Young leaders in the community: Encounters that build bridges among young people

Trainee “Learn, Think and Act!” Amina Bašić , launched the initiative called “City of Youth” and opened the door to an inspiring story in Novi Travnik. Recognizing that Novi Travnik is a municipality where young people often face a lack of opportunities for direct interaction, which creates invisible walls between young people of different ethnic groups, Amina decided to start […]

SKILLS OF THE FUTURE

The skills often highlighted as critical for future success often reflect rapid changes in technology, society and the work environment. Here are some skills that are often considered important for the future:  As the labor market is constantly changing, estimates say that as many as 65% of elementary school students who start school will work in jobs that[…]

YOUNG PEOPLE CAN BE A BRIDGE TO PRESERVE THE TRUE VALUES OF A COMMUNITY

The annual conference of “YOUTH BANK” and “MOZAIK FOUNDATION” was held The story successfully carried out and implemented  by the Mozaik Foundation  in cooperation with  the Youth Banks   has its advantages and outstanding results. This is also evidenced by the fact that every year an increasing number of young people join this project and thus contribute to the development of their[…]

Residents of Bosanski Grahov are firmly against the installation of a pyrolysis plant for waste tires in the “Brick” brick factory

Text and photo: Željka Mihaljević Although there are less than 1,000 citizens with permanent residence in B. Grahovo, the petition was signed by more than 2,000 citizens in five days, and the will of the people was respected by the Municipal Council. In Bosanski Grahovo, in the middle of October this year, something that has never happened[…]

A family that defies statistics: Here’s why a six-member family that had two companies in Germany decided to return to BiH

Text and photos: Kristina Perić While statistics, both civil and ecclesiastical, say that we are inexorably moving in one direction from Bosnia and Herzegovina, there have always been those who defy being part of the statistics, and go in the right direction, to find their peace and home and family togetherness. We met Jelena Bartolović, at first[…]

Visits that inspire representatives of partner organizations

A few days ago, as part of the NGO Meet up “Local success stories – It is possible!”, we visited the “Source of Hope” Foundation with the participants. Today, representatives of this organization visited the Institute for Youth Development KULT, wanting to get acquainted with the work of the Institute in practice, and to learn something new[…]

How to bring good change to society? – The story of youth activism in Prijedor

After this year’s summer camp of activism, we continue socializing and working with an excellent group of young people from 12 local communities (Bihać, Centar Sarajevo, Gacko, Goražde, Gradiška, Istočno Sarajevo, Mostar, Novo Sarajevo, Prozor-Rama, Prijedor, Ugljevik and Vitez) and follow their successes in trying to make the voice of the youth of their communities stronger. The[…]

UMiD for teaching and professional staff of secondary schools: A story that does not leave anyone indifferent

The third module  “Learn, Think and Act!” (UMiD) training for teaching and professional staff of secondary schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina  is a continuation of the inspiring adventure that 24 motivated professionals engaged in education in Bosnia and Herzegovina embarked on at the beginning of June. During the third module of UMiD for teaching and professional staff of secondary schools,[…]