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.

Dragi prijatelji/ce,

putem mailing liste, naša organizacija je nedavno otvorila pitanje rentiranja skupih poslovnih prostora za rad, sa kojim se suočavamo ne samo mi, već i druge NVO-a u Crnoj Gori.

Smatramo da bi organizacije civilnog drustva, kao neko ko djeluje u interesu javnosti, morale imati povoljniji tretman u obezbjedjivanju prostora za rad tj. da ne bi smjele biti prepustene konkurenciji na trzistu koje diktira poslovno okruženje. Takođe smatramo, da bi opštinske i nacionalne vlasti morale prepoznati svoju ulogu u kreiranju okvira za održivost civilnog sektora, što je već praksa u zemljama regiona i EU.

Obratili smo se kolegama/nicama iz NVO sektora sa molbom da nam se jave sa predlzima i idejama. Dobili smo oko 40 e-mailova iz Crne Gore i regiona i medju njima je bilo veoma mnogo korisnih iskustava, savjeta, primjera, sugestija i ideja.

The European Union (hereinafter EU) is holding a summit on the Balkans, which is to take place in Sarajevo, on the 2nd June 2010. The summit should bring together the Balkan countries and  the EU high level representatives in order to confirm the EU’s commitment to the Western Balkans.

Using this opportunity, the civil society organizations from the region (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia), with the support of the Open Society Insitute offices in these countries, have prepared a Statement of the Western Balkan Civil Society, which insists on reaffirmation of the EU enlargement policy in the Western Balkans.

The statement will be presented at a press conference in Sarajevo, on Monday, 1 June 2010, on the eve of the EU-Balkan summit.

EXPEDITIO is one of the signatories of this Statement.

The text of the Statement can be downloaded here.

During May, EXPEDITIO joined the coalition “Together for LGBT Rights”. The leaders of this project are the NGOs Juventas and Monitoring Centre from Podgorica. The main goal of the project is to promote and support LGBT people’s human rights in Montenegro. Our organization will be active within the activity Public Advocacy Campaign and we will try to assist in the work of the Coalition with our knowledge and experience, whereby we want to contribute to improving the rights of sexual minorities and human rights in general in Montenegro.

This project is funded by the European Union, managed by the European Union Delegation to Montenegro and implemented by Youth Cultural Center Juventas.
Ovaj projekat je finansiran od strane Evropske Unije, posredstvom delegacije Evropske Unije u Crnoj Gori , a sprovodi ga Omladinski Kulturni Centar Juventas.

On 19 May 2010, in Igalo, a Partner Search Forum was held under the IPA Cross-Border Programme Croatia - Montenegro funded by the European Commission. Representatives of Expeditio attended the forum because we are interested in establishing partnerships with colleagues from Croatia, in order to apply jointly with projects of cross-border cooperation between Croatia and Montenegro. All potential partners, who are interested in the topics of our activity (spatial planning and management, sustainable architecture, cultural heritage ...) and willing to cooperate with us, can contact us on e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or telephone +382 32 302 520 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +382 32 302 520 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.

On April 23-25, 2010, the eighth meeting of the SEE Heritage Network was held in Rijeka, Croatia. The meeting was organized by the NGO Pro Torpedo - Association for the Promotion and Preservation of Industrial Heritage of Rijeka, which is one of the SEE Heritage Network members. The meeting focused on the theme of industrial heritage of Southeastern Europe and it was held in parallel with the Fourth International Conference on Industrial Heritage organized by Pro Torpedo.

For the purpose of the conference, the SEE Heritage Network members have prepared posters featuring the industrial heritage of their countries.

The meeting was funded by the foundation Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB).

Additional information about the meeting, together with its report will be posted soon.

Comments on the Draft Detailed Spatial Plan (DSP) for the area of multiple reservoirs on the Morača River and the Draft Report on Strategic Environmental Assessment of this plan were submitted to the Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environment of Montenegro.

The comments can be downloaded here

We support all the activities undertaken by the NGO Green Home in connection with the construction of hydropower plants on the Morača River.

Enclosed is a map of the planned accumulation reservoirs, on whose cross-section it is possible to see the actual size/height of dams (construction height).

Read more here www.pametuglavu.me

NGO GreenHome Podgorica

Currently, an assessment of the cultural landscape of Boka Kotorska and the area of Kotor on the UNESCO's World Heritage List is conducted by the Regional Institute for Heritage Protection from Kotor. The coordinator of this activity is Ms. Katri Lisitzin, a cultural landscape expert from Sweden. The assessment of the cultural landscape will be done by a local team, one of whose members is a representative of EXPEDITIO.

Work Your Talk: A Sharing Session on Participatory Architectural Practices is a sharing session that is part of the Public Occasion Agency series of events. This event, hosted at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London will bring together five community driven architectural groups from three different continents through an online conference. The session will allow participants - Expeditio (Montenegro), re:ACT (Singapore), Claudia Amico from Espacio Expresion (Peru), Maya Ballen from (Y)NCLUYE (Peru) and Juan Sebastian Bustamante Fernandez & Natalia Castanho Cardenas from Medellin La Mas Educada (Colombia) - to exchange ideas between their different modes of participatory operations in different localities and contexts.

Manastirski kompleks Sveta gora na Atosu, na poluostrvu Halkidik u Grčkoj, već vekovima pleni pažnju duhovnika, ljudi posvećenih veri, ali i kulturi, prosveti, nauci i umetnosti. Poslednjih decenija tu se sve češće sreću i turisti sa raznih strana sveta, koje Sveta gora privlači iskonskim mirom, nataloženom patinom minulih vekova i magijskom snagom ambijenta u kome je sve, pa i masivne kamene zidine kojima su srednjovekovni hramovi okruženi, prožeto duhovnošću i natopljeno istorijom.... Hilandar, putopis

Da ,,ravno Kosovo" nije samo zatalasana ravnica, kao što su to prostori na južnom obodu Ibra i u širokom pojasu Sitnice, lako se uveriti ako dođete na Novo Brdo, nekada dobro utvrđeni grad iz vremena kralja Milutina, koji je podignut na hiljadu i 124 metra nadmorske visine. Novo Brdo nalazi se oko 40 kilometara jugoistočno od Prištine, na jednoj od najviših kota Velike planine. U vreme kada su Priština, Podujevo, Gnjilane, Uroševac i neki drugi kosovski gradovi bili tek mala naselja, Novo Brdo je slovilo kao najveće i najznačajnijerudarsko i trgovačko središte na Balkanu....Novo Brdo, putopis

"Босански човек не гази по земљи него по слојевима изумрлих култура. Он у своју колибу узиђује камен из римског храма, а своје двориште прекрива плочама некадашњих друмова... Запустели градови по бреговима пунили су се стравичним звуцима ветрова и огртали косама дивљег зеленила. Успомену на њихове господаре, босанске краљеве и властелу, затирала су мучна времена заједно са околним становништвом које је могло да чува традицију. И тако је народ те замкове све више насељавао и све их више уплитао у приче, изазване чудесним и страшним изгледом рушевина, а не сећањем на њихове некадашње становнике. Тако се гасила успомена на стару средњовековну Босну..."

Thinking about what to write about Brno, a city in the south of the Czech Republic, which this year I visited twice, I realized that whatever I write will not be enough to express what I felt when I researched and learned about the history and qualities of Brno. Every student of architecture, and even those who have not studied architecture, but they had "really lucky" to know someone who has studied, can say that the first association that comes in your head when someone mentions Brno, is Tugendhat Villa of German architect and one of the founders and leaders of modern Europe, Mies van der Rohe ...