On the project
On 1 January 2008 the Visa Facilitation Agreement (VFA) came into force for citizens of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia with the aim to enable easier Schengen visa procedures for travelling to the EU.
06.08.2008
"Tuzla is on the road to become a centre to which people come, rather than a province that people leave"
With the Mayor of
Tuzla, Jasmin Imamović, we talked about creating an atmosphere of coexistence and
tolerance, about what it means for a city to endorse a policy of openness. In
addition, the Mayor spoke of the previous results of the development and the
future vision for the city of Tuzla.
Interviewer: Adis Jašarević
01.08.2008
In the framework of the project "The media in the process of
reintegration and sustainable return", a public advocacy campaign has been initiated
for reducing xenophobic elements and discrimination in the areas of minority
return. The public advocacy campaign, through which we wish to reduce
xenophobic elements, will have a sensible approach and will acknowledge the
political dimension of the problem.
10.07.2008
In the framework of the project "Gender sensitive
budgeting", a publication Suggestions and guidelines for gender sensitive
budgeting in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been issued. After completing the
analyses of the municipalities' budgets, the teams of analysts prepared a
report consisting of the analysis of basic categories of the public expenditure
on the local levels and delivered it to Association Vesta, which has, with the
help of the gender mechanism in Bosnia and Herzegovina, prepared and printed
the publication.
10.07.2008
The media in the process of sustainable return and reintegration was the
topic of the Conference held in Tuzla on June 18th, 2008. The
Conference was the result of years-long attempts of Association Vesta to
instill the necessary level of sensitization into the local media which is
typical of the global non-profit media, which respond to the community's needs
and promote its progress.
21.06.2008
Last week, as part
of the "Visa facilitation" project, the "Visa hotline" telephone line was
launched. Citizens from five West Balkan countries (Macedonia, Montenegro,
Albania, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina) have the opportunity to share their
experience in the process of obtaining a visa, to state their opinions and ask
about their rights in the framework of the new visa facilitation agreement, which came
into force on January 1st, 2008.
17.06.2008
Visa hotline is being set up on June 10th
2008 simultaneuosly in 5 countries from
Western Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia and
Albania). For the first time civil society
organizations from the five countries from Western Balkans are holding a joint
action in order to assess the impacts of the visa facilitation agreements and
to campaign for a visa free regime.
11.06.2008