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Dear friends, 

The application procedure for this year's 5th Post-Yugoslav Peace Academy has been closed on June 1st. We have received more then 170 applications. Our selection team is currently in the process of choosing this year's PYPA participants. All those who have applied will be noticed about the selection procedure on June 11th. 

We thank you for your interest in this year's Post-Yugoslav Peace Academy. 

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  • Source of verification

    A place and manner of final verification of indicators (See) to prove how a result (See) was achieved, namely, how a certain activity (See) (for which money was granted) was  really implemented, which makes the project (See) seemingly more realistic – because it is linked to something that exists (i.e. XZ archive in the XY building) – but at the same time relatively more expensive (if someone were to really check the above-mentioned indicators in the above-mentioned manner and at the mentioned place  so that every donor rather chooses the more favourable option: to believe one’s word (See: report) that the money was spent as planned. The source of verification always implies additional activities [namely, additional investments which, as a rule, are not calculated into the project budget of the application (See)] which would lead to its verification (See).

from Ubleha for Idiots – An Absolutely non useful Guide for Civil Society Building and Project management for Locals and Internationals in BiH and Beyond by Nebojša Šavija-Valha and Ranko Milanovic-Blank, ALBUM No. 20, 2004, Sarajevo, translated by Marina Vasilj.