Athletes United in a Humanitarian Mission

(Sarajevo, January 24, 2022) OKK SPARS joined the humanitarian mission of the Pomozi.ba Association, which played a championship match against KK Borac from Banja Luka over the weekend and donated all funds collected from the sale of tickets to the Fund for the sick citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina of the Pomozi.ba Association. OKK SPARS won against […]

Dialogue between young people and the Novo Sarajevo Municipality

The Novo Sarajevo Municipality, in cooperation with the Youth Council of Novo Sarajevo, is organizing the first Youth and Authorities Dialogue – implementation of the Youth Strategy in the Novo Sarajevo Municipality. The dialogue between the youth and the authorities of the Novo Sarajevo Municipality is realized in cooperation and with the support of the MAKERS project,[…]

Say NO to corruption in Sarajevo Canton!

Speak Up Against Corruption! The trend of young people leaving BiH continues unabated. Day after day, we are witnessing our educated workforce leaving to build a better life elsewhere. Young people have a variety of different reasons for leaving, and the survey on the position and needs of youth in BiH conducted by the Institute for Youth[…]

#our stories Association for Safe Environment EKO OTPOR from Široki Brijeg: “We have shown that with even limited resources we can make big changes!”

Endangered living environment, constant increase in the number of illegal landfills, tons and tons of discarded pieces of plastic and other materials in nature are images present in our lives every day through all communication channels. We are witnessing the environmental disasters almost every day. The global ecological picture is endangered and distorted by every individual who,[…]

Conference and workshop on sustainable and participatory local economic development in Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the past six months, the Network for Building Peace has conducted extensive research and mapping of socio-economic development needs of local communities and analysis of their compliance with local development strategies and plans in 16 cities/municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, taking into account the representation of local communities ethno-national and economic characteristics. At the Conference with[…]

Call for participation – comment on the draft Policy on the USAID’s website

Supporting our partners is essential to the work we do at USAID. USAID is excited to announce the public comment period for its draft Local Capacity Development (LCD) Policy. We are inviting external partners, stakeholders, and other interested parties around the world to review and provide feedback on the draft Policy on USAID’s website until January 31:[…]

#ourstories The Brig local community from Široki Brijeg renovated the playground within the project “Renovation of the playground in Brig”

We can say that the most famous cultural and historical sights of the City of Široki Brijeg are located in this local community. The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Franciscan Monastery and Gallery, Fr. Dominik Mandić High School and Vocational High School, Academy of Fine Arts and the monument to Fr. Didak Buntić.[…]