Višnjik 1
Prizemlje
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Arts
- Democracy and community development
- Media
- Youth and education
Our organization is structured of the General Assembly, Board of 3 members and 1 full time employee and 5 to 15 part time employees in accordance to projects we are working on. Our budgetary resources vary from 40.000€ to 120.000€ depending on a projects we do in a year. E.g. this year our budget is 110.000€, and last year it was 50.000€, with sources of funding being different foundations such as EU funding, UN organizations and private foundations. The activities we do, also vary from subject to subject. Our two main activities are in the field of culture and media. We are operating the most influential satire website in BiH satro.info and satire TV show "Stručni štab" that is being distributed on a national TV broadcast. Also we work in political accountability and political literacy, where we campaign online for accountability and do the educational workshops in the field for literacy. Strategic partners we work with are Mreža aktivističkih promjena, Obojena klapa, Zaboravljena djeca rata, Radio Kameleon and Balkan Art Scene - BAS.
Mission – To establish and uphold media platforms which will strengthen media freedom in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to support citizens participation, and media and civic education of young people in the country.
The activities and objectives of the Association, in accord to the Statute, are: - Improvement of any and all aspects of media and civil society - Helping the development and accessibility of internships for young media workers - Advocating for media freedom and freedom of information - Helping and supporting the education of youth - Organizing seminars, workshops, conferences and debates to foster networking and develop new skills in beneficiaries of various professions. - Developing and implementing projects focused on media, civil society and human rights and political literacy - Exchanging experiences and information with similar Associations and other non-government organizations in the country and abroad; - Publishing books, brochures, bulletins and other publications, as well as launching web-sites and radio shows in order to achieve the objectives of the Association.
Our contribution can lay in the strengths of our experience and very good relationship with media in BiH, since we operate within the media sector for more than 10 years. On the other hand, we also have a great relations with art scene of Sarajevo and BiH. This is due to our projects with film workers, street artists, conceptual artists and many others. We have a pretty big experience in production and logistics, since we have done the first "Gender in Media" conference in BiH, produced a TV show and organized the production of workshops and production of documentaries and movies with young screenwriters, actors, directors and editors. We would definitely be able to help with organization of all kinds of events and visibility of the network.
We would like to join the ALF network because we think that there are many quality CSO's within the ALF. And our stance is that networking with the other organizations that work in the field of art and culture is one of the main strengths in developing the democratic society in BiH and Western Balkan region. Existing in the ALF framework is an opportunity to exchange good practices with all the members of the network as well as bigger outreach and interconnecting with other people who might not be in the foundation, but a close associates, friends and partners with the similar goals.