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.

A representative of EXPEDITIO participated at the conference Modernization Lessons in Skopje in the period April 1-2, 2011. The conference was organized within the project Unfinished modernizations: Between utopia and pragmatism – Architecture and urbanism in socialist Yugoslavia and after it.

The conference was organized by the Coalition for sustainable development from Skopje, one of the partners in the project Unfinished modernizations, upon whose request the representative of EXPEDITIO participated at the conference and presented experience from Montenegro regarding the treatment of modern architecture.

You can find more information on the research project Unfinished modernizations, dealing with architecture and urbanism in socialist Yugoslavia and after it, as well as about the conference in Skopje on the project website www.unfinishedmodernisations.net.

You can find in the text below the description of the conference quoted from the website of the Association of Croatian Architects, the main partner of the project Unfinished modernizations (http://www.uha.hr/direkt2010.php?tekst_id=3507)

Nedovršene modernizacije: Između utopije i pragmatizma dvogodišnji je istraživački projekt koji je dio programa 'Kultura 2007-2013' kojega podržava Europska unija. Uz Udruženje hrvatskih arhitekata, glavnog nositelja projekta, partneri na projektu su: Institut za suvremenu arhitekturu (Zagreb), Trajekt (Ljubljana), Umetnostna galerija (Maribor), Društvo arhitekata Beograda i Koalicija za održivi razvoj (Skopje). Kroz projekt se interdisciplinarno istražuje proizvodnja izgrađenog okoliša unutar društvenog, ekonomskog i kulturnog konteksta socijalističke Jugoslavije te refleksija tih procesa na području današnjih nezavisnih država nakon njenog raspada. Istraživanja će nastojati raspoznati i kritički interpretirati arhitektonske i urbanističke modele i procese koji su predstavljali kulturni i socijalni doprinos modernizacijskim procesima, te preispitati načine na koji se naslijeđe modernizacije nastavilo razvijati ili dekonstruirati u tranzicijskim i post-tranzicijskim okolnostima.
Aktivnosti projekta su uz istraživanja u koja je uključeno 14 istraživačkih timova iz zemalja nasljednica Jugoslavije i konferencije koje će se održavati u svim zemljama uključenima u projekt (Zagreb, Skopje, Beograd, Split, Ljubljana), izložbe, publikacije i internetska stranica. Završna izložba na kojoj će biti prezentirani rezultati projekta bit će u Mariboru, europskoj prijestolnici kulture 2012.
Voditelji projekta su Vladimir Kulić (University of Florida) i Maroje Mrduljaš (Arhitektonski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu).
Projekt financijski podržavaju EU Program Kultura 2007-2013, European Cultural Foundation (ECF), ERSTE Stiftung, Ministarstvo kulture RH, Grad Zagreb.

Konferencija: Pouke modernizacija, Skopje 1. - 2.4.2011.

Izgrađeni okoliš u zemljama bivše Jugoslavije bitno je obilježen zahvatima sprovedenima nakon 2. svjetskog rata. Po njihovom obimu i impaktu, može se zaključiti da su modernistička arhitektura i urbanizam jedna od dominanti tog okoliša. Modernistička arhitektura na području bivše Jugoslavije često je u lošem stanju, dok se urbane matrice nastale u vrijeme socijalizma postepeno transformiraju. Svakako, naslijeđene modernističke urbanističke matrice teško možemo zadržati intaktnima jer su gradovi dinamički sistemi koji se neizbježno mijenjaju s vremenom. S druge strane, relikti modernizacija koji su napušteni (industrijski kompleksi), nedovršene zamisli (urbanistički planovi), pa čak i pojedini promašaji ili prostori sa negativnim konotacijama (bivše vojne zone) ponekad su resursi sa neočekivanim potencijalima.

Na konferenciji će se nastojati kritički raspoznati „pouke modernizacija“ i afirmirati njihove produktivne dosege. Također, ukazat će se na nove prakse u područjima arhitekture, urbanizma i politika prostora koje dijele bliskost sa idealima i progresivnim aspiracijama povijesnih modernizacija, ali ih i unapređuju i aktualiziraju.

