TITOV FOND ZA STIPENDIRANJE MLADIH RADNIKA I RADNIČKE DJECE SR BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE (1974-1986)
TITO’S SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR YOUNG WORKERS AND WORKERS’ CHILDREN OF SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (1974-1986)

Summary/Abstract: Tito’s fund for Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was founded in January of 1974 and was a republican branch of Tito’s fund for Yugoslavia. The initiative for its establishment appeared at the beginning of 1972 and was connected to the celebration of the jubilee from the life of Josip Broz Tito, his eightieth birthday and thirtyfifth anniversary at the head of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. The aim of the mentioned celebrations was the glorification of Tito’s personality and work, with the intention of strengthening his personality cult. Considering the fact that the beginning of 1970-ies was a period of turbulent activities on the political scene of Yugoslavia, Tito’s personality was supposed to serve as an integrating factor in the country and therefore in this period his personality and deeds were even more glorified. In such circumstances an idea arose about the establishing of Tito’s fund, although, from its conception to its realization, from February 1972 to May 1973, when Tito’s fund for Yugoslavia was established, there passed a period of almost one and a half year. The primary activity of Tito’s fund was the distribution of scholarships, at the beginning exclusively to the children of workers and to young workers, as its title clearly stated, and subsequently the basis for the grant distribution was expanded to other categories of population. At the end of the 1970-ies and idea appeared to rename Tito’s fund into the Josip Broz Tito Foundation. This idea implied only the change of the name but not significant changes to its activities. The biggest changes referred to the expansion of the basis for grant distribution. Tito’s fund for Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the period 1974-1986 granted 3748 scholarships, which in relation to the overall 31.844 scholarships granted in Yugoslavia made up 11.77% of scholarships. Its role was not only to promote Tito’s personality cult but also to achieve certain educational, social, human resource, ideal and political aims.

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