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Emana Tabaković, member of eMTeeM, declared the best actress at the INTEF festival

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Mostar youth theatre

Emana Tabaković, member of eMTeeM, declared the best actress at the INTEF festival

At the just concluded 4th INTEF festival, which was held in Mišar near Šabac, in the competition of youth plays, the actress of the Mostar Youth Theatre Emana Tabaković received the award for the best acting achievement for her role in the play "Death is my love".

Emana impressively and very sincerely realized the complex character of a young girl faced with numerous psychological problems and reached out to every viewer with a suggestive play.

By the way, the play was created as eMTeeM's response to the poor state of mental health of young people and a warning that stronger preventive action must be taken.

The next performance of the play is already on Saturday, August 26, within the framework of the 48th Mostar theatre Festival - Festival of Author's Poetics. The performance is played on Memorial Stage 2253 starting at 8 p.m.

EPS-Electry Power Idustry of Serbia

National Network
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Address

Omladiskih brigada 14/28, 11070, New Belgrade-Serbia
11070 New Belgrade
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Telephone
+381649302855
E-Mail
marshallplaneusa@aol.com
Organisation Type
Individual Person
Year of Establishment
1976
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. Human rights
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Others
  6. Religion
  7. Research
General Information

Since June 25th, 2018. I am retired with 43,5 years work path in EPS-YugoslaviaI worked as a brigadier groups of workers as independent in its entirety jobs with greater responsibilities, and the number of skilled workers electricity in  the general affairs  of  the installation  of Energy and low - voltage DC - measurement and control electronics, mechanics, pheomatik  , automation , hydraulics and instrumentation  in parallel,,,

Mission and Objectives

Since June 25th, 2018. I am retired with 43,5 years work path in EPS-YugoslaviaI worked as a brigadier groups of workers as independent in its entirety jobs with greater responsibilities, and the number of skilled workers electricity in  the general affairs  of  the installation  of Energy and low - voltage DC - measurement and control electronics, mechanics, pheomatik  , automation , hydraulics and instrumentation  in parallel,,,

Main Projects / Activities

Since June 25th, 2018. I am retired with 43,5 years work path in EPS-Yugoslavia I worked as a brigadier groups of workers as independent in its entirety jobs with greater responsibilities, and the number of skilled workers electricity in  the general affairs  of  the installation  of Energy and low - voltage DC - measurement and control electronics, mechanics, pheomatik  , automation , hydraulics and instrumentation  in parallel,,,

Contact (1) Full Name
Agim Zeka
Head of the organisation
Worker borderless

European law students' association Sarajevo

National Network
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Address

Obala Kulina Bana 7
71000 Sarajevo
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Telephone
+38733206350
E-Mail
president@elsa-sarajevo.org
E-Mail (2)
vpmarketing@elsa-sarajevo.org
E-Mail (3)
secgen@elsa-sarajevo.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2011
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Gender
  3. Human rights
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Media
  6. Youth and education
General Information
1. ELSA Sarajevo - local group which is part of ELSA in BIH, through which ELSA Sarajevo is member of ELSA International. Its main bodies are: Assembly and Executive committee. Executive committee is made from seven sectors: president, treasurer, secretary-general, academic activities, student exchange program, seminar and conferences, marketing and study visits. 2. approx 2000 BAM - cca 1000 euros 3. sources: donations of Faculty of Law University of Sarajevo and membership fees 4. modalities of actions: seminars, workshops, conferences, study visits, student exchange program, legal clinics, lecturers, moot courts competitions, simulation of parliament, legal research groups. 5. main partners: Faculty of Law University of Sarajevo, Council of Youth Old Town Sarajevo, Cure foundation, state institutions (Ministry of human rights and refugees).
Mission and Objectives

The European Law Students' Association (ELSA) in Sarajevo, as an international, independent, non-political, non-profit organization run for and by the students themselves, to unite and to organize students and graduates, who are interested in the academic and personal development as an addition to his studies at the universities. The main mission of the Association is to contribute to legal education, through various forms of non-formal education, introduction to comparative European justice and social systems, the development of mutual understanding among students of law faculties in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to promote social responsibility of law students and young lawyers.

