MIMOSA FESTIVAL – February 17 – March 4 The Mimosa Festival is a traditional event that has been held in Herceg Novi for 54 years. As part of this manifestation, a large number of traditional events are held, such as the mimosa harvest, masquerade balls, carnival parades and the famous trial and burning of the…
In the foyer of the “Park” hall, on January 31, starting at 12 noon, a press conference was held on the occasion of the completion of the “WONDER” project. The results of the project were presented, as well as the positive effects that the project had on the local community. The speakers at the press…
Istria Granfondo Family & Gourmet Tour will take you on a recreational bike ride around Novigrad and its surroundings, along the shore, through olive groves and vineyards. Treat your family to an unforgettable trip in nature! This gourmet and fun tour will let you enjoy the magnificent views while tasting Istrian dishes at the refreshment…
Novigrad Sports Hall 11 February 2023 / 10 a.m. A rainbow of colours and inventive costumes, the exuberant voices of children and a joyful atmosphere – you just cannot miss the Novigrad Kids’ Carnival! On Saturday 11 February, starting at 10 a.m., children dressed in original costumes they’ve made all by themselves (with a little…
The Municipality of West Achaia is being equipped with six new playgrounds. The playgrounds will have modern equipment, fencing, water supply, gazebos, benches, all the needed childrens recreational equipment and outdoor sports equipment, while the planting of grass and plants is also planned. The relevant contract was signed between the Mayor and the contracting company.…
After three difficult years when, due to the pandemic, the carnival events were suspended, the Carnival of West Achaia is coming back strongly. Its peak moment will be the parade on Saturday, February 25 at 15.00 in Kato Achaia. Until then a number of carnival activities will be developed, where childrens spontaneity and creativity will…
Novigrad, Croatia A rainbow of colours and inventive costumes, the exuberant voices of children and a joyful atmosphere – you just cannot miss the Novigrad Kids’ Carnival! On Saturday 11 February, starting at 10 a.m., children dressed in original costumes they’ve made all by themselves (with a little help from their parents and kindergarten teachers)…
Novo mesto is organizing a carnival celebration on Saturday, 18th of February. These fun-loving festivities helps us chase the winter away and summon the spring. Come and join us as we march with majorettes and marching band to the Main Square of Novo mesto, where masks will take over the city center. The carnival will continue with…
On Sunday, October 9th, at 11:00 am, a local event for children was held in Dimokratias Square in Kato Achaia, as one of the WONDER project activities. Children from West Achaia spent a morning of joy and fun in the city center, with artistic activities and games, such as painting, athletic competitions, puppet theater, face…
As part of the Interreg Adrion Wonder “Child friendly destinations” project final conference and partner meeting took place in Cervia, Italy from October 17th to October 19th 2022. The conference was opened by the mayor of Cervia, Massimo Medri and with moderator Daniela Ferrara final conference was successful thanks to all stakeholders. The conclusions and…
Final conference and partner meeting will take a place in CERVIA – ITALY, October 18th 2022, at 9:30 am – Magazzino del Sale Torre V.le Nazario Sauro 2 Contribution of the project “WONDER-Child friendly destinations”
Observatory for Children and Youth Rights realized some “Indoor Children Playgrounds” in partnership with restaurants in Elbasan and Kolonja city for introducing Child- Friendly spaces . This initiative is developed in the framework of the project “Wonder-Child Friendly Destination” for making every child happy through friendly destinations. This project is supported by the Interreg ADRION…
The WONDER project (co-financed by the Interreg Adrion program) brought a real circus pulse to the Main Square of Novo mesto. Street artist Tjaž impressed us and showed that he can catch balance anywhere. Even on the bottles, we attach photo proof 😊. The juggling workshops attracted not only the youngest ones, but also the parents, who happily threw…
Dubrovnik Development Agency DURA within the WONDER project from the Interreg ADRION program on 31.05.2022. at 10:00 am in the park of the Innocent Victims of War on Batala held a press conference and a tour of the “Science Park”. The press conference was attended by Mayor Mato Franković, where he presented “Science Park” as…
