The Conference entitled “Discussions on the Future of the Environmental State – toward the third World Summit on Sustainable Development Rio+20” was held in Podgorica on 18 December. The Conference was organised by the National Council for Sustainable Development. The representative of EXPEDITIO attended the Conference acting as the Deputy President of the National Council for Sustainable Development.

The representative of EXPEDITIO was appointed as the member of the municipal Consultancy Group in charge of the development of the Strategic Plan of the Municipality Kotor. The deadline for the development of the Strategic Plan is 6 February 2012.

The conference about “Energy-Development-Democracy: Shaping New Energy Future in South East Europe” was held in Belgrade from 17 to 19 October 2011 in the National Assembly of Serbia. The conference was organised within the Initiative on the Establishment of Public Dialogue about Sustainable Use of Energy in South East Europe (“the Initiative”) which was launched by the members of the Network of Schools of Political Studies in south East Europe which act under the patronage of the Council of Europe, supported by the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), International Visegrad Fund and Electricity Company of Serbia.

The conference was attended by the representative of our Organisation, as a member of the delegation of Montenegro.

For more information about this project see: http://www.publicdialogue-energy.com/

On Thursday, 17 November 2011, the informative meeting concerning IV invitation to SEE projects was held in the hotel “City”, Podgorica. The representative of EXPEDITIO took part in the presentation.

On Thursday, 3 November 2011, at the bookshop Karver in Podgorica, BIFC  (Balkan Incentive Fund for Culture) was presented and the workshop on networks and networking was held, organised by the regional office of BIFC from Slovenia. The representative of Expeditio was also present at the workshops.

On Tuesday, 25 October 2011, in Herceg Novi, a meeting between the representatives of the Agency for Construction and Development of Herceg Novi and Expeditio was held. The purpose of the meeting was the possibility of cooperation on EU projects in accordance with the plans of the Agency and capacities of our organisation.

The representative of EXPEDITIO was invited to make a presentation during the SEENET Summer School entitled Reconciling Tourism Opportunities with the Process of Local Sustainable Development, organized in Skadar, Albania, in the period from 9 to 15 October 2011.

The Summer School is a partnership project entitled ’SEENET’, financed by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the local government in the Balkans. For more information about the project visit http://www.see-net.org/.