Main Projects / Activities

1. Legal Clinic in International and European law on human rights law (legal clinic topics are related to protection of human rights in B&H, world, and mechanism of human rights protection in Europe - more precisely - European Convention of Human Rights and case law of European court for human rights. (Sarajevo, October 2015 - ) 2. Seminar "Transitional justice - a path to the peace" (21 September 2015 - International Day of peace) 3. organizes visits to state institutions - Parliament of B&H, Court of B&H, Constitutional Court of B&H, Central Bank and Presidency of B&H (during whole year) 4. students internships in private companies, state institutions and international organisations (during whole year) 5. trilateral project (including ELSA Sarajevo, ELSA Ljubljana, ELSA Croatia) that consists from: legal research group and academic-educative visits on topic of economic-social rights of LGBT persons in B&H, Croatia, Slovenia (Sarajevo, Ljubljana & zagreb, March 2015 - ) 6. Legal research group on European social charter as part of ELSA International biggest legal project (Sarajevo, November 2014 - April 2016) 7. Advocate of United nations development program "Advocates of Military control" (Sarajevo, November 2015 - ) 8. Seminar "European court for human rights - constitutional court of Europe?" organized with ELSA Osijek (Dubrovnik, 19 - 23 August 2015) 9. Seminar "Feminism and woman's rights" (Sarajevo, 19 June 2015) 10. Legal clinic in international and European law on human rights law (legal clinic topics are related to protection of human rights in B&H, world, and mechanism of human rights protection in Europe - more precisely - European Convention of Human Rights and case law of European court for human rights. (Sarajevo, October 2014 - January 2015)

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

ELSA Sarajevo has a rich experience when it comes to organization and implementation of multicultural and multinational events and it is willing to share it in order to contribute achievement of Anna Lindh foundation main goals. Its 200 members will actively participate and give its own contribution to the Anna Lindh Network in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ELSA Sarajevo has a good cooperation with state institutions, Law Faculty and some other nongovernmental organizations which might be used for purpose of Anna Lindh Network in B&H.
 

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

ELSA Sarajevo would like to join Anna Lindh Foundation as it share the same goal – bringing people together in order to break down prejudices and stereotypes among peoples and cultures. More precisely, ELSA's focus group are law students. The best tool to do so is a dialogue. Dialogue, communication is essential part of our everyday life if we want to have a society that is multicultural and tolerant; society of mutual understanding. ELSA Sarajevo is using the most effective tool – education as meeting point of every human. Just by getting to know each other we develop mutual understating to others – to those whole are different from us. Finally, as well as Anna Lindh foundation, ELSA Sarajevo by its activities, as are study visits, provides opportunity for students from Bosnia and Herzegovina and rest of Europe to travel and meet Bosnian or other European legal orders and at the same time their cultures. In order to make us more visible and to be closer to achieving our goals we would like to join Anna Lindh foundation.

Contact (1) Full Name
Išerić Harun
Job Title
Preisdent of the organisation
Head of the organisation
President
Contact (2) Full Name
Aida Hamur
Job Title (2)
Vice president for academic activities

Fondacija CURE/ CURE Foundation

National Network
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Address

Čekaluša 16
71000 Sarajevo
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Telephone
+38733207561
Fax
+38733207561
E-Mail
marija@fondacijacure.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2005
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Gender
  3. Human rights
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Youth and education
General Information
CURE Foundation is a feminist-activist organization which operates for the equality of sexes and genders pleading for positive social changes through educational, artistic, cultural and research programs. Providing affirmative action, CURE Foundation celebrates women’s strength and power and works on empowering people so they could become initiators of social changes in Bosnia and Herzegovina and abroad. Feminist activism has provided a safe space where women are strong, fearless and capable united in their differences. CURE Foundation is an organization of professionals and volunteers who go out to the streets in sign of public protest against violence, discrimination, violations of laws and fundamental human rights, organize performances against violence, invite artists, scientists, educators, activists and the citizens to action and personal contribution to creating a better and healthier BiH society. Vision – The kind of society we want – CURE Foundation works for the equality of women in BiH, for a society without patriarchal norms in which violence and discrimination are not tolerated, where women are recognized as responsible initiators and bearers of positive social changes and equally make decisions in the society. Mission – What we do to realize the vision – CURE Foundation works on supporting, strengthening the capacity and creating a safe environment for a new generation of activists and feminists, for their responsible and active involvement in positive social changes through: - educational programs, - research, analysis and public advocacy, - improvement of the media image of women and raising visibility, - local and regional networking, - engaged arts and activism and - building an inclusive and sustainable women's movement.
Mission and Objectives

