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1 Welcome to Freja Forum th 12th November 2017, in Tuzla Bosnia-Herzegovina 11 th Freja Forum is back to Tuzla, B&H - 10 years after Freja Forum is a forum for capacity building to strengthen social structures through the development of non-profit organizations in Western Balkan, Turkey and Sweden. Freja Forum NOMINATED to The Nobel Peace Prize 2017

2 Freja Forum 2017 in Tuzla will discuss equal opportunities, democracy and climate change in Tuzla during three days. The discussions will focus on changes that may take place in ecosystems, habitats, leadership and attitudes etc. due to pressures of various origin. The forum will explore practical methods on how to develop the work of civil society organizations and how to support them in becoming active contributor in our current society. Freja Forum will offer a large number of seminars, workshops and informal meetings. DRAFT PROGRAM Friday, November 10 th, 2017 Atelier Ismet Mujezinović, Tuzla Welcome and opening session Mr. Selim Bešlagić, former Tuzla Mayor and Tuzla Canton Governor Mr. Johan Pelling, head of Union of Tenants Sweden Representatives from Freja Academy Western Balkan Saturday, November 11th, 2017 Hotel Mellain, Tuzla Registration Opening Welcome to the Forum Representative of Tuzla town Ms. Margareta Eklund, president, Freja Academy, Mr. ph.d. Edin Osmanbegović, president, Union of Tenants Tuzla Assembly Seminars The participants choose between three topics. Seminar A: Climate change for democracy and equal opportunities in social media Moderator: Ms. Liselott Vahermägi, Leadership consultant and Deputy mayor/se Panel: Mr. Detlev Boeing, NEAR EU Commission; Mr.ph.D. Edin Osmanbegović, professor, Tuzla University/BH; Ms. Magdalena Spasovska, executive director of NGO TAKT/MK; Ms. Christina Bergman, Olof Palme International Center/SE and Ms. Gülin Jücel, Kagider and expert/tr Today we see a global decline for the human rights, democracy and gender equality. This is also noted in international forums, where international commitments about equality is still a vision rather than reality. A clear trend is that more and more countries are adopting laws that target restrict the space of civil society and its organisations in different ways Social media are becoming increasingly important as opinion makers. Are the effects that democracy is strengthened or the social flow contributes to a backlash?

3 Seminar B: Circular Economy as a Key of Sustainable Development Moderator: Ms. Grazia Rendo, President of Women Entrepreneurship Platform/TR Panel: Mr. ph.d. Kadrija Hodžić/BH; Mr. Ph.D. Jordan Šišovski/MK; Ms. Dragana Stojanović/RS; Mr. Moussa N Diaye, Rapatac/SE and Ms. Itır Sinem Aykut, Board Member, KAGIDER/TR The circular economy concept has deep-rooted origins. Today its practical applications to modern economic systems and industrial processes are more and more discussed. Agenda 2030 has put the circular economy in focus. The panel of this seminar will explain the concept and future opportunities including a gender perspective. Seminar C: Climate change from Paris Agreement to UN 2030 Moderator: Cecilia Hjertzell, ICT expert, Head of Strategy, Odyssey AB/SE Panel: Ms. Ph. D. Amra Bratovčić, professor at Faculty of Technology Tuzla/BH; Ms. ph.d. Marija Stevanović/RS; Ms. Ingrid Pineiro, Swedish Union of Tenants/SE; Mr. Ergin Özdemir, Social Entrepreneur/SE and Ms. Gülin Yücel, KAGIDER and expert/tr The motto of Agenda 2030 is that "no one should be left outside". The aim to achieve sustainability socially, economically and climatically is really a big challenge for many countries. The seminar will address the social perspectives of global agendas based on democracy and gender equality Lunch Workshops parallel session 1 Workshop 1: Development of regional policies connected to EU accession process Workshop 2: Business women (Ms. Dženita Zirdum, president/bh; Ms. Edita Dautović, president at Association of Business Women/ME; Ms. Valentina Disoska, President at Association of Business Women/MK; Mrs. Olivera Popović, vice president of Association of Business Women/RS and Ms. Itir Aykut, KAGIDER Board Member and Head of International Relations Working Group/TR Workshop 3: Home for All (Ms. Jasminka Tadić-Husanović, HOLICOB/BH; EVE /RS and Ms. Elin Loberg, Union of Tenats Uppsala/SE) Workshop 4: Knowing your own finances (Ms. Biljana Trifunović/RS) Workshops parallel session 2 Workshop 5: System of high education in context of migration of youth (Mr. Mirza Hebib, MA - Law Faculty Sarajevo/BH; Ms. Ph.D. Dušica Semenčenko/ RS; Ms. Margareta Hogner/SE and Ms. Emmilie Sundquist/UK) Moderator: Ms. Jasminka Tadić-Husanović Workshop 6: Parallel between living conditions of youth-home and internationally (Mr. Kemal Nedžibović student of Europa University Flensburg/DE; Ms. Ljubica Marković/RS and student from Uppsala University/SE) Moderator: Mr. Mustafa Džihić

