Young people from the UK will travel to Brcko, North East Bosnia and Herzegovina to volunteer with Firefly International’s partner organisation, youth arts NGO, Omladinska Organizacija Svitac. The project will run for 24 months from September 2015- September 2017 and volunteers will participate for periods of 3 or 12 months. 14 volunteers from the UK will participate. Volunteers will be recruited through an open call, Firefly International welcome applicants from across the UK of all backgrounds of any age between 18 and 30. Volunteers must have an interest in working with young people and skills in art, crafts or music. The project ‘Youth Building Bridges through the Arts’ will focus on three objectives; -Volunteer development & learning -Community Youth Development -Promoting co-operation, understanding and Active Global Citizenship. Volunteers will organise and develop arts & music workshops, classes, and activities for local young people of all ethnicities alongside local staff and volunteers. They will also help organise community events, festivals and music and arts camps in Brcko and the surrounding areas. All of these activities aim to encourage and develop cooperation and communication between young people from the UK and Bosnia, while encouraging communication and dialogue at a local level between people from all backgrounds and ethnicities to promote understanding and tolerance. Using the arts as a tool, volunteers will be able to connect with local young people, sharing creative experiences and recognising universal connections. Due to Brcko’s special status as an ‘inter-ethnic district’ within an increasingly divided Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country still recovering from previous conflict, these workshops have an important role. In a community where there are few opportunities for young people and high youth unemployment, international volunteers provide a fresh opportunity to share new ideas and connect with the wider world. While focusing on common projects rather than divisive issues the EVS volunteering project aims to emphasise and develop a sense of belonging to a wider European and global community.