Addressing the ceremony, Croatian Serb leader Milorad Pupovac said that at the time when it was founded in 1944, Prosvjeta struggled for the idea of freedom which he said was much more than the idea of identity.
Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Uzelac, who used to be at the helm of the association, expressed satisfaction with the Prosvjeta activities and urged it to remain committed to promoting the importance of the Serb culture in Croatia and to cherishing its heritage.
Serbian culture Minister Nebojsa Bradic said that the association was now working in much better conditions and that it was maintaining the relationship with Serbia which he described as the country of its origins.
He commended Prosvjeta for its publishing activities.
Croatian Culture Minister Bozo Biskupic said that his ministry was taking particular care of the central library of the Serb ethnic minority, which operates within Prosvjeta.
The minister said that the Croatian government allocated funds for the work of ethnic minority associations, treating minorities as the country's wealth.
Prosvjeta was founded in the Croatian town of Glina in 1944.