On Tuesday, May 31st a local event for children as one of the project activities was held in the park of the Innocent Victims of War on Batala. Children from Ivan Gundulić Elementary School participated in animation and various relay games such as tug of war, jumping in sacks, knocking down cones with props, walking…
From the 9th to the 13th of May, the students from Rivarela Elementary School and Novigrad-Cittanova Italian Elementary School who have been selected for mediation education stayed in the Spanish city of Vila Real, as the second part of an exchange of students from Croatian, Italian, French and Spanish cities within the ADTrans project. MEDES.…
WONDER transnational project meeting was held in Tirana. During the meeting project partners discussed the ongoing project activities with reference to the pilot actions of the project partners, the Action Plan, the Wonder Network and following activities in the coming period. WONDER project partners joined the third day of the 7th EUSAIR Forum program and…
On the weekend Catholic Easter has been celebrated in Herceg Novi. Children expressed their creativity by painting small 3D decorative eggs and flower pots, which they then used to decorate the main stars in the Old town. Later, they painted the drawings and decorated cookies with Easter motivations. Then the egg race has been organized…
March 30th 2022. opening of the pilot action of the Wonder project took place in Velenje. As part of a pilot campaign, Velenje renovated the Pozoj children’s playground and a press conference was held at the opening of the playground. Pippi Longstocking and Pirate enternained the children at the opening. With the first jump over…
The first successful dance festival “Mimoza Dance Festival” in Herceg Novi gathered about 800 participants from Montenegro and the region. During the all-day program in the Park Hall, dancers of different ages performed choreographies in the categories of majorette dance, classical ballet, contemporary, show dance, Latino standards and others. The sweetest participants were certainly the…
In order to more clearly recognize the city as a destination suitable for children, through the EU project “WONDER”, a contract was signed for the reconstruction of a children’s playground in the central urban zone of Herceg Novi. The contracted value of the works is € 19,800. Considering the existing condition of the playground, and…
Family friendly Novo mesto organized a carnival It was a real carnival celebration led by majorettes and music as we proudly marched from our Primary School to the Main Square and masks flooded the city center. We have definitely summoned spring! #feelslovenia #Municipality of Novo mesto #novomesto ZAME #ZNM Novo mesto Institute #VisitNovomesto #Visitdolenjska #Familyfriendly…
On Friday, February 18, 2022, the project “WONDER-Child friendly destinations” from the INTERREG ADRION program was presented in the City Hall of the City of Novigrad-Cittanova, in which the City of Novigrad-Cittanova is one of the partners. After a series of research, surveys and workshops, information and views were collected from children and interest groups,…
The city of Novigrad-Cittanova has received an exceptional novelty, which will contribute to the education of children and enrich the old town. Therefore, we invite you to the presentation of the WONDER project and the opening of the Educational Park, February 18, 2022 at 9:30 am, in the City Hall of the City of Novigrad-Cittanova,…
WONDER project online branding and coordination meeting was held on February 3, 2022. in virtual form via the Zoom platform. The main topics of the meeting were the final project branding, approvals related to the extension of the project and updates related to the pilot actions of the partners. In addition project partners discussed the…
The interactive playground is placed in the port of the city of Preveza in Androutsou Square giving the opportunity to our little friends to rejoice and enjoy the game.The upgrade of the playground was achieved thanks to the amount sponsored by the program “Child friendly destinations / WONDER” utilized by the Municipality of Preveza securing…
Child friendly city in the eyes of children and young people. Students express their ideas how will be a child friendly city, through various artistic works, presenting them in a meeting with representatives of the municipality of Elbasan. #WONDERdestination #kidsonvacation