CURE Foundation has 9 members empoyed (one directress, 8 employees). We have a Governing board made out of 5 members (activists from other NGOs). CURE Foundation is funded by foreign donors and local government bodies (ministries). CURE's work is based on educational workshops for young women, women politicians and women from smaller, rural areas of BiH. CURE Foundation also works on lobbying and advocating for equality in the governement and works on LGBT rights. CURE Founadation is member of different networks and coalitions with other NGOs working on similar topics. CURE coordinates the Women's Network of BiH and is partnering with many different local and regional women's rights organizations. CURE Foundation organizes an annual women's arts and activism festival, networking with different regional and world wide organizations and activists, talking about women in arts and promoting women's arts. 

Main Projects / Activities

OAK Foundation is funding CURE Foundation in buidling our capacities as an organization
Empowerment of women's rights through the empowerment of the Women's network of BiH- raising the capacities of the organizations members of the women network and strenghtening the capacities of the WNBIH itself 
Gender based violence: View from a different angle – Violence in youth relationships- education of young women on the topics of violence, feminism, activism, etc. and the creation of a new generation of feminists  
Capture gender based violence- Creation of short films on the topics of gender based violence and the promotion of these films all over BiH
Empowerment of activists from smaller areas- CURE Foundation work with smaller organizations from BiH on empowering them and raising their capacities in the field of women's human rights 
ISCOS- Education of Roma girls and work with smaller organizations 
Solidarity Fund- Helping women who have been dealing with difficult times through a Solidarity fund
Education of women politicians- CURE Foundation is educating women politicians and preparing them for their electoral campaigns
ASTREA Foundation- CURE Foundation is creating a safe space for LBT* women and opening a space for dialogue about the  needs of LBT* women in BiH 

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

CURE Foundation can contribute with our knowledge in the field of women's human rights and activism in BiH. CURE has been existing and working for the past ten years in this field and we have been trained to facilitate different processes regardless if ti is education of young women or lobbying and advocating workshops. CURE can build capacities of smaller NGOs working on these topics and can help with the topics of EU integration process and different conventions BiH signed regarding gender based violence and the position of women in BiH. Also, CURE are very visibile in the media, so we can benefit with public representation of our activities including this network. 

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We want to joing the ALF Network because we consider that it is important to have connections all over the world regarding the work in the field of women's human rights and human rights in general. We consider the ALF Nework a good approach to current topics in these fields and the networking part is generally very important when it comes to working as an NGO. We also want to partner with different organizations in project which would benefit our country and the general position of women everywhere. 

Contact (1) Full Name
Marija Vuletić
Job Title
Project coordinator
Head of the organisation
Jadranka Miličević
Contact (2) Full Name
Vedrana Frašto
Job Title (2)
Office manager

Forum of Tuzla Citizens

National Network
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Telephone
+387 35 258 075
Telephone (other)
+387 35 258 076
Fax
+387 35 258 079
E-Mail
forum_tz@bih.net.ba
E-Mail (2)
fgt-urbana@forumtz.com
Mobile Phone
+387 61 132 964
Mobile Phone (other)
+387 61 142 182
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1993
Fields of Activity
  1. Human rights
General Information
FTC Main board is an executive body that has 6 members including a president and two vice-presidents. FTC Council is an advisory body consisting of 30 prominent Tuzla citizens.
Mission and Objectives

