International Summer Camp Youth and Heritage Cuprija? is a joint enterprise of International Forum Bosnia and L?tzebuerger Guiden a Scouten that started in 2006.

The enterprise also involves number of local partners Stolac Youth Forum, Slovenian Scouts Association, French Cultural Centre Andre Malraux, Association for Civic Trust Restoration in Stolac Municipality, Committee for Reconstruction of Stolac Mosques, Church - Parish Council in Stolac, Scouts? Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Commission for Protection of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The aim of this program is to bring together youth from across the globe and provide them with the opportunity to take part and contribute to the rehabilitation of a local plural community which was devastated by war and by ideological images of irreconcilable religious and ethnic differences.

The program is made of three equally important parts - work, educational and recreational activities.

THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SUMMER CAMP YOUTH AND HERITAGE CUPRIJA 2010

International forum Bosnia, with cooperation and support from various local and international organizations, will organize Fourth International Summer Camp Youth and Heritage CUPRIJA 2009: Stolac Home Hospitality. Summer camp will be held between July 30th and August 8th, 2009, in Stolac (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

International Forum Bosnia, with the co-operation and support of a number of organisations from Bosnia and abroad, will hold the Fifth International Summer Camp on Youth and Heritage: Cuprija 2010. The programme will take place in Stolac, Mostar, Rama and Sarajevo between the 2nd and 17th of August 2010. For participants who wish to stay on additional week, until 21st of August, a special program will be prepared.

The Camp will involve approximately 70 young people and 10 instructors from Bosnia and abroad. The programme includes practical, educational and recreational activities. Its purpose is to offer theoretical and practical support to the understanding of plural society, the various bases of tolerance, as well as the protection of cultural difference in societies based on the rule of law and democratically elected systems of government. During their practical activities, participants will be included in lengthier projects, learning to value, preserve, and restore the cultural and natural heritage of Stolac and its environs. The programme will also involve two workshops – one on traditional woodcarving and the other on the protection and preservation of library and archival treasures.

Detailed information about Fifth International Summer Camp Youth and Heritage CUPRIJA 2010: Stolac Home Hospitality are available on www.ifbosna.org.ba i www.cuprija.ba

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