About us
Project initiators and implementers:
Project "Viaggiare i Balcani" is promoted by:
Associazione Progetto Prijedor, based in Trento
Associazione Tremembè Onlus, based in Trento
Associazione Progetto Prijedor
mail:progetto.prijedor@libero.it
This is a volunteer – based association and their work involves various municipal boards, associations and individuals. It operates in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as in other parts of the Balkans and they support forms of community based cooperation, parallel diplomacy and conflict resolution. In 1996, “Progetto Prijedor" initiated the program of creating the permanent relations with the town of Prijedor, so that in the year 2000 the first Agency of Local Democracy begun in the so called Repubic of Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Together with the l’Associazione Tremembè, they initiated the joint actions for promoting Responsible Tourism in 2002.
Tremembè Onlus
mail: tremembe@unimondo.org
In collaboration with the local partners, this organization works on micro projects for sensitizing and educating for intercultural actions. In Brazil, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Italy, organization promotes projects about Responsible Tourism as a form of self-sustainability and developing models of a decentralized cooperation. At the local level, it promotes the culture of opening towards the world, acknowledging differences and collaborating in order to create a more just economy.
Main organizations of the Responsible Tourism Network of Southeast Europe:
- l'Associazione delle ADL – ALDA, Strassbur
- oneworld - platform for southeast europe (owpsee), Sarajevo
ALDA
L’ALDA is the coordination center for 11 Agencies of Local Democracy present in various parts of the Balkans. Partly, ALDA is the promoter of the ADL-a as well as the representatives of the Council of Europe and the Congress of the Local and Regional Assemblies of Europe. At the proposition of our associations, L’ALDA initiated the process of including Agencies of Local Democracy into this theme. www.ldaaonline.org - L’ALDA supports and promotes programs of local self-development and Responsible Tourism (eco, village, sports...).
[b]oneworld - platform for south east europe[/b]
In 2003, oneworld southeast europe began as a portal initiative of text and audio news online linking the countries of the region. Today, it has grown into a recognized information service organization and partner for social change, collaborating with around 200 partner organizations across the region and the world.
Registered as a foundation in 2005, oneworld – platform for southeast europe (owpsee) envisions an active and efficient online community in South East Europe, unified in efforts to impact faster democratic developments and positive social change within civil societies of the region, and cooperating through interactive platforms at local, national, regional and international levels.
As a mission driven organization, owpsee has identified areas of special interest that will be the focus of our work between 2006 - 2008:
- Local content in local languages – further developing our multimedia and multi-language portal, promoting and facilitating the production of local content by civil society organizations (CSOs) using new technologies
- Capacity Building, Knowledge-Sharing and Transfer – strengthening the abilities, role, and engagement of civil society organizations in Information Communication Technology (ICT) through our projects and collaboration on other organizations' programs
- Networking, Regional Cooperation Models – expanding and strengthening the network(s) of CSOs, and promoting and generating sustainable regional cooperation models, aiming to create and offer an accessible, dynamic environment where communities, civil initiatives, and individuals can take part in knowledge exchange and transfer.
Two cross-cutting issues are an integral part of all owpsee work: 'Information and Communication Open Policy' and a 'Gender Sensitive Approach'.
owpsee is a member of the OneWorld global network
For more information, please contact us at info@oneworldsee.org
Other partners:
Sud est Europe
Village/Rural Tourism Network from Prijedor that works to promote and valorize nature produce (mushrooms, chestnuts, etc) and local crafts, all formed thanks to the “Become and entrepreneur in BiH”,
A Way of the Water Consortium from Kraljevo, Serbia
Office for Tourism Promotion, Peja Kosov@
In Trentino
Levico Terme Municipality
Pinzolo Municipality
Atas kultura
And, at the national level:
Legambiente,
l’Associazione Italiana del Turismo Responsabile (AITR)
Federazione Italiana Amici della Bicicletta (FIAB)
and other Italian organizations that can be recognized in the project of the Responsible Tourism Network for the Balkans
