BUILDING OPEN S OPEN BUILDING BUILDING OPEN SOCIETY IN THE WESTERN BALKANS O CIETY IN THE IN WESTERN WESTERN BALKANS 19 91 – 2 0 11 BUILDING OPEN SOCIETY IN THE WESTERN BALKANS 1991–2011 The story of the Open Society Foundations’ activities during a time of transformation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia © 2011 by the Open Society Foundations This publication is available as a pdf on the Open Society Foundations website under a Creative Commons license that allows copying and distributing the publication, only in its entirety, as long as it is attributed to the Open Society Foundations and used for noncommercial purposes. Photographs may not be used separately from the publication. Published by the Open Society Foundations 400 West 59th Street New York, New York 10019 USA www.soros.org Produced by the Office of Communications Laura Silber, Director of Public Affairs Ari Korpivaara, Director of Publications
[email protected] The Historical Highlights and Foundation Activities sections of this report were prepared by the Open Society foundations in the countries of the former Yugoslavia, the Open Society Foundations programs, and Beka Vučo, regional director for the Western Balkans. The Open Society Foundations commissioned the articles in this report. The Sarajevo Notebooks excerpts are reprinted with the permission of that journal. Articles Editor Chuck Sudetic Report Editors Ari Korpivaara, William Kramer, Laura Silber, Beka Vučo Photography Editor Pamela Chen Designer Jeanne Criscola | Criscola Design Printer GHP Media, Inc. Cover photographs FRonT covER: Mostar’s Old Bridge, originally built in 1566, was destroyed in 1993 and rebuilt in 2004 when this photograph was taken.