Women and Sustainable Development – New employment opportunities
The goals of this project is to contribute to the greater inclusion and the empowerment of women in socio-economic development of local communities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Capacity Building
The capacity building activities were held for 25 women (members of associations, local action groups, local municipalities, small businesses and family farms) from around 10 communities throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Workshops
- The first two-day workshop in Sarajevo
The workshop programme covered following topics: What is sustainable development?; Community Led Local Development-CLLD, Society – the framework we live in; Sectors in the society and inter-sectoral cooperation and partnership; Community organising and Towards sustainable development – step by step - Second workshop and study visit to Croatia
The results of the action research “Role of women in local development of Bosnia and Herzegovina” were presented in Zagreb. The participants had an opportunity to hear presentation on the role of women in sustainable development by the representative of Government Office for gender equality, CESI-Centre for education, counselling and research and RODA – Parents in Action. Examples of good practice were shown to participating women, by visiting association RODA and their social entrepreneurship and also through study visit to ACT Group in Čakovec and their social entrepreneurship “ACT Konto Ltd”, social cooperative “Humana Nova Ltd” and a very successful project “Romona – developing Roma’s women entrepreneurship in Međimurje County.
Action Research in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The action research “Role of women in local development of Bosnia and Herzegovina” was designed and implemented with the aim to research out several issues: the status and the role of women in local communities, their impact on the community life and inclusion in the labour market, as well as to give recommendations for improving existing status of women.
ODRAZ and HMRR have jointly prepared questionnaires for women and also for local authorities. ODRAZ has prepared the final report which encompassed action research results, recommendations for strengthening women’s position in the community development and examples of good practice. The report on Croatian language is published at following link => http://bit.ly/20ATmhC
The area of the project
Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration
19 December 2014.- 19 December 2015
The project leader
ODRAZ – Sustainable Community Development.
Partners
Croatian Rural Development Network (HMRR)
Association for Economic Development REDAH; Mostar
Financing
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration – Support to civil society organizations in the field of international development cooperation from the State Budget for 2014.