Start of the project “Civil dialogue for children's and women's rights in BiH”

Association Vesta in partnership with the Oneworld Foundation- Platform for Southeast Europe is going to realize a project Civil dialogue for children's and women's rights in B&H with the aim to contribute to the process of strengthening the capacities of the civil society and the governmental institutions for establishing civil dialogue for improving the condition of women and children in BiH. The project will be realized on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina during 2009 and 2010 with financial support from the European Union as part of the programme European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR).

During the realization of the project, Association Vesta, in collaboration with the partner organization, will strive:
• To strengthen the capacities of at least 500 representatives of the civil and governmental sector for establishing dialogue for effective reform changes in accordance with the practices of EU organizations
• To improve the cooperation of the civil sector and the authorities for the purpose of increasing the quality of preparation and implementation of strategic documents and programmes for the advancement of the status of women and children in B&H
• To ensure sectoral and focused action of the civil society towards the protection of women's and children's rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina which will result in the alterations to the legal regulations for the purpose of improving the situation of women and children in B&H.

Aiming to improve the status of the end beneficiaries, the women and children in B&H, we have selected as the target group representatives of the civil society who are active in the area of the protection of women's and children's rights and the governmental institutions which are responsible for the advancement of their condition in the society. In order to establish effective dialogue which will result in concrete moves in the direction of improving the situation of women and children, it is necessary to increase the understanding of the need for cooperation between the governmental institutions and the civil society and the active participation of their representatives in the planned project activities which will take place at the state, entity and cantonal level.

Through the realization of the planned activities, it will be possible to establish effective dialogue between representatives of the civil society and the governmental sector for the purpose of concrete and specific moves in the direction of improving the situation of women and children in BiH.

For all additional information, please contact:
Selma Hukić, project coordinator: tel. 035 36 36 90; e-mail selma@vesta.ba
Marijana Ivaković, project assistant: tel. 035 36 36 90; e-mail marijana@vesta.ba