Prvog dana Konferencije, uvaženi predavači i gosti predstavit će svoje poglede na političke aspekte jugoslavenskog urbanizma u vrijeme samoupravljanja, kao i rezultate te kompleksne stvarnosti koja je pokazala kako početne namjere tako i kasniju nemogućnost da ih se implementira. Među predavačima su Vedran Mimica (direktor Berlage Instituta) i dr. Vlatko Korobar (profesor urbanizma na Arhitektonskom fakultetu u Skopju). Divna Penčić vodit će javni intervju s profesorom Georgijem Konstantinovskim i arhitekticom Olgom Papesh, doajenima makedonske arhitekture. Biljana Stefanovska će javno intervjuirati nove urbane aktiviste kao što su Aneta Spasoska, Dragan Krstevski i Slavica Chavdarovska iz Prve Arhi Brigade te Jane Stojanoski, Nevenka Mancheva i Vesna Mitanoska iz Podmladuvanja.

Drugi dan programa donosi dvije javne diskusije o pitanjima progresivnosti i arhitekture te pokušaj da se identificiraju početni uspjesi modernizacijskih procesa i započne ponovno preispitivanje onih procesa koji su se na različite načine pokazali neuspješnima u smislu svog osnovnog cilja: društvenog prosperiteta. Nakon panel-diskusija uslijedit će predavanje dr. Lukasza Staneka (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich), istraživača na Arhitektonskom fakultetu i kustosa izložbe PRL™ Izvozna arhitektura i urbanizam socijalističke Poljske (Muzej moderne umjetnosti u Varšavi, 2010).

Uz sve navedeno, Konferencija će biti popraćena i izložbom o Borbinoj Saveznoj nagradi za arhitekturu. Izloženi će biti nagrađeni radovi jedine savezne nagrade za arhitekturu u socijalističkoj Jugoslaviji, koju je dodjeljivao dnevni list Borba. Ova prestižna nagrada bila je glavno službeno mjerilo arhitektonske izvrsnosti u bivšoj Jugoslaviji, istovremeno odražavajući i promovirajući koncept “bratstva i jedinstva” i formiranje pan-jugoslavenskog identiteta. Namjera izložbe je opisati politički, društveni i ekonomski kontekst jezikom izgrađenog prostora, ali i pružiti priliku da se procijeni kako uopće prolaze arhitektonske vrijednosti socijalističkog društva u današnjim radikalno izmijenjenim okolnostima. Ova izložba po prvi će puta na jednom mjestu pokazati sve dobitnike Borbine Savezne nagrade, od 1965. do 1990.

During February, a representative of our organization, a member of the National Council for Sustainable Development, Biljana Gligorić, was appointed to be a member of two work groups within the Council. The first is Work group for sustainable consumption and production, and the other one is Work group for review of the Strategy for sustainable development and creation of III report on implementation of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development.

Within the Software Donation Program realized by TechSoup Global with assistance from The Rockefeller Brothers Fund-a, our organization was awarded a donation in the form of Microsoft software in the value of $10,935.00.

On March 2-6, 2011, in Istanbul workshop "Making places for the art" was held. The workshop was organized as a part of the project Istanbul Europe Express. A representative of Expeditio participated in this event.

EXPEDITIO je Centar za održivi prostorni razvoj, koji realizuje projekte u oblasti održive arhitekture, kulturnog nasljeđa i prostornog planiranja. Više informacija o Expeditio možete saznati na www.expeditio.org

Atlas TV is presenting a series of short 10-minute programmes called "Moj grad - moj dom". The Project was initiated by Ministarstvo uređenja prostora i zaštite životne sredine and ATLAS TV, in cooperation with our organization. The programmes have educational character and they are aimed at raising awareness in citizens of Montenegro on the principles of sustainable spatial development. You can see previous programmes on YOUTUBE.

On 5 February 2011, in Dubrovnik, a “MITTELMEERLAND” Symposium was held within the “AA Visiting School”. The purpose of Symposium was to examine how the Mediterranean region can position itself as a ‘territory’, one that is based on climatic and economic conditions, and subject to specific social, political and spatial dynamics and experiences. A representative of EXPEDITIO held a presentation at Symposium. For more information, please visit http://www.aaschool.ac.uk

EXPEDITIO newsletter published in January 2011 is available here. If you wish to sign up for receiving our news, subscribe in the "Join Our Mailing List" module in the right column of our website.

