Awards to the authors of the best miniatures

Belgrade, January 18 – Official award ceremony, within the juried exhibition of handicrafts entitled “100 women – 100 miniatures”, was held today in the Gallery of the National Bank of Serbia. This exhibition is one of the activities within the project “Jobs in rural regions”, funded by the European Union, through RSEDP2 programme, and implemented by the Ethno Network. Exhibition was created in cooperation with the Faculty of Applied Arts, and it was also supported by the National Agency for Regional Development and the City of Belgrade

Sofia Arsic, experts’ coordinator of Ethno Network and author of the idea of miniatures exhibition, thanked to all the partners for their support and emphasised the importance of participation of women from all over Serbia in such event. She said that the goal of the project should not be awards, but enabling women to earn for themselves and their families by producing handicrafts. She also invited young authors to participate in the project and demonstrate their skills. Andrew Headey, Head of Operations III of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia, highlighted that the European Union, through the RSEDP2 programme, invested 226,000 euros to support the project of employing women in rural areas.

- In the next two years, during the project, we expect creating of 300 new working places for women, at least three new products and the new center for professional training, to assist women with improving production and selling their products – said Mr. Headey.

The Experts jury, consisting of Ethno Network designers and experts from the Faculty of Applied Arts, brought the decision on the best four miniatures, while the Honorary jury was deciding on the best young author. Awarded authors received the prizes – 1,000 euros each, as an incentive for further work and improvement.

The award of Experts jury for the best miniature created in technique of embroidery was granted to Zorica Jovanovic from Boljevac, for fillet