Yugoslav Scout Association, Belgrade

Date of interview: 14/6/2000

I. Identity of Organisation

Address

Belgrade Postal Code 11000 Street: Moše Pijade 8/II

Tel. +38111 3610-610 Fax +38111 3616-816 e_mail: eking@ptt.yu, ztpbginv@eunet.yu

Contact persons: Marko Petrović Tel. +38111 3610-610, GSM: +381 64 1133 207

Speaks: English , French

Legal Status

The Organisation is Association of citizens since 1991

Aims

To contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law, to

help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society.

Activities of Scout Organization are in close connection with nature and nature conservation

Members and Friends

With voting right: 30000Number of members/friends of whom have paid their membership fee: 30000

Material Substructure

Office: Rented, Operating days: 8-16, Operating hours: 8-16

The organisation has access to personal computer and it is mainly uses it for Mainly used for the preparation of

various material related to the programme of the Association and for the correspondenceThere are databases in Paper and Electronic Structure

Activities Hall: Rented or granted by other organizations

Vehicles: Rented or granted by other organizations

For the organisation is working with fee 1 person.

Administrative board

Matić Goran president

Dr Radovan Mijanović vice - president

Nikolić Srđan committee member

Darmanović Vuko committee member

Božović Lazar committee member

Bojanić Dejan committee member

Šuković Veselin committee member

Zečević Jovica committee member

Stojković Miroslav committee member

Milić Vlado committee member

Stančić Petar committee member

Milošević Velimir committee member

II. Activities

General Issue: Cooperation for environmental issues

Issue-Topic: Activities on identification/registration and topographic marking of potable water courses on the

territory of Serbia and Montenegro, south of rivers Sava and Danube

From 1954 To 1990 Issues-Topic National

Activities - Resaults:

Successful cooperation with local authorities, local Water Managing Administration, local Water Supply Systems

Identification / registration of several hundreds of potable water sources

General Issue: Ecosystems protection

Issue-Topic: Participating in fighting the gypsy moth insects throughout Yugoslavia

From 1997 To 1998 Issues-Topic National

Activities - Resaults:

Cooperation with governmental institutions, Institute for the Protection of Plants, Forest Institute

Gypsy moth insects eliminated mechanically from several hundreds of thousands of trees

General Issue: Environment protection (Outvote the protection activities)

Issue-Topic: Numerous activities on local level related to the protection of environment

From To Issues-Topic Local

Activities - Resaults:

Various environmental activities

Developing the respect towards the environment

Issue-Topic: Planting trees in "Deliblatska peščara" after the fire that destroyed waste green surfaces

From 1995 To 1996 Issues-Topic National

Activities - Resaults:

Successful cooperation with local authorities, Forests Managing Administration, Institutes, School of Forestry, Nature

Conservation Club members

New trees on the surface of several hundreds of hectares

Issue-Topic: Planting trees on the overall territory of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

From 1953 To 1990 Issues-Topic National

Activities - Resaults:

Additional 1.000.000 ha of woods

General Issue: Social Action

Issue-Topic: Permanent education of membership on the field of protection of environment through daily activities

From To Issues-Topic National

Activities - Resaults:

Education on environmental issues through various instructing activities

Better understanding of necessity to protect the environment and learning specific actions

General Issue: Waste management

Issue-Topic: Participating in the World Campaign "Clean Up the World"

From 1992 To 2000 Issues-Topic

Activities - Resaults:

Cooperation with federal, regional and local governmental institutions and with Embassy of Australia

Many spots throughout the country cleaned, Educational aspects of developing correct behavior regarding

Future Actions

General Issue: Attention of membership will be particularly addressed to examining and protecting the potable water

Issue - Topic:

Range

Future Activities:

General Issue: Nutrition in the nature / ecology pure, natural food

Range

Future Activities:

General Issue: Preserving and protecting the woods from illness, pollution and negative consequences of human

Range

Future Activities:

General Issue: All big action conducted so far - will be organized in future

Range

Future Activities:

III. Source of Information

Source of information: World Organization of the Scout Movement

Time period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level

- regularly, several times a year Theirs Perfect

Source of information: European Scout Organization

Time period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level

- several times a year Theirs Perfect

Source of information: REC (Regional Environmental Center)

Time period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level

- occasionally Common Perfect

Source of information: Government institutions & Professional organizations

Time period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level

- occasionally Ours Moderate

Future plans

Intension to establish a task force / a group of young people-scouts, aiming to keep getting an up-to-date

information in the field of Ecology from various sources and continuously work on preparing useful materials and

IV. Relations with the Press

V. Relations with Mass Media

Title: RTS

Subject: Clean up the World, campaign, ECO camp, other ECO activities