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On Tuesday, 26 April 2016, in Podgorica, in the library of the Historical Institute of the University of Montenegro was held the workshop titled "Mountain Cultural Heritage - Research, Evaluation and Promotion". The workshop was organized as part of the project “Evaluation of Montenegrin Summer Postures through the Sustainable Development of Agriculture and Tourism – KATUN”.

Green Building Council of Montenegro (GBC ME), with financial support from the Embassy of Germany in Montenegro, is implementing the project Green Building Professional Education within which it organized a free course "Green Building Professional - GBPro". In the competition of more than 60 applicants, a representative of EXPEDITIO, Biljana Gligoric, has been chosen to participate in this interesting course. The First Module of the course was held on 21 and 22 April 2016 in the Church of St. Paul in Kotor.

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.