In collaboration with TACSO, NGO Eye's Vision organized information session with the aim to secure support for civil society organizations in the region of Peje/Peć in application for calls issued by the European Commission Liaison Office in Kosovo.

Serbian defenders of human rights are subjected to violence, attacks in the media and the state needs to investigate all threats and violent attacks on them, and its actions need to be public, expedite and efficient, concluded the participants in the conference “On National Policies on Human Rights Defenders”, held on November 2, 2011 at the “Serbia” Palace in Belgrade.

Croatian and international environmental associations demanded in an open letter to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), signed by more than 30 associations, to deny the €123 million loan to finance the construction of Ombla Hydropower Station near Dobrovnik. The loan application will be reviewed and discussed at the EBRD Board meeting scheduled for November 8, 2011.

Albtelecom supports the establishment of Resource and Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology ("PROTIK"). The center is a collaboration between public and private partners, the Government of Albania, the Albanian American Foundation for Development (AADF), USAID, Albania Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and Cisco and is scheduled to begin operation in spring next year.

The European Commission mentioned the Initiative for RECOM in its Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2011-2012 and the progress reports for the countries of Western Balkans, Turkey and Iceland, presented in Brussels on October 12, 2011.

The representatives of the Green Coalition from Veles, lead by the mayor of Veles Goran Petrov, presented their decisive and resolute “NO” to the initiative to reopen production at the Veles Lead and Zinc Mill to the representatives of Metrudchem Company, the new owner of the metallurgy company, in the failed attempt to organize a debate on the issue on October 27.

Last week, the Centre for LGBT Equality (Queer Zagreb, Zagreb Pride and LORI), in cooperation with the Centre for Peace Studies, launched the big anti-homophobia campaign “Enough with the Homophobia”, with participation of persons from public and social life and members of LGBT population in Croatia. The campaign will be concluded on November 24, 2011.