NEWS

FASHION SHOW FOR HANDMADE PRODUCTS

25^th April 2007- At Bezisten in Shtip, PPC Shtip organized fashion event of hand made clothes financially supported by GTZ REDEM and INWENT, Germany.

The invited had a possibility to see 20 types of clothes made using the techniques weaving, knitting, crochet, textile painting and filch. 

TV Iris was media tutor, while unselfish support was received by the sponsors AD Bargala Shtip, foto studio-foto Trajce, hair studio-Ole and hair studio Dior.

COMMUNICATION AND TEAM WORK AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING

In the period of 13^th – 15^th April 2007 PPC Shtip organized training for communication and team building and leadership for the members of the Youth Urban Councils from Shtip. 25 youth had a possibility to build up their communication skills as well as to join each other and have fun.

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACTION PLAN

FOR STIP MUNICIPALITY

Permaculture and Peacebuilding Centre PPC - Stip, within the Together to clearer environment project funded by the Regional Environment Protection Centre for Central and Eastern Europe, realized several activities, among which the preparation of a Solid Waste Management Action Plan for Stip Municipality (draft version). The plan was developed by the Coordinative Body.

Basically, during the preparation of the Action Plan the accent was put on the public participation in the decision-making processes regarding the protection of the environment, which actually means implementation of the Second Pillar of the Århus Convention, signed and ratified by R. Macedonia.

In order to achieve the project aim - establishment of a management system for the solid waste in Stip Municipality through development of an Action Plan on the basis of the principles for public participation in the decision-making processes regarding environment protection, the first draft of the Action Plan is distributed to the various stakeholders, by which once again an opportunity is given to the citizens from 14 urban communities, business sector representatives, public servants, and Council's Committees to provide their comments, remarks and suggestions for input into the final version of the plan.

The final version of the Action Plan will be submitted to the Council of Stip Municipality by the Urbanism, Communal Services and Ecology Committee, whose president took part in the plan's preparation. The plan will be proposed to the Council for adoption.

For more information on the Action Plan, please follow the link: ACTION PLAN.

HOME-BASED WORKERS WORLD CONFERENCE

Within the Building Regional Home-based Workers Centers project a world conference was held in March 2006 in Stip and Ohrid. The basis of a Home-based Workers Federation were established. It covers home-based workers from Great Britain, India, Nepal, Chile, Mexico, Turkey, Portugal, Bolivia, Guatemala, etc.

EXHIBITION CORNER AT THE STIP'S CITY HALL

In March 2006 an exhibition corner was opened at the Stip's City Hall. Hand-made products from several towns in Macedonia can be seen there. The exhibition corner was ceremonially announced through the media by the Stip's mayor Mr. Pande Sarev.

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