In order to provide support in the implementation of projects funded under the South East Europe-SEE and MED transnational programmes, the Ministry for European Integration organized, in cooperation with the Capacity Development Programme-CDP, a training in project implementation and secondary procurements for grant beneficiaries. The training, held in Budva on 1-3 December 2010, was attended by Expeditio representative.

“Elaboration of the Management Plan of the Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor” is one of the four projects approved in Montenegro under the UNESCO Participation Programme 2010-2011.

This partnership project has been prepared and submitted, with the assistance of the National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO, by the Institute for Heritage Protection from Kotor and EXPEDITIO.

The project aims to elaborate the draft Management Plan of the area of Kotor, which is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Dear friends, have a wonderful Holiday Season, with happiness and prosperity throughout the coming year ! your EXPEDITIO team

EXPEDITIO submitted comments and remarks about the draft Urban Development Project of Perast within the public debate that took place between 15 November and 15 December 2010.

The comments and remarks can be viewed here: Komentari na nacrt Urbanističkog projekta Perasta (189.76 kB)

EXPEDITIO representative attended the General Assembly of the Association CIVILSCAPE, which was held in Antwerp, Belgium, on 10-12 December 2010. At this meeting, following the decision by the CIVILSCAPE’s Executive Board, EXPEDITIO was admitted to membership of this association.

CIVILSCAPE is an international association of civil society organizations. These are non-governmental organisations (NGO) which dedicate their work to landscape protection, management and planning, according to the “European Landscape Convention” (Florence, October 20th 2000). Currently, CIVILSCAPE has 41 members from 21 countries.

“Landscape” means an area, as perceived by people, whose character is the result of the action and interaction of natural and/or human factors. Therefore our activities covers natural, rural, urban and peri-urban areas. It includes land, inland water and marine areas. It concerns landscapes that might be considered outstanding as well as everyday or degraded landscapes. “Landscapes” are an essential component of people’s surroundings, an expression of the diversity of their shared cultural and natural heritage, and a foundation of their identity.

CIVILSCAPE is dedicated to creating an enabling environment for civil society organizations, documenting the civil society organizations community, strengthening the infrastructure of the citizen sector , and promoting collaboration, both among civil society organizations and between civil society organizations, political or administrative bodies and other actors, to advance the public good in Europe and beyond.

For additional information on CIVILSCAPE, please visiti www.civilscape.org.

On Friday, 10 December 2010, Expeditio representative attended a round table for representatives of NGOs and the local government of Kotor that was held in Bizanti Palace. The aim of the round table was to identify obstacles, challenges and opportunities regarding the cooperation between NGOs and the local government. The round table presented some good practice examples in the engagement of NGOs in the creation of local public policies. The final aim is to establish priorities in the further process of development of cooperation between NGOs and the local government.

On Friday, 10 December 2010, the 19^th session of the National Council for Sustainable Development was held. A representative of our organization had the task to coordinate activities of the working group responsible for reviewing the Action Plan of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development (NSSD) and to present their results. This process was conducted in close cooperation with the Office for Sustainable Development. After completing the Action Plan revision, the working group recieved a mandate to continue, in the same composition, its work in the following year, prepare the third annual report on the NSSR implementation, and participate in the revision of the Strategy itself.

The Study of Natural and Cultural Heritage of Kostanjica was awarded special recognition at the 19^th International Salon of Urnabism, held in Šabac on 8-15 November 2010.

The International Salon of Urbanism is a traditional annual event of the Serbian Town Planners Association. The 19 International Salon of Urbanism gathered 176 authors from 14 countries: Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Srpska, Germany, Portugal, etc. with 144 entries in totally 11 categories.

The Study of Natural and Cultural Heritage of Kostanjica was awarded special recognition in the category 7 - Urban Studies and Researches.

The Study was commissioned by the Municipality of Kotor for the purpose of amending a Detailed Urban Plan of Kostanjica. The works on the study were lead by the Faculty of Architecture in Podgorica, while EXPEDITIO representatives were members of the working team responsible for its creation.

A jury report from the 19^th International Salon of Urbanism can be viewed here.

