"Plant
resources in creation of the new values"
May 18 to 23, 2003
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Congress Organisation
TIBBC 2003 is organised by the Faculty of Science of the University of Sarajevo and the University of Sarajevo
Coordination
Congress coordinator is Center for Ecology and Natural Resources at the Faculty of Science of the University of Sarajevo
Under the auspices of the The Academy of Science and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Third International Balkan Botanical Congress is supported by:
- Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Ministry for Education and Science Sarajevo
- Cantonal Ministry for Education and Science Sarajevo
- Cantonal Ministry for Physical Planning and the Environment Sarajevo
- Faculty of Science of the University of Sarajevo
- The Rectorate of the University of Sarajevo
- The city of Sarajevo
- Apoteke Sarajevo
- ELEKTROPRIVREDA BiH
- JP PARK Sarajevo
- Intercantonal Pharmaceutical Chamber of FBiH Sarajevo
- Sejdic Commerce, Odzak, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Media sponsor is Independent television HAYAT Sarajevo
- General sponsor of the Congress is BOSNALIJEK Sarajevo
WELCOME!
Dear participants of the
Congress,
Thank you for your interest
in the Third International Balkan Botanical Congress in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Please follow the instructions
in this Circular regarding the submission of abstracts, excursions, registration
fees, accommodations and deadlines.
Welcome to Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Welcome to the country of
the golden lillies. This is the country of thousand year tradition. In
the country of Bosnia for ages different nations and cultures have found
their home. Here, like no where else in the world, the nature has determined
cultural development.
Bosnia and Herzegovina with
the area of 52 000 km2
is one of the most diverse regions in this part of Europe. It has extremely
high level of biological, ecological and geomorphological diversity. This
area has the highest level of cultural diversity. Bosnia and Herzegovina
is trully multicultrural and tolerant environment.
Here you can find still
clean and clear mountain rivers and brooks, mountain glacier lakes. Here
mountain peaks kiss clear blue sky. This is the country of the sea, rivers,
mountains, diverse plants, singing birds and other animals which found
their sanctuary in numerous refugia and relic habitats. Here are also exist
development centers with ongoing processes of endemogenesis and creation
of new plant and animal species. This is simply heaven in this part of
the Earth.
Yours Sincerely,
Sulejman Redzic,
President of Organizing
and Scientific Committee
Opening ceremony on 18 May 2003 at 19:00 will take place in the National Theatre located in the Center of Sarajevo (Obala Kulina Bana Street 9).
The Registration Office and Information Center will be located at the entrance of the Congress center at the Hotel Holiday Inn (Ground floor). It will be open during Symposium hours and on Saturday and Sunday (May 17-18).
Hotel Holiday Inn is located only ten minutes on foot from the city center, about five minutes from the railway station, and some 5-6 km from the airport or just 10 minutes by car (taxi price is up to 10 euro).
Sarajevo is connected with
all bigger airports in Europe. There are direct flights to Vienna, Budapest,
Ljubljana, Istanbul, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Munich, Zagreb, and Belgrade.
There is also very good road network to Adriatic Sea, Zagreb and Belgrade.
For detailed flight information
please visit Sarajevo
International Airport web site.
Third International
Balkan Botanical Congress Secretariat
Center for Ecology
and Natural Resources
at the Faculty of
Science
University of Sarajevo
71 000 Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Tel: +387 33 649 196,
Fax: +387 33 649 196
E-mail: 3bbc@email.com
Web site:
http://tibbc-2003.pmf.unsa.ba
Honourable Committee
Edin Arslanagic (Sarajevo,
Bosnia-Herzegovina), Ljubomir Berberovic (Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina),
Zeljka Bjelcic (Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina), Redzad Catic (Sarajevo,
Bosnia-Herzegovina), Jela Grujic-Vasic (Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina),
Nermin Gozukirmizi (Istanbul, Turkey), Muhidin Hamamdzic (Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina),
Vernon Haywood (United Kingdom), Ljudevit Ilijanic (Zagreb, Croatia), Momcilo
Kojic (Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro), Michael Moustakas (Thessaloniki,
Greece), Radomir Lakusic (Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina), Ernest Mayer (Ljubljana,
Slovenia), Neriman Ozhatay (Istanbul, Turkey), Vukic Pulevic (Podgorica,
Serbia and Montenegro), Arne Strid (Goeteborg, Sweden), Budislav Tatic
(Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro), Max S. Walters (Cambridge, United Kingdom).
