The opening ceremony of the 3rd Jamboree of the Scout Association of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the slogan “Under the same roof” was held today at the location of the scout camps on Boračko Lake. 800 scouts aged 8 to 15 from 19 cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania.
At today’s ceremony, after the parade and the line-up of all the participants, the elder of the parade, Nermin Zagorčić, gave a speech.
“The message of the jamboree is socializing, establishing new friendships, spending time in nature and everything that scouts have in their plan and program, and we hope that in seven days we will be able to implement the planned. In addition to educational workshops and competitions, young scouts will visit two museums in Konjic including Tito’s bunker, and tonight, as part of the opening, there will be a rock concert” – Zagorčić said.
The jamboree, whose general sponsor is the City of Konjic, was opened by the mayor of Konjic, Osman Ćatić, who welcomed the scouts.
“I want you to feel good and take away fond memories from this jamboree. I congratulate the Scout Association of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on this beautiful event on Boračko Lake and I want to say that the City of Konjic will always be part of positive stories, as we are today” – were the words of the Mayor Ćatić.
Those present were also greeted by Boris Vujinović, president of the European Scout Committee.
“When I left Zagreb by car this morning at four o’clock, I couldn’t even imagine how nice it would be here when I arrived. There are so many of you Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts ready for this review. This Boracko Lake is incredible and this will be an incredible adventure. I am glad that for the past two years, we have been working on strengthening the cooperation between the associations in the region in Southeast Europe. All of this will lead to even better results and means that we will see each other more and more often in each subsequent opportunity. I wish you to spend the next seven days with a smile on your face, surrounded by friends, and remember this for the rest of your life” – Vujinović stated.
After the opening of the fair, the organizers of the guests, including the President of the HNC Assembly Džafer Alić, Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton Nihad Uk, representatives of the ZDC Government, arranged a tour of the camps and informed them about numerous activities that are carried out to improve the stay of scouts in their camps. Camps of detachments from Mostar were visited: Stari grad, Neretva and Radobolja, Zenica City Scout Association and Neretva Konjic, where lunch was prepared for the guests.
Haris Hadžizukič, the elder of the ,,Neretva” Konjic Scout troop, wished all the participants a pleasant stay.
“We want all the guests to enjoy themselves, and the citizens to follow what the scouts are doing on the lifelong skills of our members” – is the message of Hadžizukic.
Tamara Karlović, general secretary of the Croatian Scout Association, said that the first impressions were excellent and that they were positively surprised.
“There are about forty scouts here from Valpovo, Osijek, Karlovac, Kostrena and Rijeka. We return the hospitality, because scouts from Bosnia and Herzegovina were in Croatia three years ago. We have many friends here and we came to see how it is in Bosnia and Herzegovina” – said Tamara.
Sara Krajčevska from Skopje said that 50 scouts from North Macedonia were present at the jamboree.
“I’ve never been to Boračko Lake before and it’s beautiful, everything is great.” – Tamara stated.
Vilijam Lenhart from Kovačica, Serbia, is delighted to have arrived at Boračko Lake.
“It’s nice here, since we don’t have mountains in Vojvodina, only lowlands there. I really like that when you get into the water, you have a nice view, and we don’t have that” – said Vilijam
