Populari’s Executive Director, Alida Vračić participated as one of the panelist in the discussion “Visa Liberalization for Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Chance which Should Not Be Missed” held on February 03, 2010 in Sarajevo, BiH. The panel was organised by The European Fund for the Balkans and the Association Alumni of the Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies (ACIPS) in cooperation with Gallup Europe. At the panel, Alida presented the results of the research on visa liberalization process which was carried by Popuari and gave short assessment of the results and the future prospects for the entire process. She said it can be expected that the visa free travel for Bosnia and…

Discussion on Animal Welfare was held on November 22, 2012 in the premises of the German Embassy in Sarajevo and organised by Populari. Apart from the presentation of Populari’s report named “An Affair of Animal Welfare: Is Bosnia and Herzegovina Willing to Keep Hurting its Economy?” that was implemented in cooperation with DGAP, and recommendations resulting from the research, the purpose of the event was to open and initiate discussion on topics related to the readiness of Bosnia and Herzegovina to continue export in Croatia and to create conditions for the positioning on the new European markets after January 01, 2013. Discussion was focused on concrete steps that Bosnia and…

Populari’s Executive Director, Alida Vračić participated in the II. International Workshop “Shaping the Future in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Civil Society after the October 2012 Local Elections” held from November 16-17, 2012 in Freising, Germany and organized by the Southeast Europe Association (“Suedosteuropa-Gesellschaft – SOG”). Following-on to the workshop held in December 2009, the workshop in Freising served as a stock-taking exercise where participants could reconnect to their discussion three years ago, and debate their state of integration into European NGO/CSO networks. The purpose was to continue dialogue by bringing together – inter alia – members and representatives of civil society organizations, think tanks, journalists, political parties and international experts. The workshop was…