Academy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is a member-based not-for-profit organization located in New York.
The Academy's mission is to support the empowerment process of a new generation of Bosnians and Herzegovinians living in the United States. The Academy provides networking opportunities for young professionals and serves as a platform for various cultural, arts, educational and advocacy programs led by its members, showcasing the talent and the achievements of the diaspora.
The objective is to promote the intellectual and cultural heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina in New York and in United States, to counter the prevailing negative images of the country, and to create and sustain links with the institutions and professionals within Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the longer term, these objectives will contribute to the democratic development of the country, strengthening of the rule of law, and economic advancement.



Commemoration of Srebrenica Genocide

Following the 13th Annual Commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide Academy of Bosnia and Herzegovina has made the Srebrenica Commemoration Booklet now available for download at the following link (PDF 4MB)

 

The Second Summit of BH Youth

Tuesday, 22. April 2008  

Dear young Bosnians and Herzegovinians throughout the world, With great pleasure we would like to announce, having in mind the last year's success, the Second Summit of BH Youth, which will be held in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 21st to 28th of July, 2008. We are pleased to have the Youth Information Agency (OIA) as our principal partner as well as the Ministry of Education of Canton Sarajevo and the BH Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees as our sponsors.

"Young people erasing borders" is the slogan of the Second Summit of BH Youth. The principle goal of this summit is to motivate young people to create an open society in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to lead BiH towards European and world integration processes. Youth activism, higher education, economic development, European integration, communication, tourism and sport are just a sampling of topics that will be covered at this summit.

Compared to last year, we have decided to further enrich this year's program. Now it includes:

  • participation of 50 young people currently living in BiH because we believe that the young people living outside of BiH can best serve their homeland through active cooperation, friendship, and exchange ideas with those living in BiH
  • summit locations in Sarajevo, Kraljeva Sutjeska (and Bobovac), Jajce and Banja Luka

The mail goal of the First Summit of BH Youth was creation of a global BH Youth Union and we can proudly announce that we have successfully completed that goal by creating the Young Diaspora of Bosnia-Herzegovina Association. This year, we would like to use the opportunity to actively involve individuals in the Association’s work, as well as to create and launch projects that will benefit the BH society as a whole, especially youth.

Criteria for participation:

  • BiH origins
  • currently living or residing outside of BiH
  • between 18 and 35 years of age
  • advantage will be given to students, individuals active on the diaspora level, individuals engaged in activities related to Bosnia and Herzegovina and individuals who would like to contribute to the well-being of Bosnia and Herzegovina, either by knowledge-sharing or experience

Program Fee of 20 € includes:

  • accommodation during the entire program
  • food and refreshments
  • transportation during the program
  • excursions
  • working material
  • party tickets

If you would like to participate please fill out and submit your application via email to susret@mladadijaspora.ba before May 31st, 2008.

For the last year's Summit Video please click here .

And don't forget this is not empty talk!

See you soon!

Ivan Butina
President the Young Diaspora of Bosnia-Herzegovina Association

Members of the Young Diaspora of Bosnia-Herzegovina Association:
Academy of BiH (USA), Bosnian-Herzegovinian Youth Association of Canada (Canada), Avangarda BiH (Germany), Behar (Spain), BH4 (Slovenia), BONUS Denmark (Denmark), BHUF (Sweden), Collegium Bosniacum (Austria), Mladi BiH (Netherlands), Mladi Federacije udruženja kulture Bosne i Hercegovine u Turskoj (Turkey), Stećak (Norway), Terra BiH (Croatia), Urbani pokret (France), and YA BIH (Italy)

BHFF 2008 Announces Winners

Dear friends: 

On behalf of the Voice of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Academy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, we would like to thank you for your support of the Fifth Annual Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival™ (BHFF™).
This two-day festival, which took place May 9-10 at Tribeca Cinemas, home of the Tribeca Film Festival, and consisted of ten feature, documentary and short films by emerging and internationally-renowned filmmakers, drew over 300 people. Five films had their U.S. premiere at BHFF, including “Esma,” “Patria Mia, nomad direction,” “Not if you can, but you must,” “What do I know” and “The Rhythm of Life.”   The festival also screened a feature film titled "Silent Gunpowder" in memory of late Bahrudin "Bato" Čengić, a legendary filmmaker who helped shape Bosnian-Herzegovinian and Yugoslav film industry.

