CRTA
Budget
€50 — €0
EP Access
4
accredited persons
Staff
8
1.1 FTE
EU Grants
€155,490
Mission & Goals
In response to highly unfavorable conditions hampering Serbia’s progress toward democracy and European integration, CRTA’s efforts seek to contribute to the improvement of conditions for more democratic governance, increased public accountability and transparency. Being the main subject and focus of disinformation attempts in Serbia, these issues at the same time represent the key factors determining the country’s democratic and European path. CRTA’s strategic commitment is to contribute to preventing further democratic backsliding and to support creating conditions for developing democratic values and protecting the public interest: - CRTA contributes to creating social resiliency against undemocratic and disinformation influences, leading to a more informed and pluralistic society aspiring toward the EU; - CRTA contributes to establishing a foundation for institutional accountability, transparency and openness, increasing citizen trust in a democratic perspective.
EU Legislative Interests
- EUROPEAN COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Serbia 2025 Report Accompanying the document Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions 2024 Communication on EU Enlargement policy (SWD/2025/755 final), - EUROPEAN COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Serbia 2024 Report Accompanying the document Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions 2024 Communication on EU Enlargement policy (SWD/2024/695 final), - EUROPEAN COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Serbia 2023 Report Accompanying the document Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions 2023 Communication on EU Enlargement policy (SWD/2023/695 final), - EUROPEAN COMMISSION WORKING STAFF DOCUMENT Serbia 2022 Report Accompanying the document Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions 2022 Communication on EU Enlargement policy (SWD(2022) 338 final), - EUROPEAN COMMISSION WORKING STAFF DOCUMENT Serbia 2021 Report Accompanying the document Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions 2021 Communication on EU Enlargement Policy (SWD(2021) 288 final), - EUROPEAN COMMISSION WORKING STAFF DOCUMENT Serbia 2020 Report Accompanying the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions 2020 Communication on EU Enlargement Policy (SWD(2020) 352 final), - EUROPEAN COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Serbia 2019 Report Accompanying the document Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions 2019 Communication on EU Enlargement Policy (COM(2019) 260 final), - EUROPEAN COMMISSION Serbia 2018 Report Accompanying the document Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions 2018 Communication on EU Enlargement Policy, - European Parliament JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy (2025/2917(RSP)), - European Parliament resolution of 8 February 2024 on the situation in Serbia following the elections (2024/2521(RSP)), - European Parliament resolution of 10 May 2023 on the 2022 Commission Report on Serbia (2022/2204(INI)), - European Parliament resolution of 6 July 2022 on the 2021 Commission Report on Serbia (2021/2249(INI)), - European Parliament resolution of 25 March 2021 on the 2019-2020 Commission reports on Serbia (2019/2175(INI)), - European Parliament resolution of 25 March 2021 on the 2019-2020 Commission reports on Serbia (2019/2175(INI)). Also, the following EU policy areas are also relevant to CRTA work and engaging in awareness raising and/or advocacy activities in relation to the EU institutions: - EU Enlargement Strategy, - EU Enlargement Policy Review, - EU Accession Negotiations, - EU fit for Enlargement: policy reviews and reforms, - 2025 Youth Policy Dialogue on Enlargement and Action Plan, - EU toolbox to counter foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), - EU Code of Practice on Disinformation.
