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For me this was a unique opportunity to think about things that I usually (mainly) only feel.  There is a long list of questions that I am posing to myself, things which I want to keep researching, and truth to tell, concepts which no longer “hold water.”  I have not been so touched and inspired for a long, long time.

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An interesting topic, excellent presenters, creative participants, good working method – I am truly very surprised by the course and everything connected with it.

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The course was excellent, provocative, unsettling in the best sense of the word.  In one intensive period I learned so much that I left one way of thinking and saw things (new/old information) from a different perspective.

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I am very satisfied with the course.  I heard so much which is new and am intrigued with topics which I thought could not fascinate me and intrigue me to this degree.  It activated the analyst and researcher in me.

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  • Implementation

    A word that came into fashion in B&H with the war.  In English, to implement means to execute, to perform or to put into, however, the use of local language counterparts is not recommended lest the mystical aura of a project (See) gets lost. The English word implement originates from the Latin verb implere which primarily means TO FULFILL, TO FILL OUT, and even TO IMPREGNATE A WOMAN. Therefore, implementation is about sex or, colloquially, about screwing someone but most of the time it is only virtual, where either there is no intercourse but there are partners in intercourse or there is only a so-called active partner in intercourse while the passive one (technical term “the one on the bottom”; See: beneficiary) does not at all exist or s/he does exist but does not notice that s/he participates in the implementation. Implementation is normally the biggest challenge for ubleha (See) but the best protection from that danger is a report (See) or, even better, a status report (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.