Bosnia and Herzegovina

16.03.2005 The Youth Cultural Centre “Abrasevic”, in cooperation with the UNDP B&H, will implement the “Capacity Building for Local NGOs” Project, as a continuation of finding solutions for the challenges of development of democratic society and the need to create the conditions for open dialogue between the key social actors in the City of Mostar.

15.03.2005 The first session of Model of Council of Ministers launched jointly by Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and UNDP and UN Voulnteers took place in Sarajevo on March 8 and on March 9 in premises of BiH institutions. Participants were students and members of youth organizations from different parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

11.03.2005 The Coalition for Protection of the Vrbas river will organize, on the occasion of March 14, the International Day of Fight Agaisnt River Dams, a signing of a petition on the construction of dams on the Vrbas, on the Krajina Square in Banjaluka.

10.03.2005 The Prijateljice (Girlfriends) Ngo from Tuzla organized distribution of 500 brochures on prevention of breast cancer, conditions to rent wigs and hairpieces for persons that take cancer treatment, and where to get the pink ribbons – the symbol of fight against breast cancer. The action was organized under the activities for observation of March 8, International Women Day. The action took place in three popular spots in Tuzla.

07.03.2005 On the suspicion of taking part in an organized criminal group, the Special Department for Organized Crime and Corruption of the B&H Prosecution Office brought up the charges against Dragan Covic, member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In addition to Covic, who is also charged with abuse of office and bribing members of the judiciary, charges were brought against the Chairman of the Constitutional Court Mate Tadic, the brothers Ivankovic from the “Lijanovic” Meat Processing Industry, and Zdravko Lucic, professor at the Sarajevo Law Faculty.

25.02.2005 UNDP B&H launched the www.mine.ba web page with information about mine action activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The mine.ba web page aims at increasing the availability of information on the mine threat and mine action generally in BiH. At the same time, the website will improve the flow of information on this important topic to donors, partners and the national and international population at large.

23.02.2005 When a project on legalising housing settlements in the Sarajevo area known as Gorica was completed a year ago, Dervo Sejdiæ was already thinking about the employment problems of the Roma population.

22.02.2005 Ministry of Communication and Transport of BiH and UNDP have organized the International Conference on Information Society, on 21 and 22 February 2005. The Conference gathered over 400 participants including government officials, local and international experts as well as leading industry companies. The main purpose of the Conference is to present and promote the Strategy of the Information Society, with the focus on the legislation aspect.

22.02.2005 “Poverty is the greatest problem of the Roma. Because of that, people live in conditions of insufficient hygiene. The children don’t go to school because of the lack of possibilities to maintain basic hygiene, and the lack of money to buy school equipment and textbooks”, says Supanj Semsi, President of the “Neretva” Association of Roma from Mostar.

14.02.2005 The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in B&H held the electoral annual convention yesterday in Sarajevo. The Convention voted to elect Srdjan Dizdarevic to the Office of the President of the B&H Helsinki Committee for another five year term.