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 fourth Youth Academy "State of Peace," organized by the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with the Post-Conflict Research Center, opened this weekend in Vitez, bringing together over 45 young people from BiH, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro for a two-week peacebuilding program.
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) became the first country outside of the European Union (EU) to host European Dialogues, entitled Trust: A Condition for Lasting Peace.
The commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide has begun at the European Union headquarters in Brussels, through a partnership between the European External Action Service, the Srebrenica Memorial Center, and the Post-Conflict Research Center.
The second State of Peace Youth Academy has concluded, bringing together 50 young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro. Organised by the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina in collaboration with the Post-Conflict Research Center, the conference actively engaged Western Balkans youth in the process of reconciliation for a second year in a row.
In January this year, Balkan Diskurs sat down with Ambassador Johann Sattler, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina.