Press release of the Peace Building Network Association: Concern over the placement of a tank near the Second Gymnasium in Sarajevo

Sarajevo, September 18, 2024 – The Peace Building Network Association expresses its deep concern over the final decision and placement of a tank in the park near the Second Gymnasium in Sarajevo as a memorial to the special forces of the “Bosnia” detachment. This move, although we want to believe, with the intention of honoring and showing […]

Signed joint statement of support for the opening of negotiations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union: Statement for the future of this country and regional support for the opening of negotiations

The Peace Building Network Association organized in Sarajevo a gathering of representatives of civil society organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Igman Initiative from surrounding countries, where our joint declaration of support for the opening of negotiations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union for accession to the European Union was signed. After the recommendation[…]

Baseline Study on Philanthropy in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The State of Philanthropy in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The research represented by this publication is an initiative of the Association Network for Building Peace within the framework of Snaga Lokalnog: Projekat podrške lokalnim resursnim organizacijama (USAID Local Works Activity Local Resource Organizations Assistance (LRO/A)). It is an integral part of a five-year project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) worth 12 million[…]

CONFERENCE: PUBLIC GOODS AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

September 08-09, 2022, Sarajevo (Hotel Pino, Trebevic) Public goods in Bosnia and Herzegovina are unprotected. Many local communities do not have access to clean water, sewage systems, clean energy sources, and are affected by waste disposal problems and various other forms of water, land, and air pollution. These insights are based on research conducted by the Network[…]

Statement of the Association Network for Building Peace on marking July 11, the Remembrance Day of the Genocide in Srebrenica

27 YEARS AFTER THE GENOCIDE IN SREBRENICA, THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THEIR LOVED ONES Although in 1993 Srebrenica was declared a protected zone by the United Nations, i.e., exempted from armed attacks, this did not prevent the in the period of six days from July 11 – 16, 1995, in Srebrenica, genocide[…]

Zijo Ribic on reconciliation – marking the commemoration of the victims of the genocide in Srebrenica

Some people took everything from me, others gave me everything At the protests organized due to the enormous increase in prices and fuel, which were recently attended by about a thousand Tuzla residents, we met four-year-old Sara smiling carefree, safe on her father’s shoulders. She said she came for ice cream. When she grows up, she will[…]

Mapping of the socio-economic needs of citizens and the business sector

In order to identify the needs of citizens and the business sector in the field of socio-economic development in local communities, the Network for Building Peace conducted four consultative workshops and five focus groups in 9 local communities in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosanska Krupa, Derventa, Gorazde, Gornji Vakuf/Uskoplje, Gradacac, Kotor Varos, Laktasi, Tesanj and Usora. Consultative workshops[…]