Expeditio representative participated in the seminar “Edicating Public Officials about the Prevention of Conflicts of Interest” that was held in Kotor, on 24 November 2010, in the Assembly Hall of Bizanti Palace.

This was the tenth in a series of seminars organized by the Commission for the Prevention of Conflicts of Interest of Montenegro and intended for local public officials, judges and prosecutors in the Municipalities of Kotor, Tivat and Herceg Novi, the media and NGOs.

The seminar focused on the implementation of the new Law on Prevention of Conflicts of Interest, which went into effect in 2009 laying down greater restrictions and imposing stricter penalties for public officials than the previous law from 2004. The seminar also presented the work of the Commission for the Prevention of Conflicts of Interest in the previous period, as well as experiences of Bosnia and Herzegovina in this field.

For the second time EXPEDITIO was a host to Albanian students from the Polis University - International School of Architecture and Urban Development Policies | www.universitetipolis.org | from Tirana, who visited the Bay of Boka Kotorska on 28 November 2010. The study visit included a sightseeing tour of the Old Town of Kotor, followed by a presentation on the activities of NGOs in Montenegro and activities of EXPEDITIO, held by EXPEDITIO representatives at the Assembly Hall in Bizanti Palace. After the presentation, the Albanian students had a chance to see the inner part of Boka Kotorska Bay (Kotor and Risan Bays) and visit the town of Perast. This study vistit offered the students possibility to learn more about the history of Boka Kotorska, its natural and cultural values, the threats it faces, as well as some activities currently implemented in this area.

Expeditio representative attended the announcement of the international conference “Energy Management in Cultural Heritage” which was held in the UNDP Montenegro office. This conference will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on 6-8 April 2011. We take this opportunity to bring this event to your attention.

A Preliminary Technical Assessment (PTA) for the reconstruction and renovation of the Winter Palace of King Nikola in Rijeka Crnojevića is taking place. The PTA is conducted as part of the programme “Cetinje – the City of Culture 2010-2013” approved by the Government of Montenegro. EXPEDITIO representative is a member of the PTA working group, which was formed by the Coordination Team for the implementation of “Cetinje – the City of Culture 2010–2013” programme.

A representative of Expeditio is taking part in the Advanced Course on Sustainability and Action. This course takes place at the Venice International University in Venice, Italy from November 7th-13th and at the REC in Szentendre, Hungary from November 13th – 17th, 2010.

Over the past few weeks, our organization has been involved in a project aiming at promoting energy efficiency in small and medium-sized hotels in Montenegro, which is implemented by SNV - Netherlands Development Organisation. This project encourages the involvement of SEE region into a larger European project calledHotel Energy Solutions. EXPEDITIO had a consulting role in the project, consisting in transfering our knowledge of the current situation in this area in Montenegro.

Our organization was invited by the Foundation Mies van der Rohe to nominate, as a group of independent experts, examples of modern architecture built in 2009/10 for the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2011.

Expeditio representative, Tatjana Rajić, has been invited for the second time by the Mies van der Rohe Foundation to nominate, as an independent expert, examples of contemporary architecture for the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award.

On October 7-10, 2010, a workshop “The Arts in Public Spaces ~ New Komshilook/ Neighbourhood” was held in Užice, Serbia. A representative of Expeditio participated in the workshop with a lecture entitled Reading Public Spaces - My real Facebook.

Within the project “Environment for People in the Dinaric Arc”, which is implemented by IUCN, WWF and SNV, a joint meeting of Local Action Groups (LAG) of Montenegro and Albania for Sustainable Development of Prokletije was held in Andrijevica, on 23 September 2010.

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Expeditio representative was awarded a certificate for successful completion of the training for performing energy audits of buildings. The certificate awarding ceremony was held in Podgorica on 14th September 2010.

U periodu 23-29. avgusta 2010. Godine održana je Letnja škola arhitekture u Baču. Letnja škola arhitekture je pokrenuta u okviru projekta LEGATIO Kluba Mladih Arhitekata (KMA) iz Beograda. Projekat okuplja domade i strane stručnjake i studente arhitekture iz zemalja bivše Jugoslavije oko zadataka čiji su predmet rada i istraživanja raznovrsni procesi koji se odvijaju u celinama i objektima koji su zaštideni kao spomenici kulture.

