{"id":10299,"date":"2020-05-04T21:17:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T19:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gradjanske.org\/?p=10299"},"modified":"2020-05-06T21:30:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T19:30:56","slug":"state-of-civil-society-in-serbia-potential-covid-19-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gradjanske.org\/en\/state-of-civil-society-in-serbia-potential-covid-19-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Civil Society in Serbia &#8211; Potential Covid-19 impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gradjanske.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/state-of-civil-society.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gradjanske.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/state-of-civil-society.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gradjanske.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/state-of-civil-society.png 534w, https:\/\/www.gradjanske.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/state-of-civil-society-300x112.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Belgrade, May 4, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The introduction of the state of emergency in Serbia, as well as all subsequent measures, had a significant impact on the work of civil society.<\/p>\n<p>Lockdowns and physical distancing measures, violations of basic freedoms, and support reductions are confining people to their homes and shrinking their ability to organize, advocate, and, most importantly, help those who rely on them.<\/p>\n<p>With the shrinking civic space being a steady trend in the past, it is worrying that this crisis can be used to further tighten the grip of political power and endanger the role and work of civil society.<\/p>\n<p>In the short brief that you can download below, we have outlined the changes in the external environment for the work of civil society, existing CSO capacities during the crisis, as well as the potential impact of the crisis.<\/p>\n<a  itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gradjanske.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/State-of-Civil-Society-in-Serbia-Potential-COVID-impact.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"  class=\"qbutton  default\" style=\"border-color: #a8a8a8; \">State of Civil Society in Serbia<i class=\"qode_icon_font_awesome fa fa-download qode_button_icon_element\" style=\"color: #ed1c24\"><\/i><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belgrade, May 4, 2020 The introduction of the state of emergency in Serbia, as well as all subsequent measures, had a significant impact on the work of civil society. 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