Forum of Tuzla Citizens (FTC) was founded in 1993 as an answer to the growth of nationalism in its own surrounding, as well as a result of the need and determination to preserve Bosnia and Herzegovina as a whole, independent and decentralised sovereign state regulated upon parliamentary democratic principles, within its historical and geo-political borders, recognised by the international community, so that no part of its territory can be considered a part of national territory by any of its nations.
FTC is not a party association, and within it, citizens are gathering by their own free will and personal choice. Affiliation to any political, national, gender, religious, social or age group does not constitute an obstacle to participation in Forum. FTC was founded by citizen-individuals, not by the representatives of political, national, religious, social or age groups. In that regard FTC is open to every citizen who cares for the preservation and development of the traditional democratic, urban, cultural and ethnic values of Tuzla and BiH as a multinational and a mullet-religious civic community.
FTC supports:
- Punishment of all war criminals
- The return of all displaced persons and refugees to their ancient hearths and the return of their property
- Starting a process of mutual trust re-establishment motivated by the humanism and strength of spiritualism.
- Support and active participation in all constructive peaceful initiatives that are in accordance with FTC principles and assignments
- Encouragement of democratic activities in all spheres of life in Tuzla and in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Exerting a strong influence and reacting to all events in the town and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which are opposite to democratic principles of FTC programme
-Demanding the full equality of all citizens, disregarding their political, national, religious, gender, social or age affiliation
- Respecting the human rights and freedoms according to the 1948 UN Declaration of the Human Rights.
- Developing the patriotic feelings of B-H peoples on the basis of the positive cultural and ethnic experiences in our region
- Protecting multinational and multi-religious inheritance in accordance with the civilised world’s standards
- Spreading the feeling of love, loyalty and devotion for the town, including the protection of Tuzla town and its traditional, spiritual and cultural essence
- Creating conditions for the establishment of a European quality life and work in all spheres
- Saving, protecting and preserving the environment by taking all ecological measures in that regard.
- Preservation and development of each individual’s potential for their work on realisation of projects which will involve Tuzla in all European trends and processes
-Associating and co-operation with similar associations from BIH, Europe and beyond.

