About us

This Platform serves as a space for networking, dialogue, and information sharing about planned, ongoing, and completed interventions in the field of children’s rights. It aims to strengthen the capacities of children and youth, while also promoting the exchange of good practices among key stakeholders working in the children’s rights sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The goal is to increase Bosnia and Herzegovina’s engagement and accountability in implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The EU-funded project “Connecting the Dots 2.0 – Advancing Child Participation in Decision Making for Enhanced Child Rights and Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” implemented by the World Vision BH Foundation and the Association “Naša djeca” Sarajevo in partnership with the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, allowed us to upgrade the content and functionality of this platform, and we hope these improvements will help children, youth, professionals, and the academic community in Bosnia and Herzegovina use it more effectively and purposefully.

This project enables children and youth to connect and collaborate, in ways appropriate to their age and capabilities, and also to interact directly with representatives of non-governmental organizations and public institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also gives institutional representatives a chance to strengthen mechanisms for supporting children’s active involvement in decision-making processes, in line with recommendations on advancing children’s rights as part of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s EU accession process.

Online education sessions for building children’s and youth’s capacity in areas including children’s rights, children’s participation in decision-making, digital and new media use and literacy, advocacy, children’s rights with a focus on EU integration and Bosnia and Herzegovina accession priorities, child protection, gender equality, and social inclusion organised;

A Children and Youth Board was established as a mechanism to include children and youth in the activities and work of groups/organizations, as well as the communities they come from. After its establishment, the Board proposed and helped organize two webinars, “Mental Health of Children and Youth” and “Addiction Prevention among Children and Youth”;

Train key stakeholders, sector professionals, and civil society representatives on The Code of Ethical Research with/on Children;
Implement 20 initiatives proposed by project participants;
Facilitate dialogue and interaction between children/youth and decision-makers at local and national levels through online events on this platform such as public debates and panel discussions on the participation of children and adolescents in decision-making processes, etc.;
Conduct nationwide research on children’s participation, with a focus on protecting children, raising awareness of their right to participate, and creating space for their participation. Based on the research findings, recommendations will be made for decision-makers;
Establish a Professional Ethical Forum, an advisory body whose role will be to promote ethical conduct and provide guidance to professionals facing ethical dilemmas;
Launch a digital awareness campaign to raise awareness of and promote children’s participation in decision-making processes.