONG's Civic Literacy […]

Democracy on paper – capture in practice!

This paper is based on the research Croatia’s Captured Places conducted in three local and one regional government unit in Croatia (Dubrovnik, Slavonski Brod, Zagreb and the County of Istria). It was focused on actors and mechanisms of governance in which a system or parts of a system are appropriated by powerful individuals, groups or […]

Commissioners' travel expenses remain hidden from public

Access Info Europe and 53 requesters from across Europe appealed to the European Ombudsman about the European Commissions’ failure to register, process, and respond to requests for the 2016 travel expenses of EU Commissioners. Even though requests were submitted over 5 months ago the Commission has failed to process these requests in line with EU […]

International solidarity with Hungarian NGOs

CROSOL – Croatian Platform for International Citizen Solidarity joined protests across Europe to support Hungarian NGOs. Reacting to the appeal of Amnesty International and 500 European associations under the umbrella of Civil Society Europe, Prime Minister Orban said that "Soros and its affiliates are trying to undermine the capabilities of the Hungarian state to protect […]

In Joint Search of the Citizen, in Spite of Obedience

On Thursday, April 13, 2017 GONG celebrated its 20th birthday. The event was marked by a conference and the accompanying cultural program held in Zagreb's Students' Center and attended by more than 200 activists of different generations and different struggles from Croatia and the neighbouring countries. The video in Croatian is available HERE, while the […]

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