Main Projects / Activities

In the time of ten-month blockade of Tuzla, FTC organised series of public tribunes titled “How To Survive”.
FTC was engaged on providing and distribution of humanitarian aid.
FTC organised two public debates under the titles "Bosnia and Herzegovina In The Light of Geneva" and "The Washington Agreement", in May and July of 1994.
FTC, in co-operation with Verona Forum from Brussels and Association of Independent Intellectuals Circle 99 from Sarajevo organised an International conference under the title "Is Europe Possible Without Multiculturalism?” held in Tuzla on November 3 – 5 1994, under sponsorship of the European Parliament.
FTC, in association with the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly and Municipal Council Tuzla, organised an International conference under the title "Local Democracy in BiH And Europe", held in Tuzla on November 14 – 17 1994.
In February 1995, FTC organised a public debate “Protection of Human Rights”, and in April of the same year, organised a debate that promoted the Ombudsman Office in the Federation of BiH.
Over the system of e-mail communication ZAMIR, FTC organised written communication with all republics of former Yugoslavia and whole world in the time of informative blockade and broken connections. Over the same system, FTC realised project “Letters” that provides written communication to citizens with foreign countries. Over 100 letters daily were sent and received through this system.
FTC has been a co-organiser of the IV General Assembly of Helsinki Citizens Assembly, which was held in Tuzla on October 19 – 22 1995 where we had around 600 participants throughout the country and world.
On October 22, 1995, FTC in co-operation with Association “Circle 99” from Sarajevo published Charter that consists basic principles of organisation of common state of BiH.
FTC published booklet “Introduction to Human Rights” that represent first serious written work in the field of human rights in the history of BiH. This project was supported by NCA (Norwegian Church Aid).
The FTC initiates and leads the project ‘Citizens Alternative Parliament of BiH’ that initiates, encourage and financially support and connect local citizens’ initiatives at the state level. The founding assembly of Citizens Alternative Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina was held on August 31, 1996 in Tuzla. CAP BiH is based in Tuzla.
Since 1997, National Endowment for Democracy, Washington supports work of CAP BiH and its members through project “Citizens Alternative Parliament – Strengthening of Civil Society”. At the beginning CAP BiH had 14 members, and until today it developed network of 30 very respectable NGOs, recognized in their communities.
In co-operation with IKV and Helsinki Board for Human Rights in RS, FTC leads project “The Way Back” that helps displaced persons from Tuzla and Bijeljina to return to their homes. Project was successfully finished in 2001 when we arranged reconstruction of 20 houses in Janja and Požarnica and provided return for refugees and returnees in Janja also received three tractors.
In 2002, also in co-operation with IKV and new established organisation Forum of Srebrenica Citizens, project will be continued in Srebrenica region.
In co-operation with ABF Gothenburg from Sweden, FTC is implementing educational program “ABF-FTC Data Studio” where citizens are educated in the field of information technologies. Beside getting of very useful knowledge, as well internationally acknowledged certificate (ECDL) after passed tests, student are additionally educated in the field of democratisation of society, protection of human rights, role of NGOs, trade unions, media, etc. in building of civil society.
In July 1999, FTC organised international conference “How to Reach Stability in SEE”, where actors of political alternative from the region presented their opinions about Stability Pact for SEE.
Since 1996, FTC has successful co-operation with Olof Palme International Centre from Stockholm. With their support FTC organised many activities aimed to democratisation and building of civil society in BiH. During 2000 and 2001, within joint project titled “NGO Incubator”, FTC supported work and strengthening of three NGOs: “Future” Modriča, “Milićanin” Milići and Forum of Gradačac Citizens. In 2002, co-operation with OPC is continued through the project “Voice of Citizens” aimed to implement rights, obligations and responsibilities of the citizens in relation to authorities and vice versa, as well establishment and affirmation of dialogue between citizens and local authorities.
FTC was actively involved in the work of Citizens Pact for South-East Europe, since it was founded in July 2000. The aim of Citizens Pact for SEE is to promote, develop and organise (implement) models of regional co-operation by local NGOs and municipalities devoted to stability, peace and democracy. Citizens Pact has three sectors: municipalities, youth and civic initiatives.
During 2002 and 2003, FTC in cooperation with IKV and partner-organisations: hCa Banja Luka, Centre for Civic Cooperation Livno and hCa Tuzla realised project titled “How to Integrate BiH, How to Integrate BiH into Europe?”. The main task of this project was integration of BiH at all levels, and basic aims were: to initiate pan-Bosnian discussion about internal BH integration, different European institutions, conditions for entrance of BiH into the Council of Europe, to initiate debate about the role of the citizens in integration processes and to set up campaigns and projects on certain topics.
Through the project “Strengthening of Civil Initiatives at Local Level”, financed by NED, at the beginning of 2003 FTC started strengthening of dialogue between citizens and local administration, as well with administration at higher levels, in several cities of BiH. The general aim was strengthening of democratic processes and democratisation of institutions of society, protection of human rights and citizens’ freedoms, transparency, efficiency and professionalism and quality of the work of public administration and services of local administration in general.
Within Forum of Tuzla Citizens there is also youth group called Urban Culture. It gathers young people that want to actively involve in the work of NGOs and the life of the local community. With support from partner organisation ABF from Gothenburg (Sweden) during 2002 and 2003 they worked on realisation of projects that were aimed to develop discussion groups among young people, engagement of young people in fight against drug-addiction and education of young people in the field of civil society and human right.

Contact (1) Full Name
Vehid Sehic
Head of the organisation
Vehid Sehic
Contact (2) Full Name
Ermin Mustacevic

Foundation CPI, Sarajevo (Center for Public Interest Advocacy)

National Network
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Telephone
+387 33 259 595
Fax
+387 33 259 597
E-Mail
zoran.ivancic@cpi.ba
E-Mail (2)
damir.mehmedbasic@cpi.ba
E-Mail (3)
info@cpi.ba
Mobile Phone
+387 61 165 166
Mobile Phone (other)
+387 61 271 638
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2009
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
General Information
State level non profit foundation, 5 full time and 10 part time staff, aprox 250 000 USD, Open Society Foundation, USAID, Swiss SDC, IBP (International Budget Partnership), NED, long term and short term projects, open budget initiatives and open data initiatives, public awareness projects, new media peace and reconciliation initiatives
Mission and Objectives

CPI is an non-governmental, non-profit organization which actively supports the development of Civil Society by collecting, analysing and publishing data that are of interest to citizens, and further accentuating those data.
CPI Foundation strives for public and verified data to be made easily accessible for citizens of BiH, in a way that is easy to understand by any ordinary citizen who is not professionally engaged in public administration and public finance. Our second goal is to use IT and new media as a tool for positive social change broader than public accountability

