Cooperation with important institutions and
individuals
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The
Karic Foundation has been developing intensive international cooperation with the desire
to make its full contribution to the integration of Yugoslavia and Serbia in world
scientific, cultural, political and economic trends. The Foundation was
particularly active in this in the period of sanctions imposed on Yugoslavia. |
As a
private, non-governmental organization it was in a position to
organize numerous visits of parliamentary delegations from Great Britain, the USA, the
Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus, Germany, then visits of representatives of
international organizations and movements, numerous scientific institutions, as well as
representatives of the most influential media from Europe and the rest of the world.
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Foundation helped representatives of influential international circles to learn about
events in our country and hear our explanations of the circumstances in the territory of
the former Yugoslavia. |
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In
that period the Foundation was also a co-organizer and
co-financier of " Serbia Week in Israel" and "Serbia Week in
Thessaloniki" with very rich cultural programmes. On that occasion
the BK group president and vice president Bogoljub Karic and Sreten Karic were pronounced
honorary citizens of Thessaloniki. |
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The
Karic Foundation established contacts with the International
Red Cross and UNICEF, with which it organized and co-finances a number of
humanitarian concerts. The Karic Foundation also established
contacts with a number of other distinguished international foundations such as the Nobel
Foundation in Stockholm, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Bonn, the Foundation for Peace
and Social Progress in Chicago and others. |
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As a
special sign of recognition the Karic Foundation and "BK" university received a
gift from a well-known German scientist Wilhelm Kaltenschtadler: He donated his personal,
highly valuable library of books on geography, ecology, economics and economic history
with rare editions from the 19th and 20th century. |
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supports international meetings of scientists, artists and politicians, and it was the co-organizer (together with the Institute of Strategic Studies and
Development "Petar Karic") of numerous round-table discussions and symposiums.
Thus a round-table discussion entitled "Science and the challenges of a new
millenium" (1994) was held with the participation of the highest representatives of
the Serbian and Russian Academy of science. |
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The
following symposiums and round-table discussions were also held; "The
Role of Religion in the Peaceful Settlement of Conflicts" (1997)
organized in cooperation with the Faculty of Theology in Belgrade, "Scientific
Ethics in an Era of Globalization" (1998) with the participation of
distinguished world statesmen, former heads of state and governments, scientists and
diplomats; |
Then,
"The Russian Federation, Yugoslavia and the World on
the Eve of the Third Millenium" (1998) with participation of Russian, Serbian and
Slovak sociologists and "New achievements in the Study of Consciousness" (1998)
with the participation of distinguished scientists from Russia and in cooperation with the
Centre for Clinical Medicine in Belgrade. |
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