School4City

From 16 to 18 September 2016, the “SCHOOL4CITY” Training for Trainers was held in Ivanova Korita, as part of the project SCHOOL4CITY. The training was attended by 20 participants from Podgorica, Kotor, Danilovgrad, Plav, Sutomore, Herceg Novi, Cetinje and Tivat.

Within the project “School4City”, an introductory presentation was held at the High School Kotor on 15 September 2016, announcing practical activities with a group of students at this school.

Partners of the project SCHOOL4CITY are organizing Training for Trainers in order to improve the implementation of the teacher training program entitled “Evaluation and Planning of Space – Sustainable Cities and Neighborhoods”.

We invite Montenegrin participants who are interested to acquire training skills enabling them to teach educators in Montenegrin kindergartens, primary and high-schools about sustainable cities concept to apply to participate in the training.

A training program developed by EXPEDITIO has been included in the Catalogue of Teacher Training Programs for the school year 2016/2017. Training programs were selected by the National Education Council in accordance with the Decision No 04-5-1088 on selection of teacher training programs for the school year 2016/2017, made on 14 June 2016. The program that will be implemented by EXPEDITIO is entitled “Evaluation and Planning of Space – Sustainable Cities and Neighborhoods”.

A report has been prepared on the Study Visit to Germany intended for representatives of Montenegrin schools and kindergarten, which was organized from 5 to 9 June 2016 within the project SCHOOL4CITY. Representatives of 5 schools and kindergartens (from Plav, Podgorica, Danilovgrad and Kotor), together with the project partners – JAS from Germany, Bureau for Education Services of Montenegro and Expeditio, became acquainted with some good examples of education about sustainable development and sustainable cities at schools and kindergartens in Essen and Dusseldorf, Germany.

Study visit for representatives of schools and kindergartens from Montenegro was organized within the project SCHOOL4CITY on 5-9 June 2016. Representatives of 5 schools and kindergartens (Plav, Podgorica, Danilovgrad and Kotor) with the partners of the project - JAS Germany, Bureau for Education Services of Montenegro and Expeditio, met with examples of good practice in the field of education on sustainable development and sustainable cities in Essen and Dusseldorf in Germany. The donor of the project is DBU.

Below you can read a report on the activities of the SCHOOL4SICTY project realized from its beginning in December 2016 until the middle of March 2016. The report can be viewed here.

On 9 March 2016, a kick-off event of the project SCHOOL4CITY was held in Podgorica, at the Bureau for Education Services of Montenegro in order to mark the official beginning of the project. It was attended by 56 participants, representatives of public educational institutions in Montenegro (kindergartens, primary and secondary schools), non-governmental organizations, international organizations and schoolchildren.