Short but somehow important news

• Started working at the Pula University full time (3.12.2007)

I just got enrolled on a scientific project Sustainable Tourism in Croatia: A "Taste of Istria" in the position of "news researcher - assistant".

My uni web page: http://www.efpu.hr/index.php?id=411

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• CEEWEB Workshop on NGO participation in decision making on tourism development (22–25.10.2007)

Advocacy and campaigning
Dobarsko and Govedartzi, Rila Mountains, Bulgaria

In many locations in Central and Eastern Europe, tourism development has clearly exceeded the carrying capacity and led to dramatic consequences for both, nature and people. However, good examples do exist, which show that tourism may indeed contribute to a harmonised co-existence of man and nature – if implemented in a sustainable manner.

NGOs have a role to play in both, advocating sustainable tourism and preventing those tourism activities that do not meet sustainable development criteria. Looking around in Central and Eastern Europe it becomes evident that NGOs do not tap their full potential in this field. The workshop of the CEEWEB Sustainable Tourism Working Group aimed to strengthen NGOs in their activities.

More: www.ceeweb.org/workingroups/sustainabletourism/Meetings/i...

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• Green Istria development/strategic planning started with a trip (30.06-01.07.2007)

The workshop took place in the ex partizan command center (today a tavern of the agrotourism Špinovci close to Motovun) while some weird crowd was quietly celebrating a wedding in the restaurant next door. To relax we were mainly looking towards the Motovun hill, but we also reposesed some guns and a bow from a team building animator crew waiting for some clients from Zagreb...

The work was intense, but thanks to Robert (developing methodology), Irena (with great remarks) and Mirna (the best ngo trainer I ever met) and the Green Istria spirit i can most sertainly declare: THE WAR ON UNSUSTAINABLE ISTRIAN PRACTICES HAS BEGUN! ;))

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• Taste some photos from the CEEWEB Workshop on NGO participation

in decision making on tourism development: Advocacy and campaigning

Dobarsko and Govedartzi, Rila Mountains, Bulgaria October 22 – 25, 2007

In many locations in Central and Eastern Europe, tourism development has clearly exceeded the carrying capacity and led to dramatic consequences for both, nature and people. However, good examples do exist, which show that tourism may indeed contribute to a harmonised co-existence of man and nature – if implemented in a sustainable manner.

NGOs have a role to play in both, advocating sustainable tourism and preventing those tourism activities that do not meet sustainable development criteria. Looking around in Central and Eastern Europe it becomes evident that NGOs do not tap their full potential in this field. The workshop of the CEEWEB Sustainable Tourism Working Group aimed to strengthen NGOs in their activities.

More: www.ceeweb.org/workingroups/sustainabletourism/Meetings/i...

• Social Structures And Institutions: The Quest for Social Justice (18-23.06.2007)

Invited by the course director prof. Caldarovic I gave a presentation "Improvement of local democracy and applying sustainability in practice - Green agenda in Istria". It went just fine, but it's so much easier and relaxed talking to sociologists while enjoying first days of summer in Dubrovnik

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• Barbara&myselft took part in the ICommons Summit in Dubrovnik (15-17.06.2007)

Once a year, about 300 people from over 50 countries come together to celebrate and strategise around a free Internet for all. Leaders of the Creative Commons, free software, open education and access to knowledge communities talk about their vision for the future and discuss strategies for building a free global culture that is rich - both in terms of economic viability and geographic diversity.

With our friends from MI2 we emerged ourselves in the discussions, face2face as well as through second life.

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• First semester lectures @ PhD? finished (28.04.2007)

I followed 5 lectures in this semester and traveled almost every weekend to Zagreb (and Zadar) for several months. Now I'm getting ready for the exams and preparing a paper for a conference in Dubrovnik at the end of June...

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• Four lectures for the SuperSizeEurope project (19.04.2007)

As University of Pula is a member of the SuperSizeEurope project I was invited to give four lectures (2 in Rijeka and 2 in Pula) on "Economic and land properties". Therefore I prepared a lecture (with presentation) on "Public participation in environmental impact assessment". The students were quite skeptical on any possibility for a positive change of Croatian economical, social and political policies, but wanted to discuss EU enlargement issues with an "objective" expert. If they only knew the truth

Press coverage (in croatian):

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• I got invited to present ekologija.hr @ UNECE & REC workshop in .hu (8-9.03.2007)

Subregional workshop “Capacity building for the Aarhus Clearinghouse Mechanism and Electronic Information Tools” 8-9 March 2007. Check some notes? from the workshop...

