"Sarajevo Notebook" magazine

The idea of the journal''Sarajevo Notebooks''appeared on the initiative of a group of prominent intellectuals and public activists from all countries of former Yugoslavia. Specifically, a group of intellectuals from the former Yugoslavia in 2001. The idea came to the issue of independent regional magazine, which will serve as a forum for dialogue and be an intermediary for the contribution to reconciliation in the Balkans and to promote values of mutual cooperation and understanding.

The idea was presented and friends from abroad: Martti Ahtisaari, Carl Bildt, Džoržu Soros and Alan Leroj who strongly supported the idea immediately, and still continue to support this projekat.Časopis at the beginning had a twofold purpose: first, to re-establish broken communication between various regional and ethnic communities in the Balkans, and secondly, to focus on the creation of regional public forums that will facilitate and contribute to the process of reconciliation in the countries of the Former Yugoslavia.

So far published 28 volumes of Sarajevo''numbers''. Are presented in a variety of topics of regional importance with extensive interpretation from different perspectives. The most important issues published so far are: female letter writers on the border, writers and nationalist ideologies, war writing, non-European Europe, the national literary canon, contemporary literature and our language, Modern Drama in the region, modern novel in the region, Modern pripivijetka in the region, Modern Poetry in the region since 1990. to our day, Contemporary Criticism of the region, the English edition of the Sarajevo edition of 'Best of Sarajevo Notebook', Contemporary film in the region, nomadism, Youth and Culture and Transition.

Besides presenting the current social developments in the region,''Sarajevo Notebooks''great attention to current social policy issues as they are: the position of the Balkans in the broader context of European culture and political practices, post-totalitarian nationalism, the responsibility of intellectuals in the altered social conditions, cultural and political aspects of transition, etc.

Over time, the''volumes''of Sarajevo has become a very important example of regional cooperation and influential forum that provides space for discussion on various topics that are important for regional integration in the wider European context.

30,000 copies of the magazine is published and distributed in the region and delivered the important destinations in Europe (eg Slavic seminars at various universities, major libraries, etc. ..)

Sarajevo Notebooks have been promoted many times in all major cities of the region (Belgrade, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Skopje, Pristina, Podgorica) and have received extremely positive reviews in all prominent media. 2007th The Sarajevo Notebooks with the help of the Slovene Government published in English.

Our donors are mainly international organizations and institutions: the Soros Foundation, Balkan Trust of Democracy, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Portugal, France, Great Britain, Spain, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the United States, Office for Culture Zagreb, reminded the Union, Geothe Institute, KulturKontakt Austria, Buybook and Carl Bildt.
International organizations and governments of various countries provide financial assistance to the magazine, while the content and implementation responsibilities of the editorial board of the journal.