Polling Station - Media Center

Media Center Belgrade, in collaboration with Civil Rights Defenders and Olof Palme Center, invite you to a series of quick panels and research demonstrations with over 30 experts from civil society organisations, media and research institutes. People with something different to say about key issues concerning Serbia today. Electoral system. Corruption. Human Rights. Justice. Equality.

What are the key concerns this country needs to resolve regardless of who will form the government after the May 6^th elections? You are invited to collect accurate information from experts that you cannot see in the media every day. Join us in informing the public debate and demanding democracy in a continuing cat-and-mouse game between the state authorities and society watchdogs.

For the first time in South East Europe, at the moment when Serbia is deciding its future, Media Center will work with partners to collect, analyze and report on public opinion concerning the election process as it is accumulate from Internet sources. During the Election Day, every hour from the opening of polling stations, until the end of election night, Media Center will publish reports and analysis of information gathered on the Internet.

On this occasion, a professional team of associates, in addition to monitoring social networks and other Internet channels, will install the Ushahidi platform for mapping data, news, and reviews of possible irregularities from over 8,000 polling stations directly.

The new media team emphasizes that foreign and local media will be able to follow updated reports that monitor public opinion during Election Night including the entire election process, and their comparison with CeSID’s preliminary results that will arrive alongside Internet reports, all available on the Media Centre website mc.rs.

Preliminary agenda (pdf)

Date: 6th May 2012th
Time: 18:00 - 24:00
Location: Media Centre Belgrade, Terazije 3, 2nd Floor, Belgrade

English translation will be provided for all events.

Welcome!

Dear Clients & Partners,

In keeping with its profile and the needs of its clients and partners, Media Center has up to now translated all announcements for events being held in its facilities. Though we are not changing our clients and partners with whom we have successfully worked over the years, we must admit that they themselves have changed in the interval. We noticed that today in a majority of international governmental and non-governmental organizations, foreign media outlets, companies and their rep offices here, there is an increasing number of employees that speak our language. Some of our friends from abroad have been in Serbia and Belgrade long enough to become familiar with our language.

Now that we understand one another better, we hope we will work together more successfully.

Since we are expanding our list of clients, but not decreasing our range of services, event announcements will still be translated, but only at the special request of a client, or if the nature of the event requires it.

Thanks for your understanding.

Sincerely,

Your Media Center