Despite grim reports on satisfaction with secondary education among B&H youth and staggering youth unemployment rates, these young people have done it differently and the discussion kicked off with their ‘Eureka!’ moment – when and how have they realized that they can make it – get into some of the best universities in the world. While their answers to all questions were varied and highly individual, there was still enough overlapping to provide meaningful advice for our listeners.
Read MoreOur mission is to empower the youth through education, technology and leadership, and to shape the next generation of change makers. In order to reach our goals, together with our supporters, we will always be transparent and open about our operations. For this reason we have produced a financial report below to showcase our income and expenditure. Our board of directors ensures that we are utilising our donors funds in the most ethical and fair manner. If you you have any additional questions regarding the report, don’t hesitate to contact us.
Read MoreFutures Academies are an important occasion for all scholars and volunteers - it is the opportunity for us to gather, reflect on the work we’ve accomplished over the past months, attend workshops and together make plans for the future of our Foundation. Just like most organisations do nowadays, our first Academy in 2021 was held online, but that did not stop our Academies team from making this a great experience for all attendees.
Read More99 new scholars joined the BH Futures Foundation this October. Central to the scholarship experience in our Foundation is the one-year mentorship, where our students get to work with experts from the industry to improve their skills and define their career path and goals. Our mentors help their mentees find their first internships, work on fixing their flaws, and help them create a bigger picture. One of our senior scholars, Esma Đulović, met her mentor Elvir Hadić in November, and Elvir has already helped Esma land an internship at the APS Engineering company in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. We interviewed Esma and her mentor Elvir to see how it’s been.
Read MoreWith the announcement of the winners and the awarding of valuable cash prizes at an online ceremony held on the 12th of January 2021, the first 3MT competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which brought together 70 Bosnia & Herzegovina PhD students from eminent universities from 21 countries around the world has concluded. Find out who won here.
Read MoreWho could predict that 2020 will be like this? It looked like a rollercoaster ride for sure, but we at BH Futures Foundation always give our best to see the sunny side in everything, and that is exactly what we did with 2020 as well. This year has been the best one for us until now, according to all parameters, but it would be impossible without our big team who works day and night behind the scenes. So thank you people! Our scholars and volunteers, and our donors, none of this would be possible without you and we are immensely proud of everything we achieved together this year!
Read MoreWe got 70 application from P.h.D. students with Bosnian and Herzegovinian origins from all around the world, and from our country as well. As you already know, one of the prizes is called People’s choice award and you will have a chance to pick your favourite until 10th of January 2021. All videos are on our YouTube channel and you will have a chance to vote with simple like on your favourite video. Video with the biggest number of likes on 10th of January gets the People’s choice award. We wish you a good luck!
Read MoreA good indication of how far the foundation has come is indicated by the fact we were invited to speak about our work in developing innovation & entrepreneurship competencies among youth in Bosnia & Herzegovina at the world famous MIT Enterprise Forum.
Read MoreAfter Vedran Kapetanović, Upper School Assistant Principal at International School of Stuttgart e.V. heard about our program and its results, he decided to donate 12 Texas Instruments T-inspire calculators for our little scientists. We congratulate 12 students for their outstanding results, and also, we want to thank from the bottom of our heart Vedran and Internation School of Stuttgart for this gesture. Working with numbers is certainly easier with the right equipment. 😎
Read MoreIt is no secret that the U.S ambassador to Bosnia & Herzegovina, H.E. Eric Nelson is a huge fan of Bosnia & Herzegovina Futures Foundation. In his TEDx presentation titled “Connecting For Your Future”, he spoke about how much the foundation’s work has inspired him.
Read MoreWe wanted to hear what our experts have to say about the cybersecurity threats and challenges, and what advice do they give to all of us, so we organized an online panel.
Read MoreWe are immensely proud of all young talents who joined our Foundation during the past five years. Together we have grown, achieved greatness, and made some outstanding plans for the future. We are especially proud of our scholars who joined us in the early beginning, while we were not so famous or big, as we are now. One of them is our Vildana Hrnjić, who was one of our first scholars ever and during the last three years, she helped us in many ways.
Read More“U Stambolu, na Bosforu…”, says the old Bosnian sevdalinka. In this enchanting metropolis, the place of war and love stories, and history connecting our nations, our ambassador Adela Kadiric, together with our scholar, Ivana Jeftovic, hosted a meetup. This is Ivana’s experience…
Read MoreBy empowering the youth through education, technology and leadership, we shape the next generation of change-makers. We are proud that every year we can grow more, and welcome more scholars than before. This year it is our absolute record since we are onboarding 99 new scholars and 29 members of our new Ignite program.
Read MoreGoran Barbir, the foundation’s ambassador presented our work in front of an audience of Balkan and Chinese professionals. This is the first official foundation event in China but just the start of our collaboration.
Read MoreWe are growing and we have to be honest with you, it is a great feeling. Our scholars, volunteers, mentors, mentees, ambassadors, donors, tutors, partners, podcast and webinar speakers… Numbers are going up constantly (some of them even 400% more than last year), and we are immensely proud of our work over the years. The fact that more and more people want to be involved in our work is a proof that we are doing something right.
Read MoreDuring a regular mentoring meeting with my mentor Senka Krivić, I expressed those feelings and wishes regarding the direction of my career development. She suddenly remembered an internship position she could write me a recommendation letter for. That's how our mentoring success story reached its peak and my dream came true.
Read MoreFutures Webinar Series je samo jedan od naših načina na koji dijelimo znanje svjetskih stručnjaka sa mladim ljudima u Bosni i Hercegovini. Naši webinari obuhvataju gotovo sve nauke, i dosad smo obradili na desetine različitih tema koje uključuju razvijanje softvera, 5G tehnologiju, umjetnu inteligenciju, mreže neurona, umjetnosti komunikacije i pregovaranja i još mnogo više!
Read MoreFutures Show and Tell sessions are a unique opportunity for mentees in our extended Mentorship Program to present what they’ve learned with their mentors. In a total of three episodes, several mentees (Muhamed, Ajla, Alen, Valerija, Rijad and Mirza) were granted the educator positions and shared their valuable insights with their peers.
Read MoreWe are honoured to share another outstanding achievement of our scholar Rijad (Rick) Sarić. Last year, he successfully defended his master thesis in the area of embedded system engineering with the highest grade (A) at International Burch University (IBU).
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