As part of the BALANCE project, a three-day educational campaign was organized through which students were introduced to the goals of the project, the international exercise that will be held in the area of the municipalities of Kotor, Tivat and Herceg Novi, and the basic concepts of earthquakes, the seismicity of Montenegro, preventive activities and behaviour in during and after the earthquake.
On September 21, 26 and 27, representatives of the Directorate for Protection and Rescue of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Montenegro held workshops in high schools "Ivan Goran Kovačić" in Herceg Novi and "Mladost" in Tivat and in the Palace of Byzanti in Kotor. On that occasion, students were given flyers / Instructions for actions in the event of an earthquake.
In addition to the aforementioned workshops on 27.09. (Tuesday) at 10:00 a.m., a meeting of the Kotor Municipal Protection and Rescue Team was held in the Palace of Byzanti in Kotor, where members of the municipal team were informed about the BALANCE project and the upcoming international field exercise that will take place between October 10 and 14 in the area of Boka Kotorska.
The presentation was jointly held by the Commander of the Kotor Protection and Rescue Service, Maksim Mandić, and the Head of PJ Herceg Novi - the Directorate for Public Safety, Lidija Petrona Kolar, in which they presented the objectives of the project and the exercises, the participants, the preparatory and planned activities during the exercise, the responsibilities of the members of the municipal team and other participants, as well as locations in the area of the municipalities of Kotor, Tivat and Herceg Novi.
The President of the Municipality of Kotor, Mr. Vladimir Jokić, expressed his satisfaction that the exercise is being held in the area of the Municipality of Kotor and emphasized the importance of providing an effective response to the earthquake through the coordination of all participants. With full support for the organizers, the president announced his active participation in the exercise.
