Obstacles exist only in our heads On the shores of Lake Sniježnica in Teočak, young people, with their activism, thoughts and plans for the future, rise above nationalist rhetoric and everyday life undermined by daily political agendas. In small, neglected rural communities, this is unfortunately a reality, and the only way to put an end to this […]
The voting campaign is the last phase before the registration of a micro-business (craft, independent entrepreneurship or commercial-agricultural farm), in which the community decides which ideas will be financed. Only those micro-businesses that met the criteria of the campaign, and which were previously mentored by young people from the Committee for Micro-Entrepreneurship, are on the campaign. After[…]
Story of Hana Spahić The third in a series of stories about volunteers in Bosnia and Herzegovina takes us to the northwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, more precisely to the city of Bihać. Hana was born in Bihać, and finished primary and secondary school in Bosanski Petrovac. She continued her studies at the Faculty of Education and[…]
RATKO MLADIĆ’S TRIAL IS FINALLY OVER, BUT BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA STILL HAS OPEN WOUNDS. Almost 26 years after being indicted for the first time by the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, Ratko Mladić has had his life sentence confirmed. On Tuesday (June 8), the Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunal[…]
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network – BIRN is organizing a training for young journalists from the region, in cooperation with several independent and highly professional media outlets from six Western Balkan countries. The following are eligible to apply: Journalism students, Recent high school graduates, Young journalists The candidate has to be 18 – 26 years old, and[…]
In the last few years, we have seen that the movements of young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are gaining serious momentum, and we have an equally serious arrival of young people, especially young men, from other countries in BiH. Although mass migrations and brain drain belong to a separate form of human mobility, the reasons[…]
At this moment, ten matches between associations and socially responsible companies have been made on the volontiraj.ba service. The volontiraj.ba service was created as a product of the initiative “Improving Human Rights Corporate Accountability in BiH” which, with the financial support of the European Union, is implemented by the Institute for Youth Development KULT with the aim[…]
A year has passed since Goran, a man with a big heart, left us. He was a peace activist and a true fighter for human rights. With his constant struggle for our better tomorrow, he managed to dissolve the resistance and animosity that people showed in their first encounters towards our joint future. He never understood building[…]
If you want to apply for this call, you just need to read this information in detail and have a good business idea 🙂 ❗IMPORTANT: The first step in completing the application is to register in lonac, add a phone number and fill in the required questionnaires on your profile, including Teamwork Style. Don’t forget that the[…]