Leading Bosniac NGO in its Area

A group of young intellectuals and artists (painters, writers, musicians), athletes, former political activists and other prominent actors and enthusiasts were gathered by Mr. Mirsad Kandic, and on June 24, 2002, they established the Bosniac Association �Oaza�, a non-governmental organization with the mission to develop and promote civil society with special emphasis on improvement of Bosniac community�s integration into the new Kosovo reality.

Bosniac Association �Oaza� until now has been working in Pej�, De�an and Istog municipalities, while it tends to further expand its territory of activity. From the very beginning, �Oaza� has become one of the most active and leading Bosniac nongovernmental organization in Pej� region, due to the solid organizational structure made up of young and creative people.

�Oaza� is the only NGO of this community that has prevented itself from being a satellite of political entities, and which has the most gender-balanced staff among all positions of the organization and among numerous volunteers.

Managing Board of the organization includes:
Sahit Kandić � Chairman
Edin Međedović � Secretary
Teuta Mujović � Treasurer

Department Coordinators are:
Rahman Marković � Political and legal issues
Selim �abović � Culture and arts
Sanela Kurtović � Women issues
Sadija Kandić � Logistics
�emso Luković � Project Manager
Mirsad Kandić � External relations
Muhamed Sinanovic �Sports
Melisa Dupljak � Youth and
Kemal Kandić � Human resources.

Its Supervisory Board is made up by: Mr. Sevda Srdanović, Mr. Kastriot Pehlivani and Ms. Selvija Ferhatović.