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“Construction of road line around Boka Kotorska which would cut the vertical zone of the mountain range, along with construction of buildings would compromise the area which is in the list of World Cultural Heritage. One of the alternatives for resolving traffic jams is intensifying maritime transport. But, first it is necessary to identify the cultural and natural zones and limit the urbanization level in Boka Bay“ – maintains the expert on world heritage prof. Todor Krstev from international organization ICOMOS (UNESCO advisory body). He pointed out in the press conference for the organized workshop within the process of drafting the Management Plan for Kotor area of world heritage, held in the premises of the Regional Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments that Boka Kotorska is a cultural and natural phenomenon and its heritage must be preserved.

Workshop within the process of creation of Draft Management Plan for Kotor World Heritage Site was held on May 2 and 3, 2011 organized by the Regional Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments Kotor and NGO “Expeditio“ Kotor. Funds for realization of these activities were provided from UNESCO Participation Program 2010 – 2011 and partly from the Budget of Montenegro.

The aim of the workshop was to discuss the topics which are the most important for completion of the process of creation of the Management Plan:

• positions regarding key development projects
• proposals for protected surrounding of Kotor World Heritage Site (buffer zone)
• strategic priorities i.e. priority measures of the Management Plan for the following year

Apart from the members of the task force for creation of Draft Management Plan for Kotor World Heritage Site, the workshop was attended by the representatives of the Municipalities of Kotor and Herceg Novi, members of the task force for creation of the Estimate of Cultural Area of the Territory of Kotor as well as the consultants with relevant international experience regarding World Heritage, familiar with the territory of Kotor:

• prof. Todor Krastev, ICOMOS, Bulgaria and
• prof. Katri Lisitzin, Sweden

During the previous week, a representative of our ogranization, Biljana Gligorić, attended the activities within the Program Education for Sustainable Development in the Western Balcans. She was chosen to be a part of the team of mentors who will work during the year with 25 schools in the region of Drina basin with the aim of creating school development plans focused on education for sustainable development

We have the pleasure to announce that some of the most important remarks that our organization sent to the Ministry of Culture in the form of Komentara na nacrt Nacionalnog programa razvoja kulture were incorporated into the final document which you can download on ovdje. This particularly relates to addressing topics Youth culture and Independent Culture Scene. These topics were incorporated as compulsory in the Municipal Programmes for the Development of Culture.

Representatives of the SEE Heritage members Gjirokastra Conservation and Development Organization (Albania), Expeditio (Montenegro) and Suburbium (Serbia), the CHwB Regional Office in Pristina, and SEE Heritage Secretary, took part in the People to people (P2P) study tour in Brussels (Belgium) on 29 March - 1 April 2011. The meeting was organized by the European Commission, DG Enlargement.

The process of creation of Draft Management Plan for Kotor World Heritage Site, coordinated by the Regional Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments Kotor, is in progress. The Institute formed the task force for creation of this strategic document for long-term management, protection and preservation of Kotor World Heritage Site. The work group comprises the representatives of the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, the Republical and Regional Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments, the Municipality of Kotor, the Faculty of Architecture, the Faculty for Tourism and Hospitality, the Institute for Maritime Biology and NGO “Expeditio“ Kotor.

The Prime Minister Igor Lukšić, at the National Council for Sustainable Development session today, was appointed as the President of this body, while Biljana Gligorić, a representative of NGO Expeditio was appointed as his Deputy. Thereby the committment of the Government to intensify the cooperation with the representatives of the civil society was confirmed.

Povodom reagovanja Direkcije za uređenje i izgradnju Kotora, dana 11. 04. 2011. u dnevnim novinama „Vijesti“, u vezi izgradnje zaobilaznice u Kotoru, želimo da ukažemo na par stavova koje smatramo zabrinjavajućim.