Meet our new member: Interview with Bruno Šagi
During the last Political Youth Network General Assembly, Youth Organization and University Organization of Croatian Peasant Party joined…
POLITICAL YOUTH NETWORK
Bringing together young political leaders in Western Balkans
ABOUT
The Political Youth Network (PYN) is an international network of youth organisations operating as a part of, or as a subsidiary organisation of 31 political parties from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia that was established at the Founding Conference in Zagreb, held on 29th and 30th March, 2014.
By signing the Declaration of Commitment to the Political Youth Network, member organisations expressed their dedication towards PYN’s Statute, Secretariat, and other members, in achieving common goals, recognised and shared by its members.
The main objectives of PYN were defined and presented through individual meetings with political youth organisations, while by signing the Declaration of Commitment, members have agreed to pursue the following goals and values.
Education
Exchange
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Events
Latest blog news
Political Youth Network General Assembly
On Wednesday 9 June 2021 Political Youth Network General Assembly was held via ZOOM platform. 18 representatives of…
PYN REGIONAL WEBINAR: COMMUNICATION WITH THE MEDIA
On Tuesday, 23 March 2021 another regional Political Youth Network webinar was organized. This time the topic of…
MEET THE ALUMNI: KAROLINA ŽAVELJI
Hello, Karolina! Please introduce yourself! Hi! I am Karolina Žavelji (25) I am a laboratory technician from Belgrade,…
APPLY NOW! REGIONAL ONLINE TRAINING: COMMUNICATION WITH THE MEDIA
The media is the seventh force, and the pen is more powerful than the sword. The media play…
Meet the Alumni: Interview with Ivana Šatrak
Hello, Ivana! Please introduce yourself! My name is Ivana Šatrak (29) and I’m a member of the Youth…
PYN REGIONAL WEBINAR: Political Campaigns on Social Media
On Thursday, 29 October 2020 a regional webinar titled Political Campaigns on Social Media was held via the…
PYN regional training: Communicate like a Winner!
On Thursday 24 September 2020 a regional training titled Communicate like a Winner! was held via the ZOOM…
Meet the Alumni: Interview with Ljiljana Jokić
Ljiljana has a law degree and she is currently studying for a master's degree at the University of…
Think Globally, Act Locally- Handling Crisis in Kosovo
We present to you another article from our Think Globally, Act Locally series. Filiz Mustafa from Kosovo shared…
Think globally, act locally: A Story from Zenica
As a part of PYN's Think globally, act locally: Lead by example series of articles, Bojana Naimarević, an…
Western Balkans in time of COVID-19
On Friday, 10 July 2020 a regional webinar titled Western Balkans in Time of COVID-19 was held via…
Meet the Alumni: Interview with Irhana Čajdin
Since its foundation the Political Youth Network has been the meeting point for politically active young people from…
Meet the Alumni: Interview with Jovana Majstorović
Since its foundation the Political Youth Network has been the meeting point for politically active young people from…
Meet the Alumni: Interview with Biljana Gaća
Since its foundation the Political Youth Network has been the meeting point for politically active young people from…
PYN regional meeting at Skopje Youth Summit
A PYN regional meeting was held in the period 3-5 December in North Macedonia in the scope of…
PYN and human rights
During the past year PYN members put much of their time, effort and will both into acquiring new…
REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN PRIZREN
In the period 5-8 August 2019 a PYN regional conference was held in Prizren, Kosovo. During a three-day…
Round Table on Youth Mobility in Bosnia and Herzegovina
In the scope of Political Youth Network activities Youth Initiative for Human Rights- Bosnia and Herzegovina organized "Round…
Political Youth Network Regional Conference Zagreb
In the period 26- 29 June 2019 Political Youth Network Regional Conference was held in Zagreb. 30 young…
Save the date: PYN Regional Conference Zagreb
We are pleased to inform you the next Regional Political Youth Network Conference is to be held in…
Political Youth Network Regional Conference: Human Rights and Regional Politics
In the period 29 May- 1 June 2019 Political Youth Network Regional Conference was held in Belgrade. Young…
REGIONAL CONFERENCE: Human Rights and Regional Politics
In the period of 29 May- 1 June, 2019 Youth Initiative for Human Rights organizes Regional Conference of…
Save the date: PYN regional conference
We are pleased to inform you the next Regional Political Youth Network Conference is to be held in…
Empowerment of Political Youth Training- Kosovo
On April 23-24 2019 a two-day training titled “Empowerment of Political Youth” was held in Prishtina. 22 young…
National training in Montenegro
National PYN training titled Minorities in Montenegro was held in Ulcinj on April 13 2019. During the one-day…
Internal Party Organization and International Standards
Over the last decade many European countries have increased both the scope and content of national party regulation.…
Intra – party Democracy
Intra-party democracy is a matter of organizational choices and aspirations as well as of strategy: a party’s internal…
United Nations as a global human rights instrument
What is United Nations? United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organisation tasked to promote international cooperation. It has…
Why is transitional justice important?
