4. SONVO 2015 Youth fair LEAD PARTNER: Local democracy agency of Prijedor OTHER PARTNERS: Youth association Info Point from Prijedor, DONNOR: Municipality of Prijedor TIMING: May 2015–June 2015 PURPOSES: The 6th international fair of youth organizations was created with the aim of presenting, networking, educating and improving the quality of youth organizations from Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the other surrounding countries. This year's fair was held under the theme "Youth and networking". The participants involved over 10 local youth organizations; and this year the event was also attended by international organizations from France, Italy, Denmark, Spain, Romania, Slovenia, Malta, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Croatia, Macedonia, Hungary and Albania. The participants gathered to attend an international conference on the issue of involvement of civil society in decision-making through collaboration among the organizations of civil society, local authorities and other actors, to encourage participation and dialogue with focus on enhancing the participation of all marginalized groups and especially young. The event took place from 8 to 11 June 2015 in Prijedor. ACTIVITIES: The official opening ceremony started at 18:00. The event was inaugurated by the representative of the local authorities in Prijedor. This was followed by a presentation of the organizations on the stand started at 18:30 in the small square of Prijedor, where the organizations were able to share their promotional materials and their activities. They also had the opportunity to showcase their work and their activities undertaken to date, ongoing projects and projects they would like to accomplish in the future with new partners and associates. The participation of the organizations was appreciated, and during the closure of the event the winner of the youth sports activities was announced and the cups to the winner teams were delivered. SUCCESSES STORIES: - Promoted youth activism. - Created links between youth organizations in Southeast Europe through the promotion of instruments in common. - Created links between youth organizations in Southeast Europe and the EU residents. - Better visibility of youth organizations by strengthening the work locally and internationally.
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