Main Projects / Activities

Hyperion I and Hyperion II for the first time made available online all the public budgets of 14 different governments of our too complicated country. Then we followed with awareness and advocacy campaigns. Our most famous project is Counter of public money, huge display placed in a center of Sarajevo, that counts the expenditure of the state per second.
We do ranking of Bosnia for Open Budget Index and applying same methodology to measure openness for lover levels of government. We organised Municipal Budget Outreach initiative, traveling to smaller communities and engaging in discussions about public money with local activists and ordinary citizens. We are launching a web based media project in a domain of peace and reconciliation

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

we can share our experience with the Network and once we get more familiar with the network and it's members we can plan cooperation in future activities.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

our existing projects can benefit from networking with the similar initiatives and our new project tackles many topics that seems to be among your priorities and is planned as a multi country regional project that tries to deconstruct most important myths and prejudices among the nations, religious and ethnic groups

Contact (1) Full Name
Zoran Ivančić
Head of the organisation
Zoran Ivančić; Chairman of the Board
Contact (2) Full Name
Damir Mehmedbašić Executive Director

Foundation Humanity in Action Bosnia and Herzegovina

National Network
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Address

Skenderija 33
Sarajevo
البوسنة والهرسك

Telephone
+387 33 218 281
Fax
+387 33 557 996
E-Mail
j.hasic@humanityinaction.org
E-Mail (2)
m.omercehajic@humanityinaction.org
E-Mail (3)
s.foric@humanityinaction.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2011
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Human rights
  3. Youth and education
General Information
Humanity in Action (HIA) was founded in 1997 in the US and HIA BiH was established in 2011. HIA BiH mostly works on projects, e.g. the regional MICC Western Balkans (Model International Criminal Court) project and the BiH „Advancing Democratic Values and Active Citizenship among Youth“ project. It offers scholarships for BiH students for its one-month Summer Fellowship programs abroad. HIA BiH also organises study trips, conferences and seminars (e.g. the 2010 BiH Seminar trip and the 2012 HIA Annual Conference). Its 2013 annual budget was approx. 57,000 € and its budgetary resources include donor resources (e.g. National Endowment for Democracy, Schueler Helfen Leben) and funding by its founding member, the US-based HIA Inc. Currently, it has 3 staff members in BiH (Executive Director, Project Coordinator and Development Coordinator + volunteers). Main partners involved in its activities are: Youth Initiative for Human Rigths (BiH), HERMES (Croatia) and Open Communication (Serbia).
Mission and Objectives

Humanity in Action (HIA)'s mission is to educate, inspire and connect a global community of young leaders who are committed to promoting human rights, diversity and active citizenship. HIA BIH advances this mission in BiH with a particular concern for contemporary issues in BiH. These issues include (ethnic) tolerance, (anti-)discrimination of minorities and democratic values. Since 2005, Humanity in Action has been building a multiethnic network of young Bosnian leaders committed to breaking down barriers and strengthening civil society in their communities. 
To date, Humanity in Action invited more than 50 outstanding BiH students (representing all of BiH’s ethnic communities) to participate in its international fellowship programs. Humanity in Action developed an active alumni association (Senior Fellows Association) in Bosnia and Herzegovina that is committed to developing on-the-ground initiatives that promote reconciliation and contribute to building civil society.

Main Projects / Activities

Even though Humanity in Action has a fairly recent presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina, it has managed to organize numerous outstanding events and projects:

Pilot program was organized in 2010 under the name “Bosnia and Herzegovina: Challenges of a Post-Conflict Society” (May 10-16, 2010) that brought together 35 local and international aspiring young leaders who learned about the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the roots of the recent conflicts and the current social and political challenges in the country.

Third Annual HIA International Conference, held in Sarajevo in 2012. Bringing together more than 250 international young human rights leaders, the conference featured interdisciplinary lectures, workshops and interactive discussion groups. The conference was honored by a special live welcome address by former U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Model International Criminal Court Western Balkans: Humanity in Action Bosnia and Herzegovina and two partner organizations (Open Communications Serbia and Hermes Croatia) have recently been awarded the annual Schueler Helfen Leben grant of over 150,000 Euros for a 18-month long program with high-schools students and history teachers from the above-mentioned three countries called “Model International Criminal Court Western Balkans”. Participants will be simulating the work of the International Criminal Court and war crime cases from Rwanda, WWII and the recent war in the Balkans.

The program “Encouraging Democratic Values and Active Citizenship among Youth” has been supported for four years now by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The overall objective of the project is to encourage active citizenship among young people in the country and to enable them to play a more significant role in promoting democratic values, human rights and diversity among their peers. With the program, Humanity in Action BiH (HIA BIH) decided to target specifically students who have no or little experience in non-formal education, volunteer work or NGO engagement and to foster their critical thinking, learning about democracy and human rights, and improve their communication and research skills.
"Historija, Istorija, Povijest - Lessons for Today", which aims to share the Anne Frank House successful educational methods, in order to create teaching materials and products that will involve a wider population, change the paradigm of thinking and communicating about the last 60 years of history in the Western Balkans, and contribute to regional reconciliation and fostering democratic values. The project is implemented by the Anne Frank House in joint cooperation with local partner organizations MOF (Macedonia), HERMES (Croatia) and OK (Serbia).
Humanity in Action BiH has been partner of the Forum ZfD (Ziviler Friedensdienst) in BiH on two projects: Memory in Motion (Training on using pedagogical tools to deal with historic events from former Yugoslavia through the analysis of monuments) and a youth event in Tuzla in August 2015 (250 youth gathered to discuss civil resistance)

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

HIA BiH could contribute to the BiH network by getting involved in the activities of the current members and including them in HIA BiH's activities. We believe that, by becoming an ALF member, we could share good practices and be inspired for joint actions of projects among network members. Although HIA BiH is fairly young in BiH, we are working very actively on our mission and objectives and we are passionate about the ideals we promote.
In addition, we could bring a new, transatlantic perspective, since Humanity in Action consists of a network of organizations in the following countries: U.S.A., Germany, France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In addition, through our annual Summer Fellowship programs around Europe, we engage students from the above mentioned countries, as well as from Ukraine, Turkey and Greece. Therefore, we are currently in the process of expanding our network to other Mediterranean countries and hopefully these new HIA branches will subsequently join the ALF network.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

HIA BiH firmly believes and stands for the ideals promoted by the Anna Lindh Foundation, which coincide with its own ideas and objectives. HIA BiH works in the fields of human rights education, eliminating stereotypes and discrimination, promoting democracy, human rights, diversity and coexistence, as well as reconciliation and multi-ethnic societies. Through joinging the ALF Network, we could reach a wider audience for our message and, along with other ALF network members in BiH, contribute to building a stronger civil society in the country and the region.

We also wish to join the ALF network to connect with the current network members, primarily in BiH, but also in other countries, in order to work on joint actions and projects. We wish to expand out current network of partners and projects and to include other (especially BiH members) in the project we are working on. In particular, since we already have a one-month HIA Summer Fellowship program abroad, we would also like to organize a one-month Summer Fellowship program in BiH, the first of its kind in the country. For that, we would like to include the current BiH ALF network members in the planning and activities of the BiH Summer Fellowship. It would also be beneficial to be granted the financial means for executing such a task from the ALF through its annual grants.

Contact (1) Full Name
Jasmin Hasic
Job Title
Executive Director
Head of the organisation
Jasmin Hasic
Contact (2) Full Name
Maida Omercehajic
Job Title (2)
Project Coordinator

Genesis Project

National Network
البوسنة والهرسك
Address

Kalemegdanska 20
78000 Banjaluka
البوسنة والهرسك

Telephone
+38751461477
Fax
+38751461477
E-Mail
genesis@blic.net
E-Mail (2)
genesis@inecco.net
Mobile Phone
+38765527794
Mobile Phone (other)
+38465623327
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1997
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. Human rights
  4. Youth and education
General Information
Structure of the organization, including number of staff employed and/or partners: Genesis Project Budgetary resources available in a year: Approximately 300,000.00 EUR per year.  Sources of funding: Donations from international donors such as Delegation of the EU in BiH, UNICEF, Stiftung Schüler Helfen Leben (SHL), Berlin, Germany,  US Embassy, Netherlands Embassy, etc. Modalities of action (concrete projects, exchanges, seminars, scholarships etc.): Concrete projects implemented currently:  1.  “Bridges of trust and cooperation” (budget 190,000 EUR) 2.  “Rebuilding trust and confidence among children, teachers and parents in divided and segregated schools of Middle Bosnia canton” (budget 80,000 EUR) 3.  “Promoting Intercultural, Inclusive and Peace Education and Prevention of Violence ...” (budget 100,000 EUR) 4.  Prevention of Peer Violence and Gender Based Violence in Primary Schools (budget 15,000 EUR) Main partners involved in the organization's projects/activities: Primary schools, Ministries of education (entity and cantonal), different NGOs, etc.   
Mission and Objectives

