Serb Democratic Forum
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| Abbreviation | SDF |
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| Formation | 8 December 1991 |
| Type | NGO |
| Purpose | Protection of Serb minority rights in Croatia |
| Headquarters | Zagreb, Croatia |
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Official language
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Croatian and Serbian |
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President
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Veljko Džakula |
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Key people
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Milorad Pupovac (founder and first president) |
| Website | Official website |
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| Abbreviation | SDF-Youth Forum |
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| Formation | 21 December 2011 |
| Type | youth organization |
| Legal status | informal youth interest group at SDF |
| Purpose | Minority rights, Youth activism, Human rights, Social equality |
| Headquarters | Zagreb, Croatia |
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Official language
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Croatian or Serbian |
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President
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Željana Modrinić (21 December 2013-) |
| Website | Official website |
Serb Democratic Forum (Croatian: Srpski demokratski forum, Serbian Cyrillic: Српски демократски форум) is a non-governmental organization of Serbs of Croatia, which in cooperation with national and international organizations and institutions, protects human rights, minority rights, develops and promotes inter-ethnic tolerance and understanding and tries to restore mutual trust and respect.
It is the first Serb non-governmental organization founded in Croatia in the context of the disintegration of Yugoslavia. Forum is a voluntary, non-governmental, non-profit and non-partisan organization.
Forum has won numerous awards for his work in affirmation of human rights and civil society, most notably the Democracy and Civil Society Award in 1998, awarded by the U.S. and EU for promotion of democratic values.
Veljko Džakula
Željana Modrinić
Serbian Democratic Forum-Youth Forum (Croatian: Srpski demokratski forum-Forum mladih, Serbian Cyrillic: Српски демократски форум-Форум младих) is an informal group of youth, which is acting as an independent section and youth interest group within Serb Democratic Forum. It was founded on 21 December 2011 on the 20th anniversary of SDF. Group was founded by a group of former students of Serbian Orthodox Secondary School from Zagreb.
SDF-Youth Forum is a signatory of International Joint Statement of International Student Movement against the increasing commercialization and privatization of public education. In June 2013 SDF-Youth Forum publicly supported organizers of Zagreb Pride and urged its members as well as other members of Serbs of Croatia community to join event. In October 2013 in cooperation with group from Finnish municipality Muurame SDF Youth Forum conducted a project entitled "Focus on us!" funded by the European Union.
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