NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION ALTERNATIVE KAKANJ

	American students-volunteers still actively working on arranging natural areas in Kakanj municipality
	On the third working day ISV volunteers are still active on arranging Bukovica excursion site located at the foot of the medieval town of Bobovac in Kakanj municipality.

	Municipal mayor and technical director of Kakanj Cement in visit to the American volunteers
	Second working day of the volunteers' program, supported by NGO „Alternative“, begun by fixing and painting the shades, benches and tables at the Bukovica excursion site located at the foothill of the medieval town of Bobovac.

	American students and NGO „Alternative“ cleaned the Bukovica excursion site
	On July 13 2009 American volunteers (ISV) and NGO „Alternative“ staff cleaned the Bukovica excursion site, located at the foot of the medieval royal town of Bobovac near Kraljeva Sutjeska. It was the first working day for the second group of students – participants of the ISV program.

	American volunteers visiting Bobovac
	American volunteers Amanda Berry (Kutztown University, Lauren Goss (McGill University), Jennifer Lamb (Penn State University), Kaela MacLellan (University of Ottawa), Kaitlyn Most (Eastern Illinois University) and Gayle Walsworth (University of Wisconsin Madison) together with representatives of NGO „Alternative“ (staff and the Assembly members) took a walk to the medieval royal town of Bobovac on Sunday, July 12 2009.

	American students-volunteers in Kakanj
	International Student Volunteers Inc. (ISV) and Kakanj municipality signed an agreement for a voluntary program in Kakanj. In addition to Kakanj municipality, the volunteers will also be hosted by ŠPD ZDK – Šumarstvo Kakanj and NGO „Alternative“ Kakanj.

	Intern communication workshop
	NGO „Alternative“ Kakanj organized and implemented a three-day seminar on intern communication for teams from Busovača, Kakanj and Zavidovići municipalities. By the end of the year the teams shall create intern communication rules and procedures. This process will be supported through the project „Strengthening the cooperation between local governments and citizens in Central BiH region“ which is financed by the Olof Palme International Center with funds of the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).

	Planning communication strategies workshop
	NGO „Alternative“ Kakanj organized and implemented the three-day workshop on communication strategies planning for councillors and representatives of executive governments from Bugojno, Donji Vakuf and Gornji Vakuf / Uskoplje.

	Communication strategies workshop
	Successful implementation of the workshop marked spreading the project „Strengthening the cooperation between local governments and citizens in Central Bih region“ on Doboj Jug, Maglaj and Teslić municipalities. 16 municipalities have so far been involved in the project.

	Improving the communication within municipal administration
	By creating the intern communication regulations, municipal teams of Busovača and Kakanj intend to improve communication within municipal administrations. We believe these teams will be joined by a team from Zavidovići as well as teams from other municipalities in which NGO „Alternative“ implement projects focused on strengthening the cooperation between local governments and citizens.

	Advantages of planning communication with the public
	Where adopted, are the communication strategies being implemented and to what extent? What are advantages of planning communication with the public? These were the themes of the meetings held in the past week in Doboj Jug, Teslić and Maglaj municipalities.

Cooperation between Local Governments and Citizens ------------------------------------------- Young people will monitor activities of municipal councils and provide public reports Towards a dynamic partnership between local governments and citizens Seminar "Communication strategy" How to achieve successful communication with citizens? Cooperation between citizens and local governments Strengthening of Cooperation between Local Governments and Citizens in Central BiH Municipalities Project "Strengthening of Cooperation between Local Governments and Citizens in 8 Central BiH Municipalities" continues in 2008 Citizens are interested in communication with local government Citizens ask – Councilors answer Mayor of Kakanj Municipality in Visit to NGO "Alternative" Cooperation strategy between local governments and citizens of 8 Central BiH municipalities Communication strategy Postcard questions delivered to councillors 3-day seminar in Neum How to improve communication with citizens? "The Olof Palme International Center" representatives in visit to NGO "Alternative" Successful communication skills Improving councillors’ communication skills Cooperation Strategy between Local Governments and Citizens of 8 Central BiH municipalities Municipalities of CBiH for Europe ------------------------------------------- Participative democracy process initiated by the project "Municipalities of the Central BiH for Europe" Workshops Councillor as a facilitator and Councillor as a leader Project "Municipalities of the Central BiH for Europe" is nearing its completion A new method of communication between councillors and citizens Citizens asked councillors! First educational cycle for councillors completed Workshop for councillors held in Busovača Councillor as a communicator workshop delivered Report from the workshop Councillor as a communicator held on May 20th 2006. Representatives of Delegation of the European Commission in BiH visited our organization Alternative uses the most modern methods of learning Workshops within the project Municipalities of the Central BiH for Europe Meeting with trainers Citizens, ask councillors Citizens, ask councillors! My qestion for councillor is... ToT seminar for trainers ToT in the project Municipalities of the Central BiH for Europe Municipalities of Central BiH for Europe STEP in the region of CBIH ------------------------------------------- Promotion of the first Tourist Guide of Kakanj and Zavidovići municipalities Educational cycle for householls successfully implemented How to receive guests properly? More natural and rural elements in the tourist offer of the Central BiH region Another week-end of May dedicated to improving tourist services Manifestation Save Bobovac 2006 Assessing the quality of tourist services Report form the workshop for households Contribution of NGO Alternative to the development of tourism in the region of CBiH Improvement of tourist services in the region of CBiH Alternative in Bobovac Strengthening of tourism through education and promotion in the region of central BiH – STEP in the region of CBiH Municipial representatives visiting NGO Alternative

Annual report 2006.

Strategy of communication of local governments with public

Report on the state of 176 cultural-historic monuments in Kakanj Municipality

Donators 1998 - 2008 (PDF)