Is the civil society still trying to teach us hot to live freely and creatively, why most of the non-governmental sector is now struggling for mere survival, how influential and powerful are the NGOs, the attitude of the governments, the civil society and the NGO’s – are some of the topics that engaged the guests and the viewers of the 8 episode of the 2 season of “Vicinities”: Vanja Calovic (Executive Director of MANS, Montenegro), Hedvig Morvai (Executive Director of the European Fund for the Balkans, Serbia), Ivica Sola (Director of the department for Media Culture, Osijek University, Croatia) and Luan Shllaku (Executive director of Kosovo Foundation for Open Society,Kosovo). The keynote introduction is given by the writer Enver Kazaz. The European Fund for the Balkans was represented by the EFB Alumni – Petra Pekica (Croatia), Dunja Pejic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Nerimana Rifatbegovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Milos Djindjic (Serbia).