Sarajevo, capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is famous because it is considered Europe's Jerusalem. It is a city where the world's four major religions meet, and, together, live a life of harmony, peace and tolerance. The Jewish community of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a rich and varied history, having suffered through World War II and the war in Yugoslavia 20 years ago. Because of this very interesting and turbulent history, celebrating International Peace day in Sarajevo has special meaning.

The International Day of Peace (IDP) is observed annually on September 21st. Three days later, the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah had begun, which was why Youth for Peace decided to celebrate IDP and welcome Rosh Hashanah at Jewish community in Sarajevo. Our youth trainers coming from different religions backgrounds organized a workshop for children aged 5-11. Through different games, plays and songs we sent messages of peace and tolerance. We also discussed the importance of friendship and mutual understanding, eating symbolic foods such as apples dipped in honey to evoke a "sweet new year". We also drew and wrote messages of peace, hoping that those children would help to bring new century of peace, tolerance and a better future for all of us.

Beside longterm cooperation between Youth for Peace members and URI, in August 2014 YfP became officialy Cooperation Circle of URI. It was announced alongside four other CCs from different sides of world. YfP is looking forward to cooperation with other URI's CC and sharing common idea and vision. On official URI Website our CC is presented as: This Cooperation Circle, formed by young people from different spiritual backgrounds from Bosnia and Herzegovina, is active in working with interfaith youth groups from local and international organizations. With unique professional backgrounds in psychology, economics and tourism among other things, they have organized activities, workshops, seminars and conferences for young activists. They established Youth for Peace as a non-governmental organization on national level and currently have more than 15 active members. Through interfaith projects, they hope to contribute to peacebuilding and interfaith dialogue by highlighting the importance of young people in the process. They strive to empower young people to be initiators of positive change in order to create a better future by building a society of equal opportunities without prejudices in local communities.

U Sarajevu od 6. do 8. juna je održana regionalna konferencija koordinatora GNRC-a iz cijele Europe. Cilj konferencije je bio okupljanje aktivnih članova Mreže iz cijele Europe na jednom mjestu gdje bi razmjenili dosadašnja iskustva o implementiranim aktivnostima te razgovarali o budućim planovima. Koordinatori i aktivni individualci iz regije, kao i drugih zemalja Europe su imali priliku susresti se i sa Upravnim odborom GNRC-a sa sjedištem u Nairobiju, Kenija. Konferenciji su nazočili Dr. Mustafa Y. Ali, generalni sekretar, Mohammad Belall Maudarbux, program manager i Miriam Rubino, koordinatorica programa za mlade. Na jednom mjestu su se skupili najodgovorniji ljudi GNRC-a i podjelili svoje vizije sa aktivnim članovima u Europi. Razgovaralo se o projektima i kampanjama koje su u toku: "Ethics Education", "Day of Prayer for Children" i "End Child Poverty". Glavnina aktivnosti Mreže će se odvijati u sklopu ove tri kampanje sa zajedničkim ciljem - promovisanjem prava djeteta i borbi protiv siromaštva.

Ovogodišnju konferenciju je organizovao Youth for Peace, te ugostio mlade iz različitih dijelova svijeta. Za vrijeme trajanja Konferencije gosti su mogli prisustvovati i Sarajevo Peace Event-u koji je se održavao paralelno. Svakodnevno je učesnicima bilo na rasploganju nekoliko radionica i okruglih stolova od kojih su neki bili veoma relavantni za tematiku kojom se bave organizacije članice GNRC-a.

On June 6th, Youth for Peace with GNRC Youth volunteers from BIH organized and conducted a workshop during the international Sarajevo Peace Event. The workshop, titled "Peace begins with Me", took place at the Hotel Grand in Sarajevo, and highlighted Arigatou International's initiatives, the work of the GNRC around the world, as well as welcomed visitors from international organizations for experiential reflections on peace building. It was also a great opportunity for networking and meeting like-minded organizations and individuals.

The workshop was divided into four 'stations', with a presentation to getting acquainted with the work of the GNRC and the other initiaves of AI, a Mandala and meditative section, a discussions and brainstorming session, and other hands-on activities such as creating inspiring messages within paper cranes that adorned a Peace wall.