#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. […]

#our stories Mountaineering Association “Cincar” Livno – a new story on old foundations

Mountaineering Association “Cincar” Livno is an association with a great tradition in our community. It was founded on April 23, 1929 as a branch of the Croatian Mountaineering Association from Zagreb, with interruptions in work that lasted from 1941-1982. The break in work during the war began in 1991 and lasted until March 1998. Since then, the[…]

#our stories The Poklečani local community from Posušje implemented the project and built a children’s playground within the premises of a kindergarten in Rakitno

Rakitno is a populated place in the Posušje Municipality at an average altitude of 900 meters. Rakitno has around 1500 inhabitants living in the area of ​​two local communities, Poklečani and Sutina. The main road Posušje-Jablanica passes through the local community Poklečani, and most of the local community is uninhabited and is located in the Blidinje Nature[…]

#our stories Grude Local Community: 17 wells in Otok renovated within the project “Renovation and protection of wells”

In the Grude local community, Grude Municipality, there is Otok settlement where there are a large number of wells. In the time of heavy rainfall, the Otok settlement is partially separated from the rest of Grude, which is why it got its name. According to the stories of older locals, the wells were dug after the Second[…]

#our stories Mrkodol Local Community from Tomislavgrad and the project “Equipping SRC Mrkodol street workout with equipment and building a children’s playground”

The local community of Mrkodol, Tomislavgrad, is located along the edge of Duvanjsko polje at an altitude of 898 meters above sea level and has 999 inhabitants according to the 2013 census, which is approximately 220 households. One of the most important natural resources, which belongs to this local community is the land of 10,000 m2 on[…]

Promoting citizen participation in local self-government units – Survey on participation in 13 municipalities/cities

Civil society organizations have a key role in social transformation that will lead to a sustainable relationship and dialogue between local governments and their citizens. This is the most significant conclusion of the analysis conducted as an activity of the project “Promoting citizen participation in local self-government”, which includes 13 municipalities in southwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, and[…]

#our stories HNK “Kupres ’97” – promoter of sports and sports activities in the Kupres Municipality

Croatian football club “Kupres ’97” is the only active sports club in Kupres. It competes in the Inter-County League of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, gathers seniors, beginners, pioneers and children, a total of 70 members who are daily involved in the activities of the Club. The club was founded at the beginning of 2021, and since[…]

Trade unions must be united in the fight for workers’ rights

The Center for Civic Cooperation held a meeting of the Coalition for Better Protection of Workers’ Rights in Livno on the following topics: “Communication between trade unions and employers in the public sector – collective bargaining and silencing trade union work”; “The situation in trade unions at the local and other levels (passivity and loss of membership,[…]

Report: Mapping the resources and capacities of local development stakeholders

The project “Local Works – Together for Local Development”, which includes ten municipalities from southwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina (West Herzegovina Canton and Canton 10), was launched to improve the local approach to local community development, which involves cooperation and coordination of a wide range of local actors, local communities, civil society organizations, local businesses) in the processes[…]