Seminar Rethinking Peace: Peace Education for Youth was held from 11 to 14 November 2021 at the Hotel Vidović in Banja Luka. The seminar was organized and implemented in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Sarajevo. This educational meeting brought together 14 young people from different parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo, Mostar, Rama, Visoko, Prnjavor, Srbac, Kalesija, Zavidovići, Derventa, East Sarajevo, and Gračanica. During the seminar, participants had the opportunity to participate in workshops led by facilitators from Youth for Peace and guest lecturers such as Dajana Umićević from Caritas Banja Luka, and Mevludin Rahmanović, one of the founders of the Center for Peacebuilding from Sanski Most.

On the first day of the seminar, an introductory evening session was held, where participants and facilitators had the opportunity to meet through a series of interactive games and exercises. On the second day of the seminar, participants discussed with facilitators the topic of peacebuilding, what it encompasses, how it differs from the peacemaking and peacekeeping process, as well as what peace education is, what it encompasses and how present it is in Bosnian/Herzegovinian formal education system. In the second part of the day, through interactive exercises that rely on experiential learning, the topic of identity was discussed, as well as the topic of dialogue.

The third day of the seminar was dedicated to the topic of stereotypes and prejudices, and how much they are present in our society, how much we are aware of them, and how we can work to reduce them both on a personal and social level. In addition to this topic, the topic of conflict resolution and transformation was discussed. In the afternoon, the topic of narrative construction and deconstruction was on the repertoire, and through a visible example of the Sarajevo assassination, the participants talked with the facilitator about changing this narrative through different regimes, but also about the polarized perception of this event today. The last workshop of the second day was related to the media and their contribution to peace and conflict.

During the last day of the seminar, the topic of the role of religion in peacebuilding and the role of young people in the broad process of peacebuilding was discussed. After the workshops, a short evaluation and reflection on what was done during the previous days were held, and a certificate award ceremony was organized.