Scientific Committee
Atanas Atanassov (Sofia,
Bulgaria), Andraz Carni (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Nenad Jasprica (Dubrovnik,
Croatia), Sabira Hadzovic (Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina), Nada Kovacevic
(Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro), Andrija Zelimir Lovric (Zagreb, Croatia),
Vladimir Matevski (Skopje, Macedonia), Michael Moustakas (Thessaloniki,
Greece), Toni Nikolic (Zagreb, Croatia), Dragana Pavlovic (Kragujevac,
Serbia and Montenegro), Ana Petrova (Sofia, Bulgaria), Vladimir Stevanovic
(Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro), Umid alaka (Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina),
Cedomil ilic (Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina), Jasenka Topic (Zagreb, Croatia),
Olga Vasic (Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro), Tone Wraber (Ljubljana, Slovenia).
President and scientific
coordinator:
Sulejman Redzic
Secretary general:
Samir Dug,
Secretary:
Tatjana Kapetanovic, Senka Barudanovic and Nezafeta Sejdic
Secretariat personel:
Lejla Sakovic, Maja Martinovic
Treasurer:
Sedik Velic
Excursion coordinator:
Dubravka Soljan
Members:
Sabaheta Abadzic, Kasim Bajrovic, Marinko Dalmatin, Elvira E. Kovac-Besovic,
Milka Maksimovic, Safer Medjedovic, Nada Sumatic, Dragan Vinterhalter
15 - 18 May (Wednesday-Sunday)
Pre-congress excursion.
18 May (Sunday) - Registration,
Opening Ceremony, Reception.
19 May (Monday) - Plenary
lectures, Session lectures, Poster presentation, promotions.
20 May (Tuesday) - Plenary
lectures, Session lectures, Poster presentation.
21 May (Wednesday) -
Mid-Congress excursion.
22 May (Moday-Friday)
- Plenary lectures, Session lectures, Poster presentation, Galla dinner.
23 May (Friday) -
Plenary lectures, Round table, Closing ceremony.
24 May (Saturday) - Departure
of participants and Post-Congress excursion.
"Plant resources in creation of the new values" will be the main theme of the the Third International Balkan Botanical Congress. The sessions are organized to cover a broad spectrum of spatial and temporal scales, theories and applications, modeling and experimental approaches, at individual, population and community levels, based on species or other plant classification, with observations in time or space, taking into account interactions with climate, disturbance or management. We invite you to contribute to the discussion with a lecture or poster presentation at the congress sessions.
Session themes of the Congress
After submission of abstracts,
Organizing Committee and Scientific Committee of the Congress have decide
to merge certain sections.
Therefore, the final list
of the section is as follows :
S-1. Balkan Flora and
Vegetation
S-2. Biodiversity - Conservation
and Management
S-3. Biosystematics,
Taxonomy and Evolution
S-4. Plant geography
and Vegetation Science
S-5. Structure and Physiology
S-6. Phytochemistry,
Natural Products and Ethnobotany
S-7. Genetics, Genetical
Engineering and Biotechnology
S-8. Ecology and Environmental
Botany
We have received 393 abstracts
together with 14 plenary lectures and 1 introductory lecture.
The Scientific Committee
has decided to put all abstracts into the following categories: Plenary
lectures, Key lectures, Oral presentations and Poster presentations.
The structure of the abstracts
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Sunday, 18 May 2003
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| 19:30 - 20:45 | Opening ceremony at the
National Theatre (Obala Kulina Bana Street 9)
Welcome Address Introductory Presentation "Welcome to Bosnia and Herzegovina" - promotive program of Television of Federation of BiH |
| 20:45 - 23:00 | Welcoming Cocktail (City of Sarajevo) |
Monday, 19 May 2003
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Author: Cedomil Silic, Promotors: Sulejman Redzic and Vojislav Vujanovic |
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Ceremony in the Rosaceae botanical garden of international friendship.
