Civil Society Forum Apologized
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The Civil Society Forum apologized publicly yesterday for the allegations made about SMART and other organizations mentioned in the text “Certain Aspects of Work of National Foundation for Development of Civil Society”, published two weeks ago. The public apology was signed by all members of the CSF, with the exception of the Serb Democratic Forum.
According to the public apology, the statement on the work of the National Foundation aimed to prove that, in spite of the fact that four CSF members received funding in 2005, the Forum is not primarily interested in funding, but in the manner in which the Foundation plans to act, communicate with the sector and strengthen its capacity. The mistake happened because of preoccupation with other tasks and concentration on procedural maters, so that the text, in addition to the general overview of the work of the Foundation, carried several personal opinions and evaluations. “We had no intention to proclaim ourselves somehow better that everybody else or to use the Forum to present individual evaluations on other organizations that we need if we want to strengthen the values we represent and wish to make visible and important to the whole society”, states the Forum. |
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