Katuns are ancient transhumant settlement scattered throughout Montenegro mountains, In old time cattle breeding has been main source of income, and providing pastures for the animals was highest priority. This is why many farmers moved high into the mountains with their cattle and stayed there for several months. This has been and still is a
On Monday, June 2024, Regional Developemt Agency for Bjelasica, komovi and Prokletije arranged a wider event on the subject of katuns – transhumant, nomadic movement of cattle and people to higher pastures in the mountains. This is an ancient tradition still practiced in Montenegro, though to a much lesser extent. What gives hope that tis
On June 17, 2024, the Regional Development Agency for Bjelasica, Komovi, and Prokletije organized the first local workshop in Montenegro within the MED GIAHS project. The event, held in Berane, brought together 31 key stakeholders, including katun farmers, representatives of local governments, and protected area managers. The workshop introduced the MED GIAHS project, which aims
Within the project financed through the US Embassy in Podgorica, within the Small grants Program of Democratic Commission, we have the honor to present our new publication ‘Invisible Women of Montenegro’. It has been our intention to present to the public successful examples of women in rural tourism, so that other rural women would
On Thursday, November 23, 2023, an event was held at Zlatar on the occasion of the official start of the “Joint Actions for the Development of Rural Tourism” project. In the opening remarks, the president of the municipality of Nova Varoš, Radosav Vasiljević, as well as the director of the Tourism Organization of Western