Herceg Novi municipality and NGO Our action signed contract of cooperation

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A cooperation agreement was signed with the municipality of Herceg Novi in the IPA cross-border project “Y O U t h D r i v e – Program for raising awareness on proper waste management and empowering legislators for taking action”. We are still waiting for the municipalities of Kotor and Tivat, in order to complete and implement activities in all three municipalities on this side of the border. Thanks to the municipality of Herceg Novi for cooperation.

Round table: “Cultural potential and tradition – benefits for young people and the municipality of Kotor”

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As part of the #MapofCutluralRouts project, young members and the director of the NGO Nasa akcija participated in a round table on “Cultural potential and tradition – benefits for young people and the municipality of Kotor.” The participants agreed that it is necessary to increase the involvement of young people, to acquaint them with the services provided by the municipality of Kotor to young people, and thus raise awareness and involvement of young people in our city.

Project “Eco Agro cluster – Boka Bay”

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NGO Our action started today the project “Eco Agro Cluster – Boka Bay” is designed as a driving force to create a network of companies, organizations, citizens in Kotor, Tivat and Herceg Novi that follow a common vision of development, promotion and support the growth of agritourism and ecotourism. In cooperation, we hope to expand this network and create an opportunity where rural tourism and rural communities can succeed, with opportunities for environmental education and food production based on the principles of organic production and permaculture. We want to raise awareness of these types of tourist opportunities, encourage the spread of the concept in the bay and promote green businesses and healthy living in the area, of course all while protecting the natural heritage of our bay.

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NGO Our action in the Greenpeace magazine

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New issue of Greenpeace Magazine, our director Patricia Pobric on the harmful consequences of Lustica Bay and other Orasco devastations in Montenegro. The first in a series of articles on the topic of how the government and investors (domestic and foreign) are destroying our country in terms of landscape, ecology, economy and archeology.

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NGO Our action part of the Youth council Kotor

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NGO Nasa akcija continues to work at the level of youth policy in the municipality of Kotor. After integral work through the project “Education and activism for a more beautiful city and a better future” through which the Local Action Plan for Youth 2020-2021 was compiled, it was finally adopted in the Assembly last month. At the same time, our four-year initiative to open a youth club for young people in the Nautica area is finally being realized. In 2020, we are working hard to achieve the goals of the local action plan through the improvement of youth policy in Kotor, through work in the Youth Council, but also through three projects that have already been approved by international organizations and institutions. Online facebook informant “Info Center for Youth Kotor” will soon have an instagram form in order to inform young people about opportunities, opportunities and other forms of improving the needs of young people. We would like to take this opportunity to highlight our young volunteers who have shown themselves in the past year and contributed to Kotor through humanitarian actions to raise funds for sick children, children with disabilities and improving conditions in OS Njegos in Skaljari through the UpShift project. There are also numerous environmental activities that adorn their work and contribution to the community.

NGO Our action is organizing “English Chat night” for youth

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Stating on the 1st of February, NGO Our action is organizing "Englsh Chat nights" for youth, which will be held every Friday at 17:00 in the NGO Center, Rakite, Kotor. Young people have chosen topics they want to talk about and that interest them and are preparing for next week. All young people from 13 to 30 years of age are welcome to this extracurricular type of education. Chat rooms will be held until the end of April 2020.

Educational event ” Youth about youth”, Budva

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On the 26th of December in the fabulously decorated TQ Plaza in Budva the educational event “Youth about youth: What have we done and have we done enough in 2019?”. We joined this event by invitation of the TQ Plaza and Youth club Budva. During the evening everyone enjoyed the sounds of the elementary school choir, various promotions and interaction. Besides the choir Svorcan Matija,a local Budva youth talked about the promotion of recycled aluminium cans and plastic bottle lids, and Lazar Djurovic displayed physics experiments. NGO Our actions at their tables focused on CV writing and career counseling, as well sa promoting youth mobility thru stipends, education, exchange and EVS experiences many of our members have participated in. We also talked about our organizational achievements in 2019. Thanks to the Budva youth club and TQ Plaza for organizing such a wonderful event. #praznicnacarolija #tqplaza #nvonasaakcija #omladinskiklubbudva #kancelarijazamlade #budva #montenegro

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CV workshop and annual results

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The first week of december we organized the last of our CV workshop for the year 2019 which include carrier counseling. Ten new youth volunteers completed the training course and had the opportunity to talk to youth about how they found a job and about their first employment experiences. . In 2019 NGO Our action had 10 workshops to assist youth to achieve gainful employment. Additionally we held workshops on “Effective time management”, “Volunteering and your career” with a total over over 133 in attendance. Furthermore 64% of youth in our NGO from 16 to 22 years of age already had their first work exeriences, older volunteer with already some experience under their belts, and this year 40% of new members of age 16 to 18 where seasonally gainfully employed and in this way where able to assist their families finances by paying for their universities, excursions, prom and other costs. In 2020 additional value added outside of school education will be added.

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Volunteers of NGO Our action visited the Retirement home in Bijelo Polje

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Volunteers of NGO Our action visited the Retirement home in Bijelo polje on Saturday, March 23rd and spend the day with the senior citizens of the home. This is our yearly traditional visit to the home and it is a true pleasure for the residence as well as our volunteers to spend time together talking, laughing and reminising. NGO Our action signed a agreement of cooperation with the home already in 2017 and this way we are also getting people from Kotor and Bijelo Polje together. The agreement focuses on a better environment and living conditions for retirees which is something in prevous years we work on together by cleaning and planting the area around the home.

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