New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

Initiative category

Identify the award category for which this initiative is being submitted
Prioritising the places and people that need it the most

Email user
udruzenjecolibri@gmail.com

Basic information
Initiative title
Music for all

Full initiative Title
Musical Schools for All

Please provide a short, catchy description of your initiative to be used in communication towards the public.
I have initiated the admission of children with special needs in Public Music Schools in Sarajevo. Before that, never in the history of their existence (the schools) over 75 years, children with special needs couldn't attend any sort of formal music education, no matter how talented and great they were. Doing that for my own son I have spent more than 6 months to accomplish that task. I had to convince the Ministry of Education, had meetings with all the directors from all Music Schools, etc.

What was the geographical scope of your intiative?
National

Where was your intiative implemented?
Member State(s) and Western Balkans
Bosnia and Herzegovina

If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
After I did that for Sarajevo Kanton, now the other parents are doing same initiative in other parts of Bosnia and Heryegovina

Does your initiative address mainly urban or rural issues?
It addresses urban-rural linkages

Does your initiative refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)

Has your initiative benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
No

Has your initiative won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

Does your initiative has a minimum level of maturity? The minimum level of maturity is exemplified by stakeholder/ initiative promoter commitment to implement the initiative in practice and a clear methodology /approach.
Yes

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As an individual
Please provide the contact details for the intiative promoter (the individual or representative of the organisation authorised to represent the intiative).
- First name: Aida
  Last name: Hrnjic
  Gender: Female
  Nationality: Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Idriya Ahmetovica br 7, Sarajevo
  Town: Sarajevo
  Postal code: 71000
  Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Direct Tel: +387 62 940 811
  E-mail: aida_hrnjic@yahoo.com
Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
- URL: https://www.facebook.com/abosnia
  Social media handle and associated hashtag(s): @zajednosmocarolija
In case my initiative is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my initiative in the channels of the European Commission.
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
Social Media

Description of the initiative
Please provide a summary of your initiative
The main summary is that since the 2022/2023 School year, children with special needs can get a formal education in Music Schools and so far some kids are admitted into schools. They play instruments, have their concerts, and enjoy equality. They finally have a chance to show their talents and hard work to the world.

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with 5 key words.
equality

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
no discrimination

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
part of education

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
building talents

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
self sustainability

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of sustainability and how these have been/will be met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
After providing them with a chance to learn, to build their talents, tomorrow they can and they will be a great musicians that will live from their own work, playing music. Some great pianists among them are born! It is unacceptable to take away those chances from them just because they are kids with autism, down syndrome, cerebral palsy etc...

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
So far, the kids had the concerts already, and they rock!!! Their self-confidence is amazing as well as the respond from their public. They are astonished with the results!

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
This is a new societal model in my Country. Even we do have an inclusion in the schools, (partly) we never did it in Music Schools. Affordability is just same, kids are learning and studying just like the rest of the pupils. The Ministry had obligation to employ the assistants and on my initiative they did.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the initiative and civil society have been/will be involved in the initiative and what has been/will be the impact of this involvement on the initiative
Children with special needs are citizens of my Country just like anywhere in the world. It's just that The Country system had forgotten them and didn't count on their talents. The impact on all of society is huge!

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the initiative.
The Ministry of Education of KS accepted my initiative and they provide assistants. Also, we have further steps in how to provide other resources for the Music Schools to improve their job and to work with Children

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and implementation of your initiative. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was
Never, ever in the history of Sarajevo have children with special needs had a concert with @tipical@ kids. Now they did!! They play and learn together. They don't fear anymore, they make friendships, and the teacher has some new opportunities to educate more, to provide more, and to do a better job. We strongly increased the value of inclusion and equal chances for all.

Please highlight the innovative character of the initiative, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the initiative
Innovative as can be. Before my initiative, no one ever even tried to include all children in the Musical Schools.

Please describe which elements of your initiative could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and contexts. This may involve, for example, aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings, etc.
Other parents and organizations want to do the same in other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina. People calling me from Tuzla, Zenica, Bihac, etc...

Please describe the methodology or approach used in your initiative.
I m fully aware of the fact this sounds crazy but my methodology was to put all my heart into this, to spend some time insisting, talking, searching for answers, and not to let anyone tell me what I'm allowed to dream, what my child is allowed to dram. We dream big!

Please explain what kind of global challenges the initiative addresses by providing local solutions
Actually this is great solution for the whole region. Simple as that!

Please detail the scope of progress in the implementation of the initiative. This can include already demonstrated results/outputs related to the chosen Prizes category, and the already achieved benefits from the initiative for direct and indirect beneficiaries. This can also include a development plan of the initiative, with a particular attention to the steps envisaged in the year following the application, and including envisaged results and benefits from the initiative
The direct benefits are for the children. But indirect beneficiaries may be huge. For the Schools, developing the models, the methodologies, building the capacities, etc.., but the whole society is on the benefit. Kids today are grownup people tomorrow, needing to be employed, recognized as equal citizens, not on social care.

Please provide documents that demonstrate the maturity level of the initiative and commitment to implement the initiative in practice (e.g.: evaluation report, final or mid-term initiative report, certification, publications, building permit, grant agreement, letter of support, partnership agreement, etc.)
Web link
Web link
- https://skupstina.ks.gov.ba/pitanja/da-se-u-svim-muzickim-skolama-u-kantonu-sarajevu-iskoordinira-njihova-potreba-za-asistentima
- https://analiziraj.ba/zasto-djeca-s-poteskocama-u-sarajevu-ne-mogu-pohadjati-muzicke-skole/
If relevant, please describe how your initiative contributes to developing new competences, especially in the context of the European competence framework on sustainability.
All those are new competence in Educational system in Sarajevo
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Yes

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Yes

By submitting this application, I declare that I am not related to the entities subject to EU restricted measures under Article 29 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU) and subject to Article 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU)1, and entities covered by Commission Guidelines No 2013/C 205/05), which are not eligible to participate in any capacity.
Yes

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Yes

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Yes

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Yes

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Yes