Western Balkans

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) became a GCERF partner country in 2021, supporting one civil society organisation to implement prevention and reintegration initiatives.

Background & Context

Understanding Violent
Extremism in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Returnees from conflicts abroad are a manifestation of violent extremism in BiH, exacerbated by the complex socio-political landscape, marked by the nineties conflict, ongoing national and ethnic divisions, and socio-economic challenges.

Over the past years, GCERF’s work in BiH has made significant progress through the grant to the Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) Atlantic Initiative (AI) to establish and strengthen mobile teams working on rehabilitation and reintegration (R&R) at the state, federal and local level. The partnership with the Atlantic Initiative concluded in March 2025. The endline evaluation report underlines that case management played a crucial role in supporting returnee families by providing structured, continuous, and personalised assistance throughout their reintegration process.

Results at a Glance

Key Results

Total amount invested (USD)

$ 0 k

Grants

Civil society organisations

Multi-level network of mobile and multidisciplinary teams and equipped them with agreed protocols and SOPs to coordinate and standardise reintegration support

Frontline workers reported that their institutions are at least somewhat prepared to work with returnees after the programme’s capacity strengthening and SOP rollout

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Investment & grant figures updated May 2026 · Programme results updated December 2025