Bosnia Legal Socialization Program

In partnership with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the West Herzegovina Canton (MIA WHC), a Police Youth Academy 2020 was organized on 4 June 2021 at the Business Incubator Bijača. The participants were students of the second and third year from Gimnazija Ljubuški, Gimnazija fra Grge Martića and Secondary Vocational School from Posušje in the West Herzegovina Canton where the BLSP was implemented during the fourth program year. Police Officers from the Special Task Force and the Road Safety Unit of the Police Directorate with the MIA WHC introduced the participants to the equipment they use in their day-to-day work. Afterwards, four police officers from the Uniformed Police Sector and Crime Police Sector gave presentations on Anti-corruption, Rule of Law, Peer Violence and Cyberbullying. The students worked in groups with police officers and then gave their own presentations on the above topics. Based on their conclusions, the aim of the Police Academy which was to enhance the students’ knowledge on the juvenile crime prevention and trust in the police and inform them how to take part in fight against corruption, cyberbullying and peer violence in their local communities along with the law enforcement agencies has been accomplished.

PH International Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina (PH International) and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ministry of Education and Science (FMOiN) organized an online workshop entitled Innovative educational methods and approaches in the implementation of the program "Legal Socialization and Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency" on May 26, 2021.

The meeting was attended by representatives of the cantonal ministries of education from Zenica-Doboj Canton, Tuzla Canton, Sarajevo Canton, Bosnia-Podrinje Canton, Canton 10, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ministry of Education and Science (FMOiN).

Representatives of PH International presented the program "Legal Socialization and Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency" (BLSP), which has entered the fifth and final year of implementation and will include 180 selected schools in all 10 cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The meeting addressed the innovative educational methods and approaches in the implementation of the BLSP in the context of the implementation of a measure from the Action Plan for Prevention and Combating Terrorism in the Federation of BiH. The discussion that ensued focused on the possibility of integrating BLSP in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina cantons in ways that would be most appropriate for the existing organization of their primary and secondary school system.

Source:FMON - Pregled 

The first meeting of Curriculum Development Team/Advisory Council (CDA/AC) composed of representatives of ministries of education and ministries of interior from three new cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Una-Sana Canton, Posavina Canton and Canton 10 was held on 24 and 25 May 2021 in Tarčin near Sarajevo.

At the meeting, the contents of the BLSP Manuals for Trainers in primary and secondary schools and BLSP Manuals for Students in primary and secondary schools were discussed. Given the increased number of activities implemented online and the observed escalation of online violence against children, it was proposed that Module 4 Prevention of Violence Against Children from the Manuals for secondary school be included into the Manuals for primary school so that all Manuals would contain 7 modules. This fulfilled the goal of the meeting after which the proposed texts of the Manuals will be forwarded to the respective ministries of education in three new cantons for their approval.