Genesis Project mission is to, through our professionals and dedicated individuals, help children and adolescents throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina in fulfilling their rights to have free and correct psychophysical development regardless of their religious, ethnic and racial belonging whilst respecting their individual differences and potentials.
Our main objectives are:
• To overcome the ethnic segregation.
• To develop and support various co-existence initiatives throughout B&H.
• To implement and support different peace building initiatives.
• To educate children and adults about the peaceful conflict prevention and resolution,
child safety and violence prevention.
• To reduce the negative impact that mines, unexploded ordinances and small arms and light weapons have on children and their communities in B&H.
 

Main Projects / Activities

Through our work, we are seeking to build the trust and change the attitudes among different ethnic groups as a precondition for the creation of a safer environment. Through our work in the primary schools we want to improve the communication and cooperation between the divided ethnic groups and to create the peaceful and safe environment for the children in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The peace building is the main activity of our organization and therefore we have undertaken numerous peace building projects and activities. Our work is mostly focused in the primary schools located in the ethnically divided communities throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina and through our activities we are affecting a large community of people: children, teachers and parents.
In the schools where we worked, the communication skills were improved and bridges of trust and cooperation have been established. Correspondingly, the pupils have shown a higher level of knowledge about conflict, peaceful conflict prevention, etc. They also participated less in the violence and had more active role in stopping the violence in their inner environment.
Small but consistent changes in attitudes and behaviours in the field of multi-ethnic relations have also been recorded. The pupils have shown greater willingness to socialize with their peers from other ethnicities. The prejudices were also reduced.
Similar results were obtained with the teaching staff and our projects have improved the interethnic relations at school and approximately 80% of the senior grades teachers pointed out that they now spend more time with the colleagues from other components, and 94% stated that they are now closer. Over 60% of respondents supported the cooperation between the school components. After our workshops a higher percentage of teachers are for integration of the school components.
Our experiences with the pupils have taught us that children gladly participate in the joint activities; they quickly overcome the ethnic separation and develop friendships being highly motivated and dedicated to the project and its aims. For example, the teachers who have participated in our workshops have asked for the activities to be continued because they felt that these workshops offered the opportunities to expand their skills and knowledge jointly.
More about our work in divided schools you can see in the following story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY3a8xSeI9khttps://www.youtube.com/watch...
Furthermore, our work in the field of the mine risk education is very successful. The BiH Mine Action Canter recorded more than 18,200 minefields, but it is estimated that the total number of the minefields is 30,000, containing about one million mines. The locations of many minefields are still unknown. The minefields were placed along the former confrontation line, which was the subject of frequent changes, so that the mines can be found throughout the country. The members of the Genesis Project are working simultaneously on several levels and including several groups of direct beneficiaries: peer educators, teachers and students. Through our activities we are supporting the long-term school battle against landmines and UXO.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

We are willing to share our experience gathered through peace building project implemented throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Through our work, we are seeking to build the trust and change the attitudes among different ethnic groups as a precondition for the creation of a safer environment. Through our work in the primary schools we want to improve the communication and cooperation between the divided ethnic groups and to create the peaceful and safe environment for the children in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The peace building is the main activity of our organization and therefore we have undertaken numerous peace building projects and activities. Our work is mostly focused in the primary schools located in the ethnically divided communities throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina and through our activities we are affecting a large community of people: children, teachers and parents.
We have gathered significant amount of experience and lessons learnt which we would be happy to share with network members.
 

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We appreciate work of the ALF tremendously and we think that we can benefit from the membership in the ALF network.
There is always room for improvement of our work and for learning new things, and we hope that we can do that by learning from other members of the ALF network. 

Contact (1) Full Name
Dijana Pejic
Job Title
executive director
Head of the organisation
Dijana Pejić
Contact (2) Full Name
Sasa Saric
Job Title (2)
member of the Executive board