PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAMME: INTEGRATED URBAN PLANNING
The second part of the programme will be held in the Republic of South Africa in February 2009.
Between 20 and 23 November 2008 Kotor hosted a “South-Eastern Europe Alumni Retreat Workshop” organized by the Quebec-Labrador Foundation (QLF) / Atlantic Center for the Environment. The workshop gathered former participants in QLF’s study programmes and representatives of institutions from South-Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro), as well as international organizations that could be potential future partners in QLF’s regional projects. The workshop was organized with the support of Expeditio.
Odavno sam nešto obećao, ima tome evo već godina i nešto, i evo došlo je vreme da obećanje i ispunim, govoreći o mestu u kome sam proveo godinu dana. Razlog zašto se ranije nisam oglasio jeste da najpre nisam poznavao stvari dovoljno, a kada sam ih upoznao, već je bilo kasno, jer sam izgubio svaki kritički stav i sopstvenu objektivnost. Isto kao što pišući i govoreći o Beogradu, u kome sam rođen i odrastao, ne mogu da budem objektivan, tako ni o Bratislavi, u kojoj sam proveo godinu dana, ne mogu da budem objektivan. Nadam se da cu uspeti da zadržim ipak neki stepen pristojnosti i da će ovaj moj putopis uspeti da vas natera da razmislite o tome da posetite ovaj grad, koji, generalno gledano, i nije predaleko od ovih naših krajeva...
Razmišljajući o tome šta da napišem o Brnu, gradu na jugu Češke Republike, koga sam ove godine posetio u dva navrata, shvatio sam da šta god napišem neće biti dovoljno da izrazi ono što sam osećao dok sam istraživao i upoznavao se sa istorijom i kvalitetima Brna.
At the beginning of December 2008, a representative of Expeditio participated in the international conference "Operation: City 2008" which took place in Zagreb, Croatia. Operation: City 2008 is a series of events that summarizes joint activities of Zagreb’s independent cultural scene in fields of cultural production, urban development, spatial policy, cultural policy and citizen participation. Operation: City 2008 gathers activists, artists, experts, theoreticians, as well as broader public and re-examines spatial and social changes of a modern city.