The seminar "Youth and the Culture of Remembrance: Monuments and Narratives" was held from October 25th to 27th, 2019 in Banja Luka. This event brought together 18 students from several universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The seminar was organized in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

The topic, which is certainly not sufficiently represented in public discourse, was presented in an interesting and interactive way, using methods that create space for young people to meet, talk to each other, exchange experiences, but also to learn first from each other and then from the lecturers. Before the official start of the seminar,  participants were addressed by Mr. Sven Petke, director of the Konrad Adenauer  Foundation in Sarajevo, who wished the participants a successful seminar and pleasant weather in Banja Luka, emphasizing the importance of such meetings for young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Besides YfP facilitators Emina Frljak and Diana Umićević, Bojana Dujković Blagojević, a representative of the Association of Professors and Teachers of History of BiH (EUROCLIO HIP BIH), also worked with the students. On the first day of the seminar, she implemented workshops with the students using the pedagogical tool "Memory in Motion". This tool was developed by the above-mentioned organization, and the workshops from this manual have proven to be very effective in addressing topics of peacebuilding, conflict prevention, and resolution.

The second day of the seminar began with the conversation about the culture of remembrance, and then the students analyzed the contribution of actors working in the field of culture of remembrance (government, media, education system, and civil society). In the afternoon, the students were divided into smaller groups and visited Banja Luka. There they analyzed the monuments present in the city and then they presented their findings and analysis to each other through a rich discussion. Besides monuments, an important aspect in the study of the culture of remembrance are the narratives, about which the students learned through the analysis of video material and discussion. On the third and last day of the seminar, the participants took part in the role play dedicated to building a joint monument. In this way, they had the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge and information in a real-life situation.

A seminar "The Role of the Media in peacebuilding" was held in Sarajevo on 21 to 23 June. The seminar was held in cooperation with Youth for Peace with the Konrad Adenauer Sarajevo Foundation. The seminar brought together 20 young people from all over Bosnia and Herzegovina who are active in civil society and are engaged in various media activities.

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From 17th to 19th November this year, Youth for Peace, in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Foundation, has organized a seminar for students of social sciences from University of Sarajevo and University of Eastern Sarajevo. Seminar named „Leaders of social changes“ has given a chance to participants to talk about current situation in bh society, to exchange their experiences, opinions and ideas on those problems. Except interactive workshops of YfP trainers, youth have attended lectures of Ms Amna Popovac and Mr Emir Vajzović, active members of civil society. They have shown by their example and through their experience which abilities individual should posses in order to be active in his/her community.

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In the period from May 27th till 29th 2016, on the mountain Bjelasnica, Moot Court Simulation before the European Court of Human Rights was held for law students from Mostar, Banja Luka, Travnik, Zenica, Eastern Sarajevo and Sarajevo. The simulation was organized by Youth for Peace in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

On the first day students had the opportunity to meet each other, but also to listen to the great lectures. During the first session with Ms Elma Veleder Arifagić, a lawyer with long term experience at the European Court of Human Rights, spoke about what is the European Court, what are the legal requirements for the application submission, the Court’s decision-making process, and what the European Convention on Human Rights is. The second session was dedicated to the theme "Freedom of religion - legal sources and practice of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and BiH" through lectures of Mr Emir Kovačević.

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The Youth for Peace organization, in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation organized a seminar from 23rd to 25th October 2015 for students of the University of Sarajevo and the University of East Sarajevo.

The seminar entitled "Young people in BiH society: Identity, stereotypes and prejudices" gathered 26 students from both universities. The first part of the seminar was dedicated to interactive workshops on identity, stereotypes and prejudices, where young people, along with Youth for Peace organization’s educators, defined the terms and detected the causes of occurrence of stereotypes and prejudices in our society. The focus of the workshops was on the presentation of their own identities, learning about others and those who are different, and acceptance of the them, in order to achieve better communication ie. dialogue with others.

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