The first seminar within the Project "1000 Young Leaders" in the field of agriculture was held in Novi Sad, from 2nd to 6th November, 2006.
The introductory lecture was held by the president of Serbia Mr Boris Tadić, who said that Serbia needed leaders in all fields and he passed his experiences and knowledge of leadership. The first day of the seminar the attendants were addressed by the president of "Dr Zoran Đinđić" Foundation Ružica Đinđić, and also by the director of People's Office of the President of Serbia Mr Dragan Đilas.
The future young leaders had the opportunity to improve their leadership abilities through training and lectures which were held by domestic and foreign lecturers.
The seminar included subjects of strategic planning, communication, skills, leadership, public appearance, negotiating skills and the domestic experts and successful people in the field of agriculture held few lectures about their experiences.
Besides the lectures, 34 participants were divided into five teams which worked on project proposals supervised by their mentors. The last day of the seminar all teams presented their basic ideas connected with the project proposals. In the future period the teams will continue working on their project proposals and they will be presented before the expert group. The best projects will be implemented with the support of People's Office of the President of Serbia, "Dr Zoran Đinđić" Foundation and the president of the Republic.
The young leaders in the field of agriculture are:
Aleksandar Stefanović - Faculty of Management, NS ( 4th year student )
Bojan Tubić - Faculty of Forestry, forestry ( 1st year postgraduate studies)
Bojana Brestovac - Faculty of Agriculture, the protection of plants (senior undergraduate )
Branimir Lazić - Faculty of Agriculture NS, veterinary medicine
( graduate )
Miloš Protić - Faculty of Agriculture, agricultural technique ( candidate for a master's degree )
Milorad Perčić - Faculty of Agriculture, arable and vegetable farming (candidate for a master's degree )
Nenad Stanojević- Faculty of Agriculture, cattle farming (candidate for a master's degree )
Nina Milosavljević - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine ( 6th year student)
Olivera Kostić - Faculty of Law (4th year student)
Suzana Stjelja - Faculty of Agriculture, cattle farming ( graduate)
Ranko Drobac - Faculty of Agriculture, fruit and wine-grower (senior undergraduate)
Sergej Ivanov - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (graduate)
Saša Stanojević - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (6th year student)
Sanja Milikić - Faculty of Agriculture, the protection of plants and food ( graduate, postgraduate studies in Bari)
This project could not have been carried out without the help of the mentors:
Professor Nebojša Marković, Faculty of Agriculture, viniculture
Zoran Stanimirović, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, biologist, bee-farmer
Professor Nada Dragović, Faculty of Forestry, economics and management in forestry
Professor Dragan Glamočić, Faculty of Agriculture, cattle food
Branislav Milić, Ministry of Agriculture
The other guest lecturers were Miroslav Bujošević, raspberry farm from Ivanjica and Miroslav Kovačević, the owner of the vinery "Kovačević" from Irig.
June 19th, 2006 Introduction of the Project "1000 Young Leaders"
The training project of 1000 young leaders under the auspices of the president of Serbia Mr Boris Tadić is implemented by People's Office of the President of Serbia with the help of " Dr Zoran Đinđić" Foundation. Introducing the "1000 Young Leaders" the director of People's Office of the President of Serbia Mr Dragan Đilas said that the goal of this Project was to help all talented people to become leaders in all spheres of man's activity. We are all responsible, according to Mr Đilas' words, to complete the Project "1000 Young Leaders" which was initiated by the assassinated Zoran Đinđić.
"A leader in Serbia is not just a good pupil or student, but the one who is ready to invest in his country and the one who is willing to change something. He or she is ready to advance not only in the field of science and agriculture but also in culture and sports", Mr Đilas said.
The president of the Administrative Board of "Dr Zoran Đinđić" Foundation Ružica Đinđić said that the goal of the Project "1000 Young Leaders" was to realize Serbia as a modern and democratic society. "In the name of "Dr Zoran Đinđić" Foundation I can say that it will be a great honour to encourage the idea of democratization of our society with the president of Serbia and People's Office of the President of Serbia, ministries and organizations.
Zoran Đinđić was also devoted to that idea ", Ružica Đinđić said. She invited young people, if they have good results at work, in school, on faculty and if they are ready to take the initiative, to apply and take part in the Project.
The resigned Minister of Agriculture Ivana Dulić- Marković said that Serbia needed people who would show that something could be done without finding 1000 excuses why it could not be done.
"1000 Young Leaders" Project includes participation in educational seminars about strategic planning and creating projects, and also the basis of leadership.
The participants will take part in creating actual projects in cooperation with selected mentors within different fields (agriculture, economy, public administration, science, culture, local self-management, media). In the course of the Project there will be a competition for the best project which will be presented by the president of Serbia. At the end of every cycle the best candidates will have the opportunity to gain experience in institutions, organizations and companies in this country and abroad.
Target group will be young people from age 21 to 35 who achieved prominent results during their studies, began professional engagement in places which require leadership abilities and knowledge or they proved themselves in their professional field.
