Since its inception the religion has had involvement in socio-economic development beginning by giving greater freedom to women, promulgating the promotion of female education as a priority concern, and that involvement was given practical expression by creating schools, agricultural coops, and clinics. The religion entered a new phase of activity when a message of the Universal House of Justice dated 20 October 1983 was released. Baháʼís were urged to seek out ways, compatible with the Baháʼí teachings, in which they could become involved in the social and economic development of the communities in which they lived. World-wide in 1979 there were 129 officially recognized Baháʼí socio-economic development projects. By 1987, the number of officially recognized development projects had increased to 1482. However in the Soviet Block the Baháʼís had all but disappeared. With the relaxation of the restrictions of Communism through Perestroyka, Yugoslavia's first Baháʼí Local Spiritual Assembly was established in November 1990 in Belgrade though the World Christian Encyclopedia maintained there were no Baháʼís in the country then. By 1998 Yugoslavia was torn by civil war and did not have a Baháʼí National Spiritual Assembly. Activities increased with a burgeoning community of Baháʼís. In 2001, Baháʼí youth gathered for a dance workshop (see Oscar DeGruy) in Zenica