The Association for Responsible and Sustainable Development (UZOR) and ALB Progress organized a workshop in the area of adoption and application of policies on environmental protection and advocacy for sustainable development. The workshop was attended by over 30 citizens, representatives of local civil society organizations and civic activists. Within this target group, the focus was on representatives of minority nations and other minority national communities, persons with disabilities and members of the RE population. The workshop was led by Azra Vuković, Ilir Gojčaj, Željka Kasalica and Marko Pejović.
The workshop was divided into three segments – presentation of the project and activities that will be implemented in the Municipality of Tuza; familiarization with the relevant legal and institutional framework, with a special focus on municipal regulations and local self-government bodies; the practical part through concrete examples from practice and the creation of proposals for initiatives and civic initiatives based on the analysis of the situation in this municipality.
The goal of the workshop was to encourage the participation of citizens and local civil society organizations to fulfill their role in a democratic environment by acting as an independent partner in monitoring institutions, influencing responsibility and transparency in the development of policies and decision-making processes in the field of sustainable development.
The workshop is implemented within the project “Partnership for the local community – strengthening the contribution of civil society to the development of local policies and practices in the field of ecology and sustainable development” which is supported by the program “CSOs in Montenegro – from basic services to policy formulation – M’BASE ” implemented by the Center for Civic Education (CGO), in partnership with the German Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), the NGO Center for the Protection and Study of Birds of Montenegro (CZIP) and the NGO Politikon Network, in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Administration, Digital Society and Media and the Office for European Integration of the Government of Montenegro. The project is financed by the European Union and co-financed by the Ministry of Public Administration.
