PCRC has received worldwide recognition for its work. Our organization was selected from more than 600 applicants representing over 100 countries to receive a 1st place for the 2014-15 Intercultural Innovation Award given by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group. During the Award Ceremony, held as part of the 6th Global Forum of the UNAOC, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon personally recognized PCRC and its accomplishments. Our organization was also a top-5 finalist in the Council of Europe’s 2015 Diversity Advantage Challenge Award and PCRC’s Ordinary Heroes Peacebuilding Program is currently featured as a best practice in a toolkit developed by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe to help elected officials organize intercultural and inter-religious activities. In 2017, we received the Intercultural Achievement Award from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs for Balkan Diskurs – our independent multimedia platform. PCRC’s Bosnian rescuer Mina Jahić was formally recognized by former U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton during the 60th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Related to the Status of Refugees for saving the life of fellow Bosnian Ferid Spahić.
1st Place, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the BMW Group. This award is given to the most innovative grassroots projects that promote intercultural dialogue, understanding, and cooperation around the world, and PCRC’s project was selected not only for its innovation, but also for its potential for expansion and replication in a broad range of contexts worldwide.
PCRC’s Ordinary Heroes Peacebuilding Program has been highlighted in the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Toolkit as “a perfect example of unique, multimedia, peacebuilding initiatives that should be developed and invested in.”
The Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC), and its founder and president Velma Šarić, were awarded the first “Local Peacebuilder” award on January 27, 2022 in Washington, D.C. and once again recognized as the leading organization in Bosnia and Herzegovina for building sustainable peace, preventing violent conflict, and promoting human rights.
On the International Day of Peace 2018, Post-Conflict Research Center’s (PCRC) president Velma Šarić has been chosen as Peace Ambassador by the Centre for Peace Studies in Sri Lanka. This award recognizes PCRC’s work as an inspiration to societies striving towards ideals of diversity, transparency and democracy. We will use this recognition as an inspiration …
Top-5 Finalist, Council of Europe. The Diversity Advantage Challenge was created as a means to raise awareness among the public and private decision-makers about the benefits of diversity and to showcase the best examples of organizations, businesses and cities who have realized these benefits by creating innovative products, services, policies and initiatives.
U.S. State Department & former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. PCRC's Bosnian rescuer Mina Jahić gained the attention of former U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, who formally recognized Mina during the 60th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Related to the Status of Refugees for saving the life of fellow Bosnian Ferid Spahić in 1994 during the Bosnian genocide.