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Council of Europe Congress supports the City of Banja Luka in the organisation of a deliberative process

On 9 February 2023, Mayor of Banja Luka Draško Stanivuković and Head of the Council of Europe Office in Sarajevo Bojana Urumova signed a Grant Agreement to support the organisation of a deliberative process to be commissioned, for the first time, by the City of Banja Luka.

Selected following a competitive Call for Proposals for a deliberative process at the local level in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the City of Banja Luka is the second local authority in the country to join the deliberative democracy wave, after the City of Mostar.

The City of Banja Luka is engaging, through the grant co-funding in the amount of some EUR  40 000  in setting up an innovative process that will bring together a group of people, in a form of a Citizens’ Assembly, to discuss the topic of youth empowerment and entrepreneurship.

This support will contribute to building the co-creation capacities of the city authorities, and enhance transparency as well as the inclusion and participation of citizens in local affairs, in particular of youth.

The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe promotes deliberative democracy at local level in Bosnia and Herzegovina and provides tailored support to local authorities in adopting new democratic approaches in local decision making.

On this occasion, meetings were also held with the Heads of political caucuses in the City Assembly of Banja Luka and with the Minister of Administration and Local Self-Government of Republika Srpska.

This activity is organised in the framework of the project “Innovating democratic participation at local level in Bosnia and Herzegovina” implemented by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities within the Council of Europe Action Plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022-2025. The project aims to enhance the quality of local democracy and create opportunities for citizens to engage in innovative participatory processes in Mostar and elsewhere in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It promotes new democratic approaches, open government, public ethics, transparent and inclusive local policy making in the country.

Banja Luka 9 February 2023
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