The President of the Municipality of Tivat, Zeljko Komnenovic, and the Executive Director of the NGO “Our Action”, Patricia Pobric, signed today an Agreement on Cooperation in the Cross-Border Cooperation Project Bosnia and Herzegovina – Montenegro, “YOUth Drive – Program for raising awareness on proper waste management and empowering legislators action ”. It is a project that connects the Bay of Kotor and the West Herzegovina County with numerous activities, with the aim of protecting the environment through improved waste management and consistent application of the principles of energy efficiency.
“Having in mind that we are a tourist destination, issues of environmental protection and treatment of various types of waste are of key importance, and we desperately need such projects supported by the European Union,” the mayor of Tivat pointed out.
The project leader, Patricia Pobrić, mentioned that the goal of the project is to strengthen the capacity to apply environmental protection and energy efficiency standards at the local level, and that “the municipalities involved in the project are offered a unique opportunity to address this issue.”
The project defines two sets of activities: activities related to the waste management process itself and activities aimed at young people and the public. When it comes to the waste management process, analyzes of the situation regarding waste treatment, pollution of watercourses and characteristics of illegal landfills, analysis of existing regulations for waste management, planning and strategic documentation, existing infrastructure, development of recommendations at the regional and local level will be conducted.
Activities with young people and the public will include the development of information material for students, the development of a digital platform, educational info-sessions in schools, a promotional campaign on social networks, multi-day educational events.
By participating in this project, the Municipality of Tivat will get: concrete analysis and recommendations from the subject areas, participation in a series of activities aimed at raising awareness of the importance of environmental protection and application of energy efficiency principles, opportunity for primary and secondary school students to participate in numerous educational events.
The project is funded by the European Union in the amount of over 230,000 EUR, with the aim of raising awareness among young people about the proper disposal of waste and environmental protection in the cross-border area of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The project “Y O U t h d r i v e” raising environmental awareness and initiating concrete actions in the West Herzegovina and the Bay of Kotor County is implemented within the IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Program Bosnia and Herzegovina – Montenegro, funded by the European Union. The project partners are non-governmental organizations, the Association for Development, Environment and Culture EKO ZH from Široki Brijeg as the project holder, and Naša akcija, based in Kotor.