Young woman from Austria will travel to Brcko, North East Bosnia and Herzegovina to volunteer with youth arts NGO, Omladinska Organizacija Svitac. The project will run for 6 months from March 2015- August 2015. The volunteer will organise and develop arts, music and drama workshops, classes, and activities alongside local staff and volunteers being visible in the community, promoting voluntary work and raising awareness of the opportunities of EVS in the local community. She will also help organise various events, festivals and music and arts camps in Brcko and the surrounding areas. Volunteer will be having a great deal of autonomy in planning and developing her workshops which help her to build confidence, project management and leadership skills. Trough this tasks the young Austrian girl will see the importance of civil initiatives within the society and it could encourage her to start or support other initiatives.Volunteer will organise and develop arts & music workshops, classes, and activities for local young people of all ethnicities alongside local staff and volunteers. She will also help organise community events, festivals and music and arts camps in Brcko and the surrounding areas. All of these activities aim to encourage and develop cooperation and communication between young people from Austria and Bosnia, while encouraging communication and dialogue at a local level between people from all backgrounds and ethnicities to promote understanding and tolerance. Using the arts as a tool, EVS volunteer will be able to connect with local young people, sharing creative experiences and recognising universal connections. Due to Brcko’s special status as an ‘inter-ethnic district’ within an increasingly divided Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country still recovering from previous conflict, these workshops have an important role. In a community where there are few opportunities for young people and high youth unemployment, international volunteers provide a fresh opportunity to share new ideas and connect with the wider world. While focusing on common projects rather than divisive issues the EVS volunteering project aims to emphasise and develop a sense of belonging to a wider European and global community.