I wanted to mention the conference that was recently held in Mitrovica. Organised by the Forum for Cities in Transition between the 24th and 28th of May, the conference brought together people, primarily members of local government, from divided cities around the world.
Publicity poster for the conference
Source: ©Paul Sudnik - 28h May 2010
As you can read from the poster, there were representatives from Belfast, Nicosia and Jerusalem at the conference - but not only; I also met some councilors from Kirkuk in Iraq during one of the sessions. I will not go into the conference programme or its outcomes, these are not subjects for this blog, but I will mention the fact that the International Business College Mitrovica was delighted to host conference participants for an inauguration ceremony at the site of one of our proposed new buildings.
Site of International Business College Mitrovica building in the north of the town
Source: ©Paul Sudnik - 27h May 2010
Guests were welcomed by Momcilo Arlov of the Centre for Civil Society Development in Mitrovica who very kindly talked about his hopes for the International Business College Mitrovica before unveiling an architect model of the building planned for the north of the town. You can just see the model, covered with a sheet, in the bottom left hand corner of this photograph which was taken before the unveiling!
Momcilo Arlov welcomes guests to the site of the International Business College Mitovica
Source: ©Paul Sudnik - 27h May 2010
Guests discuss the plans for the International Business College Mitrovica
Source: ©Paul Sudnik - 27h May 2010
It was a very pleasant evening and I felt that the participants were pleased and impressed by what they saw of our institution. Now we just have to start the construction work!
