OSCE supports capacity-building training on social re-use of confiscated assets in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The social re-use of confiscated assets was the focus of three training events held by the OSCE and the Center for Civil Society Promotion (CPCD) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The events were held on May 13 (Sarajevo), 16 (Tuzla) and 17 (Banja Luka). The 80 participants from civil society organizations had the opportunity to reflect on how they can contribute to the fight against organized crime and corruption and discussed which mechanisms civil society can effectively use to implement projects on social re-use.  

Participants learned about processes included in the confiscation of criminal assets, but most importantly, about the application of social re-use projects. Through various group and interactive exercises, participants were acquainted with project management skills that can be used in social re-use projects, such as project identification, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, communications and visibility, and other topics. The outcome of these events included concrete project proposals.

These exercises were organized within the framework of OSCE’s extra-budgetary project “Strengthening the fight against transnational organized crime in South-Eastern Europe through improved regional co-operation in asset seizure, confiscation, management and re-use”, which aims to promote the social re-use of confiscated assets in South-Eastern Europe and to increase public engagement in combating organized crime and corruption. Through OSCE support, the Agency for the Management of Seized Assets of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has implemented the first case of social re-use in the country.

The project is financially supported by Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States.