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Wednesday, 21 May 2003 - Mid Congress excursion
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- Konjic (dolomite complex) - Mostar - The river Neretva canyon -
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Introductory lecture:
Sulejman Redzic:
Plant resources in the creation
of new values
The list of the plenary lectures:
I Lakusic
Radomir:
Floristic and vegetation differentiation of high mountain ecosystems on
the Balkan peninsula
II Krsnik-Rasol
Mariana, Balen, B., Pavokovic, D., Likic, S., Hagege, D.:
Different gene expression related to developmental processes in plant tissue
culture.
III Stuessy Tod:
Biodiversity in islands - a modern approach.
IV Kovacevic Nada:
Morphological, chemical and pharmacological characterisation of herbal
drugs.
V Fisher Manfred:
Are determination keys useful for identification?
VI Carni Andraz:
History of the vegetation investigations in SE Europe.
VII Arne Strid and
Kit Tan:
The Flora Hellenica project - a progress report.
VIII Topic Jasenka
Flora and vegetation diversity of Croatia - actual and virtual touristic
value.
IX Stevanovic
Vladimir, Kit Tan and Ana Petrova:
Diversity and centres of endemism in the Balkan flora.
X Maksimovic
Vesna:
Cloning and expression analysis of specific buckwheat genes.
XI Gozukirmizi
Nermin, Ipekci Zeliha, Cavutoglu Aysun, Bajrovic Kasim:
A practical approach to somatic embryogenesis in forest trees: Paulownia
XII Lovric Zelimir
Andrija:
Origin and dynamism of Mediterranean vegetation, and refugial Karst dendroflora
in the Eastern Adriatic.
XIII Tatic Budislav
and Kostic Goran:
Results and perspectives of floristic investigations in Serbia.
XIV Neriman Ozhatay
Important plant areas in Turkey
The list of the key lectures:
Bjelcic, Z., Soljan, D. S-1
Hundred years of "Flora
of Bosnia and Herzegovina"
Kojic, M., Dajic, Z., Mrfat-Vukelic,
S. S-1
Revision of meadow and pasture
vegetation of Serbia
Nikolic, T. S-2
Preliminary report on identifying
important plant are (IPA) in Croatia
Mayrhofer, H. S-3
Biodiversity of lichenized
Fungi in Slovenia
Karadzic, B. S-4
Application of the ecological
niche modelling in vegetation science
Uotila, P., Lahti, T., Junikka,
L., Kurtto, A. S-4
New atlas Florae Europaeae
and Euro+Med plantbase distribution mapping
Maury, S., Causevic, A.,
Delauney, A., Zacarias, G., Christophe, P., Vinterhalter, D., Hagege, D.
S-5
Roles of epigenetic mechanisms
in plant morphogenesis in vitro
Jevric-Causevic, A., Uzunovic,
A. S-6
Secondary metabolites in
plants
Bosnic, T., Softic Dz., Jerg-Simanovic,
D., Basic, F. S-6
The microbiology purity
of herbal drugs
Tasheva K., Kosturkova, G.
S-7
Plant regeneration in pea
(Pisum sativum) and factors effecting organogenesis in vitro
Zhelev, P., Tsavkov, E.,
Yurukov, S. S-7
Allozyme variation in representative
populations of Quercus frainetto Ten. in Bulgaria
Vasic, O. S-8
The adventive plants in
Serbia
Speakers for the parallel
sessions are selected on the basis of scientific quality, connection to
the Congress main theme, information content and clarity of the submitted
abstracts. Some lectures in parallel sessions will be given by invited
speakers.
Time for presentations:
Plenary lectures: 35 min.
presentation + 5 min. discussion.
Key lectures in parallel
sessions: 25 min. presentation + 5 min. discussion.
Lectures in parallel
sessions: 15 min. presentation + 5 min. discussion.
All speakers must keep strictly to the time schedule and should not use the discussion time for completing their talks. The lecture rooms will be equipped with overhead projectors, computer projectors, and slide projectors for 50 x 50 mm frame slides. Speakers requiring other equipment must indicate this when submitting their abstracts.
There will be poster sessions
during which the authors will be present. For each Section will be organised
panel discussion.
