About BUM

PROFILE OF THE ORGANIZATION

Legal Status of Organization
Balkan Urban Movement (BYU) is a nongovernmental, non partisan and non-profit organization founded by group of citizens, young people from the ex-Yugoslav countries. The Balkan Urban Movement is hereby entered into the Register of Unions, Social and Political Organizations kept by the Federal Ministry of Justice, as an Union of citizens, on the registration paper number 866 under the serial number 2024.

BYU is settled in Belgrade in Stevana Hristica 4 (post address), PIB No. 102457325.

Mandate of the Organization
BYU – Balkan Urban Movement was found on 14th February 2000. and was officially registered on 28th February 2001. It was originaly set up as a youth organization of people from all ex-Yugoslav countries willing to work to overcome all sorts of animosities and prejudices came out from the conflicts in the region. We wanted to show that we were not and we’ll never be the protagonists of the war, only its victims. We want to revitalize good friendships between youth from ex-Yugoslav countries showing that the whole conflict was ridiculous and only a product of stupid politics.
The main focus of BYU work is youth mobility, human rights and its development, promotion of culture and diversities, antiwar activities and promotion of non-violence and struggle against drug addiction and AIDS. Beside that, BYU work on social anxiety problems and sustainable development through the development of sustainable tourism programs as well as on the programs for the development of the local communities through development of small family businesses.

From the founding till now, BYU activities are focused in the three main programs:

1. INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE – Young minds, bright minds!
2. BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY – Serbia, violent free society
3. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION and TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

Networks:
BYU is a member of several national and international networks:
IANSA – International Action Network on Small Arms
SEENCA – South East European Network on Control of the Arms
YES – Youth Employment Summit
World Youth Connection
One World
Peace Policy Network of Serbia

Donors providing support to the Organization:
Main donors of the BYU so far were: European Youth Foundation, European Agency for Reconstruction - European Integration Fund, European Commission - CARDS  programme, City of Subotica, Royal Netherlands Embassy, Rep. of Serbia - Ministry of Culture, Fund for Open Society, UNDP, Pax Christi, Secretariat for Sport and Youth of AP Vojvodina and Swiss Office for Cooperation.

Post address:
Balkan Urban Movement
Makedonska 22/II
11000 Belgrade