As part of the Children’s Creative Event, the activity “Orjen is my mountain too” was realized. About 20 children aged 4-12 years old were enjoying nature in the hinterland of Herceg Novi. Children were walking, riding bicycles, conquered the top of the Secret Hill on Kameno, participated in running a rural household, and tasted traditional…
The first local event of the WONDER project was held in Fano on 19th of November 2021 as part of the public meeting open to all citizens entitled “RIGHTS…TOWARDS A BETTER WORLD”. The event focused on the presentation of the Wonder Project’s CITY AGENDA. The general event was held on the occasion of the celebration of…
Transnational Wonder project meeting from the Interreg Adrion program was held on November 24, 2021. in virtual form via Zoom. The meeting was attended by project partners: City of Fano as the leading partner in the project, Velenje, Tourist Organization of Herceg Novi, Novigrad, Novo Mesto Development Center, Cervia, Preveza, DURA – Dubrovnik Development Agency,…
Last weekend, thanks to the great response of the children from Herceg Novi, the second part of the children’s event “Little Imaginative Fest” was successfully held, funded by the European Union through the WONDER project. The aim of the project is to promote the improvement and development of offers adapted to children, due to the…
Tourist Organization of Herceg Novi organized an event for children called “Children’s Creative Event”, which is realized within the project WONDER, funded by the European Union and aims to promote the improvement and development of new offers for children by increasing the attractiveness and competitiveness of the destination through child-friendly approaches . On Sunday,…
Cycling is one of the favorite forms of recreation for all generations, so it is not surprising that the children’s WONDER bike ride, which took place this Sunday, October 24, in Novigrad, was a complete success! In the warm and sunny autumn weather, as many as 60 participants, children and parents, joined the party. Children’s…
On 23rd of September the Director of the Novo mesto Development Centre, Franci Bratkovič, and the Mayor of the Municipality of Novo mesto, mag. Gregor Macedoni, in the company of children, opened a new playground. The playground features various play equipment to encourage children to move around and develop their skills. The playground, which is the…
Project WONDER establishment and transnational meeting was held in Herceg Novi in Montenegro. We are so happy as it is the first physical event after kick off meeting in Fano. During the 2 days of meetings, Sept 30-Oct 01, partners were sharing and discussing a work plan for the future work that will be essential…
On Saturday, September 25, an activity for children aged 7-14 was organized on the island of Lokrum as a promotional event within the WONDER project. Kids had amazing time at the island of Lokrum while playing the Lokrum Challenge treasure hunt. Through various tasks they needed to find certain locations, play particular roles and solve…
The first physical event after kick off meeting in Fano for the purpose of project WONDER will be held in Herceg Novi, Montenegro as establishment and transnational meeting. The meeting will be organized with the support of European Union through project WONDER – a Child friendly destination which was approved under the second call of…
On the occasion of the celebrations of the seven hundredth anniversary of the death of the Supreme Poet Dante Alighieri, organized by the Municipality of Ravenna, “Cervia City Garden” has launched a rich program of events to approach and deepen the figure of the Poet, unique and unrepeatable, together with his immense Divine Comedy that…
For over a year the partners of the project “WONDER Child friendly destinations” (No. 1090), a project co-financed with European ERDF and IPA II funds in the context of the Transnational Interreg VB ADRION Cooperation Programme, are working together actively for the project implementation. The project started the 1st of February 2020 with the ordinary activities…
A beautiful project for both local kids and kids on vacation that celebrates its 18th birthday – Šipan Summer Film School just started few days ago. A lot of positive energy in an exquisite setting of nature’s true gem island of Šipan and very cool workshops that will result with some serious movies. On 12.08.2021.…
The project’s Kick Off meeting took place in Fano – Italy from February 20 to February 22, 2020. Meeting covered all project activities that partners must complete during the project. WONDER supports new tourism offers for children and families through a transnational network of child-friendly city destinations through the sustainability of the tourism sector based…
