BALKAN ASSOCIATION FOR FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION

Friendship without borders

The Balkan Association for Friendship and Cooperation is an association that aims to develop the friendship, good neighbourly living and the mutual cooperation between the people of this region. This association’s main offices are in Bitola, and its motto is "Friendship and cooperation without borders", and it realizes its goals through implementation of projects, organization of seminars and round tables, forums and media presentations.

The Balkan Association for Friendship and Cooperation concrete goal is cooperation with the non-governmental organizations of the region, promotion and presentation of the historical and the folk inheritance, artistic and cultural achievements; development of democracy and promotion of civil society; exchange of information for development of the cooperation in the fields of economy, education and ecology; organization of humanitarian activities and aid for the handicapped people, and cooperation with the local authorities in Bitola.
Currently the Association works on the projects "Action Plan for Bitola Municipality", financed by the Institute for Sustainable Communities from USA, and Authorized Centre for Bitola, financed by the PHARE VET Programme. In process is also the realization of Balkan 2000 – A Video Diary, which is in fact an art film for the cultural and the national characteristics of seven Balkan states and the events that occured in the last ten years. This project is supported by the Organization Pro-Helvetia from Switzerland. Soon they will also start with the realization of the approved project on cooperation between Macedonia and Monte Negro, supported by the Know-How Transfer Centre of the Austrian Association of Cities.