Transitional justice is a response to systematic or widespread violations of human rights. It seeks recognition for victims…
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: Why are women’s rights important?
Gender equality is at the very heart of United Nations values. Equality between men and women has…
Training on practical political skills – Croatia
A training on practical political skills How to integrate human rights policies in election campaigns was held in…
Why are LGBTI rights important?
In too many places, LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) people are among the most persecuted,…
Why are minority rights important?
Minorities are all national cultural, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities whose minority status has been recognised by…
Meeting with Regional Youth Cooperation Office
In the period 15-19 October a conference Dealing with the Past in Kosovo- Youth Exchanges as Reconciliation Mechanism…
Voice Within : Handbook for young political leaders on intra-party democracy
YIHR developed a new handbook for young politicians called Voice within: Handbook for young political leaders on intra-party…
RYCO Gathers MPs to Create Unified Voice for Youth Agenda
RYCO organized the first meeting of the selected Members of Parliaments (MPs) of the Western Balkans within the…
Talks at the Top with Atifete Jahjaga
On 18th of July Youth Initiative for Human Rights organized Talk at the Top event in Pristina, Kosovo.…
Western Balkans Summit: London 2018
Prime Ministers of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia met on 10th of July at…
A new PYN handbook on Human Rights – ACT, BUILD, CHANGE
We are proud to announce a new PYN handbook on Human Rights - ACT, BUILD, CHANGE is available…
ACT, BUILD, CHANGE – presentation in Kosovo
The PYN Secretariat held a presentation of our newest handbook on human rights ACT, BUILD, CHANGE for three…
TALK AT THE TOP WITH – BOŠKO JAKŠIĆ
The PYN Secretariat organized a lecture and interview for young politicians in Belgrade, Serbia on May 28 with…
Presentations of handbook Act, Build, Change in Serbia
PYN handbook ACT, BUILD, CHANGE was presented to our young party members from Serbia - Democratic Youth, New Party Youth…
Presentation of ACT, BUILD, CHANGE at the School of Democratic Leadership in Montenegro
The School of Democratic Leadership gathered more than 20 participants and members of 5 political parties in Montenegro.…
Meeting with the president of Young Croatian Liberals
Young Croatian Liberals (Hrvatski mladi liberali) is a youth branch of Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS). PYN Secretariat…
HANDBOOK ACT, BUILD, CHANGE PRESENTED TO Youth Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia
PYN Secretariat held a handbook presentation for the Youth Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia on May…
Handbook on human rights presented to Croatian party GLAS – Civic Liberal Alliance
A new PYN handbook on Human Rights - ACT, BUILD, CHANGE - has been presented on May 8…
New PYN Handbook on HUMAN RIGHTS PRESENTED TO FORWARD CROATIA! – PROGRESIVE ALLIANCE
A new PYN handbook on Human Rights has been presented on May 3 to the representatives of Forward…
2018 WESTERN BALKAN SUMMIT (BERLIN PROCESS) TO BE HELD IN LONDON
On 10 July 2018 the UK will host the Western Balkans Summit in London, the fifth summit convened…
COMING SOON – PYN handbook on Human Rights
We are proud to announce that a new PYN handbook on Human Rights will be presented across the…
New EU enlargment strategy – six specific criterias for new members to meet
In February this year, the European Commission adopted a new enlargement strategy for the countries of Western Balkans.…
Warm welcome to Forward Croatia! – Progresive Alliance
Forward Croatia-Progressive Alliance (Croatian: Naprijed Hrvatska!-Progresivni savez) is a centre-left political party founded by former Croatian President Ivo Josipović and a new PYN member…
Expert says, Balkan Progress on Corruption ‘Stagnating’
Ahead of the publication of Transparency International's latest corruption index, Southeast Europe expert Cornelia Abel says Balkan countries…
Representatives of PYN members participated in Zagreb Youth Summit
Zagreb Youth Summit was an event organized by Youth Initiative for Human Rights in November 2017 that gathered…
Fight-Back Starts Against Balkan ‘Fake News’ Machines
Some 26 years ago, war was raging in what was then Yugoslavia between the Yugoslav army and Croatia.…
Human rights watch: World report 2018.
