Bosnia & Herzegovina Overview

Rule of Law, Capacity Building & Defending Civil Liberties

DTCare in Sarajevo was formed to address youth engagement, public safety, environmental concerns, education, conflict, and reconciliation in a politically divisive environment. Within six months of its inception in Bosnia and Herzegovina, DTCare Sarajevo accomplished various projects defining its future activities based on the challenges observed in the area.

We expanded operations into Bosnia and Herzegovina when we noticed that Bosnia was ripe for action on several fronts, from disarmament to civil society building. In the security sector, we noticed a distinct lack of cooperation and coordination, especially in the areas of emergency response and crisis response. Our projects directly address these issues.

In the past six months, DTCare organized, promoted, and hosted various programs. We started a young adult sports program which included an arm-wrestling competition. We assisted DHS with a biometric project at the University of Sarajevo. We worked with the border police of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the technological literacy and selection of border security technical means. We assisted with biosecurity related to COVID-19 by assembling a team to map zoonotic pathogens. We also held a beekeeping workshop, in partnership with an Austrian NGO, featuring a guest speaker from the USA.

The promotion of public safety and civil society through thematic interactive workshops combining the knowledge, expertise, and inputs of university students (security studies, human rights, criminal justice, law) and working professionals and experts to combat illegal activity, corruption, human and animal trafficking.

DTCare is committed to the preservation of peace and the de-escalation of regional tension, both to the people of BiH and the wider Balkan Region. One of the founding fathers of DTCare Bosnia & Herzegovina teaches at the University of Sarajevo on crisis management, emergency operations and communications, and regional security and they have recently issued two textbooks to that effect.

Targeted programs promote unity and camaraderie through communal projects, community building, civics education, mapping of peace-building strategies and re-establishment of cross-cultural dialogue.

Women in smaller communities remain under-utilized in community development and civic-consciousness building while their needs and interests are not taken into account jeopardizing their human rights.

DTCare in cooperation with the University of Sarajevo seeks to improve beekeeping effectivity, biosecurity, and nutritional aspects of bee-products in an attempt to uplift local beekeepers and work against bee extinction.

Burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas, produce heat-trapping gasses which prevent heat from escaping the atmosphere causing global warming. DTCare’s efforts to combat climate change are focused on bee conservation and protection and reducing air pollution by minimizing the burning of fossil fuels and heat-trapping gas in and around Sarajevo, one of the highest-ranking air polluting capitals of the world.

Fostering youth sports and weaving them into a conduit for supporting those struggling with mental health and trauma that do not have access to the healthcare resources they need.