On March 3 and 4, 2026, representatives of 25 civil society and international organizations converged on Europe House in Podgorica, Montenegro, for the inaugural Western Balkans Peace Forum (WBPF), organized by the Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC) with its partners.
The Interreligious Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina (IRC-BiH), joining representatives of Islamic, Orthodox, Catholic and Jewish religious communities, epitomizes a contextual approach to post-conflict coexistence and sustainable peacebuilding.
While regional politicians are increasingly embracing nationalist rhetoric and deepening divisions, young people from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia are takin a different approach - one based on daily collaboration, solidarity, and learning.
We will meet again one day, When small voices fall silent, So the last may lose their strength, It is not water that puts it out, but the sweat of the brave, Scream for those who want to live— these are some of the messages of Midhat Kapetanović's illustrations, which symbolically honor or call attention to events in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the region, and beyond.