Thank you to all of those who participated in the audience awards voting process. “Enter the Dragon” by Ozren Milharcić won the BHFF™ 2008 Audience Award for the Best Documentary Film BHFF™ and “The Rhythm of Life” by Enver Puška won the 2008 Audience Award for the Best Short or Feature Film. As in years past, “The Golden Apple” awards were designed by the accomplished Bosnian-American artist Aida Šehović.
Among notable guests were DJ Tomo who came all the way from Frankfurt to spin at our parties, Ozren Milharcić and Nino Raspudić (“Enter the Dragon”), Sabina Varjača (“Back to Bosnia”), artists Aida Šehović i Nebojša Šeric Shoba as well as Mirsada Čolaković (Permanent Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations), Jasminka Dinić (Permanent Mission of Croatia to the United Nations) and Matti Lehtonen (United Nations).
The fifth annual film festival continues to be a true community effort and would have been impossible without the support of participating filmmakers, distributors, production companies, volunteers, sponsors, media partners, and others from all over the world. We are extremely grateful for their passion, enthusiasm and dedication. 
A special thanks goes to:

  • Our sponsors: Archipelagos Architecture and Design (Official Sponsor), Trust Realty (Presenting Sponsor), EventLink Group (Major Sponsor) with additional support from Dr. Amra Spahić-Musakadić and Denis Ahmetović.
  • Our media partners: Eurochannel, Cinema Without Borders, infoBAR.ba, RadioM, Europa Magazine i  KULporter.com and eFM.
  • Tribeca Cinemas for continued collaboration
  • Graphic Executions, Inc. for assistance with printing.
  • Aida Šehović, DJ Tomo, Ozren Milharcić and Nino Raspudić

It’s not too late to get involved! Those interested in supporting the sixth annual festival through sponsorship or individual donations should contact Selma Avdičević. Individual donations can also be made online through PayPal. Helping us spread the news about BHFF is also important. Reporters, editors and potential media partners should reach out to Amra Turalić or Edita Zulić.
We hope that you enjoyed this year’s program and that you will return for the Sixth Annual BHFF, tentatively scheduled for next May. Don't forget to check our Web site regularly for news and updates (in the next few days we will post BHFF 2008 photos), join our Facebook group and sign up for our mailing list. Also, if you have any feedback you would like to share with us, please send us an email at info@bhffnyc.org.

Once again, we greatly appreciate your support.

BHFF™ Team

The Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF™) is an annual event, organized by the Voice of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Inc. and the Academy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which features award-winning films by emerging Bosnian-Herzegovinian filmmakers or films that have Bosnia-Herzegovina as their theme. For more information, visit http://www.bhffnyc.org/.  

Odpoceo "Projekat Ferhadija"

"Projekat Ferhadija" je projekat dokumentiranja procesa rekompozicije Ferhat-pašine "Ferhadija" džamije u Banjaluci. Namjena ovog projekta i ove njegove web stranice je da informira i obrazuje širu javnost o procesu rekompozicije kao i o drugim tehničkim, historijskim i logističkim karakteristikama u vezi sa rekompozicijom džamije, te da na transparentan način pomogne nesmetanoj, kvalitetnoj i vjerodostojnoj izgradnji. "Projekat Ferhadija" je nastao zbog velikog interesovanja građana Banjaluke za proces i stanje izgradnje džamije.
Informacije o izgradnji su do danas bile vrlo površne i teško dostupne široj javnosti. Cilj ovog projekta je da na jednom mjestu podrobno obuhvati i objavi što više relevantnih i kvalitetnih informacija u vezi s ovim procesom, te da pri tome potvrdi poseban značaj ovog objekta za grad Banjaluku, njene građane kao i za obrazovne krugove u poljima arhitekture i historijske prezervacije širom svijeta.
Svi podaci trenutno nisu dostupni našem timu, ali je “Projekat Ferhadija” trajan proces koji će se odvijati uporedo s procesom rekompozicije. Nove informacije će biti postavljane čim budu dostupne, te Vas pozivamo da nas redovno pratite.

Za vise informacija posjetite web stranicu projekta www.ferhadija.co.ba