Thousands of youth voices from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are echoed in this report. They speak about their lives, they raise concerns about their education, employment, social protection and living standards and they share their perspectives about what they see as their future. It is our responsibility to listen to them.
This report confirms that young people in BiH face many challenges in various aspects of their life. Three out of four young people are unemployed. Most of them are not married, have no children and have not solved their housing situation. They are often pessimistic about their future and find their living standards “mediocre” at best. An increasingly technological labour market requires skills that many young people do not possess. Compared to the general youth population, vulnerable groups are even more hard-pressed by everyday challenges of life in BiH. Nonetheless, young people demand quality education and better access to non-formal education programs. They wa
