At the 4th SENSI meeting in Skopje-Ohrid, May 9-11, SENSI adopted a Statute, elected 7 Board members and selected Tuzla to be first host of the SENSI secretariate for the next 2 years. Although there are a lot of challenges ahead for this young network organisation, a poper basis has been created to start with activities towards members and their clients.

SENSI as a formal network
During the 2nd and 3rd  SENSI Seminar the basis was created for the organizational and formal structure of the network. The importance for SENSI to have a legal status lies in the fact that this would enable it to engage in joint projects and to apply for funding for those projects as an actual network. During the 4th SENSI meeting the SENSI Statute was formally adopted, seven Board members were selected and the location of the secretariat for the first period of 2 years was agreed on to be in Tuzla. Still there are various challenges ahead. Among others the commitment of members, fundraising for development of activities, increasing visibility of SENSI and the actual implementation of activities (find a clear outline of challenges in Annex 7). A Board meeting will be planned in June 2008 in Tuzla to further discuss these  important issues.

The 4th SENSI meeting was co-organised by BSC Skopje as part of the ICEIRD conference. Spark and BSC Kosovo were sponsors of the ICEIRD conference and the 4th SENSI meeting.