Project Overview

Project title: Youth – Most Important Driving Engine of Our Region

Axis:  I.2/Exchange of people and ideas

Budget: SRB € 47,085.00 & BIH € 42,355.95                        Total € 89,440.95

Applicants:  Applicant 1 – Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Republika Srpska – Bijeljina, Bosnia and Hercegovina

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Applicant 2 – Center for Equitable Regional Development– CenTriR – Belgrade, Serbia

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Partners: Applicant 1’s partners – NA

Applicant 2’s partners – NA

Duration of the Action:  12 months
Overall objective: The project’s overall objective is creating preconditions for sustainable development of cross-border region between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) through the means of strengthening institucional, human and civil mechanisms for promotion of position of young people who are the bearers of development in both countries.
Specific objectives: 1) Analyzing the work of local youth commissions/offices in 16 target municipalities in B&H and Serbia by means of conducting research on their performance over the previous period; 2) Improving capacities and skills of young people for advocating changes which will improve their current position in 16 target municipalities; 3) Establishing an informal network of young people who will be focal points in promoting cross-border cooperation and youth activism in these regions
Target groups:   Young people
Final beneficiaries: 1) young people from all 16 target municipalities in both countries, active in the youth sector; 2) other local youth offices in both countries, for whom will be most helpful recommendations on how to improve work with youth, 3) governmental, non-governmental and professional institutions deal with youth issues in both countries, 4) local administrations in 16 target municipalities.
Estimated results of the action: Result 1 – Completed preparatory activities as step one towards successful implementation of subsequent project activities; Result 2- Conducted research on achievements of youth  offices in  16 municipalities of the cross-border region between Serbia and B&H;

Result 3 – Printed  publication on the work of local youth offices in the cross-border region between Serbia and B&H; Result 4 – Media promotion of the Project and findings of research on work of youth offices/commissions; Result 5 – Strengthened youth capacities to actively address problems in local communities; Result 6 – Local actions carried out by the youth in 16 municipalities of B&H and Serbia; Result 7-   Organized regional cross-border youth conference – “Do You Really Hear What We Say?”
Main activities:  Act 1-  Preparatory activities;  Act 2-  Analysis of work of youth offices offices/commissions in the cross-border region of Bosnia and Serbia; Act 3 –  Preparing publication on the work of local youth offices /commissions in the cross-border region between Serbia and B&H; Act 4 – Holding a press conference; Act 5 –  Strengthening capacities of the youth to actively address problems in local communities; Act 6- Implementation of local actions “Our Problems – Your Duty”; Act 7 –  Organizing regional cross-border youth conference titled “Do You Really Hear What We Say?”
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