WHO ARE WE?
Public Policy Research Center (CENTER) is a team of innovative researchers and digital enthusiasts deliberating on the future of work in Serbia, as well as inclusive security and the creation of sustainable partnerships focused on social change. The CENTER was founded in year 2010 as an independent think tank aiming to contribute to the development of a sustainable, prosperous and just society in which the opinions and concerns of all citizens are equally heard and appreciated.
The CENTER strongly believes that the future of work should be addressed immediately if Serbia desires to keep a high quality of employment legacies in place. The future transformation will depend on today’s responses of policy-makers, business leaders, and workers in Serbia.
FOW2020
The third national conference ‘The Elusive World of Remote Work’ was devoted to the phenomenon of remote work. It examined potential future scenarios, opportunities, and consequences of the mass transition to teleworking due to the Covid-19 pandemic. FOW2020 debated the following questions: is teleworking a new freedom in the realm of decent work or a fast-track to the platformization of work?
Thanks everyone for participation, contribution and great atmosphere.
See you at FOW2021!
FOW2020 Organizational team
Tanja Jakobi – Conference Director
Ivan Sukovic – Art Exhibition Coordinator
Sonja Lundin – Visual Identity
SPEAKERS
Jon Messenger
Team Leader for the Working Conditions Group at the International Labour Organization (ILO)
Andrea Glorioso
Principal Administrator - Policy Officer at the European Commission
Tijana Zunic Maric
IT lawyer and Partner at Zunic Law
Ivan Sekulovic
Public Policy Adviser, Center for Democracy Foundation
Danijela Bobic
Technical Adviser - Sustainable Economic Development, UNDP Serbia
Milos Turinski
PR manager Poslovi Infostud
Ljiljana Pavlovic
Head of Membership Department, Serbian Association of Employers
Barbara Gerstenberger
Head of the Working Life Unit, Eurofound
Nevena Ruzic
Program Coordinator Open Society Organisation, Serbia
Vladan Zivanovic
Country Manager, Euronet Worldwide Inc. Serbia
Vladan Ivanovic
Faculty of Economics, University of Kragujevac
Tanja Jakobi
Executive Director and Senior Researcher, Public Policy Research Center
Branka Anđelkovic
Co-founder and Programme Director, Public Policy Research Center
Danilo Krivokapic
Director at SHARE Foundation, Belgrade
Marija Babovic
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, Director of Programmes at SeConS Development Initiative Group
Marjan Stojanovic
Head of ICT Association at Chamber of Commerce and Industry Serbia
Jovan Protic
National Coordinator for Serbia at International Labour Organization, Belgrade
Aleksandra Vitorovic
International Department, United Branch Trade Unions Nezavisnost
Mario Reljanovic
Research Associate, Institute of Comparative Law, Belgrade
Bojan Urdarevic
Labor Law Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Kragujevac
Milan Dobrijevic
Assistant Minister, Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunication
Bojana Vasiljevic
Executive Director, Human Resources East Europe, NCR Corporation
Zlatko Petrovic
Assistant Secretary General, Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data ProtectionTerritory of Working Environments
Online solo exhibition of drawings and installations
by Sava Knežević
We offer participants of our third conference on the future of work a virtual tour of Sava Knežević’s Territory of Working Environments from the comfort and safety of their homes. Let your own emotions and those of the artist guide you on your online visit to U10 Art Space as you explore the new spaces of our lives.
Territory of Working Environments is a reflection on the key topic of the conference, where the future is placed centre stage, especially at this time of uncertainty brought about by the ongoing pandemic and the mass shift to remote working. Focusing on the issue of uncertainty, on the cusp between what is now and what comes next, the author employs both drawing and creates an installation that merges glass, colour, and space.
The author interprets topics that are common knowledge but defy a single-sided reading, instead allowing one to look at the broader context of man in the unpredictable society and community of today. Boxes and spent blister packs of medicines hint at a refuge where the consumer culture system attempts to ‘heal’ us in small doses. They are a comment of sorts that both introduces the onlooker to today’s state of affairs but also ambiguously asks whether the problem with modern life perhaps lies in its sense of unfinishedness and a recognition that things are not as they seem.
The installation is in the form of a traditional stained glass window, a sumptuous decorative element whose clear geometric mullions bring a sense of balance to the space. Here we face a work whose glass facets are painted with cold white shelves containing medicines that become clearer as the light shines through them.
In their presentation, the spontaneous and unaffected drawings and the stained glass installations deny any aesthetic pretensions and create an unsubstantial, mystical atmosphere, making it difficult to decide whether these scenes attract or repel us. All elements of Territory of Working Environments admonish us and remind us of their purpose and function in our daily rituals in time of uncertainty, as we live the dilemma: do I believe in the power and ability to cure problems, or does doing so only make the symptoms visible?
Ivan Sukovic
Art Exhibition Coordinator
About the artist
Sava Knežević graduated painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade. His work is regularly exhibited at shows both in Serbia and abroad. Sava joined ULUS, the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia, in 2012. He has authored and contributed to murals at multiple sites throughout Serbia and taken part in volunteering programmes for children without parental care and children with special needs. Sava is a co-founder of U10 Art Space and teaches at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade.
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