Do Not Let Belgrade Drown (Ne Davimo Beograd)

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Č Š ć Do not let Belgrade drown (Ne davimo Beograd) Initiative Do not let Belgrade drown was form in 2014 to oppose the Belgrade Waterfront’s project, the consequences and the way the process of planning and the legalizing the project was carried out. It attracted a number of associations, independent organizations, experts, lawyers, academics, journalists, architects and urban planners. Our idea is to stress the importance of popular participation in the development of the city We believe that is possible to build a new kind of solidarity and civic mobilization Giant Duck Becomes Belgrade Resistance Symbol Small-scale actions were followed by mass protests in 2015 and at the beginning of 2016. The watershed moment followed the demolitions of 25 April 2016, when citizens showed up in great numbers to protest, demanding resignations and laying criminal responsibility at the door of officials. We led the biggest civic protests since those that toppled Slobodan Milošević in 2000. Movement transformed into political organization which participated in the local elections. Key achievement is positioning of the topics of urban development and citizen participation in decision making process as one of most important issues in public sphere in Belgrade. Local elections, march 2018. We independently took part in Belgrade elections on March 4, 2018 as a citizen list under the name "Initiative Do not let Belgrade drown - Yellow Duck - Our City, Our City - Ksenija Radovanovic", presenting a program of 20 points. Support was provided by other local movements from Serbia, as well as Janis Varufakis, DIEM25, Ada Colau, Ska Keller, “Zagreb je nas” movement. We won 3.44% of votes, which was not a sufficient number to pass the census. The best result was achieved in the central municipalities of Stari grad (8.06%), Vracar (7.47%) and Savski venac (6.56%), New Belgrade (4.5%) .

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