The Belgrade Open School (BOS) and the FORCA association with the support of the Foundation for an Open Society Serbia organized the discussion forum "Democracy and rule of law outside the negotiation process - a view from local communities" in Požega, May 31, 2016.

At the event, a review was made of previous experiences and practices that marked the process of negotiations on the accession of the Republic of Serbia to the European Union (EU) with a special focus on the negotiating chapters in which progress was made the most and which opening was announced in the following period: Chapter 23 (Judiciary and Human Rights) and Chapter 24 (Justice, Freedom and Security).

At the discussion forum speakers were: Dragan Dobrasinović from Toplica Center for Democracy and Human Rights, Sofija Mandić from the Belgrade Center for Security Policy and Snežana Milosević from the association Lokal pres. The discussion forum was moderated by Tamara Skrozza from the weekly "VREME".

In order to represent the interests of local communities in the process of adoption and application of EU acquis, the openness and regular dialogue of local self-government, businessmen, civil society and citizens is important, so the forum was also used for the promotion and presentation of a local support team for the European integration process formed in Požega.