The Ecologists’ Movement of Macedonia - DEM is a non-governmental, non-profitable and apolitical association. It is a national association that includes 30 local environmental NGOs as full-members and 16 other organizations and institutions as associated members. It was established in 1990 as a necessity to coordinate the work of the existing local groups. We are members of the Friends of the Earth - International (FoEI) and International Union for Conservation of Nature. Also, we have a good cooperation and communication with many neighbors’ NGOs.
From December 1994 each local member group of DEM formed their own youth clubs. On 25-th of November 1995 youth clubs formed a youth brunch of DEM, as a DEM-Youth. Since than lots of actions have been taken by the young ecologists.
DEM-Youth activities: public protests against the air pollution, cycle races, anti-nuclear protests, protests against waste disposal, clean-up actions in different places in Macedonia, Campaign Mavrovo, Climate Campaign, summer working and educational camps, work-shops, street theaters, exhibitions etc.
Every year DEM – Youth is organizing work camps in Macedonia and in the last years there were international camps too. The first work camp was organized in 1995 like "Matka ’95", and then there were "Pesna ’97", "Lesnovo ’98", "Ilinska crkva ’99", "Breza 2000" and "Pelister 2001".
The local youth clubs members of DEM – Youth traditionally are organizing these camps: "Plavica", "Pelister", "Matejce", "Plackovica" and "Matka". The work camps are organized in two parts: work part and a part for education. In the first part the young people make tables, benches, garbage baskets and they are cleaning the environment. In the second part they have a possibility to take part in different kind of workshops.
DEM's - Youth objective is to raise youth awareness concerning environmental
protection, sustainable development, and preservation of nature at the lowest
level of destruction.
DEM - Youth is also a member of FYEG, UNITED, European Youth YEE-Youth and
Environment Europe and EYFA.
Contacts:
Ecologists' Movement of Macedonia
Vasil Gjorgov 39, baraka 6, 1 000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Tel.: ++ 389 2 220 518
Tel./Fax: ++ 389 2 128 075