Attacks on journalists, discrimination against minorities, poor protection of refugees and lack of political will to prosecute war…
Talk at the top with – Vesna Pusić
Talk at the top is a form of discussion and transfer of experiences which PYN has been using…
2017 PYN Assembly
Representatives of 19 political parties and their youth branches/colleagues participated at Annual PYN assembly during Zagreb Youth Summit…
Sexual crimes: Next steps for securing justice for victims of wartime sexual crimes in Croatia
On July 27th 2017, YIHR Croatia organized a presentation of findings about the state of prosecution of sexual…
Debate and Movie Night “Scheherazade’s Diary”
July 28th 2017 The documentary Scheherazade’s Diary, filmed during and after the ten-month drama therapy/theater project set up in…
Public debate: Perspective of new MP’s on Regional Cooperation
July 24th 2017 The debate brought together two new MP's of the parliament of Kosovo, Saranda Bogujevci, as…
International instruments for protection of national minorities: training
On July 20th, YIHR Croatia organized a training specifically for young politicians on international instruments for protection of…
Training: Public policies
On July 8th, YIHR Serbia organized a training for PYN members on the following topic: Public Policies –…
Training: Cooperation Between NGOs and Political Parties
July 7th 2017 A training on Cooperation Between NGOs and Political Parties was held on July 7th in…
Dealing with the past in the Western Balkans
June 16th 2017 YIHR Montenegro organized a training for youth and young members of the PYN member parties…
Workshop on Discriminatory Language with a special focus on school textbooks and minority rights
The workshop was focused on training students and youth that are politically active, both in PYN member parties…
Challenges in the system of criminal sanctions
May 28th 2017 Continuing a topic that has been discussed with young politicians before, YIHR Montenegro held a…
Advocacy of reconciliation: memorialization of victims of mass atrocities and gross violations
On May 22nd 2017, YIHR Croatia in cooperation with the French Institute Zagreb and Goethe Institute organized a…
Training on Transitional Justice mechanisms
On May 19th 2017, YIHR BH organized a training on transitional justice mechanisms for young political leaders. The…
Discussion on State of Democracy in the Western Balkans
May 18th 2017 On May 18th 2017, YIHR BH organized a discussion with young political leaders on the…
Training on prosecution of wartime sexual crimes
April 27th 2017 On April 27th 2017, YIHR Croatia held a training for young politicians on the topic…
Round table on Regional Cooperation with young politicians
March 31st 2017 On March 31st 2017, YIHR Montenegro (Civil Alliance) held a round table on regional cooperation…
Human Rights Discussion: Regional Cooperation and Transitional Justice
March 9th On March 9th also in Sarajevo, YIHR BH organized a human rights discussion on Regional Cooperation…
Human Rights and Civic Participation: training for young politicians, youth activists, young union leaders and students
On February 25-26th in cooperation with the Human Rights House Zagreb, YIHR Croatia held a training for young…
The standards in the fight against torture
February 21st 2017 YIHR Montenegro (and Civic Alliance) organized a training for young political leaders on a topic…
Training Seminar for Young Political Leaders: Rule of Law and Governance in the European Integration Process of Bosnia and Herzegovina
February 7th BIH On February 7th in Sarajevo, YIHR BH organized a training seminar for young political leaders…
