13. 12. 2024 | Enter: Change, PR, Regional cooperation, Slovenian Development Assistance, Youth
We’ve closed BiH’s Visionary Voices: Leading the Change forum with an inspiring session highlighting recent achievements and future aspirations for young BiH politicians.
The concluding ceremony opened with a keynote by H.E. Mr. Borut Pahor, Founder and Director of the Institute Friends of the Western Balkans and former President of Slovenia (2012–2022). His talk, Charting Bosnia’s Future: Leadership Lessons for and by Youth, offered participants interesting insights and encouragement.
The concluding session featured participants presenting key takeaways, sharing lessons learned, and reflecting on how these insights will shape their future efforts. These presentations underscored their dedication to applying new ideas in practical and impactful ways.
The successfully concluded forum highlighted the need for further cooperation, promoting meaningful discussions, skill-building, and networking. We will continue our work within the Enter: Change project and we look forward to hosting another forum next year.
12. 12. 2024 | Enter: Change, PR, Regional cooperation, Slovenian Development Assistance, Youth
Portorož, 12 December 2024 – We are halfway through ‘BiH’s Visionary Voices: Leading the Change’ forum, offering an enriching experience for our participants.
Participants have delved into some crucial topics, including:
- The challenges and opportunities of the Western Balkans and pathways to progress
- The principles of rule of law and democracy
- Shaping impactful messages for the media through effective communication
- Using strategic communication to build democratic resilience and social cohesion
- The role of media in fostering social change, with a focus on youth and citizenship
Two workshops further encouraged participants to explore leadership in depth—examining its core competencies, reflecting on their own leadership experiences, and considering how they can create meaningful change in their communities.
In the remaining two days, participants will focus on two very important topics: gender equality and diversity and the role of women in the political context.
9. 12. 2024 | Enter: Change, PR, Slovenian Development Assistance, Youth
Portorož, 9 December 2024 – The first forum of the “Enter: Change” project, BiH’s Visionary Voices: Leading the Change, has begun today in Portorož, Slovenia. Held from 9 to 13 December, it brings together 12 young politicians from Bosnia and Herzegovina for a program focused on leadership, governance, and social change.
The Forum was opened with opening addresses by H.E. Mr Dario Novalić, Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Slovenia and H.E. Ms Melania Arreaga, Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Slovenia, with a welcoming speech by Ms Nina Čepon, Executive Director of CEP.
Programme of the first day will also feature an opening lecture on the challenges and opportunities for the Western Balkans by Mr Peter Grk, Secretary General of the Bled Strategic Forum and National Coordinator for the Western Balkans at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovenia, teambuilding session on leadership and a night owl session on the rule of law and democracy with Assistant Profesor Dr Faris Kočan from the Faculty of Social Sciences (University of Ljubljana).
The activities within the project ‘Enter: Change’ are financed by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovenia within the Slovenian Aid and Partnerships programme and by the U.S. Embassy in Ljubljana.
29. 11. 2024 | Enter: Change, PR, Regional cooperation, Slovenian Development Assistance, Youth
30 November, Mengeš – We are delighted to announce the first forum of the “Enter: Change” project, which will take place from 8 to 13 December in Portorož, Slovenia. The event is titled ‘BiH’s Visionary Voices: Leading the Change’, and is dedicated to fostering young leaders from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The forum will bring together 14 young leaders for a dynamic five-day program.
The activities will focus on discussions of challenges in the Western Balkans, the rule of law and democracy, strategic communication and combating misinformation, diversity and inclusion, and a workshop on youth political engagement. The forum aims to provide a platform for skill development, networking, dialogue, and empowering young leaders from BiH to drive meaningful change in their communities and beyond.
The forum will among others, include representatives from the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovenia, Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ljubljana, Ms Melania Arreaga, and former Slovenian President, Mr Borut Pahor.
The activities within the project ‘Enter: Change’ are financed by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovenia within the Slovenian Aid and Partnerships programme and by the U.S. Embassy in Ljubljana.
28. 10. 2022 | PR, Youth
Kliknite tu za branje novice v slovenščini.
We cannot not communicate, and pictures can tell us more than a thousand words. Two very important sentences that participants of the EUSAIR Communication Academy heard over and over again and started to understand at the Modul III of the EUSAIR Communication Academy.
Government communicators and key implementors, participants of the Academy, learned more about putting theoretical communication knowledge into practice. With Modul III, the last module, EUSAIR Communication Academy officially concluded. It was organised by the Centre for European Perspective in cooperation with EUSAIR Facility Point Lead Partner in Bled, Slovenia, from 26 to 28 October 2022.
EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) is a macro-regional strategy striving to find solutions for common challenges in the common sea basins and its hinterlands. The Strategy joins 10 countries EU Member states and non-EU Member states working together as equal partners to further integrate Western Balkan countries. The countries aim to create synergies and foster coordination among all territories in the Adriatic-Ionian Region in the four thematic pillars: sustainable tourism, environmental quality, connecting the region, and blue growth. To do that, cooperation and effective communication are needed. That is the reason EUSAIR Communication Academy was created.
At the final modul, 26 participants from 9 countries joined us (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia).
Academy started by conquering the fundamentals of communication, digital campaign developments, and trends of digital communication. On the first day, they evaluated the campaigns young participants created in the first two days. This gave them inspiration for their own projects they had to create on their last day. Before that, they acquired mobile videography and photography skills, public speaking and graphic design. On the last day, participants engaged in a simulation exercise and competed to find the best and the most creative solution to the problem addressed in the simulation. They had to include all knowledge and skills acquired in the three days of the Academy.
They also had some time for networking and fun social activities. They visited Ljubljana, learned about Slovene culture and sports, and had some time to explore Bled.
27. 10. 2022 | PR, Youth
Kliknite tu za branje novice v slovenščini.
Three days-long third part of the Young EUSAIR Communication Academy for young participants came to an end. From 24 to 26 October 2022, we were joined by young students and professionals from different organisations and several countries at Bled. They came to conquer theoretical knowledge of communication and digital communication as well as acquire practical skills in those fields. They start to understand that most of the time, how we communicate is as important (or even more important) as what we are saying. The Academy was organised by EUSAIR Facility Point Lead Partner and the Centre for European Perspective.
EUSAIR (EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region) is a Macro-regional Strategy joining 10 countries EU members and non-EU countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, San Marino, Serbia, and Slovenia) striving to find common opportunities and solutions for common challenges. The general objective of the EUSAIR is to promote economic and social prosperity and growth in the region by improving its attractiveness, competitiveness, and connectivity with focusing on sustainable tourism, environmental quality, connecting the region, and blue growth.
The Modul III, the final modul of the Young EUSAIR Communication Academy, was attended by 40 participants from 8 countries (Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia).
The experts from different countries gave lectures and workshops covering topics on the foundations of communication, trends in digital communication, digital campaign development, public speaking, graphic design, mobile photography, and mobile videography. The final goal was to create a digital communication campaign on a topic connected to EUSAIR. Participants formed eight groups, each with five team members. Each group created their own digital campaign in less than five hours! Regardless of the time limit, the campaigns amazed government communicators and key implementers who chose team blue as the final winner.
Besides that, there was also time for networking and connecting with other peers interested in communication from the region.
