Civic Skills Academy: Civic Intervention Team

CIVIC SKILLS ACADEMY
Civic Intervention Team

``Vesela družina`` (Cheerful Company) is the Civic Intervention Team that is up and running within the Civic Academy Skills project activities organized by Denizen Centre for Civic Activism, in Svrljig, Serbia.

The team was created in May 2008 and its members have been participating in a series of workshops since then. The workshops and other project activities are run by Dragana Nikolić and Milan Djordjević of Denizen Centre for Civic Activism.

The report covers activities organized in the period May – July 2008.
There are 12 members of the team. (Team members` names are given by a family name first.)
Andjelkovic Dimitra, 9 years old
Savic Nina, 10
Milijic Andjela, 10
Andjelkovic Dimitrije, 11
Arsic Tijana, 12
Brankovic Martina, 12
Rakic Marija, 12
Andjelkovic Barbara, 12
Tasic Marija, 12
Radojkovic Nastasja, 12
Basaric Milica, 13
Tasic Emilija, 14

The team was formed of the students who had previously participated in other projects activities organized by Denizen during the school year and the process of their selection was based on the willingness to participate in activities that would be organized during summer holiday.

All team members are students of the elementary school ``Dobrila Stambolic`` Svrljig.

THE DECALOG OF THE CIVIC LIFE

Team building
Creativity
Cooperation
Project development
Organizing local actions
Active participation
Interviewing
Responsibility
Vocabulary enlargement
Civic skills development