"A Step Into Growth", Valjevo

Date of interview: 3/11/2000

I. Identity of Organisation

Address

Valjevo Postal Code 14000 Street: Mišarska 6a

Tel. +38114 229-181 Fax +38114 229-181 e_mail: step@vanet.co.yu, step@Eunet.yu

Contact persons: Milena Maksimovic Tel. +381 63 8347-820, +38114 238-857 Speaks: English

Legal Status

The Organisation is Association of citizens since 1995

Aims

To stimulate and help to develop various potentials and skills of pre-school and school children, adolescents and grown-ups,

the re-socialization of children and adolescents and their reintegration into natural and social environments with help group of

experts

Members and Friends

With voting right: 10 Without voting right: 110Number of members/friends of whom have paid their membership fee: 120

Material Substructure

Office: Rented, Operating days: 9-14,16-22, Operating hours: 9-14,16-22

The organisation has access to personal computer and it is mainly uses it for data, changing information, tasks for children

There are databases in Paper and Electronic Structure

Activities Hall: yes

Performans material: room for meeting (15 persons)

Vehicles: private cars

For the organisation are offering voluntary work: 3 members.

In the organisation for other actions (printed matters or other activities) are payable members: 6 persons.

In the organisation for other actions (printed matters or other activities) are offering voluntary work: 7 persons.

Administrative board

Milena Maksimovic president

Angelina Skarep secretary

Zoran Siriški vice president

Aleksandra Siriški member

Bojana Spasojevic member

Katarina Marinkovic member

Gordana Ristic member

Predrag Gojkovic member

II. Activities

General Issue: Information - sensitization of the public (Environmental education,

Citizens information, Campaigns, Publishes)

Issue-Topic: Holistic approach of personal developing; Permanent ecological and psychological education of children

and grown-ups

From 1995 To 2000 Issues-Topic Range National

Activities - Resaults:

Multi disciplinary workshops

Actions in nature, in the city

Daily examples

General Issue: Preservation of natural way of living

Issue-Topic: Healthy diet; Mushrooms and medical herbs

From 1998 To 2000 Issues-Topic Range National

Activities - Resaults:

A collection of medical herbs and preparing the tea

A cooperation with "The mushroom society" of Valjevo

A project: "Healthy diets" Serb-English handbook

General Issue: Urban environment (Land Planning, Urban planning, Traffic)

Issue-Topic: Ecological view Valjevo; Elementary compendium of ecology for children

From 1996 To 1998 Issues-Topic Range Local

Activities - Resaults:

Exhibition of children's work: "For a better Valjevo"

Exhibition of children's work:" Children and the World"

III. Source of Information

Source of information: By Institution,. REC

Subject: International ecology organization

Time period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level

1/2000- temporally Ours Moderate

Source of information: By Internet

Subject: International Electronic Network

Time period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level

1/1999- temporally Common Moderate

Source of information: Specific literature

Subject: Ecology and psychology books on English

Time period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level

- periodical Ours Moderate

Extending resources of informations

IV. Relations with the Press

Getting informations about actions and projects of "A step into growth" in local newspaper

V. Relations with Mass Media

Title: VTV

Subject: actions

Type Range Time period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level

TV Local 1/1997- temporally Common Moderate

Public introducing about activities, works and results in local TV more than until now

VI. Relations with others ENGO

Name: Rotary international

Subject: reeducation of children and youth