IV International Conference on Waters of Montenegro

🔴 Director of the Center for Climate Change at the University of Montenegro, Ivana Vojinovic, participated in the IV International Conference on Waters of Montenegro, organized by the Montenegrin Waterworks Association and the Association of Municipalities of Montenegro.

🟢 Speaking at the panel “Climate Change,” Ivana Vojinovic pointed out the effects of the climate crisis on a global level, addressed the greatest challenges of climate change in Montenegro, the level of climate resilience of our country, the vulnerability of water resources due to climate hazards, and other issues related to this topic.

Project: Youth for Sustainable and Circular Textiles

🟢 “Youth for Sustainable and Circular Textiles” is the first project in Montenegro addressing the issue of textile waste management and targeting young people who are the biggest consumers of textiles and environmental polluters from this source.

🟡 The project “Youth for Sustainable and Circular Textiles” is supported within the Regional Programme on Local Democracy in the Western Balkans 2 – ReLOaD2, funded by the European Union🇪🇺, and implemented by UNDP in partnership with local governments.

Center for Climate Change at UDG actively involved in improving environmental governance in the Western Balkans

❗️Center for Climate Change of UDG🇲🇪 is a part of the project led by Institute for Good Governance and Policies in the Environment and Climate Change – Skopje (IPECC)🇲🇰 and financed by Оpens Society Foundations – Western Balkans, organised in the context of preparation for the upcoming Berlin Process Summit in October 2023 in Tirana.❗️❗️❗️

❗️Center for Climate Change of UDG is Rapporteur on the topic of “Good Governance in Environment” for all 6 Western Balkans countries (WB6) within the framework of the “Climate and Green Agenda”🍀, as part of the Forum for Civil Society and Think Tank Organizations for 2023 (CSF). ❗️ Good Governance in environment is a strongly relevant topic in acceleration of the path towards greener economies, implementation of the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, EU integration and acquiring climate neutral society.

❗️ IPECC in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning of the Republic of North Macedonia🇲🇰, organised “2023 Civil Society and Think Tank Forum Event for Climate and Green Agenda”, as a part of the recommendation preparation process of the Civil Society Forum (CSF) for the Berlin Process Summit in 2023, during which Director of the Centre for Climate Change of UDG, Ivana Vojinović presented Introductionary Paper “Good Governance in Environment”.

❗️ Event was organized to accelerate the process of greening economies and implement the Green Agenda, and most importantly to encourage the integration process of the Western Balkan countries in the EU.