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After holding of the last planned activity - public debate in Trebinje, FTC asked for the project extension for a month since we realised that we still had enough financial means to hold another public discussion.
FTC believes that holding of the public discussions is the only good method for starting of this process and creation of the ambient for implementation of such an important process for any state, including Bosnia and Herzegovina as well (which we concluded based on the results of the project), and that the public discussions are the only way to get citizens of BiH familiar with this process (which was concluded by the participants of every and each public discussion). Finally, such public discussions are the only way to involve as many as possible citizens, members of the political parties, experts, youth, NGOs into this very important process for BiH.

According to the plan of the project activities, the public discussion "The Upgrade of the Bosnian Constitution Would Enable Faster European Integration" was held on Friday, February 19, 2010, at 11 a.m. in the Leotar Hotel in Trebinje.

The preparation and organisation of the public discussion was realised with the assistance of our collaborator from Trebinje, Mr Radoslav Ivankovic, a journalist.

Having known very well this part of Eastern Herzegovina, its dislocation from the administrative centre of the entity (which is in Banja Luka), completely centralised system of the authority in this entity, where all decisions are being brought in the administrative centre, but also aware of the fact that the local authorities in this part of Bosnia and Herzegovina is held by SNSD-Milorad Dodik, FTC believed that in this part of Bosnia and Herzegovina the media promotion of FTC's attitudes as the attitudes of the civil society and the aims that FTC is advocating regarding the constitutional changes is needed. Therefore, FTC decided to promote the attitudes and aims by the radio show at the local radio station (which signal covers the region of Eastern Herzegovina).

At the beginning of this report, FTC would like to emphasise that the realisation of the TV show with the TV station BN from Bijeljina was a pretty good choice we made. During our partnership with the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Republic of Srpska, we always made the extra effort to encourage politicians from Bijeljina to take part in public discussion. However, after the realisation of the TV show on January 21, 2010, the turnout of the politicians was excellent. Representatives of both position and opposition parties responded to our invitation to take part in the public discussion. Therefore, FTC believes that the change of the planned activities and realisation of the TV show in Bijeljina instead of Sarajevo was totally a positive change.

Private TV station BN accepted FTC's offer to start the new season of its TV show "Puls", which is presented by a journalist Suzana Radjen-Todorovic, and which is broadcasted on Thursdays at 9 p.m., with the actual topic of constitutional changes in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
TV presenter Radjen-Todorovic proposed that the TV show "What Kind of Constitution Do We Need?" should be announced in the BN Television news broadcasted every day at 7 p.m.
TV show is a live show, but the audience has an opportunity to send text messages comments in the first part of the show, while in the second part of the show they have the possibility to directly take part in the show by asking questions.

The round table "Building Trust through Understanding - Post-War Revival of Togetherness in Bugojno" was held on December 12, 2009, in Bugojno. The round table was organised by the Forum of Tuzla Citizens and Mr Viktor Dundovic from Bugojno, under the sponsorship of the Dutch peace organisation IKV PAx Christi.

The basic aim of the round table was to perceive the issues of the post-war revival of living together in Bugojno from the perspective of the local politicians, representatives of religious communities, organisations of civil society, media and citizens.

Satisfied with the co-operation with the private TV "Alternativna televizija" and the seriousness of its journalist, Mr Vedran Skoro, the presenter of the talk shows, places into the preparation and realization of such TV shows, the planned TV show was again realized with this television.
In addition, it is note-worthy that the programme of this television is very popular in the Banja Luka region and even wider, since this television is a member of a TV network (Mreza plus) consisted of five TV stations from whole BiH. The FTC team spent the night before in Prijedor (around 80 km from Banja Luka) and noticed that the programme of "Aletrnativna televizija" had the attention of the guests in the hotel.

The public discussion in Prijedor was prepared and implemented in co-operation with partner organisation "Don" (Democracy - organisation - progress) from Prijedor.
It was held on November 13, 2009 at 11.00 a.m. in the Prijedor Hotel.
The speakers at the public discussion were Mr Vehid Sehic, the FTC president and Mr Damir Miljevic from Banja Luka, who holds MA degree in economics.
Mrs Murisa Maric, the executive director of the partner organisation, welcomed the participants and expressed the gratitude that such an important topic is discussed in Prijedor.

During the preparation of the public discussion in Prijedor, which was scheduled for November 13, 2009, the Forum of Tuzla Citizens (FTC) also planned to hold the press conference, which was scheduled for 10.45 a.m., i.e. just before beginning of the public discussion itself.

The TV show that was realised on Radio-Television Mostar about constitutional changes was some kind of introduction and creation of the atmosphere for holding of the round table "The Upgrade of the Bosnian Constitution Would Enable Faster European Integration" since this TV station covers the territory of Canton 10, whose centre is Livno.
Besides the opinions of the experts in the constitutional law, our aim was that to hear the opinion of the citizens, representatives of different levels of the authorities from this canton, and members of Parliament from this canton about the purpose, possibilities and need of the implementation of the constitutional changes in BiH.

