The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation recognised the importance of think tank Populari, and its general support for the work of Populari allows it to engage in creative and socially important work. Populari’s intense cooperation with the Mott Foundation began in 2008.
The Mott Foundation begins with the belief that learning is the right way to search for best model of living and coexisting together. As people create footprints of society, i.e. “belonging,” through its programmes the Mott Foundation helps individuals, families and institutions at both the local and regional level help achieve systemic change. The Foundation is also devoted to supporting efforts to promote a just, fair, and sustainable society.
Once again in 2011 we will award the three best pieces which tackle some of the negative stereotypes about BiH often seen in the media!
Think Tank Populari started the DEconstruction project in order to use fact-based arguments to break negative stereotypes of BIH. DEconstruction also serves as a platform for anyone who wants to respond to some of the most common biased media claims about Bosnia.
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In 2010, the debate on international power in Bosnia and Herzegovina is still ongoing. No clear policies that would make the issue less complicated are in place. To investigate what this means outside of BiH and among 27 members of the European Union, with the support of Open Society Institute Think Tank Fund, and CEPS, under the supervision of Michael Emerson, Populari’s researcher Goran Tirak, undertook a challenge by investigating the effectiveness of the OHR when it comes to Bosnian aim towards full integration into the European Union.
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