Being fully aware of the responsibility and great importance of the students community of south-eastern Europe for solving the most important problems related to life and environment quality in the countries of the region and the region as a whole, the participants of the First Congress of Students of Environmental Protection of South-eastern Europe have unanimously adopted the

 DECLARATION

OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE

In nearly sixty papers, students of graduate, master and PhD studies, the participants of the First Congress of Students of South-eastern Europe, have demonstrated and analised their knowledge, skills and experience of:

·         Environmental engineering,

·         Sustainable social development,

·         Transboundary cooperation in nature and biodiversity protection,

·         Environmentally friendly products designing and and development,

·         EU regulations in the field of environmental protection,

·         Sustainable agriculture and sustainable land use,

·         Solid waste management system,

·         Air quality management,

·         Risk assessment in the environment,

·         Information technologies for environmental protection,

·         Sustainable living,

·         Energy and energy resourses rational use,

·         Environmental protection in urban and rural environment,

·         Fire and emergency impact on the environment,

·         Integrated management systems,

·         Water protection and sustainable use,

·         Protection from noise in the environment,

·         Environmental protection and public health,

·         Environmental chemistry and biochemistry,

·         Environmental microbiolgy,

·         Environmental protection economic aspects,

·         Education about environmental protection,

·         Environmental protection and poverty reduction,

·         Global warming and and climatic changes…

The participants of the First Congress of Students of Environmental Protection of South-eastern Europe share the attitude that life and environment quality problems are very similar in the countries of the region, and they express readiness to actively participate, using their knowledge and skills, in finding the best solutions and applying the best methods available in order to improve the quality of life and the environment.

Those who are especially interested in the development of education and science for the purpose of environmental protection within the same, European educational framework are starting the initiative for establishing and developing a network of organistions and institutions aimed at training and educating people for environmental protection in south-eastern Europe.

Considering positive experiences and important results of the First Congress of Students of Environmental Protection of South-eastern Europe, the Congress participants express deep interest and readiness to establish, through the Congress actions and activities between the two encounters, cooperation on projects and programmes which will contribute to finding the best solutions for continuous improvement of life and environment quality in the countries of the region.

The Congress participants require from the governments in the region the establishment of necessary conditions for more active involvement of young professionals who will, by applying their knowledge and skills, contribute to sustainable development of the region and its promotion to a region of peace and friendly relationships among the neighbouring countries.

The Congress participants are ready to apply their knowledge, skills and capacities for the purpose of development and welfare of the regional local communities. Therefore, they are going to pay special attention to local initiatives and local sustainable development in the future. They demand from the local governments more scope for creativity and employing the capacities of young professionals and researchers.

The participants of the First Congress of Students of Environmental Protection of South-eastern Europe would like to thank the sponsors of the Congress (Coca Cola Hellenic, PUC Medijana, Medijana municipality, Palilula municipality) for their support in the Congress organisation and their understanding for involvement of young professionals in life and environment quality improvement in the region.

Kopaonik Mountain, Republic of Serbia

April 26^th 2008

Participants of the

First Congress of Students of

Environmental Protection of

South-eastern Europe

LIST OF AUTHORS

1. Andrejic Jelena

2. Barovic Jelena

3. Blazekovic Dijana

4. Bogdanovic Dragan

5. Bozilov Aca

6. Cipev Janko

7. Colevic Sinisa

8. Cvetkovic Sandra

9. Dinic Dragan

10. Djordjevic Jovana

11. Djurovic Ivana

12. Galetin Milena

13. Gavrilov Olga

14. Gligorijevic Snezana

15. Grbic Ninoslav

16. Grgurovic Andja

17. Hristov Sladjan

18. Hlubna Mirna

19. Janackovic Goran

20. Jevtic Dragan

21. Jovanovic Ksenija

22. Jovanovic Miroslav

23. Kochinyan Maro

24. Kojadinovic Maja

25. Kostic Aleksandar

26. Kovacevic Ljubica

27. Kulasevic Marina

28. Krstic Aleksandar

29. Lukic Sonja

30. Marjanovic Aleksandar

31. Matus Hrvoje

32. Milic Jovana

33. Milosavljevic Kristina

34. Miloradovic Vladana

35. Miltojevic Ana

36. Milutinovic Milica

37. Milutinovic Suzana

38. Mirkovic Jelena

39. Momirovic Milan

40. Movsisyian Gor

41. Mudric Jasmina

42. Nadj Andrej

43. Orlovic Violeta

44. Orlovic Violeta,
    Carolyn Chan,
    Dorothy Paun

45. Pavlovic Ana

46. Pavlovic Marko

47. Pejcic Marija

48. Popovic Milos

49. Ratomir Biljana

50. Rakic Mario 

51. Rancic Natasa

52. Ristic Dejan

53. Rozman Renata 

54. Ruzic Milan

55. Salaj Jovana

56. Saulovic Djurdjija

57. Stankovic Milena

58. Stankovic Smiljana

59. Stanojevic Marija

60. Stojanovic Jovan

61. Stojanovic Nebojsa

62. Stojanovic-Radic Zorica

63. Stojkovic Dragana

64. Stosic Ljiljana

65. Tonkovic Goran

66. Tosic Tijana

67. Trajkova Jelena

68. Trifkovic Marko

69. Vasovic Dejan

70. Vuckovic Danijela

71. Vucetic Milos

72. Vucovic Bojana

73. Zagar Anamarija

74. Zdravkovic Mladen

75. Zdravkovic Vesna