Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia Legal Socialization Program | 30 Mar 2022

The first three-day Youth Leadership Workshop for Peer Forums was held in hotel "SL Industry" in Trebinje from March 21 to 23. The event gathered 15 students from the eigth grade of primary and second grade of secondary schools from Banja Luka, Istočno Sarajevo and Trebinje. 

The selected students were chosen by the teaching teams with emphasis placed on those youth who are more at risk and could benefit a great deal from this experience. The workshops focused on problem solving, goal setting, communication, creative thinking skills and citizen engagement. Upon returning to their schools, each participating student, with support from their mentor teacher, will organize a peer leadership forum for approximately 30 students in their school or 1,020 students total. The training workshop was concieved and conducted by Maja Antić, teacher of Democracy and Human Rights at the Secondary Technical School in Banja Luka.

Particpants respons to this activity was very enthusiastic and judging by the messages received after the event, they are "...looking forward to more of these events which would help me enhance my skills ".

Attached are some of the photos taken at the event.