The visa regime in the West Balkan countries and the implementation of the Visa Facilitation Agreement were the topics of discussion at the Conference organized by ECAS in Brussels on December 10, 2008. Our presence as a civil society organization from Bosnia and Herzegovina and an ECAS partner organization demonstrated our dedication to future action in this area and our objective that citizens' voice on this issue is heard.

On December 9, the Director of Association Vesta participated in the conference "Civil Dialogue: How can we shape the Europe we want?" organized by the Social Platform in Brussels. The Conference gathered more that 100 participants, representatives of member organizations of the Social Platform, a unique form of organized civil society which is devoted to the advancement of the socioeconomic relations between the citizens of the European Union, and the better recognition of their human rights.

Directress of the Association VESTA participated in Annual Conference "Feminist Visions for a Just Europe" hosted by WIDE network and Dutch Gender Platform that took place on 9^th to 11^th October 2008. The Conference allow women from Western, Central and Eastern Europe and from the global South to come together and not just share their experiences, but to think critically through alternatives, to learn actively, and to network themselves in a supportive space, building alliances for change.

Directress of the Association VESTA participated in Annual Conference "Feminist Visions for a Just Europe" hosted by WIDE network and Dutch Gender Platform that took place on 9^th to 11^th October 2008. The Conference allow women from Western, Central and Eastern Europe and from the global South to come together and not just share their experiences, but to think critically through alternatives, to learn actively, and to network themselves in a supportive space, building alliances for change.

European Citizen Action Service jointly with the National Foundation for Civil Society Development and Impact - European Centre for Cross-Sector Partnership held an international conference in Zadar, Croatia, which focused on the development of civil society organisations in the Western Balkans (WB) and Eastern European countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy.

The conference gathered more then 100 civil society representatives from EU and neighbouring countries, donors active in the region as well as officials from national governments.

For the purpose of presenting the results of the monitoring and the analysis of the implementation of the Criteria for school names and signs, a Press conference was held on August 26, 2008, on the premises of Association Vesta in Tuzla.

According to Branko Todorović of the Helsinki Committee of Republika Srpska, it is highly important to critically assess the role of the media in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the development of a democratic society, but also in the development of something that can be called the reintegration of the society in Bosnia and Herzegovina, i.e. reconciliation, facing the truth, tolerance. By monitoring the media in Bosnia and Herzegovina, it was discovered that certain media often stimulate religious and ethnic hostility, and make inaccurate and incorrect reports, which negatively affects the process of coexistence and tolerance among people of different religions and ethnic origin in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the very process of reintegration and sustainable return.