EXPEDITIO set up three new educational programmes/ documentaries from the series "The space around us" on our YouTube channel. These programs are dealing with the following topics:  sustainable development, natural heritage and historic monuments. Department for Education of Montenegro participated in an international project R.A.V.E. Space - Raising Awareness of Values of Space through the Process of Education, which was approved by the INTERREG III B CADSES (March 2005 - December 2007).

During July 2010, a representative of our organization participated in a Municipality of Kotor Commission for allocating funds to non-govermnental organizations in 2010.

The NGOs Nova from Podgorica and Expeditio from Kotor produced comments to the Draft National Programme for the Development of Culture 2011-2016, related to the support to the independent cultural scene in Montenegro. The comments were submitted to the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro in July 2010.

From 1 to 4 August 2010, a conference within the event entitled "Let's not talk about architecture" was held in Singapore. The event was organized in partnership between the associations mAAN (modern asian architecture network) and Re:Act (Really Architecture).

Enclosed you can the comments to the Draft National Programme for the Development of Culture 2011-2016 that our organization submitted to the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro. In preparing the comments, we were assisted by the partner organization Relais Culture Europe (France) with whom we cooperate within the Sostenuto project.

Between 24 July and 2 August 2010, a ten-day long course on permaculture was held in the Theth valley in the Albanian part of Prokletije Mountain. The course was organized by the Peace Park Bakans organization and it was run by Steve Read from L'Université Populaire de Permaculture in France. The course was attended by eight participants from different countries, including a representative of EXPEDITIO.

Famagusta Walled City in Cyprus is one of the most ancient cities in the Mediterranean. It is a museum under the open air with abundant cultural heritage which, based on its history and richness of culture, represents a great tourist potential. In Famagusta, there is an association of citizens called Famagusta Walled City Association, MASDER.  On 26 July 2010, representatives of this associatin visited our organization within their study tour through Montenegro and Croatia. The aim of their visit was to become acquinted with the examples of good practices in the field of cultural heritage in these two countries.

Наоко једанаест километара западно од Зајечара, у источној зони Подунавqа, тамо где се у давним временима, при крају старе и почетком нове ере, простирала Приобалска Дакија, налазе се рушевине некада велике и моћне Ромулијане - данашwег Гамзиграда. Реч је о рушевинама касноантичког царског града који је основао римски император - цезар, а касније август, Галерије, крајем трећег века... Feliks Romuliana

За оне који познају и воле старине, који их обилазе и разгледају, Дабар и некадашња Дабарска жупа у Херцеговини, средњовјековни Видошки град изнад данашњег Стоца, Ошанићи - некада главно станиште и највећи град древног илирског племена Даорса, долине ријека Брегаве и Радимqе - можда најљепших вњодотока на западу Балкана и југоистоку европског континента - су као отворена кига. Несвакидашња и занимљива...Oštanići, Dabar, Vidoški Grad

Autor putopisa: Dragiša Spremo, Banja Luka

Увек је лепо и занимљиво доћи на бедеме Старог Раса. Посетити најстарију српску престоницу, прошетати пропланцима са којих се пружа импресиван поглед на питоми кањон реке Рашке и долину Јошанице. И видети масивне камене зидине и куле, остатке некада најмоћнијег града-тврђаве у држави Рашкој... Stari Ras

EXPEDITIO representative participated at the International conference on "Transboundary Cooperation in the Dinaric Arc", which was held in Čapljina, in the period from 29 June to 1 July 2010.

The conference on "Transboundary Cooperation in the Dinaric Arc" was organized within the project "Environment for People in the Dinaric Arc“.

mAAN*Y is a biennal architecture event organised by members of mAAN (modern asian architecture network) in collaboration with partners from the host nation.
mAAN*Y is conceived as a flexible platform for the exchange of fresh ideas in the advancement of Modern Asian Architecture. Targeted specifically at the younger generation, the event takes place on alternate years as a couterpoint to the mAAN conference. The first edition of mAAN*Y will be held in Singapore in 2010 with the theme "Let's not talk about architecture" and is co-organized by mAAN and re:ACT (Really Architecture), a Singapore based group of visionary architecture enthusiasts concerned with the development of architecture in the Asian region.