Communication Activities
While regularly providing data, evidence and analyses on issues concerning the state of democracy and EU integration of Serbia, CRTA conducted a series of communication activities related to the EU policies above. CRTA has been regularly responding to the annual open calls of the European Union Delegation to the Republic of Serbia for civil society contributions to the European Commission’s annual reports on Serbia. CRTA proactively contacted or responded to invitations of Members of the European Parliament to contribute to their work with proposals for amendments to the European Parliament resolution on the European Commission’s annual reports on Serbia. CRTA organizes regular briefings for the EU Delegation to Serbia and representatives of the EU member states embassies in Belgrade on the state of democracy in Serbia. CRTA participates as a credible interlocutor at the events organized by Brussels-based think tanks, civil society organizations and EU institutions in Brussels on topics related to the state of democracy in Serbia and the Western Balkans. CRTA organizes advocacy visits to Brussels and EU Institutions - the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European External Action Service - where it organizes meetings and briefings with EU decision-makers and policy teams to present the data on the state of democracy in Serbia. CRTA maintains a distribution list of contacts from the EU institutions and utilizes it to distribute newsletters containing important data and analyses from CRTA’s quantitative, qualitative and desk research on the state of democracy and EU perspective in Serbia.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
GNDEM - Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors: https://gndem.org/members/, ENEMO - European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations: https://enemo.org/members, Opening Parliament - Global Network of Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations (CRTA and its initiative Open Parliament): https://openingparliament.org/organizations/, ACTION SEE - Accountability, Technology and Institutional Openness Network in the South East Europe region: https://actionsee.org/about-actionsee/, IFCN - International Fact-checking Network (CRTA's online fact-checking media Istinomer): https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/signatories, EFCSN - European Fact-checking Standards Network (CRTA's online fact-checking media Istinomer): https://efcsn.com/verified-members/
Organisation Members
CRTA team members include: Vukosava Crnjanski Šabović - Director, Raša Nedeljkov - Program Director, Tamara Branković - Deputy Program Director, Radovan Kupres - Creative Director, Jovana Đurbabić - Communications Director, Bojana Milošević - Project Development Manager, Pavle Dimitrijević - Head of Legal Department, Vojislav Mihailović - Research Director, Marija Stefanović - Head of Research, Igor Kovrlija - Head of Finance Department, Sanja Tepavčević - Head of Accounting Department, Jelena Šušnjar - Graphic Designer, Božana Opačić - Communications and Events Coordinator, Ivana Savić - Communications and Digital Engagement Coordinator, Dušan Jordović - Video Production and Design Consultant, Danijela Vojinović - Grants Manager, Darjan Vulević - Project Coordinator, Branko Petković - Coordinator for network development and cooperation with the local community, Marko Vučković - Coordinator for network development and cooperation with the local community, Aleksandra Srećković - Media Research Manager, Sandra Gargenta - Media Research Coordinator, Vladimir Ilić - Media Research Assistant, Slavoljub Lazić - Media Analyst, Jelena Švabić - Media Associate, Gordana Pavićević - Field Research Coordinator, Jelena Milisavljević - Researcher, Vladana Jaraković - Legal Expert, Angela Trajić - Legal Team Coordinator, Isidora First - Legal Analyst, Ana Trifunović - Legal Analyst, Tamara Šuša - Coordinator for Public Policies, Vladimir Erceg - Advisor, Marko Ivković - Senior Data Analyst, Ivan Đurić - EU Advocacy Officer, Mihaela Šljukić Bandović - Senior Journalist, Milijana Rogač - Editor In Chief, Siniša Dedeić - Journalist, Milena Popović - Program Manager, Jovana Prešić - Project Coordinator, Ivan Cvetković - Digital Product Development Manager, Marko Nikolić - Web Developer, Miloš Kostić - Web Developer, Branko Lolin - System Administrator, Miloš Zdravković - System Administrator, Katarina Vladulj - Executive Administrative Coordinator, Svjetlana Gojković Stojković - Project Financial Manager, Olivera Simić - Financial Coordinator, Ana Slijepčević - Finance and Accounting Associate, Marija Ilić - Senior Administrative Coordinator, Dejan Ranković - Logistics and Security Coordinator, Jelena Proročić - Administrative Coordinator, Živadinka Šarković - Hygenist, Vuk Vitković - Intern, Veljko Miladinović - Intern, Tatjana Jocić - Intern, Raško Karaman - Intern, Neda Stefanović - Intern, Natalija Petrović - Intern, Lenka Krstić - Intern, Isidora Majkić - Intern, Emilija Janjić - Intern, Đurđa Atanacković - Intern, Darije Stojanović - Intern, Nikola Tomović - Intern.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.