17 participants, 2 interpreters, 5 trainers. All survived, with some losses.
trust building
The collection of short stories from the Biber 05 regional contest has been published
The fifth Biber Contest ran from 10 December 2021 to 1 June 2022. A total of 473 stories were entered anonymously. Twenty stories selected for the collection were chosen by the jury made up of: Lejla Kalamujić, Kalina Maleska and Olja Savičević Ivančević.
Fifth Regional Short Story Contest Biber
On Human Rights Day 2021 the fifth Biber Short Story Contest has been opened. Both established and unpublished authors writing in Albanian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Croatian or Serbian are eligible to enter.
The Courage and Openness of Twenty-Year-Olds
The fourth Peacebuilding Training for students from Bosnia and Herzegovina was held from 22 to 28 July on Mount Vlašić.
I’ve come to save you, he said.
It is very unusual to find yourself “on the other side” of “glorious” Croatian (and not just Croatian) military victories, among those against whom the victories are being celebrated. It is clear who was defeated, but there is always the question of whether anyone actually won?
Remembering the victims from Varivode and Gošić: Solidarity with victims’ families and a call to hold the perpetrators responsible
War veterans and peace activists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia join the memory of civilians killed 25 years ago.
Reconciliation?! – Training Handbook for Dealing with the Past
The handbook is based on the experiences of the Centre for Nonviolent Action gathered during 15 years of intensive work in the region of former Yugoslavia. We hope that this handbook will serve as an inspiration for many and be an encouragement for peacebuilding work.
Shamelessnes of denial
If we lived in a country in which all structures of state and society had a consensus about this
honest attitude, that every person must have their own right, regardless of their name, there
would be less need for citizens to come together to protect themselves or to express their
solidarity in protecting others. Unfortunately, more often than not people realize this only
when they feel injustice on their own skin and see that the others don’t care because they fear
for themselves, and in fact merely hope they are not the next in line.