BILD
97 Hasana Brkica
Tuzla 75000
Bosnia and Herzegovina

ph: 00387-35/286-777
fax: 00387-35/286-777
email: info@bildbosnia.org
























































































a project funded by


Open Society Institute
The Soros Foundation

South East Europe
Development Solutions

The vision of OPEN:

We see Bosnia and Herzegovina as an EU member state in which everybody is welcome, in which human rights are known and respected – a country in which our grandchildren will play together in a carefree manner.

The mission of OPEN:

Our mission is to design and implement high quality, creative and socially useful projects that inform, educate and mobilize young adults to create jobs, promote human rights and improve the quality of life in the Tuzla Canton.

The letters of OPEN stand for:

„OPEN“ is an organization of young adults that is part of BILD.

OPEN was created through a course in civic leadership at the Tuzla Summer Institute financed by the Soros Foundation which also provided start-up funds for OPEN's first projects.

One of OPEN's first projects helps get books off of shelves and into the hands of students by creating an interactive website that shows people which books are needed at local high schools and then enables people with used books to contact students who currently need them. This is a pilot project that will be expanded next year through a public-private partnership bringing together students, teachers, administrators, and book companies.

In order to be a member of OPEN, a person must be an active member in one of OPEN's working groups and attend volunteer actions regularly. Here, OPEN members and guests are taking part in an ecological cleaning action.