Belgrade Youth Center, or Dom omladine Beograda (DOB), is a cultural center in Belgrade, dedicated primarily to youth. It organises numerous programs in the area of modern art and culture, as well as educational-debate programs: around 1,000 different programs per year, visited by over 180,000 youth. DOB is trying to encompass all art forms: prose, poetry, music, theatre, film, visual arts, new media and others.
Flexibility and openness to any suggestion refers not only to spaces of DOB, but also to high production standards and program conception. Belgrade Youth Center functions as a platform for promoting new artists, ideas and initiatives. Additionally, Belgrade Youth Center is a meeting point for domestic and foreign artists, and brings together representatives of different cultural scenes. DOB is a member of numerous local, regional and international cultural networks.
It was founded in 1964 under the auspices of the Secretariate of Culture of the Assembly of the City of Belgrade. The Assembly provides the main funds for the center.
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