Within the project on constitutional reforms "Constitutional Reforms in BiH - NGO Perspective", FTC continued its activities regarding making pressure on the authorities that is aimed to implement constitutional reforms in BiH.

The round table "Is Gacko the Positive Example in BiH in Building Mutual Understanding and Trust?" was held in Gacko on June 12, 2009. The round table was organised by the Forum of Tuzla Citizens and the Centre for Development Initiatives from Gacko, and it was supported by the Dutch organisation IKV Pax Christi.

The conclusion of this round table is that Gacko is the city that is the true example of the open city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the place that everyone can look upon to regarding the building of the mutual trust and understanding.

At the beginning of the round table, Mr Vehid Sehic as a moderator, and Mr Slavo Kukic and Mr Sahbaz Djihanovic as speakers, informed the participants of the round table about the attitudes and conclusions of the participants of the previous public discussions. They also presented the attitudes and opinions of the working group of this project (CAP working group) about the directions in which the constitutional reforms in BiH should be done.

Mr Vehid Sehic, the President of the Forum of Tuzla Citizens was a moderator, while the speakers were Prof. Mile Dmicic from the Law School in Banja Luka; Mr Sahbaz Djihanovic, a lawyer and Prof. Slavo Kukic from the University of Mostar.

On December 12, 2008, the Forum of Tuzla Citizens, CBM and CCSD organized the round table titled "Practical Problems of Life in North and South Mitrovica".
The round table is part of the project activities of the Forum of Tuzla Citizens and it is the final activity planned for 2008 within the project "How to Reach Truth?" which is supported by the partner organization "IKV Pax Christi" from the Netherlands.

On 5 December, 2008, within the project "How to reach Truth?" supported by IKV Pax Christi, public debate "How Do we Live Human Rights - Vukovar Today" was held in the Lav Hotel in Vukovar.
The co-organisers in Vukovar were the Centre for Peace, Legal Advices and Psychosocial Support Vukovar and the Coalition for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Osijek.
Around 20 people participated in the public debate, which is relatively poor turnout since having in mind the topic and the significance of the human rights. However, the turnout of the associations of the national minorities and citizens of non-Croatian ethnicity was very good and they had very good discussion with the speakers. The characteristics of the discussion, the structure of the participants, selected topics and poor turnout of the authorities point out that there are violations of human rights. In addition, it was noticed that there is fear among some citizens, national minorities, to emphasise publicly the problems they face with.

On 15 November, 2008, within regional project "How to Reach Truth?", the public tribune "How do we live human rights?! Equality before the law" was held in the City Hall of Velika Kladusa. The partner organisation in Velika Kladusa was the Centre for Democratisation and Tolerance. The regional project "How to Reach Truth?" is funded by the Dutch organisation IKV Pax Christi.

The basic aim of the public tribune was to analyse the situation of human rights that deal with social, economic and cultural rights (articles 17, 22, 23, 25 and 27 of the General Declaration on Human Rights) through the open discussion with the representatives of local authorities, national minorities, cultural associations, associations of former soldiers, women organisations, youth associations, civil society and citizens

On 15 November, 2008, within regional project "How to Reach Truth?", the public tribune "How do we live human rights?! Equality before the law" was held in the City Hall of Velika Kladusa. The partner organisation in Velika Kladusa was the Centre for Democratisation and Tolerance. The regional project "How to Reach Truth?" is funded by the Dutch organisation IKV Pax Christi.

The basic aim of the public tribune was to analyse the situation of human rights that deal with social, economic and cultural rights (articles 17, 22, 23, 25 and 27 of the General Declaration on Human Rights) through the open discussion with the representatives of local authorities, national minorities, cultural associations, associations of former soldiers, women organisations, youth associations, civil society and citizens

Public debate "The Upgrade of the Bosnian Constitution Would Enable Faster European Integration" was held in Mostar, in the Ero Hotel, on Saturday, 25 October, 2008.

The moderator of the debate Mr Vehid Sehic, in his welcome speech emphasised that the basic aim of the public discussions is to hear the opinion of the Bosnian citizens, who are the participants of the public discussions, about the constitutional changes. He also added that the public discussions will result in some kind of conclusions, which will be submitted to the state authorities, as the proposal for the constitutional changes, in order to inform them about the opinion of the citizens.

The round table "Is Prijedor the Positive Example of Building of Understanding and Trust in Bosnia and Herzegovina?" was held in Prijedor on September 5, 2008. The organisers were the Forum of Tuzla Citizens and Association of citizens "Don" from Prijedor.

About 30 participants from the domain of politics, media, religion, and non-governmental organisations participated in the round table. Even though the round table was held at the beginning of the election campaign, the politicians dedicated some time to the round table and shared their opinions on living together in Prijedor and difficulties they meet.