The Second meeting of the Group of stakeholders of Cross-border Region "Neretva", organized by the Standing Working Group for Regional Rural Development in South Eastern Europe (SWG), was held in the Republic of Croatia (Zupa Dubrovacka / Konavle) on 18/4/2016. This meeting was attended by a representative of EXPEDITIO, Biljana Gligoric.

Proceedings of the International Conference "UNESCO World Heritage Site and The Role of Civil Society", organized by the World Heritage Watch in June 26-27th 2015 in Bonn (Germany), are published. The Conference was attended by over 120 representatives of civil society organizations from all over the world, including the representative of EXPEDITIO.

The assesment of the situation and development potentials of the “Neretva” cross-border region, started during the first meeting of stakeholders organized in Capljina, close to Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina on March 24 2016. EXPEDITIO representative, Biljana Gligoric, participated at this meeeting.

In connection with the process of creation of the Programme for the Development of Culture 2016-2020, Expeditio submitted comments on the draft of this document to the Ministry of Culture.

The British royal couple, Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla, visited Montenegro during their tour of the Balkans. A representative of Expeditio attended the reception organized in their honour on 18 March 2016 at the Contemporary Art Centre in Petrović Palace in Podgorica.

The information below has been taken from the website of the NGO Coalition “Through Cooperation to the Aim”, www.saradnjomdocilja.org. On March 2016, the NGO Coalition “Through Cooperation to the Aim” submitted to the Government of Montenegro an initiative for amending the Law on Culture. The initiative demands that the request for amending the Law on Culture, i.e. its part referring to project funding through a call for proposals launched by the Ministry of Culture should be included in the Programme for the Development of Culture 2016 –2020.

On 15 March 2016, Expeditio submitted an appeal to the Ministry of Culture requesting that the new Programme for the Development of Culture 2016 – 2020 should include the amendment of Article 71 of the Law on Culture that would enable non-governmental organizations to participate in calls for proposals announced by the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro. The appeal was signed by 122 stakeholders, mainly NGOs, several informal associations and individuals and one political party. Copied below is a full text of the appeal with a list of its signatories.

Drage kolege/nice, s obzirom da je u toku dostavljanje primjedbi na NACRT Programa razvoja kulture 2016-2020. smatramo da je dobra prilika da se Ministarstvu kulture dostavi ZAHTJEV da se u Program razvoja kulture 2016–2020. uvrsti mjera hitne izmjene čl. 71 Zakona o kulturi kojim će se nevladinim organizacijama omogućiti učešće na konkursima koje raspisuje Ministarstvo kulture Crne Gore. Ukoliko želite da podržite ovu inicijativu, kliknite OVDJE da pročitate ZAHTJEV i potpišite se na kraju dokumenta u ime vaše NVO/insitucije ili kao pojedinci/ke.