Ribarska obala 1
20140 Trpanj
Croatia
- Democracy and community development
- Environment/Sustainable development
- Heritage
- International/Cultural relations
- Youth and education
Our organisation has an administration consisting of a president and a vice president, who are elected every two years. Besides them,there are 8 core members who have an input in decision making,and a big number of outside associates who help with our projects.Our main partners and also our funding sources are the Municipality of Trpanj, Trpanj tourist board and various local businesses. We are primarily focused on cultural manifestations and sports projects, including concerts, festivals, competitions, plays etc.
UMT aims to revive our hometown via different projects and activities which appeal to a wide variety of people. We wish to improve what we have to offer as a tourist destination, raise the quality of life for current inhabitants of Trpanj and in the long run, to attract young families to live in our town.
Starting in 2019. with the founding of our organisation, we have brought together people who have been organising projects in Trpanj for the past decade,to cooperate, brainstorm and bring those projects to a higher level together. In June, there is a cooking/singing event called "Brodetijada". Brodetijada challenges different "klapas" (klapa - a traditional Dalmatian a capella vocal group, protected under UNESCO) to a cooking competition during the day, in which each "klapa" has to cook a "brodet", a traditional dalmatian fish stew. The winnning klapa gets a prize and in the evening all participating klapas hold a concert. There are a football (in late August/early September) and a basketball tournament (in July) , that have been going on for the past 4 years. There are at least 10 teams who apply every year in both of these tournaments, and the teams with the best results get awarded from the prize fund.In the days leading up to Assumption of Mary holiday (15.8.), local Trpanj bands hold a concert named "Noć Trpanjskih bendova" - "Night of Trpanj bands", where their friends,neighbours and families come to listen and have a good time. In late August, there is a manifestation called "Gundulićevi dani" or "Gundulić days", named after a late Croatian nobility member and poet Ivan Gundulić. This year, "Gundulićevi dani" will last for 15 days, making it a festival hosting individual musicians, klapas, and theater groups.