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• My PhD? studies started in Zagreb (09.02.2007)

In first semester I'm following 5 lectures + have several obligations such as writing papers, attending conferences etc. Will do, will do...

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• Research: Taste of Istria project launched (08.02.2007)

First meeting of our scientific project launched the research!

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• Ivica is uncle to a girl named Mia (24.12.2006)

Today Tanja gave birth to a 3.1kg girl! Oxford population increased for one soul, our family is bigger for the eternity!

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• Taste of Istra project got green light (20.12.2006)

According the Ministry of science's decision FET's project will receive funding. 2007. might be a nice year after all!

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• I'm a PhD? student! ;)(15.12.2006)

My application for the PhD? studies @ Zagreb Uni was approved! My dear friends living in Zagreb, we'll hang out more often once again...

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• Had some great time in Oxford and London (08-18.11.2006)

Barbie and myself visited Nikica & Tanja @ Oxford and Evana @ London. Nice trip, hope to come again asap.

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• Ryanair connecting Pula with London and Dublin

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(01.11.2006)

• New academic year started - I'm teaching "Economic Sociology" + "IT and society" (01.10.2006)

Around 160 students will cross their paths with me during their 5th semester at the Faculty of economy (Economic sociology) and more than 100 students during their 7th and 8th semester (for Information Technology and Society). I'm reading a book called Gettings things done hoping that will help with my increasing number of daily tasks...

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• Goletta Verde, a Legambiente sailing ship visited Pula. (21.08.2006)

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• The IPTrip2India just finished, but I leave Pula to meet Nikica & Tanja @ Rab (05.08.2006)

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• Monteparadiso Netlabel website is activated! (25.06.2006)

We started a netlabel for music that wants to be free, check it out on the web:

• • http://http://netlabel.monteparadiso.org

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• New Delhi, India is my home for next 6 weeks (22.06.2006)

If you're interested why I rushed to New Delhi and how I'm managing in the totaly unknow world, read my short remarks about my trip to India

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• I'm a Project Manager Now (01.06.2006)

I got a contract with Zelena Istra for working on several projects. I could wait for the faculty position for another 5 years, but somehow, my 30th birthday is approaching and forcing me to earn at least some money for the food I eat...

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• New Ubuntu Linux is Out (01.06.2006)

Don't wait, just go to the Ubuntu website and order as many free CDs you need. They even ship them for free!

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• Richard Stallman came to Pula: "Happy hacking!" - guru had said (07.03.2006)

Richard Stallman came with our friends from mi2.hr for, what we expected, a tour of the 3.000 years old city, Monteparadiso Hacklab etc. But self proclaimed "Saint Ignucius of the Church of Emacs" wasn't too interested in people or historical, social or other contexts of his wherabouts - he asked no questions, requested not to have more than three people at table, ignored the sunny weather after the bora wind... He came to Croatia to offer two lectures on patents and free software issues in Zagreb, but we'll much rather stay in Pula: tomorrow it's Hacklab's birthday party and on friday we'll party with 270beat - squattish partymakers' benefit gig...

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• Flickr photo gallery from the New Year's Party (06.01.2006)

If you'd like to see all the photos, ask me to send you a flickr invitation on your e-mail. Some pictures are for friends/family eyes only

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• New Year's resolutions: As previously announced, from 31.12.2005 I no longer support any usage of proprietary software (01.01.2006)

So please, don't insult me by asking to help you with your pirated MS Windows and related stuff. Just use free gnu/linux! It's sooooooo easy!

Try this one: http:/

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www.ubuntulinux.org

• Back @ the university! I just started with giving 'ICT & society' exercises (11.10.2005)

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• We just got back from the 8 days offline vacation @ Rab island (13.08.2005)

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• Barbara's documentary @ Motovun Film Festival (29.07.2005)

Save Posidonia oceanica meadows - treasury of biological diversity of the Adriatic Sea (CC) - Friday, 14:00h <- 15 minutes environmental underwater documentary filmed in the Adriatic Sea (Croatia)

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• News: I've just graduated! (06.07.2005)

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