Our Achievements in 2021
Thank you!
2021 was the most successful year so far, but we can’t wait to see what 2022 brings.
Everything that happens in Bosnia & Herzegovina Futures Foundation is worth mentioning. We give a huge thanks to everyone who participated and helped us create an even bigger and better environment for all of us involved at this moment, and anyone who is yet to join us.
Let’s see what our 2021 looked like:
We opened another Futures Makerspace now in Donji Vakuf for local youth development. Established in April 2021 and opened in Aug 2021
Vera Šnajder Award had 2 winners and they were selected by a 12-member jury consisting of academics and professionals of BiH origin from around the world
Futures Leaders Summit ‘21 was an extremely successful summit and we had:
o 8 Keynote Speakers
o 2 Panel Discussions
o 10 Workshops
o 5 Tech Tutorials/Company Visits
In the 3 Minute Thesis competition (3MT) 2021 we distributed over 20,000 BAM in prizes to help accelerate winners’ research careers
Innovation Nation’s final award ceremony was held as a part of the Futures Leaders Summit in Tuzla. A total of 27,000 BAM in cash prizes were awarded to the best 7 teams
Wow. That’s a lot!
However, we have more:
We entered 2022 with new members of the Board of Directors and leadership team, including 2 full-time employees
We took in 38 new Junior scholars and 24 Ignite program members
We established a Volunteering Department to better synchronize our volunteers’ engagement, experience, and excellence
We also established and ran the first year of the Alumni Program which now includes 58 alumni
33 of our scholars found a full-time job or did internships, in B&H and abroad as well
Senior Scholars worked 1-on-1 with a team of 10 Human Potential experts
Over 100 active mentors
3 Futures Academies organized
Futures Voices podcast hosted 25 speakers from 14 countries
More than 180 students received tutoring lessons from 60 tutors
3 BH Professionals meetups
We partnered up with 30 different organizations throughout the year to deliver our events and projects
We were mentioned more than 350 times in the B&H media in 2021
Finally, we have reached our goal of 1.000 monthly individual donors who support us and we are very thankful to them for making an impact and helping us create opportunities that the youth of Bosnia and Herzegovina deserve!
What a year. For a full report we encourage you to check our 2021 Annual Report which contains financial report as well.