Training on the theme ''Use of workshops as a tool when working with students''

As part of the project „Introducing anticorruption measures at Universities in BiH“, implemented by Vesta Association with the financial support of European Union, a workshop was held on 15 February at the Peace Flame House in Tuzla. It was the third ''capacity building'' training session on the theme „Use of workshops as a tool when working with students ". Participants included project staff from Vesta and OKC Banja Luka, as well as project associates from the Students' Parliament in Banja Luka, Youth Movement Revolt from Tuzla and Students' Association of Faculty of Sport sin Tuzla. The trainer was prof. dr. Tihomir Knežiček.

The next training of this nature will be held in May 2012 in Banja Luka, on the theme "Designing joint activities, plans and programs through a participatory methodology ".

Vesta Association, with a view to contribute to the strengthening of capacities of civil society and government institutions to combat corruption in higher education in BiH, is implementing the above mentioned project in partnership with OKC OKC from Banja Luka. The project is being implemented at the Universities of Tuzla and Banja Luka during 2011. and 2012., with the financial support of the EU, through its IPA program.

The project's objective is to enable students of Universities of Tuzla and Banja Luka to have an efficient system for detection of corruption and systematic confronting with the problem, and to ensure that, by the end of 2012, these two Universities have a program of measures for prevention and combating corruption, produced with participation of all interest groups.