We gladly announce that the 1st National Participation Day, NPD in Bosnia and Herzegovina will take place on 13 May 2025 in Sarajevo. The NPD is focused on the Enlargement Process and the role of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region to accompany Bosnia and Hercegovina on its way into the EU.
The event will highlight the role and importance of local level and civil society in the accession process. We analyse in selected policy areas how livelihood can be improved and how the local level can contribute to implement the reform process.
The event will inform civil society organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina about the EU-Strategy for the Danube Region and update EUSDR stakeholders on the work and conditions of CSOs in Bosnia and Herzegovina with regard to Enlargement, in preparation for the 12th Danube Participation Day and the 14th Annual Forum of the EUSDR under the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
We would like to encourage you all to take an active part and participate in person.
Please register below!
Foster Europe Foundation offers financial support for travel expenses for CSO representatives. Please be aware that the funds are limited. If you are interested, please contact office@foster-europe.org.
draft AGENDA:
09:30 Registration
10:00 Opening, moderation: Adla Dizdar Hodžić, LDA Mostar
Naida Dilić, BiH EUSDR Presidency Representative, Directorate for European Integration Bosnia and Herzegovina
Karolina Jasinska-Mühleck, DG REGIO
10:15 Introduction, moderation: Adla Dizdar Hodžić, LDA Mostar
Naida Dilić, BiH EUSDR Presidency Programme, Directorate for European Integration Bosnia and Herzegovina
Raphael Sach, The EUSDR and Enlargement in the Western Balkan, DSP
Claudia Singer, Local Level and the EUSDR, Priority Area 10 “Institutional Capacity and Cooperation”
Emir Ćorić, Local Democracy and EU Integration, ALDA
Halko Basarić, Role of Local Level in BiH Reform & Accession, Association of Municipalities and Cities of the Federation of BiH
11:15 Enlargement, the EUSDR, and the Local Level: Three Policy Examples, moderation: Adla Dizdar Hodžić, LDA Mostar
Environmental Protection/ Natural Disaster Protection
CSO Expert I: Đorđe Stefanović, Dinarica Association
Cultural Heritage/Reconciliation
CSO Expert II: Adisa Džino, CHwB BH
Local Participation Models
CSO Expert III: Dženana Dedić, LDA Mostar
12:30 Light Lunch
13:15 Introduction to WG, CSOs in the EU integration process, moderation: Adla Dizdar Hodžić, LDA Mostar
Azemina Vuković and Anita Šimundža, IREI
13:30 Working groups paralell
Environmental Protection/ Natural Disaster Protection
Moderator: Đorđe Stefanović, Dinarica Association;
Facilitator: Azemina Vuković, IREI;
Note-taker: Anesa Markin, LDA Mostar
Cultural Heritage/Reconciliation
Moderator: Adisa Džino, CHwB BH
Facilitator: Mahir Polić, CCI;
Note-taker: Maja Vejzović, LDA Mostar
Local Participation Models
Moderator: Dženana Dedić, LDA Mostar;
Facilitator: Anita Šimundža, IREI;
Note-taker: Jelena Krećiš, LDA Mostar
14:30 Coffee break
15:00 Working Groups Reports, moderation: Adla Dizdar Hodžić, LDA Mostar
Environmental Protection/ Natural Disaster Protection
Đorđe Stefanović, Dinarica Association;
Azemina Vuković, IREI
Cultural Heritage/Reconciliation
Adisa Džino, CHwB BH;
Mahir Polić, CCI
Local Participation Models
Dženana Dedić, LDA Mostar;
Anita Šimundža, IREI
15:30 Resume and Next Steps, moderation: Adla Dizdar Hodžić, LDA Mostar
Dženana Dedić, LDA Mostar
Stefan August Lütgenau, DCSF
16:00 End of meeting
The programme might be subject to change
DCSF, Danube Civil Society Forum
ALDA, European Association for Local Democracy
DSP, Danube Strategy Point
EUSDR, EU Strategy for the Danube Region
LDA, Local Democracy Agency
CHwB BH, Cultural Heritage without Borders Bosnia and Herzegovina
CCI, Center for Civic Initiatives Bosnia and Herzegovina
IREI, Institute for Development and European Integration
Please note that the number of participants is limited. Due to technical reasons we ask you to register below!