Through Twitter account @ cgtvituje citizens will be able to directly engage and communicate within Montenegro and to be the voice of Montenegro in the region.

Center for Democratic Transition (CDT) and the Programme office of the United Nations Development (UNDP) in Montenegro, from November 15th will, through 24 weeks, through Twitter account @ cgtvituje jointly implement the project "Montenegro on Twitter - get involved in the changes" aimed at strengthening social activism through this social network.

Twitter account @ cgtvituje is already active, and through it, in the next six months, will twit different users.

"Over account @ cgtvituje, in the next six months, twitters and the general public will have the opportunity to meet Montenegro in the way it is seen by affirmed experts from various fields, experts which are more or less known to the public. Every seven days we will have a new participant, who will inform us about his/her views in the area he/she knows, inform us what is good but what are the problems,also, and all partners will try to work together, in cooperation with institutions, and affect on problems resolution ", said Dragan Koprivica CEO of CDT.

The project "Montenegro on Twitter - get involved in the changes" was inspired by Curators of Sweden initiative. In December 2011, Sweden became the first country in the world that had an official account on Twitter surrendered into the hands of citizens. Each week a new person twit from account @ Sweeden and thus share with account followers stories and information related to Sweden. That account currently has 67,000 followers.

More on this interesting topic can be found at the following link of the Vijesti Online.

EXPEDITIO representative, Biljana Gligorić, participated in the workshop: Experts Pool Mission · that, in the framework of the project · · Ljubljana Process II · Business Planning and Fundraising - Montenegro, was organized by Ministry of Culture. The workshop was held in Cetinje, October 21st and 22nd 2013.

The workshop was led by an expert John Baguley. On the first day of the workshop participants visited the fort Besace in Virpazar and former French Embassy building in Cetinje. This was followed by a meeting at the Ministry of Culture, Cetinje, regarding fundraising and business planning. In addition to Mr. Baguley, the workshop was attended by Milica Nikolic, a member TFCS, Katarina Nikolic, supervisor of the works on Besace site, Dajkovic Alexandar, member of Ljubljana Process II Technical team, Jelena Zaric, Ljubljana Process II National coordinator and Jelena Djurovic, head of the National Library of Montenegro.

Training / advise sessions based on fundraising and business planning was organized on the second day of the workshop.

EXPEDITIO is member of Network for Social Responsibility.

Network for Social Responsibility (Network SR) is formed under the project "Fostering dialogue and partnership for sustainable development between the Government and the business sector in Montenegro," which the Department for support to the National Council for Sustainable Development (Department for assistance NCSD) in the Ministry of sustainable Development and Tourism of the Government of Montenegro conducted in cooperation with the Agency NL in the Netherlands government.

The goal of forming Network for SR is to promote and raise awareness of the general public, companies and public administration on the concept of corporate social responsibility as one of the mechanisms for sustainable development.

As a contribution, we decided to do a web site, which can be viewed at the following web address: 

http://www.drustvenaodgovornost.me/

EXPEDITIO representative, Biljana Gligorić, as a Menagement Board member, participated at the Assembly session of the Coalition NGO - by cooperation to the goal (Koalicija NVO-saradnjom do cilja). Assembly session was held on November 2nd 2013, at the PR center, Podgorica.

Expeditio representative, Biljana Gligorić, is participating at Regional Consultation on the Post-2015 Development Agenda: “Inclusive and Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Europe and Central Asia on the Post-2015 Development Agenda”, November 7th and 8th 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey, organized by Ministry of Development of Turkey (host), in cooperation with the UN Development Group for Europe and Central Asia and the Regional Coordination Mechanism, led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

Direction for Protection of Cultural Property approved the request - an initiative for establishment of protection of hotel Durmitor in Zabljak, which was submitted by NGO Expeditio in April this year.

Balkan Express is a platform that connects people interested in collaboration in and with the Balkans involved in contemporary art and complementary socially engaged practices. Third Balkan Express meeting in this series of encounters related to the issue of sustainability is taking place close to Kotor, in Dobrota, Montenegro September (10-15, 2013). Local partner of the meeting was Expeditio.

An interview with Biljana Gligoric, program director of our organization, is published on the blog of the Center for Architecture Belgrade. Here you can find the interview in its entirety.