4 Workshop 7: "Women, equality and peace" Film (30 minutes) and discussions afterwards Documentary named "Kismet" about lives of women in Serbia and Albania - living conditions, stereotypes, inequality and how to overcome that. Moderator: Ms. Marija Jovanović, Center for Social Balance/RS Ms. Marica Vikić, president of Women Network of B&H Inter-religious Council/BH and Ms. Savka Todorovska, President of National Council for Gender Equality/MK Workshop 8: Social rights, women and climate Closing session - Conclusions Evaluation by audience response participation system Dinner in the café pizzeria Quadro, Tuzla Sunday, November 12th, 2017 Freja Academy Training sessions Freja Academy is a part of Freja Forum with the objective to promote the civil society organizations to strengthen their role and work to be an important actor in the civil society, based on values of democracy and equal opportunities. The participants can choose between four parallel training sessions. After participating in one of session A-D, the participant will receive a certificate Hotel Mellain, Tuzla The themes this year are: Session A GENDER Pictures and attitudes Speaker:.Liselott Vahermägi, Leadership consultant and Deputy mayor Experts from Turkey and Bosnia-Herzegovina Session B Session C EU and Western Balkan enlargement and future Expert: Mr. Detlev Boeing NEAR, European Commission Agenda 2030 and the Paris agreement Session D Social media innovations in civil society organizations Speakers: Ms. Cecilia Hjertzell, ICT expert, Head of Strategy, Odyssey AB Mr. Ergin Özdemir Social Entrepreneur and ICT expert Freja Forum 2017 closes

5 Information More information about speakers and content will be published on The web will be updated regularly. Registration: Please send your name and address to Question and contact: or Jasminka Tadić- Husanović, Conference fee for participants from EU countries is 50 Euro/500 SEK per person. The fee is including conference and meals from Friday until Sunday. No conference fee for participants from non EU countries. All participants need to organise and pay for their own travel and hotel costs. Please, contact Jasminka Tadic-Husanovic if you have questions concerning hotel a s o Vision The vision of Freja Forum is to establish a platform which allows European Civil Society Organizations to develop an understanding of equal opportunities and to promote democracy and peace which encourage long term capacity building. Freja Forum started 2006 as an idea with inspiration from Almedalen and Tällberg forum is the 11 th year of Freja Forum in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina - the role of NGOs 2008 Zagreb, Croatia - European integration 2009 Belgrade, Serbia - Quality of Life 2010 Skopje, Macedonia - Challenges of Mobility 2011 Tirana, Albania - Empowerment through cooperation 2012 Istanbul, Turkey - Social innovations 2013 Brussels, Belgium - Challenges of European Civil Society Organisations 2014 Podgorica, Montenegro - New Challenges of Regional Development 2015 Prishtina, Kosovo - Open Society 2016 Uppsala, Sweden Diversity and dialogue

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