Category: News

Public statement

Regarding the non-election of the co-chairman from the Serbian delegates in the House of Delegates in the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina we are appealing for the respect of equality of the constitutive peoples in the institutions of Federation of B&H The decisions of the Constitutional court of B&H in 2000 established … Continued

Academy of Political Leadership

Sarajevo Open Center, supported by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is setting up the first Academy of Political Leadership which will be held June 29- July 5 at Hotel Hayat, Abdesthana 27, in Sarajevo. The aim of the first Academy of Political Leadership is to improve the capacities of young people by … Continued

Other projects

Soon more information about other projects…

Support our idea for Innovation Lab Sarajevo 2012 contest

  If you want to support our endeavors in the field of LGBT human rights, support our idea no. 43 on facebook page Innovation Lab Sarajevo 2012! All you have to do is like our idea and post a comment! Our idea is to establish the first LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans) web portal www.questioning.ba … Continued

School of LGBT human rights

Call for applications for students of law faculties in B&H SCHOOL OF LGBT HUMAN RIGHTS Sarajevo, October 11-13 2012 Deadline for application: September 10 2012 All lectures at The School of LGBT Human Rights will be given in B/C/S language. School lecturers have academic and activist background and are coming from Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia … Continued

Workshop “What is the Gender of Security?”

Sarajevo Open Centre has organized a workshop in Mostar as part of the project What is the Gender of Security? that we implement together with the European Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The workshop took place from June 8-10 and the participants were the authors of the articles for the publication What is the … Continued

Other publications

Other editions that are published as a result of the work of the Sarajevo Open Centre and our partners:     Informal network of women’s organisations coordinated by Sarajevo Open Centre (2013) The 3rd Alternative Report on the Implementation of CEDAW and Women’s Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2010) with Annex on changes in … Continued

Reforms

Promoting Public Debate on Ideas of Improving State Functionality Project on behalf of Coalition 143 – Coalition for Local self-Government Period: july 2012.- july 2013. Since May 2012, Sarajevo Open Centre is coordinating Coalition 143. Coalition 143, established by 15 associations from across BH, is a network of associations, groups and individuals who will jointly … Continued

Political participation

INTERVENTION AREA: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION   Overall objective To increase political participation of the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina by educating and informing them about political procedures, institutions and actors.   Specific objectives – To increase awareness of citizens about political developments by being a watchdog in order to put pressure on the state institutions with … Continued

Current projects

Advocating for LGBT rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina In cooperation with the Kingdom of Netherlands Project period: September 2012 – August 2013 This project is suppported by the Matra programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kindom of Netherlands. The project Advocating for LGBT rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina has two main objectives: to … Continued