The Red Cross of Montenegro is preparing for the next PCD round to be carried on by the local Red Cross branch in Cetinje. The branch Secretary (Mosho, previously working in HQ and well aware about PCD) already visited the Roma commnity in the town and had discussions with the people on their main problems. The training of the local PRA team is planned to be organized later in September.

Igor, a Red Cross volunteer who has been participanting in PCD events before was invited by Milica to support her in PCD, thus hopefully starting building of a national PCD team.

Meanwhile the local branch of Budva is planning micro-project related to water supply in the Roma community, facing some administrative problems with obtaining on time the needed permissions.

Monitoring & Assessment Mission in Montenegro was initiated by IFRC Regional Delegation in Budapest and realised by Dragan Milosevic, member of Experts & Practitioners PCD Regional Team.

PCD is running as a program in RCM. In this very moment it is hard to expect more, more in the meaning of using participatory approach as a way of doing all of the programs inside National Society. This fact is related to the numerous activities and the fact that is less than one year of independent existence (if we put aside fact that RCM was founded in 1875).

PCD pilot project, launched in Podgorica (capital of Montenegro) in 2003, as well as two-phase project in Bar (the biggest harbour) are living its “own life” which means that sustainability was successfully reached. In LRCB Niksic project is at the final stage. The other LRCB of RC Montenegro, Budva branch is actually running PCD and in this very moment are working on LGW preparation. In the purpose of that event, National PCD Coordinator, local PCD Coordinator, RC staff, PCD team members and IFRC monitor organised Community meeting in the Roma settlement. A lot of people were present and final agreement was reached about participation and usefulness of LGW. Local Roma leaders as well as present community members claimed that one person from each family will be present at LGW. In this Roma settlement there are 36 families with 156 members: 27 families are IDP′s (Kosovo), with 131∕2 members (two pregnant ladies – DURING OUR VISIT ONE BABY WAS JUST DELIVERED FROM HOSPITAL!) and 9 families with 23 members are local Roma population; 69 of them are under age of 18.

Anyhow, the initial support will be welcome to the National Society and more to the National PCD Coordinator as well as to young RCM staff which is giving an excellent impression and good perspective for the future. It was a pleasure to be a temporary part of that team. Future is open to them and it should be.

During 8-10.05 Dragan Milosevic (Serbia) and Milica Kovacevic (Montenegro RC National PCD Coordinator), have organized visits to Budva and Niksic in Montenegro.The mission of Dragan has the following purpose:
- to review the situation and the progress in the communities and support the National PCD Coordinator in monitoring and facilitation;
- to assist the National Coordinator facilitate the organization of the upcoming Large Group Workshop in Budva
- to support Milica in preparing the narrative and financial reports;
- to provide any support that could be needed, related to the programme implementation.Mission report and visual materials are expected soon.

In mid-March 2007, PRA training was carried on in Budva, Montenegro by the National PCD Coordinator. More care was needed in the case of Budva, where all local Red Cross staff is new and needed a good introduction to the programme and the role of the Red Cross itself.