- Project: Integrating principle of gender equity in schools

Aim of the project was to improve gender relations and reduce gender inequality in education sector that largelly contribute to sustained gender inequalities in society more broadly. It challenges the gender stereotypes and promotes education system sensitive to the issues of gender.

After held 5 days of training for 85 participants of elementary schools of Banovići, Kalesija and Pazar, participants showed understanding of concept of gender equity, they familiriazed better with group facilitation methods, effective ways of advocating and lobbying and ways of media relations. According to that 3 action plans were created and implemented on basis of identified needs of every schools regarding promotion and integration of gender component:

1. Inclusion of both parents, with focus on fathers, in parents meetings and 'open door days' – Elementary school of Banovići
2. Raising awareness of children, parents and teachers about gender equity – Elementary school of Pazar, Tuzla
3. Raising awareness of municipality of Kalesija about gender equity – Elementary school of Kalesija

Parents, children and teachers throughout the project raised their awareness and understanding of gender on higher level. Now they possess adequate knowledge and have developed skills to identify existing gender inequities in educational sector and to competently and efficiently design and implement actions and advocacy efforts in order to create gender sensitive schools.

Elementary school of Kalesija from year 2008 starts with the school section on human rights, where they will discuss and address the problem of gender inequity in schools and society mroe broadly.

Final project publication (in Bosnian) you can download here:

•  http://www.bospo.ba/dokumenti/Put_ka_rodnoj_ravnopravnosti.pdf

Donor: Canadian embassy, CIDA/LIP programme

- Project: Building Just Structures in B&H

Project had the aim to build skills and will for better addressing of priorities of community on local, entity and national level through mobilization of community and participative budgeting.

Project was implemented in 8 municipalities of B&H, BOSPO implemented it in 4: Tuzla, Srebrenica, Gradacac i Kladanj.

Project had established better cooperation between authorities and civil society on resolution of major problems. Through trainings, 320 citizens bettered their advocacy and budgeting skills, 50 citizens devloped leadership skills through participation in „Central action community groups!, 40 municipal officers advanced their skills, 120 citizens advanced experiences from advocacy and budgeting through meetings in communities. 1000 citizens by municipality benefited through betterment of municipal services and wider participation of budgeting processes.

Donor: Irish Aid