College of Urban Affairs

Abstract
INTERGRATION OF WAR AFFECTED PEOPLE
IN AN URBAN SETTING

The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina left an urban core populous with unique experience from dealing with international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and living in a society at war. The third sector in the former and current Yugoslavia lacks sustainable practice and management. International organizations were more anxious to fund local initiatives than to identify relevant information about the needs on the ground. New unsustainable yet well financed initiatives were created, which removed human resources from competing and more sustainable initiatives, and created a social welfare loss in the third sector. We will discuss three organizations working in urban settings:
 Youth House Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina working with youth aged 5-18.
 Youth Club 96, Gornji Vakuf, Bosnia and Herzegovina working with former soldiers 18-30.
 Center for Nonviolent Conflict Resolution Nis, Yugoslavia dealing with a mixed group of member’s aged 16-35.