Merima Kukić started a business that employs women from rural areas

After entrepreneurial training within the EU4Business project “Start your own business”, 27-year-old Merima Kukić from Jablanica wrote a business plan and became one of the beneficiaries of the grant with which she started her own company “MOST M” d.o.o. Jablanica. The company employs women from rural areas of Herzegovina, whose main activity is processing of fruit and[…]

“They called me a Bosnian gypsy …” Despite everything Sandra Kisić from Sarajevo became an internet celebrity in the Czech Republic

As a six-month-old baby, Sandra managed to leave Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). First, she lived in Tunisia for 4 years and went to Arab-French kindergarten. Today, she lives and works in the Czech Republic. She is one of the most famous bloggers both in the Czech Republic and in neighboring countries. She has visited about fifty countries[…]

Call for applications – Feminist Economic Forum

The Sarajevo Open Centre and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Bosnia and Herzegovina are organizing the third Feminist Economic Forum on Friday, November 6, from 12:00 to 15:00. This year’s FEF focuses on the gender perspective of the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to introduce a gender perspective into the public discourse on the COVID-19 pandemic, it is necessary[…]

Promotion of the publication What is the gender of security?

Sarajevo Open Centre invites you to the promotion of the publication „What is the gender of security? 20 years of Security Council Resolution 1325 “Women, Peace and Security” and its implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)”. The publication collects the work of 14 authors dealing with gender and security issues from several perspectives, and connects representatives of[…]

Call for applications – The Seventh generation of the Academy of Political Responsibility

After the successful realization of six generations of the Academy (2014 – 2020), the Boris Divković Foundation announces a call for participation in the seventh Academy of Political Responsibility. The goal of the Academy is to establish a new political culture in BiH, which is an unavoidable precondition for the effective functioning of political structures and peaceful[…]

SOLIDARITY IN TIMES OF CRISIS

The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has donated 12 Dräger respirators to hospitals in Bosnia and Herzegovina worth a total of 350,000 EUR. Donated respirators and related equipment are devices of high quality for artificial respiration. Technical maintenance will be provided on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Additionally, trainings on the use of the[…]