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On 16th March, 2010, a training session was held on the basic elements of accessibility as part of implementation of the project "Network of Cities and Municipalities for All". The training was attended by a total of 22 participants, representatives of local governance, Centre for Social Work, local communities, public enterprises, education institutions, nongovernmental organisations, and interested individuals form the Municipality of Vrbas.

In January, 2010, the Centre Living Upright was nominated as one of the candidates for the annual accessibility award, provided by the Fundation Design for All from Barcelona.

The Fundation Design for All grants this award to local governments, companies and organisations that believe in Design for All and who contribute to its practical application by implementing various projects and activities

In January 2010, the Centre Living Upright, along with its partners initiated the implementation of a new project titles "Network of Cities and Municipalities for All".

The main goal of this project is to improve the quality of life  of people in the Cities and Municipalities of Vojvodina by increasing the accessibility of environments, products and services.

At the occasion of this year’s International Fair of Tourism in Novi Sad, the Centre Living Upright together with the Novi Sad Fair, and in partnership with the South Backa Administrative District and the Provincial Institute for Social Protection is organising a round table on the topic of accessibility in tourism.

The round table will be held on Friday, October 9th, 2009. starting at 11:00 at the ’Master’ Congress Centre, Hall # 4, Novi Sad Fair.

The Centre "Living Upright" with the support of OSCE Mission, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Serbia, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, and City of Novi Sad is organising

On Tuesday, 10 February, 2009, in the premises of the Regional Chamber of Commerce Novi Sad, the Centre Living Upright made a presentation on the principles of accessibility and the concept of design for all.

The presentation was held in the framework of the cooperation established between the Centre Living Upright and the Regional Chamber of Commerce Novi Sad. Its main purpose was to raise the awareness of the business sector representatives on the issue of creating an accessible environment, as well as to encourage the application of the principles of design for all in their everyday activities...

The Centre "Living Upright" has translated into Serbian the latest publication of the European Concept for Accessibility Network (EuCAN), entitled "European Concept for Accesibility for Administrations".

The translation into Serbian and its printing were made possible thanks to support from OSCE Mission in Serbia, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Serbia, Secretariat for Architecture, Urabn Planning and Building of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, and the City of Novi Sad.

The electronic version of the publication in Serbian is available on our website in pdf and word formats.

On Monday, 22 December, 2008, the second meeting of the South Backa District Council. It was attended by the representatives of the South Backa municipalities. The Centre Living Upright participated with a presentation of the project "Accessibility and Tourism"...

In cooperation with the Institute for Social Protection of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and the South Backa District, the Centre Living Upright held a total of 10 workshops for the representatives of 10 Soth Backa District municipalities. Thier topic was "Accessibility and Design for All".

These workshops were held as part of the project ’Accessibility and Tourism’. They took place in Bački Petrovac, Temerin, Bačka Palanka, Bečej, Beočin, Srbobran, Novi Sad, Titel, Zabalj and Sremski Karlovci.

Within the framework of implementation of the project "Accessibiity and Tourism" and in cooperation with the South Backa Administrative District and the Institute for Social Protection of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, work was initiated to establish cooperation with the representatives of the 12 municipalities of the South Backa District.

The initial meeting was held on 19 November, 2008, in the premises of the South Backa District in Novi Sad. In addition to establishing cooperation, the main goal of the meeting, which was attended by 20 representatives of 10 municipalities, was to introduce the project activities and to increase the level of information on the accessibility concept...