In their endeavor to initiate the process of dealing with the past and the establishment of a factual truth about the war and contribution to shifting discussions from the level of disputes over facts (number of fatalities and similar) toward a dialogue on interpretations, the Centre for Peace, Nonviolence and Human Rights Osijek, Centre for Peace Studies, Civic Council for Human Rights and the Croatian Helsinki Committee decided to found Documenta – Centre for Dealing with the Past (hereinafter: Documenta). Our team is composed of 17 highly-motivated people – sociologists, lawyers, political scientists, journalists, archivists, mathematicians, IT technicians…, and more than 30 volunteers and associates. Managing Board: 5 people Assets for our activities are granted by: - Academy for Educational Development (AED / USAID) - Charles Stewart Mott Foundation - Embassy of Canada in the Republic of Croatia - Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Rep. of Croatia - Embassy of the Kingdom of the Norway in the Rep. of Croatia - Embassy of the Kingdom of the Sweden in the Rep. of Croatia - Embassy of the United States of America in the Republic of Croatia - National Foundation for Civil Society Development - Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Open Society Institute - Quaker Peace and Social Witness - Republic of Croatia - Government’s Office for Human Rights - Republic of Croatia – Ministry of Education - Robert Bosch Stiftung - Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs - The Balkan Trust for Democracy (German Marshall Fund) - United Nations Development Program (UNDP Croatia) Expected incomes in 2009: around 400.000 EUR In the realization of its goals, Documenta cooperates with the organizations of the initiators, organizations of families of missing persons, war veteran’s organizations, other civil initiatives, governmental institutions, international institutions and organizations, institutions of state and local self-governments, scientific-scholarly institutions, religious communities, media, and other interested parties. Benefits of Documenta’s work could be fully extended only if outputs will be widely used in Croatia and wider region, therefore nurturing existing network, like cooperation with founding organizations, the Centre for Peace, Nonviolence and Human Rights Osijek, Centre for Peace Studies, Civic Council for Human Rights and the Croatian Helsinki Committee and Documenta’s regional partners The Humanitarian Law Center from Belgrade, the Centre for Documentation and Research from Sarajevo, while at same time building new ones, like Coalition for Dealing with the Past, is essential. Documenta involves media, victim organisations and governmental institutions in its activities.