Bosnia and Herzegovina

Youth Centre Kosmos
Kljuc, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Contact: kosmoskljuc@gmail.com

The work of the non-governmental organization Youth Centre Kosmos is focused to supports local youth work in the Una-Sana-Canton, offers qualification to social disabled groups and young people and is organizing and running international and national youth exchanges as well as free youth initiatives.

Since 2003 we have participated in and organized several actions in the European Youth Program. In close co-operation with our international partner organizations from different countries (e.g. Serbia, Germany, Portugal, Great Britain, Romania, Turkey, Italy, Lithuania) we implemented youth exchanges, training courses, short study visits in Kljuc, Bosnia, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Belgrade, Serbia. Furthermore we have hosted eight volunteers under the European Volunteer Service of the Youth for Europe Program.

According to the research of the Ministry for Civil rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosmos association is on the first place in Bosnia and Herzegovina for implementing the project in the frame of the Youth in Action Program of the European Commission. We have developed a strategic document on local level under the name “Strategy for development of youth policy Ključ 2012-2017” that was financed by UNDP, EU, Ministry for human rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Municipality of Kljuc, and we are one of the establishers of Municipal Youth Council and are members of Una-sana Youth council.

Since 2012. when YC Kosmos created Strategy for Development of Youth Policy, Kljuc 2012-2017. most of our activities are based on Active participation of young people. We are organizing seminars for youngsters in order to educate them about possibilities they have within different National and European programs. Within YiA Programme we have worked a lot on promotion of European values, European citizenship and European awareness and we will continue our work within Erasmus+ Programme. In a frame of YiA Programme we have organized several TC and YE based on European citizenship and active participation of youth (TC Starting at one’s step – active youth participation, Networking project Pick you up…in Europe! Cross European Intercultural youth information for rural areas in the western Balkans, PBA Youth, Culture and Arts-One Europe, One heritage …)

Kosmos is a member of several non-formal networks in Europe and Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of the main activity that we are working since 2004 is active participation of youth in local communities, but in a same time promoting European values and advocating European awareness among young people.