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Transhumance – new tourism offer of Kosovo and Montenegro

Transhumance is a seasonal movement of farmers and their livestock from one region to another, driven by search for better pastures and leading to the establishment of temporary pastoral settlements called katuns. Usually located at high altitudes, katuns have no infrastructure, but represent places where people live in harmony with nature. This is an ancient tradition in the cross-border area of Kosovo* and Montenegro, practiced widely even today.

However, these katuns offer limited or no services to tourists at all. This project aims to increase their capacities to provide tourism services and products. In other words, its overall objective is to improve the volume, quality and visibility of tourism related to the valorisation of cultural and natural heritage. Its specific objective is to include transhumance in the tourism offers of both Kosovo and Montenegro.

As traditional katuns are something truly authentic and unique to this cross-border area, their presentation as a new tourism product can contribute to the economic development of the area. The project is expected to result in developed thematic katun trails, as well as in camping sites and rest points. Also, 90 families along the trail will benefit from solar systems and increased accommodation capacities for tourism purposes.

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/99 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

Project name:

Transhumance – new tourism offer of Kosovo and Montenegro

Sector:

  • Cross-Border and Regional Cooperation

Start time:

01/09/2020

End time:

31/08/2022

Location:

Montenegro: Berane, Petnjica, Rozaje and Bijelo Polje Kosovo: Istog and Peja

Budget:

465411.52€

Beneficiary:

Initiative for Agriculture Development in Kosovo (IADK) – Kosovo
Partners: Regional Development Agency for Bjelasica, Komovi and Prokletije (RDA BKP) – Montenegro; Municipality of Istog – Kosovo.

More info:

https://cbc-mne-kos.org/project-of-the-2nd-cfp/transhumance-new-tourism-offer-of-kosovo-and-montenegro

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Common money – common responsibility

  • Implemented by the NGO Natura, with an aim to increase the level of knowledge and information of NGO sector and citizens in Kolašin on public spending at local level. During its implementation period, a local campaign on participatory budgeting was conducted and a budget for citizens of Kolašin Municipality was prepared, published and printed. Moreover, two trainings on citizens’ participation in decision making on budget planning and spending, were organised for 30 participants from the local municipality, media and NGO representatives.
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How is our budget spent? (Non)Public spending in Montenegro

  • It was implemented by the Centre for Investigative Journalism, with an aim to improve oversight and transparency of public spending at the national level. This was achieved by expert analysis, investigative articles and regular public dissemination of information on public expenditure, public debt structure and projects financed from the capital budget. The publication “Analysis of Montenegro’s Public Debt for the period 2006-2018” was prepared, published and printed in 200 copies, with 5 recommendations prepared for stakeholders. Three investigative journalism articles on public debt and infrastructure projects were prepared and published in printed and online media. Also, within this subgrant was organised a panel discussion and presentation of research findings and recommendations.
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Transhumance – new tourism offer of Kosovo and Montenegro

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Implemented by the NGO Monitor Center for Media and Democracy, with an aim to help reducing the level of peer violence against Roma youth. In order to raise awareness of peer violence against members of the Roma community, this sub-grant included production of several research articles. In the research process were also involved journalists from the Roma portal “Romalitika”.