RYCO discussion with young politicians
December 10th 2016 On December 10th, on the occasion of International Day of Human Rights, YIHR Croatia organized…
Talk at the Top: Ivo Josipović
December 10th 2016 CRO On December 10th 2016, YIHR Croatia organized the Talk at the Top discussion with…
Round table with young political leaders in Serbia
November 14th 2016 During November 2016. Youth Initiative for Human Rights Serbia and Youth Initiative for Human Rights…
ROUND TABLE: The role of youth and political parties in negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo
November 5th 2016 During November 2016. Youth Initiative for Human Rights and Youth Initiative for Human Rights Kosovo…
PYN Regional meeting in Ulcinj
Regional network of Youth Initiative for Human Rights organized a three day training for political youth parties' members…
Meet the team
YIHR Croatia: Nikola Puharić
YIHR BiH: Muhamed Tucaković
YIHR Kosovo: Trina Binaku
YIHR Montenegro: Aleksandra Vukčević
YIHR Serbia: Ivan Đurić
PYN MEMBERS
Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Forum mladih Naše stranke // Our Party Youth Forum
Forum mladih Socijaldemokratske partije / / Social Democratic Party Youth Forum
Mladež Hrvatske demokratske zajednice 1990 // Youth of the Croatian Democratic Union 1990
Savjet mladih Partije demokratskog progresa // Democratic Progress Party Youth Council
Stranka nezavisnih socijaldemokrata // Party of Independent Social Democrats
Mreža mladih Saveza za bolju budućnost// Union for Better Future Youth Network
Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu // Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Demokratska fronta // Democratic Front
Montenegro:
Asocijacija mladih Socijalistička narodna partija // Youth Association – Socialist People’s Party
Bošnjačka stranka // Youth Forum Bosniak Party
Demokratski savez Crne Gore // Youth – Demos
Forum mladih Pozitivne Crne Gore // Youth Forum – Positive Montenegro
Građanski pokret URA // Youth Reform Movement – Civic Movement United Reform Action
Demokrate // Young Democrats- Democrats
Hrvatska građanska inicijativa // Croatian Civic Initiative – Youth
Mladi Liberali Crne Gore // Liberal Party Youth
Mreža mladih Pokreta za promjene // Youth Network of Movement for Change
Savjet mladih Demokratske partije Socijalista Crne Gore // Democratic Party of Socialists – Youth Council
Socijaldemokratska partija // Youth Forum- Social Democratic Party
Nova Demokratska snaga – FORCA // New Democratic Power – FORCA
Croatia:
Mladi Hrvatske narodne stranke – Liberalni demokrati / / Youth of the Croatian People’s Party – Liberal Democrats
Održivi razvoj hrvatske / / Sustainable Development of Croatia
Mladi Hrvatskih laburista – Stranka rada / / Youth of the Croatian Labourists – Labour Party
Forum Mladih Socijaldemokratske partije Hrvatske / / Youth Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia
Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka / / Independent Democratic Serb Party
Kosovo:
Aleanca për Ardhmërinë e Kosovës // Alliance for the Future of Kosovo
Serbia:
Demokratska omladina // Democratic Youth
Socijalistička omladina Srbije Socijalistička partija Srbije // Socialist Youth of Serbia Socialist Party of Serbia
Mladi Liberalno-demokratske partije // Liberal Democratic Party Youth
Socijaldemokratska omladina u Socijaldemokratskoj uniji // Social Democratic Youth in Social Democratic Union
Forum mladih Nove stranke // New Party Youth Forum
Omladina Lige socijaldemokrata Vojvodine // League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina Youth