The encounter within the project “South Asia – Western Balkan Peacebuilding Exchange” took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 26 March to 2 April 2022. The exchange included two parts: optional study trip in Mostar and the workshop held in Sarajevo. The participants of this exchange programme came from India, Manipur/India, Bangladesh, Germany, North Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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Meeting of War Veterans – We Remain Steadfast on the Path of Peacebuilding
From 6 to 10 June 2022, in Blagaj near Mostar, we organised a meeting of war veterans and peace activists
War Veterans at the Commemoration to Children Killed in Vitez: We Can Learn from the Painful Past
It has been 29 years, yet no one has been held responsible for the deaths of eight children in Vitez, killed on 10 June 1993 by a shell fired from the positions of ARBiH. A mixed group of war veterans and peace activists from BiH, Croatia and Serbia visited Vitez today to pay their respects to the child victims.
Against Forgetting and Indifference
The 18th action to mark unmarked sites of suffering (ONMS) was carried out in February 2022 in the Brčko District of BiH
After Pristina, anti-war stories from the Biber Contest were presented in Prizren
After last night’s presentation in Pristina, tonight the Biber collections of anti-war short stories and stories about reconciliation were presented in Prizren at Autostrada Hangar.
Biber Contest and multilingual short story collections presented in Priština
Biber Contest and multilingual short story collections presented in Priština at the Kino Armata
The Biber Contest and the multilingual short story collections were presented in Bujanovac
The Biber Contest and the multilingual short story collections were presented today in Bujanovac, at the Vuk Karadžić Cultural Centre
Marking the anniversary of the closure of the Silos detention facility near Hadžići
War veterans and peace activists from the region attended the commemoration on the anniversary of the closure of the “Silos” detention facility located in Tarčin near Hadžići.
Honouring Those Killed in Skelani: Remembrance of All Victims
Members of the Centre for Nonviolent Action Sarajevo-Belgrade attended the commemoration for people killed in Skelani, a local community within the Srebrenica Municipality. In Skelani and other surrounding villages, 34 Serb civilians and 35 members of the Republika Srpska Army were killed on 16 January 1993.
Fifth Regional Short Story Contest Biber
On Human Rights Day 2021 the fifth Biber Short Story Contest has been opened. Both established and unpublished authors writing in Albanian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Croatian or Serbian are eligible to enter.
In Memory of Novica Kostić: War veterans from the region pay their respects to a fellow peacebuilder
War veterans from the region and peace activists have submitted an initiative to name one street in Vlasotince after Novica Kostić
24th Annual Report Published
In front of you is the 24th annual report on the activities of the Center for Nonviolent Action. As always, your feedback would mean a lot to us.
Collection of Stories from the Regional Biber Contest Promoted in Bugojno
Biber 04, a collection of anti-war short stories and short stories about reconciliation, was promoted in Bugojno on 9 November 2021.
Biber 04 in Novi Sad: On Reconciliation and Healing of Our Societies
At the Bulevar books bookstore, writers and peace activists discussed literature in the process of reconciliation in the region
Biber in Podgorica
The Biber story collections 03 and 04 presented in Podgorica