BH Futures Foundation is a proud partner of the Tuzla Brain Week 2019: Brain neuroplasticity. This year we’re talking about possibilities of changing and upgrading the brain, with the help of medical and engineering sciences. Register for this event by 25th of January and don’t miss out.

Semir Salkić, Lejla Imširović i Nermin Đuzić, dobitnici ovogodišnje stipendije Njemačke privrede pod nazivom “Internship Programme of German Business”, koju organizira Fondacija “Zoran Đinđić”, a riječ je o programu stipendija za ljetnju praksu u Njemačkoj, a koji je namijenjen studentima zemalja zapadnog Balkana.

What an incredible opportunity. 18 students from the BH Futures Foundation have been rewarded scholarship (in the value of $3000 USD each) to undertake specialised courses at the most prestigious academic institution in the world, Harvard University.

When Silmija Ferizovic Topoljak and her team won the 2017 IEEE Innovation Nation - YEP/IEEE Innovation Challenge in Bosnia & Herzegovina, never in her wildest dreams did she think that exactly 12 months later she and one of her team members, thanks to BH Futures Foundation and IEEE Entrepreneurship would be rewarded with an all expenses paid trip to attend the same event in Sri Lanka. Silmija and Harun, presented their project, acted as judges and most importantly made hundreds of new contacts, expanding their intercultural knowledge.

2019 godinu pocinjemo sa velikim ciljevima jer smo u prijasnjoj godini pokazali koliko mozemo postici kada se talentovani mladi ljudi ujedinje oko dobre ideje. Za pocetak 2019 godine vam predstavljamo naseg novo-imenovanog koordinatora za marketing Kenana Kurdica. Saznajte vise o njemu, zasto je odlucio da se ukljuci u rad fondacije i sta sve planira za 2019.

Aleksandar Mastilovic and Maja Hadziselimovic have served as board members of the BH Futures Foundation since 2017. They have made immense contributions to our organisation. As we know, all good things come to an end. As such, their 2 year terms on our board have ended. Maja and Aleksandar will both be pursuing other initiatives outside of the foundation and we wish them the very best in their adventures.

When I got the chance to take part at IEEE SYPC congress in December 2017, I couldn't have imagined where it would lead me, and that I had made one of the best decisions in my life. From Sokolac, Banja Luka to Melbourne- Australia.

In co-operation with the "European Union Erasmus +" program, the Foundation has awarded students grants for attending "Joyful Leadership" and "EU Bussines School" courses to build their leadership and business skills. The Foundation has awarded scholarships for attending the "EU Bussines School" courses at the Católica de Murcia University (UCAM) in Spain. Eight scholarships were awarded to our most prestigious students Andrej Perković, Emin Hajdarević, Milan Kusmuk, Haris Arnautović, Semir Salkić,Haris Selmanović, Vildana Hrnjić, and Zorana Štaka. The opportunity to acquire and develop their leadership skills got two students, Selma Aličić and Nikolina Bulović.  Their skills will be upgraded on „JOYFUL LEADERSHIP COURSE“, which will provide these young students necessary knowledge and skills to achieve the best leadership in the community.

Jedna od misija i vizija BHFF-a je međusobno povezivanje članova naše dijaspore, te saradnja sa mladima iz BiH. To vidimo kao neizostavan korak ka iskorištenju potencijala koje BiH ima i ekonomskom razvoju naše države. Partnera u ovoj misiji smo pronašli u mladoj, snažnoj i prosperitetnoj platformi "NEBO" u Nizozemskoj. Misiju, viziju, te rad naše Fondacije na NEBO biznis forumu u Nizozemskoj predstavili su Zvonimira Jakić i Haris Selmanović.

Sajam zapošljavanja za studente i diplomce tehničko-tehnoloških fakulteta i ekonomije "JobFAIR ‘18 - Iskoristi svoju šansu!" svečano je otvoren jutros, 5. novembra, u Kampusu Univerziteta u Sarajevu. Ove godine se održava jubilarno, deseti put i BH Futures Foundation je bila jedna od zvanicnih partnera ovog dogadjaja.

Recently some of our volunteers had the opportunity to host a recent University of Melbourne graduate on her travels in Mostar and Sarajevo. We bring you a short reflection on Gloria’s trip and how our volunteers create new links by representing Bosnia & Herzegovina in the best possible way.

U Zadru je od 11. do 13. oktobra održana konferencija i hackathon My Smart City. Događaj se organizuje u sklopu projekta CODE – Suradnja i razvoj prekograničnog poslovnog okruženja a jedan od učesnika u projektu je i BIT Centar Tuzla. U slopu ovog takmicenja, nas student i aktivni volonter Haris Selmanovic je sa svojim timom osvojio prvo mjesto.

“Sometimes writing only one e-mail can lead to education or employment opportunities,” says Nermin Đuzić, a talented BH Futures Foundation student. Having narrowly missed out on a BH Futures Foundation scholarship, Nermin received an e-mail offer from the foundation to participate in the Mentorship Program. Today, under the guidance of his mentor, Dr Ebrahim Hassan, an expert in the fields of infectious diseases, immunology and virology, Nermin is completing an internship at the Institute of Virology of the University of Freiburg, Germany.

The BH Futures Foundation is proud to announce that Henk de Pater, renewable energy project manager and engineering expert from The Netherlands, has become a BH Futures Foundation mentor. More than 20 years after serving as a volunteer soldier in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in April this year Henk visited the country with his son for the first time since the war.