Montenegro

Activities are implemented through following programs: Program for Education - encouraging young people with disabilities to acquire higher education, creating the necessary conditions, education of teachers and students about the rights of persons with disabilities and inclusive education; Program for Employment and Human Resources - based on the aim of creating opportunities and increasing the number of employed persons with disabilities; Program for Independent Living of PwDs (within it are subprograms: support services, personal empowerment of PwDs, schooling and assigning of guide and assistance dogs); Legal Program and Antidiscrimination; Program for Accessibility - activities to encourage removal of architectural barriers for persons with disabilities and the Program for International Cooperation.

AYAM's main project was the establishment of the Montenegro Youth Orchestra. After that, the organization established the Festival of Young Artists 19 in which it combined in a contemporary repertoire: theater, music, fine arts, as well as lectures on the subject of arts and culture among young people.
The Association of Young artists of Montenegro is currently working on an intercultural exchange project with the Montenegro Youth Orchestra.

Main activities:
1. Empowering children and young people's skills of public speaking and presentation using music, dance and drama techniques, strengthening communication skills and writing skills of children and young people through literary and journalistic forms, empowerment of non-verbal communication skills of children and youth through art forms and drama techniques.
2. Publishing of journals and magazines, the design and implementation of an Internet portal for children and youth, organizing competitions for the selection of photographs, literary works or design solutions
3. Workshops, training, seminars, debates and round tables and info points
4. Organizing summer schools and camps, study visits, youth exchange programs, events and festivals
5. Organization of focus groups, interviews, surveys and the collection of life stories of children and young people, the publication of results
6. Public action, peaceful protest, campaigns, public events, lectures, festivals, exhibitions, concerts, performances, panel discussions and workshops with aim at improving the position of children and young people in local communities and society

Women’s Action has already been well known by its concrete results that are consequences of a series of couple-of-year activities undertaken:
* Initiating and coordinating amendments to the current legislation (Law on Women’s Quota, Law on Family Planning etc.)
* Organisation of international experts’ conferences, seminars and educational meetings on current Gender issues
* Public presentations of editions, magazines and documents based upon Gender principles
* Coordination of extensive sociological and statistic researches on women’s population in Montenegro
* Coordinating construction works of modern children’s playgrounds (covering more than 20.000 m² up to date)
* Organisation of further specialised educative trainings for unemployed women

Goals of the Organization are implemented trough three programs: Advocacy Program WRC is a member of NGO Coalition for Monitoring Chapter 23, NGO Coalition for the preparation of UPR report, editorial team of the NGO Coalition for monitoring negotiations with the European Union, National Council for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Violence against Women. We actively participate in research and development of relevant studies and reports; monitor implementation and develop modifications/amendments to laws governing women’s rights, organize trainings on domestic violence and the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Institutions in Domestic Violence and participate in campaigns, debates, lectures and panel discussions. Trough the Support program (services) for women – victims of violence, WRC continuously provides initial counseling, support trough the work of confidential persons and psychological counseling to women who suffered violence. In the scope of “Women in culture” program WRC participated in realization of the Eve Ensler’s play ‘Vagina Monologues’, in cooperation with the American Corner and U.S. Embassy in Podgorica.

Many procects of The field in architecture
-Hotels
-Librarys
-Bakerys
-Buildings
-Houses

Our services are provided primarily to children, and then to parents, other citizens of Montenegro and state institutions. Our work can be defined within the following activities, depending on the target group:
Children-directed activities: creative workshops (arts, music, cooking, clothing...); sports workshops (football, basketball, swimming...); environmental workshops; students’ support (foreign languages, maths..); prevention workshops (alcohol and drug abuse, smoking...)
Parents / citizens / institution-directed activities: lectures, debates, panel discussion.
Main projects/youth exchanges:
“A Cake for a Smile”, traditionally, every year
“Through learning to success”, donated US Embassy in Podgorica in 2005
“Through learning to success II”, donated Government of Montenegro in 2006
“Volunteers on Stage“, donated by the European Commission in the summer 2006
"Step forward", donated by the European Commission in the summer 2007
“Voluntary work of Youth on Western Balkans as a means of preparation for citizenship in democratic society”, donated by US Embassy 2009/2010
“International Children’s Carnival”, for four years now

- The establishment of a Sound and Music Section, Section of Visual Arts and movement arts section, as the basic sections of the center
- The organization of musical and stage performances inside and outside the space center
- Laying murals and installations in indoor and outdoor
- Performance research
- Creation of various types of non-formal education for young people through youth work, through workshops, training, seminars, courses, forums
- Establishment Info point for young people at the Centre
- Youth information center through the website, as well as in social networks
- Production of radio and TV programs for young
- The establishment of the library center with print and electronic publications and audio-visual material
- Publishing - publishing of magazines, publications, books
- Establish gallery space
- The establishment of the volunteer club
- Cooperation and joint projects with various formal and informal youth groups with similar profiles
- Exchange of young people at national and international level
- The organization of youth camps
- The organization of art colonies and regional artists visits
- Cooperation with local and national institutions

In last two years we had 4 projects:
- Promotion of youth work in Cetinje’’ sponsored by Institute for open society- FOSI MNE.
- Activism of young people in Cetinje and Podgorica’’ sponsored by Fond for active citizens-ACT MNE.
- Together for youth club'' sponsored by Ministry of culture MNE
- Now I now'' for students sponsored by International Organisation for immigrations (IOM)

1) The education of kids and young people
2) Rehabilitation and reintegration of stigmatized persons
3)  Educating adults and perfecting andragoric standards
4) Organizing events about health and general prosperity
5) Social and humanitarian
6) Persevering the Environment
7) Media presentation
8) Publishing activity