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Borka Tomic Group moderatorThe company name is only visible to registered members.B92 : "Serbian citizens on independent Kosovo", 9 August 2006
BELGRADE -- Over 30 per cent of Serbians believe the realistic solution to the Kosovo crisis might be the province’s independence.
Strategic Marketing director Srđan Bogosavljević said two questions were posed while conducting the survey: which is the most desirable, and which is the most realistic outcome of the Kosovo crisis. For almost a year the answer to the first question is stable, expressing the view of the one quarter of the population that Kosovo should be a part of Serbia.
At the same time, Kosovo’s independence is the least favorable solution for the entire population of Serbia.
Bogosavljević told B92 that when it comes to the realistic outcome, that is, what the citizens expect to in fact happen, “almost no one has said they expect a full integration. At present, 20 per cent believes a partition to be the realistic outcome. Up to 30 per cent subscribed to this view earlier, mostly coinciding with the country’s political elite promoting the idea. Since February, we have had a large percentage of people who believe Kosovo’s independence to be a realistic option. In the past three months, more people believe that Kosovo will break away than that it will remain within Serbia. People seem to be reacting to available information. The information they got was that Kosovo is a part of Serbia. For the first time, however, with the Vienna talks in progress, the number of those who believe that Kosovo will become independent is on the rise.”
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/comments.php?nav_id=36064
I commend Strategic Marketing on conveying this survey since it can certainly open our eyes to the lethargy and the lack of vision (not to mention hope), that the whole Serbian society severely suffers from.
An interesting question for those who see the independence of Kosovo as realistic would be: How many of you have visited Kosovo in the last, say, 3 years? Instead of defeatism and fatalism that you're spreading with such belief, I challenge you to visit Kosovo for yourself and then talk about what is realistic. You have the chance for that during St. Gospojina day, Gracanica monastery celebration on 28 August that the Serbian Institute for Public Diplomacy, Brussels is organizing with a blessing of bishop Artemije and support of the Government of Serbia, Ministry of diaspora, Coordination Center for Kosovo & Metohia. You'd see there and then that you yourself make a part of Kosovo reality and that you "create that upon which, your attention is focused". We could focus our attention on how to preserve multiethnic Kosovo, by first of all lighting a candle of hope for it in Gracanica monastery, all together, because "there can be a miracle if we believe".
This post was modified on 13 Aug 2006 at 01:45 am.- 12 Aug 2006, 6:09 pm
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Dragan VukadinovThe company name is only visible to registered members.Re: B92 : "Serbian citizens on independent Kosovo", 9 August 2006
Hello everyone,
In my last project for 4S Institute Brussels and Serbian Government (Serbian bargaining team) we have created a project about Kosovo status that has been presented as our official bargaining material. Project with name “Kosovo 2006 : The Making Of A Compromise” gives a full retrospective of Kosovo Yesterday (rich history of Kosovo), Kosovo Today (after NATO bombing and terrorist attacks) and Kosovo Tomorrow (compromise solutions better then independence).
In clear and concise multimedia format (CD and web site), this project presents crucial background to the Kosovo conflict and provides for the first time a wide-scale, in-depth analysis of the possible outcomes of the status talks, with real pro and cons, causes and consequences, bluffs and arguments, winners and losers.
Whether you only browse through this project (CD or web site) or carefully scrutinize its every page, you will finally begin to grasp the full complexity of the Kosovo status issue and the historical importance of a compromise solution.
I think this project should give a background to this topic as MUST SEE material before any discussion.
So for more details or CD, contact me or visit link below :
http://www.kosovocompromise.com
Regards,
Dragan Vukadinov
Marketing Manager
Brand Co. Agency
- 14 Aug 2006, 10:46 am
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Borka Tomic Group moderatorThe company name is only visible to registered members.
Re^2: B92 : "Serbian citizens on independent Kosovo", 9 August 2006
Well done! A rather user-friendly account of Kosovo situation. Very argumentative! On the grass-root level it can certainly help people understand the Serbian arguments, easily remember them, and, if nothing more, spread the word in their own surroundings. On a higher level, it helps the politicians in Kosovo status negotiations.
By the way, did you hear about the Serbian Washington initiative with the senators? Are you working on something similar on the EU level? Judging from Washington experience, money is needed for lobbying to be effective. Why according to your opinion is the Serbian government reluctant in actually doing something regarding the lobbying issue? It seems that even small money for this is denied, thus keeping "the Serbian truth" rather hermetic. How do we get out of this vicious circle?
This post was modified on 14 Aug 2006 at 04:43 pm.- 14 Aug 2006, 4:42 pm
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Dragan VukadinovThe company name is only visible to registered members.
Re^3: B92 : "Serbian citizens on independent Kosovo", 9 August 2006
Thank you very much for your comments!
Author of the exclusive Serbian magazine „Lepa Srbija“ Mr. Predrag Lj. Ceranic with a help of respected and experienced ex journalist of FrancePress and new award-winning film director Mr. Boris Mitic started this project.
As my respected friends they contacted me and asked if I want to be a part of that historic project and to be an official marketing agency that will develop all those ideas into one package. After two months of hard work and over 100 pages of text we made it.
We have many finance problems. Serbian Government didn’t approve any finance help for this project at start, only some small amount at end. Mr. Predrag Lj. Ceranic then decided to establish an independent non-governmental organization „Institute 4S“ – Symbol of Serbian Synergy Scope in Brussels.
As I remember at start (when this project was only as idea on paper) only material used by Serbian bargaining team was one page text and two pictures printed on ink-jet printer with low color warning. It is really a shame to see something like that. But now, after this project all has changed.
I think this is one exclusive edition of Kosovo situation created on world class level. I’m not saying this because I was involved in creating this project. I’m saying because many politicians and people from high positions gave very positive comments.
Yes, I heard something about Serbian initiative a few days ago and now waiting an update from my friends in Washington.
At the moment I’m not working anything similar on the EU level but I would like to. I’m waiting for people to contact me a give their proposals on future projects, so if you have some project that would be interesting in this type of usage I’m more then interested.
From my experience with Serbian Government I can say that there are many people who still don’t understand the real significance of lobbying issue. As I experience on this project, even the small amount of money needed for advertising was an issue of discussing over a month. Serbia must inject a serum of young people. Many politicians didn’t agree with us that this project is the right thing in the right time.
“A clear waste of time and money” ??!! I think this sentence clearly speaking for it self.
For more information about “Institute 4S” and updates please visit link below :
http://www.institute4s.com/
Regards,
Dragan Vukadinov
Marketing Manager
Brand Co. Agency
- 14 Aug 2006, 8:21 pm