All posters will be exhibited
during the specified Congress period.
Posters should be prepared as follows:
- Maximum 180 cm height and 70 cm wide.
- The title should be indicated at the top of the poster in letters more than 4 cm high.
- Under the title the full name(s) of the author(s) should be given and a photograph of the presenting author(s) should be attached next to the title.
- Poster text should be short with letters that are more than 0.5 cm high (ca. 20 pt).
- Diagrams, maps, photographs, drawings, graphics and summarizing tables should be used as far as possible.
Outstanding posters presented
by student delegates will be considered for student poster awards. Students
who wish to be considered for an award should indicate to the Registration
Desk.
All accepted abstracts will be published prior to the Congress in an abstract volume, and distributed to the participants. Book of Abstracts will be available on request from publishers. The price is 25 Euro.
We intend to also publish
prior to the Congress a volume with the plenary lecture papers, which will
be distributed to the participants.
Special Issue will be organized
with a selected number of papers presented at the Congress. We kindly ask
authors to prepare papers in English. Detailed instructions will be submitted
to the authors. The publication will be indexed.
The official language for
lectures and posters will be English. There will be no simultaneous translation
to any other language. Simultaneous translation will be provided only for
some parts of the Opening Ceremony.
Acommodation for the Congress
is agganged by AVIO EXPRESS, official tour operator of the Third International
Balkan Botanical Congress.
All activities related to
accomodation are organised by the Congress Secretariat.
Please download Accomodation
Form and return to the Secretariat.
Accomodation is available in various hotels, youth hotels, and as homestays. Hotel prices only for the Congress participants range from approximately 25.00 EUR to 70.00 EUR per night, including breakfast.
For detailed location of hotels please visit City.ba web site and the Map of Locations.
Holiday Inn hotel is located downtown at walking distance from the Congress venue.
Hotels
Terme and Oaza are located at Ilidza, some 5-8 km from congress area.
Transportation cost to the Congress venue are included in the price. Please
indicate your choice on the registration form. A one-night deposit must
be included with the registration fee in order to guarantee your room.
You will receive a voucher for the value of the deposit at the registration
desk. The participant must pay the balance of the accommodation bill directly
to the hotel management before leaving.
Here is the special offer
for Congress participants only.
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Methods of payment
The Accommodation can be
paid by bank transfer* (net of bank costs) made payable to:
Raiffeisen Bank DD BiH Sarajevo
(SWIFT:RZBABA 2S), Acc.No 936244300 with DEUTSCHE BANK FRANKFURT (SWIFT:
DEUTDE/FF) FOR ACC PMF-KONGRES 531712000-52000543.
For persons for Bosnia-Herzegovina
the account number is:
Raiffeisen Bank DD BiH Sarajevo
1610000036020185 BAM KONGRES
* A copy of bank transfer
must be sent to the Congress Secretariat together with the Accommodation
Form.
Lunch
You can find the list of
other restaurants nearby the congress sites and in the city at
City.ba
web site. Prices for a complete meal start at the equivalent of euro 7-10.
For the participants could
be organised lunch in the Congress Center of the Holiday Inn hotel (the
price is up to 13 Euro).The lunch includes soup, main course, desert, and
mineral water.The participants wishing this lunch should register at the
Registration desk. The lunch is not included in Registration Fee.
The fee covers access to
scientific sessions, program and Congress publication, mid-Congress excursion,
coffee or tea during sessions, Gala party on Thursday (May 22, 2003).
Costs for the pre- and post-Congress
excursions, and the tourist program for accompanying persons are not included
in the registration fee. They should be paid together with the registration
fee.
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Participant
from developed countries
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from developing countries
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Student
delegate from developed countries
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Student
delegate from developing countries
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Accompanying
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Methods of payment
The Registration fee can
be paid by bank transfer* (net of bank costs) made payable to:
Raiffeisen Bank DD BiH Sarajevo
(SWIFT:RZBABA 2S), Acc.No 936244300 with DEUTSCHE BANK FRANKFURT (SWIFT:
DEUTDE/FF) FOR ACC PMF-KONGRES 531712000-52000543.
For persons for Bosnia-Herzegovina
the account number is:
Raiffeisen Bank DD BiH Sarajevo
1610000036020185 BAM KONGRES
Payment could be also made at Registration desk at Congress hall.
