In the period from 23rd to 29th November 2022, three young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in the training within the BEYOND project, which was held in Prizren, Kosovo. Upon arriving at the training, the participants did the first getting-to-know-each-other activity where they wrote their names and their favorite song on paper. Those papers were later used for SMS wall activity. The seminar officially started the next day, and the first activities were team-building activities that brought young people from Serbia, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina together. According to the testimony of one of the participants of the training, Azra Hodžić, the participants very quickly became a very connected group that did everything together. The training was divided into blocks, the first was based on teambuilding activities, the second was dedicated to guest lecturers who talked to the participants more about their experiences and religions, and one whole day was set aside for a tour of Prizren so that the participants could visit religious sites. On that day, the participants visited the Cathedral, the Skender Pasha Mosque, the Tekke House, and the Theological Seminary. Each visit was enriched with information and freedom to explore. Religious leaders were ready to answer all the questions of the participants as well as host them for a cup of coffee and tea.
The seminar ended with a movie night and a farewell party. Azra Hodžić, one of the participants of the training, said that "the organization of all activities, as well as the organization of accommodation, food and the complete agenda of the project, was excellent. We need more projects like this, we just need to create better bus lines so that the whole process goes more smoothly". All this tells us that young people want to participate in these kinds of activities, they want to network and travel in the region, but that better conditions are needed to make it easier to do so.
Project BEYOND is funded by the European Union through the Erasmus + program, implemented by the organizations: Youth for Peace, THY, Balkans, let's get up!, Joint, and Hang-Kép Egyesület.