A mass protest of activists called the “Environmental Uprising” was recently held in Belgrade. To what extent has ecology become a means of political struggle and is it really good news in raising environmental standards? Are the green policies a new niche on the political spectrum? And if they are, does that mean that the treatment of environmental issues, which has so far, at least in terms of political will, been a second-rate issue, has finally received the attention and priority status it deserves? How to draw a small, thin line between politics and civic activism? We will go through these questions but also about world practices on these topics, at the panel “Serbia Faces Green Choices” without any hesitation.

Panelists:

Aleksandar Jovanović Cuta, Activist of the Movement “Defense of the rivers of Old mountain”

Milan Antonijevic, doctoral student at the Faculty of Law

Simon Ilse, Office Director at Heinrich Böll Stiftung in Belgrade

Veselin Simonovic, Editor in Chief at Nova S

Željko Bodrozic, Director of The Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (NUNS)

Moderator:

Bojana Selakovic, Program Director at Civic Initiatives