* A copy of bank transfer must be sent to the Congress Secretariat together with the Registration Form.
Student delegates must be
enrolled for degrees (MSc, PhD) at universities or other scientific institutions,
and must send a statement from the Head of Department or Registrar confirming
the student status.
The fee covers access to
scientific sessions, program and Congress publication, mid-Congress excursion,
coffee or tea during sessions, welcome party on Sunday. Costs for the pre-
and post-Congress excursions, Congress dinner and the touristic program
for accompanying persons are not included in the registration fee. They
should be paid together with the registration fee.
Refund policy
Registered delegates and
accompanying persons who are unable to attend the congress must cancel
their participation in written form until April 18, 2003 if they wish a
refunding of paid fees. No refunding request can be accepted after this
date. All refunds minus an administrative fee of 50 euro, will be processed
after the symposium.
Excursions
All excursions are organised by AVIO EXPRESS, official tour operator of the Third International Balkan Botanical Congress.
Pre-Congress excursions
Pre-Congress excursion will
be organised in the region of the Central Bosnia, in the region of continental
Dinaric Alps, one of the most beautiful and one of the richest parts of
Bosnia-Herzegovina considering flora and vegetation.
Schedule:
15. May 2003 at 9:00 - Sarajevo-Mt.
Igman and Bjelasnica- Sarajevo (Sleeping in Sarajevo)
16. May 2003 at 8:00 Sarajevo
Mt. Jahorina Sarajevo (Sleeping in Sarajevo)
17. May 2003 at 8:00 - Sarajevo
Mt. Zvijezda- the canyon of the river Krivaja - Mt. Konjuh (serpentine
complex)-Sarajevo.
1. Olympic mountains Igman and Bjelasnica (please see the map) are real natural phenomena, with altitude above 2000 m. Bedrock is made of limestone and dolomites of various age with karstic forms of relief and very rich vegetation. From the foothills to the top of the mountain there are the following forest communities: Querco-Carpinetum illyricum, Querco-Ostryetum carpinifoliae, Fagetum moesiacae montanum, Seslerio-Fagetum moesiacae, Abietui-Fagetum dinaricum, Aceri-Fagetum subalpinum, Aceri-Fraxinetum, Pinetum mugii.
There is a large number of plant communities from the alliances of Seslerion juncifoliae, Oxytropidion dinaricae, Festucion bosniacae, Caricion ferrugineae in mountain belt.
On the whole vertical profile exist meadows from alliances: Festuco-Agrostion, Arrhenatherion, Pancicion, Bromion and Satureion subspicatae.
Special value to this region give inversion coniferous forests of Piceetum abietis inverzum, pristine forest reserve with Abieti-Piceetum, while in the subalpine belt there are communities of screes from alliances Saxifragion prenjae, Edraianthion jugoslavici and Amphoricariopn autariati.
2. Mountain Zvijezda (please see the map) is covered wit real Balkan tajgas. Here dominant role play communities Abieti-Piceetum, Piceetum montanum, Blechno-Abietetum, as well as a very rare communities Sphagno-Piceetum on peat bogs and silicate bedrock type. Real geomorphological phenomena make several caves. The Bijambare cave is the most important and the largest cave in this region.
The canyon of mountain river Krivaja is refugium of Tertiary flora and vegetation. Here dominant role play communities Seslerio angustifoliae-Ostryetum, Seslerio-Fagetum, and communities in the fissures of limestone rocks Edraianto-Dianthetum, together with numerous scree communities.
This is one of the largest serpentine-peridotite complexes. On this bedrock type grow numerous communities of relic pine forests Orno-Ericion serpentinicum, the communities from alliance Potentillion visianii and Polygonion albanicae.
3. Olympic mountain Jahorina (m) (please see the map), has attracted through centuries numerous botanist. It is geomorphologicaly and spatially linked with mountain Trebevic and Ravna Planina. Mt. Jahorina is a very diverse from floristic standpoint. Special values have communities of mountain and submountain turfs on limestone from alliances Seslerion juncifoliae and Festucion bosniacae, and on the silicate bedrock type Jasionon orbiculatae. This mountain is very rich in forests. Here a dominant role play comminities Abieti-Fagetum, Abieti-Piceetum. Communities of Seslerio-Ostryon are developed on on the slopes towards the river Miljacka.
