Young Balkan Designers (YBD) is a regional talent platform founded in 2011 with the aim to identify, promote and develop creative potential of the Balkan region in the field of design. The initiative also aims at unifying the regional design scene, bringing it closer to the international audience, strengthening its potential by providing additional education and practice, while at the same time contributing to the restoration of multi-cultural cooperation in the Balkan region. In addition, to close ten-year cooperation with the Faculty of Forestry in Belgrade on the development of YBD, Mikser Organization has established a network of regional and international educational and cultural institutions such as the School of Design, Faculty of Architecture, Faculty of Applied Arts, Museum of Science and Technology in Belgrade, Vern University and the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb, City Museum in Ljubljana, Museum of Architecture and Design in Ljubljana, Saint Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Columbia University in New York, etc.