First workshops of the project 'How to Lead Youth Organizations' Held

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - The Odyssey Association, under the auspices of the European Youth Foundation (EYF) and the Council of Europe, with the support of the Youth Council of the Municipality of Novi Grad, held the first workshops of the project "How to Lead Youth Organizations".

The workshops were held yesterday and today at the Ibis Styles Hotel in Sarajevo, with thirty young people from the Municipality of Novi Grad Sarajevo participating.

Participants had the opportunity to listen to lectures by renowned experts in the field of youth activism, Dr. Samira Nuhanović, Katarina Vučković, and Jelena Soldo, and the topics discussed were how to lead youth organizations and youth networks, how to find the best opportunities for fundraising, as well as techniques for fundraising and how to write a project proposal.

Workshop participants had the opportunity to discuss these topics with experts in the field of youth organization management, and to exchange experiences among themselves.

The Odyssey Association continues its strategic activities for youth empowerment.

Through this project, in the Municipality of Novi Grad Sarajevo, the most populous municipality in BiH where youth organizing is not at a satisfactory level, young people are enabled to raise their knowledge level in an interesting and simple way, through five-day workshops, and to become more involved in socially beneficial activities that bring individual benefits in everyday life.

The continuation of the workshops for the project "How to Lead Youth Organizations" is planned for next weekend.
year, where lectures will be given by experts in the field of youth activism Aldina Halilović,
Šeherzada Halimić, Selma Mernagić, and Samir Arnautović. The workshop topics will be project implementation,
reporting, sound financial management, and the legal framework of youth activism.