The price: on the basis of 40 persons ................................ 52 Euro
The price includes: transportation with buses from tourist class and the lunch in the representative restaurant.
Expert guide and tourist
guide are provided.
Mid-Congress excursions (21 May 2003)
Participation in the mid-Congress
excursions on Wednesday May 21 is included in the Congress fee
for delegates and accompanying
persons. The indicated excursion duration includes travel time.The detailed
itinerery for each excursion will be prepared in advance.
a) Sarajevo- Konjic (dolomite complex) - Center of development of endemism
in the canyon of the
river Neretva-Mountain range: Mt. Cvrsnica, Mt. Cabulja, Mt. Prenj (12
hours).
b) Sarajevo-National park Sutjeska-Mountain range: Mt. Maglic, Mt. Volujak,
Mt. Zelengora (12
hours).
c) Sarajevo - Olympic mountains Igman and Bjelasnica (12 hours).
Post-Congress excursions
Post- Congress excursion is organised in wide area of Bosnia-Herzegovina. It covers a very large and divers area from an ecological and floristic standpoint.
From Sarajevo towards the town of Jajce (former capital of the state) there is pictoresque landscape. It is made of numerous communities: Querco-Carpinetum, Fagetum montanum, Luzulo-Fagetum, Querco-Ostryetum, as well as numerous meadows and arable fields. The town of Jajce is located on sedra barriers. In one of depressions is located the river Pliva with beautiful waterfall in the town of Jajce. The river Pliva is a tributary of the river Vrbas. Here are also located ancient fortresses. In this region is situated old town Travnik.
From the town of Jajce road leads to the western Bosnia through Petrovac plateau and foothills of mountains Klekovaca and Osjecenica. In this area is already visible influence of warmer air form the sea.
The program:
Day 1: Departure from the hotels at 8:00. Travelling through the towns of Travnik and Jajce towards the town of Bihac with short breaks. Arrival in the town of Bihac, dinner in the 3 stars hotel.
Day 2: After the breakfast, travelling to the waterfalls on the river Una at Martin Brod. Lunch package, and returning to the hotel. Dinner.
Day 3: The breakfast.Travelling via Bosanski Petrovac, Drvar, Bosansko Grahovo, Glamoc, with short breaks. Lunch package. Hotel accomodation in the 3 star hotel in the town of Livno. Dinner.
Day 4: The breakfast. Travelling to Mostar and Neum. Arrival in Neum in the afternoon, accomodation in 3 stars hotel. Dinner.
Day 5: The breakfast. Visiting to the Mediterranean region.
Day 6: The breakfast.
Travelling to Sarajevo with short breaks at Nature park Hutovo Blato and
at the spring of the river Buna and Blagaj. Lunch. Arrival in Sarajevo
in the afternoon.
The price: on the basis
of 40 persons ................................ 198 Euro
For the arrangement of working group meetings and informal evening sessions, please contact the Organizing Committee.
Visit to Herbarium at National Museum
During the Congress it will
be possible to visit herbarium collections at National Museum. The herbarium
stores two collections: European collection and collection of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
This are the richest herbarium collections on the Balkans with more than
two million specimens.
For more details please
contact The Secretariat of the Congress.
Passport and visa
The entry formalities for
Bosnia-Herzegovina vary according to the country of origin. Citizens from
certain countries may need a visa. Please contact your travel agent or
the local Bosnian Consulate.
Sarajevo is known by its
famous blossom in May, beautiful gardens, clean water and rich greenery.
Rain protection may be needed for short showers or longer rain periods
that may occur from time to time. A light sweater or jacket is recommended
for excursions to the highlands.
Mean May temperatures in
Sarajevo range between 18 C and 20 C.
It will be necessary to
wear warmer wind jackets and terrain footwear during field trips.
Activities for Accompanying Persons
A program including tourist
and cultural activities will be arranged for accompanying persons. Details
will be given on arrival. You can find the list of interesting sites in
the city at City.ba web
site.
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