Gender Equality Bosnia and Herzegovina Project #22435

Support to 20 SMART girls in rural areas of Bosnia

by Center for Civil Society Promotion (CCSP)

Project Report | Apr 24, 2017
From 20 to 118!

By Aida Daguda | Project Leader

From 20 to 118!

Dear You,

Thank you so much for everything! Remember us from last time we wrote you? Again, we are so proud on all activities we have done and where are we now in our little "struggle"!

This is real! We have made all promises from last time and that has thrilled us in what we can do with help of others. It is inspirational for girls and us working with them to understand the capacities that have been hidden in each human especially regarding ICT sector. It is developing so fast, but yet allowing girls so much creativity. And now, we have made a great voice and a new movement.

Why are we so proud - what have we done it last three months?

Through our SMART resource and training center, which is free of charge, we have mapped skills which are in need to be developed for future jobs, regarding ICT sector and interests. Due to our experience and wider audience reach, we have made a strong educational package of 13 educations for young women to attend. Recruiting girls from different areas, we have gathered over 118 girls through these workshops. In three months, in order to develop and strengthen targeted skills, these workshops have been held in SMART RC:

First interview;
Organization and facilitation of meetings;
Business correspondence;
Nonverbal communication;
Research methodology;
Mailchimp – newsletter;
Self-confidence;
Projects – how and why?
Using Excel in life and work;
Internet as motivACTION;
Video and production – Adobe Premiere Pro;
Photoshop workshop;
Creative school of WEB design;

Furthermore, CCSP has organized an initiative with 12 key IT companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to make this impact stronger and strategically approach to development of skills among girls in B&H. This meeting was held with strong attention from CEOs of these companies which have expressed will to cooperate with us on this initiative.

As GIRLS in ICT day is approaching, CCSP has organized an introduction session with Mistral Solutions company in Bosnia and Herzegovina which is working on software development and IT skills. This session was attended with 25 girls with interests in ICT and were invited to see how software development is functioning.

Next steps…

Just 7 days before the International Girls in ICT day, this session was a launching session to announce the big educational event we will make on 27^th of April 2017 where there will be organized workshop about this world event with educations about photography, programming and coding. So far, it is expected to be more than 100 girls will attend these educational workshops and Open doors day.

Don’t forget us and DONATE again!

Follow us on our webpage http://www.civilnodrustvo.ba/, as well on our web page “Hour of Code Bosnia and Herzegovina”: https://www.facebook.com/satkodiranjabih, and DIKT – Inspired by GirlsInICT: https://www.facebook.com/diktbih.

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Jan 24, 2017
BIGGEST EDU EVENT IN B&H - HOUR OF CODE 2016

By Aida Daguda | Project Leader

SMART girls B&H

SMART Resource Center from October of 2016 has regularly sent specially designed newsletter to all registered users (primary and secondary schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as to others stakeholders in the database, which has over 700 users) with all the news related to the implementation of Hour of Code in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Centre for Civil Society Promotion has requested support of all relevant ministries and institutions for approvals, promotion and distribution of information about the largest information and education event „Hour of Code“. The complete action was supported by all ministries responsible for education in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Department for Education in Brcko District and the Agency for Preschool, Primary and Secondary Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Without the support of all these institutions, the action would have not achieved these impressive results.

During Hour of code 2016, Bosnia and Herzegovina has achieved the best results in the region for the third year in a row with more than 30 000 participating students in over 263 schools and non-governmental organizations . Promotional action of Centre for Civil Society Promotion achieved remarkable results, and in this year has exceeded all expectations. Biggest focus was on involving young girls from smaller cities and rural areas in B&H.

As well, with the support of the Swiss Embassy in B&H, Centre for Promotion of Civil Society has developed modules of education for teachers called „Innovations in science teaching: Innovative teaching with the use of free tools for school„ in order to sustain the impact on youngest throughout whole B&H. Education was intended for teachers of class and subject teachers interested in application of information technology in education, and to teachers and professors in primary and secondary schools. Participants of the education were introduced to innovative methods of teaching the materials in information technology. They were also introduced with free tools to improve teaching informatics (online tools and solutions for better productivity). Participants were also introduced to the following free tools: tools for online tests, video channel, web-based programming, how to create your own blog and share teaching materials with students and colleagues. Total number of participants in this educations was 98.

Next activities we will implement are related to creative workshops for girls and boys about programming a website and development of their IT skills. Preparations for Girls IN ICT 2017 will begin as well, where we will try to involve more girls from rural areas and present them the most wanted carrier in the world.

SMART girls B&H

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Aug 29, 2016
We are preparing for the new round of IT educations!

By Aida Daguda | Project Leader

Information and communication technologies are a chance for women around the world for the realization of a successful career.

Through its Mentoring program for women CCSP, a non-profit organization based in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, is working to support young girls in remote areas of B&H by giving them an education support combined with mentoring, practical business and life skills. Special focus is given to networking and workshops on new technologies, health, education and self-education.

CCSP organized a two day workshop in April 2016. Participants were 20 girls: five girls from the elementary school "Hamza Humo" from Zenica suburban area, five girls from Elementary School "Medium" Ilijaš, five girls from Mixed Secondary School Buzim, and five girls from SSC "Milorad Vlacic" Vlasenica. Girls were accompanied by their teachers, since they are under 18. The workshop covered following sessions: “Self-esteem is important for girls”, “IT career”, and “Coding”, delivered by experts for business and non-profit sector.

CCSP currently preparing for set of events to be organized in December 2016, where more than 100 schools will be involved into Hour of Code, the biggest learning event at global level, aimed at introducing coding and IT skills to young people. We will have first set of activities in October and November, where 100 teachers will receive education on teaching innovative IT to their students. Importance of paying special attention to IT education to girls, and their encouragement to be involved into IT initiatives and learning events, will be highlighted at these workshops for teachers.

More than 15.000 children will be involved in Hour of Code in December 2016, where at least 6.000 girls will be actively involved by their teachers. At least 2 special sessions will be organized for girls, and social networks (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) will be used to encourage and invite girls to join these events.

CCSP conducting fundraising campaign for these activities, as we need some funds for costs related to travel, education of teachers, prizes and refreshment for kids, learning material, promotion costs etc. Some of the funds are fundraised already, from Swiss Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and from DM DrogerieMarkt BiH, but we still have need for support.

We want to thank you for your support, and to invite you to continue supporting our cause.

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