[Falkor-info] Cycling Against Waste Tour in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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forwarded from the Center for Environment (miodrag.dakic@czzs.org):


Cycling Against Waste Tour in Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 20 to 
September 4, 2006

The Center for Environment announced the "Cycling Against Waste" tour, 
to be held from August 20 to September 4, 2006, starting at Bihac and 
passing through Bosanska Krupa, Sanski Most, Banja Luka, Knezevo, 
Travnik, Visoko, Sarajevo, Konjic, Nevesinje, Gacko, and finishing in 
Trebinje.

This tour is a part of the "Waste is Not Rubbish" national waste 
management campaign. The main goal of the campaign is the raise the 
public awareness about the problems of existing waste management system 
and the manners in which the citizens can contribute to finding a 
solution to this greatest, according to many, environmental problem in 
the country.

The participants in the Tour will engage in joint activities with local 
NGO activists and volunteers, including distribution of promotional 
material, photographic exhibition, and when possible, broadcasts of 
radio jingles. Rest days will be given in Banja Luka and Sarajevo, with 
organized tours around the cities and planned meetings with local 
authorities and representatives of waste management companies.

The Tour is open for participation to all interested persons, under the 
pre-set terms and principles of participation. Every person that wishes 
to participate for longer than 24 hours, has to complete a registration 
form. Some 20 participants are expected.

The principles and organisation approaches were mainly taken from the 
Ekotopia Tour, which has been organized for 16 years in a row, and which 
methods of organization and implementation of activities has proved 
efficient and successful.

All enquiries should be sent to Miodrag Dakic, by mail at miodrag.dakic 
(at) czzs.org or by phone, at
+ 387 051 433 140.

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