ACTIVITIES IN 2007:
EDUCATION REFORM EUROPEAN program LAW PROGRAM PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (cdp)	WOMEN’S PROGRAM RomA program East East program SUPPORT TO DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES FOLLOWING THE REFERENDUM

Through the regional network East East Program (which fosters different forms of regional cooperation for the purpose of exchange of ideas, experiences and expertise), FOSI ROM enabled implementation of the following regional projects in Montenegro during 2007:

1. NGO Juventas project titled "Tolerant Youth", implemented in partnership with the NGOs Why Not from Sarajevo and  Youth Initiative for Human Rights from Belgrade. The project aimed to enable analysis of optimum models to promote inter-ethnic tolerance among young people in the region and exchange experience/consider possible courses of action in order to raise young people's awareness of the importance of tolerance and reconciliation in the region.  Following the preliminary meeting of partner organizations (held at Cetinje in early July 2007), project partners collected the existing relevant research and conducted a new research in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and  Serbia. Project outcomes were presented at the partner organizations' meeting held in November 2007 and published in Tolerant Youth - Creating the Space Between: Beyond and After Borders. (EUR 9,900)

2. "Forum: Understanding NATO" - a project submitted by Nansen Dialog Center, Podgorica, aimed to provide regional experience and expertise in the NATO accession process and facilitate a public debate on the essence of the process of Euro-Atlantic integrations and its consequences. The project envisaged gathering relevant professionals and civil sector representatives from Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Macedonia to discuss experiences from the region and elsewhere and contribute to the transparency of the public debate on accession to NATO. The forum was organized in October 2007. (EUR 9,325)

3. "Regional Framework for Cooperation and European Integrations", to be implemented in Montenegro by the NGO European Movement in Montenegro, is part of a bigger regional project designed by 7 partner organizations from South East Europe/Western Balkans and aimed at promoting the importance of regional cooperation on the road to the EU. The publication that is intended to be one of the immediate project outputs (and to be translated to all languages spoken the region and to English) will be presented at info-points in the countries included in the project (Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia). The aim is to raise the awareness in the public and among decision-makers about the need for more intensive regional cooperation (not only among citizens and NGOs, but also among municipalities, academic institutions, media and business sector representatives). East East granted support to the project segment related to Montenegro in the amount of (EUR 3,819.21).

4. Through the East East Program, NGO Green Home was granted support to implement two bilateral projects. Project titled "Regional Cooperation in the Domain of More Efficient Use of Energy and Renewable Energy Sources" aims to promote alternative energy sources and includes a presentation of Croatian experience in this domain through a series of study visits and professional contacts with Green Action, partner organization from Croatia. (EUR 11,801)   More details »»

5. Montenegrin-Albanian project titled "Sustainable Development of the Cijevna River" aims to promote natural and cultural resources of the border area in the valley of the Cijevna River by means of developing an environmental study that would provide adequate recommendations for sustainable and environmentally sound development of this area. The project envisages organization of two workshops for the purpose of the participatory process and to include local stakeholders and articulate their opinions. The project is important from the perspective of establishing cross-border economic cooperation, as well as a good starting point for other forms of cooperation in this geographic area that belongs to the two countries. The study is planned to be presented in Montenegro and Albania. Project expenses of the partner organization from Albania are also covered by the East East Program (through Open Society Foundation Albania). (EUR 2,630)   More details »»

•  Kuce Rakica, 22 July 2008 - Round Table on sustainable development of the Cijevna river

•  Dinosa, 1 March 2008 - Workshop on sustainable development of the Cijevna river

6. Within the regional project "Western Balkans Network for Inclusive E-Government", implemented by a number of NGOs in several countries in the region (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia), the Institute for Strategic Studies and Prognosis was granted support to implement the project segment related to Montenegro. The project deals with the issue of IT development and its role in improving citizen participation in the decision-making process. The project will include a regional conference in Skoplje, aimed to produce an assessment of the situation on the regional level and provide reccommendations to help governments in the region and facilitate their meeting the obligations on the way to the EU. One part of the expenses granted within this project refers to ISSP representative's participation in the preliminary meeting of project partners held in Skoplje in November 2007. (EUR 6,556.50)

7. East East Program supported the project "Institutional Mechanisms to Prevent Violence against Women and Their Implementation on the Regional Level", implemented by the NGO SOS Telephone for Women and Children Victims of Violence, Podgorica. The project included organization of a regional conference (November 2007) to discuss current legal options concerning prevention of violence against women, exchange experience in this field and provide reccommendations/proposals to the authorities working on developing the Law on Domestic Violence and to the professional implementing measures of protection in cases of violence against women. (EUR 14,760)

East-East Program enabled participation of Montenegrin experts in the work of  the following international events organized under the auspices of this Program: