During seven days, young people from across Bosnia and Herzegovina and Switzerland will work on real challenges of local companies, using design thinking methodology to develop concrete, user-oriented solutions.

A special focus of the program is connecting young people and professionals from the diaspora and homeland, thereby strengthening knowledge, creativity, and collaboration between the two countries. The educational team consists of Milijana Mršić, an expert in business psychology, and Ivica Petrušić, professor of social work at HSLU - both originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina, now living and professionally active in Switzerland - as well as Nermin Zejnilović, a local educator from Bosnia and Herzegovina, innovator and trainer in creative thinking and digital transformation.

Support and mentorship to young participants will be provided by professors from HSLU's economics faculty - Oliver Kessler and Andreas Jager Fontana.

The final day of the school, Friday July 4, will be dedicated to presenting ideas that teams developed during the week, which they will present to companies, professors and educators - as potential solutions for concrete market challenges.

Swiss Balkan Design Bridge represents a unique platform for knowledge exchange, idea sharing, and building bridges between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Swiss diaspora - through practical work, team collaboration and innovative thinking.

The program is funded by Movetia - the Swiss National Agency for Mobility and Exchange, and implemented by i-platform organization in partnership with Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU).