Coalition against Discrimination has established the “Annual Award for Fight against Discrimination” as the recognition granted to individuals, organizations, institutions, companies and media, which have invested the greatest effort to combat discrimination against minority and marginalized groups or have contributed to the improvement of equality of all citizens in Serbia over the past year. Coalition against Discrimination decides on the winners based on proposals delivered by individuals and organizations by the end of 2012. The members of the Coalition against Discrimination are: Center for Advanced Legal Studies, Civil Rights Defenders, Labris – Organization for Lesbian Human Rights, CHRIS network, Association of Students with Disabilities, Gayten LGBT, PRAXIS and Regional Centre for Minorities.
"Awards for fight against discrimination” are granted for utmost contribution to the fight against discrimination in Serbia every year since 2008, in five categories:
- Public authority (institutions of public authority, MPs, officials)
- Civil society organizations (NGOs, unions, professional associations)
- Media (public media, journalists, professional associations)
- Business sector (enterprises, business people)
- Public figures (artists, sportspeople, actors/actresses, singers, politicians)
This year, the awards were handed over to the winners by the European Parliament Rapporteur for Serbia Jelko Kacin. “The awards for fight against discrimination” for utmost contribution in the fight against discrimination in 2012 were granted to:
1. Public authority – Primary School "Dragojlo Dudic"
2. Civil society organizations – Youth Initiative for Human Rights
3. Media - Boban Karovic, Daily Danas.
4. Business sector - Ipsos Strategic Marketing
5. Public figures - Vincent Degert, His Excellency Ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia
