For the fourth year running, the State of Peace Youth Academy, organized by the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC), has brought together young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro with a goal of strengthening dialogue, mutual understanding and lasting peace.
In a region where history is so often told as competing, mutually exclusive stories, the fourth “State of Peace” Youth Academy set out to test a different premise: that different experiences of the past don't have to produce separate futures.
For the young people gathered across Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) this week for the fourth “State of Peace” Youth Academy, the European Union is not an abstract policy framework, it's a lived, daily question.
The European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in partnership with the Post-Conflict Research Centre, is organising the fourth State of Peace Youth Academy, taking place from 31 July to 13 August 2026.
About 40 young people gathered for the fifth Peace Festival, organized by the Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC) to discuss and learn about peacebuilding through inclusive memorialization, art, and activities designed to promote critical thinking and respect for multiculturalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).
On the occasion of the 31st anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the Post-Conflict Research Center is proud to announce the 7th edition of the Srebrenica Youth School.