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Children's Cultural Center Belgrade : Profile

Established in 1952 as Dom Pionira, upon the initiative of the City Pioneer Council. Its founder is the City Assembly of Belgrade. The Children's Cultural Center Belgrade through its program conception promotes national cultural heritage and modern cultural achievements for the youngest, integrating them into European and world cultural trends. By its programs it encourages individual creative potential of a child, and the consciousness of its rights. It also fulfills child's spare time with its affinities, creative play, while sociopsychologically integrating it into the group. By its program it addresses the youngest citizens of Belgrade, 4-18 years old.

The Children's Cultural Center Belgrade organizes the greatest international children's event of the city of Belgrade, "The Joy of Europe" - The International Meeting of the Children of Europe, as well as other manifestations: International Children's Drawing and Painting Contest "Joy of Europe", The Children's Music Festival - "Children Composers" and The Children's Song Contest "Little Mermaid".

 
 
   

The Children's Cultural Center Belgrade also has a large number of programs that take the children to the adventure called history, ecology, geography, music, and dance.

studios and ateliers: the play center fosters synthesis of motion, music and rhythm, it consists of ballet studio and jazz and modern dancing studio; fine arts atelier strengthens personal and original impulses by using different techniques (pencil, Indian ink, pastel, aquarelle, guash); applied arts atelier fosters children's creativity in applied arts (work with potter's wheel, textile, clay, combined techniques...); studio of drama by modern methodical approach fosters children's scenic play, adequately working on scenario, diction and motion; music program by active relation and playing, master basic musical conceptions. It includes: choir practices, musical performances and solo singing...

publishing activity will make possible publishing of works essentially connected with child's culture, literature, film, music, fine arts and ballet.

library for children and youth, with about 4,000 books and a reading room, fulfills the needs of the youngest readers for school literature and other adequate books. With its supporting programs the library enables active following of literary achievements for the youngest, as well as their literary direction and affirmation.

conferences, round tables - talks with preventive topics for children and youth, with their multidisciplinary approach keep up with the most representative programs of the Children's Cultural Center.

playful contents promote play as a basic postulate of growing up, encouraging exploration of their own city's heritage, parks, schools and nearest surroundings.

ecological contents discover child's love, care, attention, for the violated nature and joy of achievement of harmony of living together on our planet.

seminars for adults - numerous seminars are organized, because the adults learn as well, especially those who work and create with children.