B&H Cycling Tour Announced

21 July 2006

The Center for Environment announced the �Cycling Against Waste� tour, to be held from August 20 to September 4, 2006, starting at Bihac and passing through Bosanska Krupa, Sanski Most, Banja Luka, Knezevo, Travnik, Visoko, Sarajevo, Konjic, Nevesinje, Gacko, and finishing in Trebinje.

This tour is a part of the �Waste is Not Rubbish� national waste management campaign. The main goal of the campaign is the raise the public awareness about the problems of existing waste management system and the manners in which the citizens can contribute to finding a solution to this greatest, according to many, environmental problem in the country.

The participants in the Tour will engage in joint activities with local NGO activists and volunteers, including distribution of promotional material, photographic exhibition, and when possible, broadcasts of radio jingles. Rest days will be given in Banja Luka and Sarajevu, with organized tours around the cities and planned meetings with local authorities and representatives of waste management companies.

The Tour is open for participation to all interested persons, under the pre-set terms and principles of participation. Every person that wishes to participate for longer than 24 hours, has to complete a registration form. Some 20 participants are expected.

The principles and organisation approaches were mainly taken from the Ekotopia Tour, which has been organized for 16 years in a row, and which methods of organization and implementation of activities has proved efficient and successful.

For additional information (registration form, principles of participation, planned route and recommended equipment), visit Announcement of Action on Eko Mreza BIH. All enquiries should be sent to Miodrag Dakic, by mail at miodrag.dakic@czzs.org or by phone, at 051 433 140.