YOUTH CENTRE HERCEG-NOVI

National Network
مونتينجرو
Address

Topla III
85340 Herceg-Novi
الجبل الأسود

Telephone
+38231342033
Fax
+38231342033
E-Mail
office@nvo-ochn.org
E-Mail (2)
milijanm@t-com.me
E-Mail (3)
katarina.satara@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
+38269577790
Mobile Phone (other)
+38268077790
Website
http://www.nvo-ochn.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2003
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
The decisions regarding YCHN are made by the Executive Board and the Assembly. There are more than 40 volunteers inside the organization. The organization works together with similar organizations from Slovenia (Drustvo za razvijanje prostovoljnoga rada, Novo Mesto), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Drustvo Triglav, Banja Luka), Serbia (Srce, Novi Sad), Croatia (Plavi telefon, Zagreb), FYR Macedonia (Sveti Nikola), etc. Budgetary resources per year are 5,000 Euros, but since the beginning of our voluntary work we have been receiving a great deal of help and support from the Herceg-Novi Municipality that consistently provides funds for our projects, we also get the support from Herceg-Novi Tourist Organization, private companies, Europe Commission in Brussels (Youth Programme), USA Embassy in Podgorica, the Government of Montenegro, and many others. We organize concrete projects, youth exchanges and seminars, and we are also a part of YOUTH-Montenegro Project, as well as included into Children and Youth Social Policy Strategic Action Plan for the city of Herceg-Novi.
Mission and Objectives

Youth Centre Herceg-Novi was officially founded on 27th January 2003 as a non-governmental and non-profitable organization. Unofficially the organization has been active since 2002. The purpose of its coming into existence was to carry out the voluntary work with children without parental care residing in Children’s Home in Bijela, which is the only such institution in Montenegro.
Mission of YCHN - Motivating the citizens and the institutions towards the true social integration of children without parental care from Children's home "Mladost" in Bijela.
The vision of YCHN is to establish an information / education / creative centre envisaged to provide support for the young people of Herceg-Novi using the core values of our organization: love, philanthropy, tolerance and equal rights for everyone.
Working on voluntary basis, the members of a civil society actively contribute to life quality improvement, get to realize their own ideas, as well as fully participate in shaping their social and natural environment. Engaging volunteers of different professions, such as teachers, engineers, doctors, students, athletes, craftsmen, pupils, etc. we got in touch with the people who are willing to spend their time in a useful and fulfilling way.

Main Projects / Activities

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

Contact (1) Full Name
Milijan Mijovic
Head of the organisation
President
Contact (2) Full Name
Katarina Satara