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Within the Second Coordination Meeting of Project Coordinators of Ljubljana process II, held in Bar on May 16-17, 2012, the representative of Expeditio gave a presentation on "Process of Development of Preliminary Technical Assessment (PTA) through Example of Old Town Bar"

A representative of Expeditio participated on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at the conference on homelessness organized by the Housing Center from Belgrade. Housing Center, in partnership with the organization DISC from the UK, is realizing the project “Social Inclusion of Homeless Persons in Serbia“, and one of the activities within the project was organizing of the mentioned conference.

We would like to thank all those who contacted us by e-mail and FaceBook to congratulate us for our birthday. We would like to apologize in advance if we fail to reply to all of you individually, but we want you to know that we were very glad and touched by your contacts and your support.

On May 10, 2012, Expeditio is celebrating 15 years of its existence. Our first, student project - Expedition Perast '97 was realized in 1997. Since then, our organization has realized over 50 projects and a large number of various activities in the field of cultural heritage, sustainable architecture and physical planning.

Expeditio took part in an international symposium entitled "Shaping Cities - International Symposium of European Organizations Operating in Space City" which took place in Prague 22-23. May 2012.

Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism within the project: "Fostering dialogue and partnership for sustainable development between the Government and the business sector in Montenegro", which the Government of Montenegro implements in cooperation with the Agency NL in the Government of the Netherlands, formed the Network for Corporate Social Responsibility (Network CSR). Network member is representatives of Expeditio Biljana Gligoric.

The objective of the formation of the Network for CSR is to promote and raise awareness of the state administration, professional institutions and business and professional associations as well as the general public about the concept of corporate social responsibility as one of the mechanisms for sustainable development. Members of Network are representatives of state and academic institutions, business and professional associations, and professional and civil society organizations. Network members tasksTasks are related to active participation in the preparation and implementation of the Action Plan network, then making the Manual for CSR for SMEs in Montenegro, tracking workshops and other meetings on the topic of CSR, preparing Network bulletin and participation in the organization of joint concrete socially responsible initiatives.

The first meeting of the Network was held on Friday, April 27th at 10 am at the premises of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism.

On the Earth Day, 22.04.2012, members of social networks TW, FB, G+,... from Montenegro organized #BicikloUP, bicycle ride through the streets of Podgorica. The goal of the action was to draw attention that Montenegrin towns need bicycle paths, in order to promote this type of transport and recreation but also to celebrate the Day of our dear Planet Earth.

A few days ago, within the project CORNERS, Balkan expedition set off with thirty artists and researchers from 7 countries from Europe who look for stories and inspiration for the work by travelling. This artistic venture of crossing the rocky Balkan started in Zagreb on 15.04.2012, and it ends in Rijeka on 29.04.2012. The CORNERS expedition will be in Cetinje on 23.04.2012.