Montenegro

There are 3 youth information infopoints opened once a week, and they are run by volunteers. The infopoints organise different outreach activities (info boards, campaigns, creative work competitions, radio shows, drug prevention campaigns inter alia) and are established in the cultural centers of the city.

The project involved 30 high school students, in the building of Montenegrin Parliament, in co-operation with IFA (German Institute for foreign cultural cooperation), Studio DEUTSCH, and Centre for civic education MNE. The aim of the project was to play/simulate work of the EU institutions and to discuss EU enlargement issues.

Different information is posted on school information boards. A special place is allocated to the information distributed by FORUM MNE. There are static (bus schedule, faculties' contacts) and dynamic information points (open calls, announcements). Four local schools were involved in the project.

Young people, as well as wider public, discussed issue of school violence during the year, which resulted in forums on this topic, organised in 5 secondary schools in Podgorica, Montenegro. Forums were organised with students, teachers, and parents. The aim of the project was to raise awareness of causes and consequences of violence on different levels (peer to peer, teacher-student/teacher, etc..), and to come to concrete proposals for action which would lead to combatting the problem.

The campaign consisted of an open call aimed at young people (12-25) to send an essay, a painting, a graffiti and a comic on the topic ‘Not Faster than Life’, and of Forums – public discussions on the subject of youth safety in the traffic.  The results of the campaign were presented during the Youth Festival organised by Forum MNE. During the event, awards were announced and given to young authors; the best works were exhibited and the facts about safety in traffic were presented.