The Director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of BiH (FIPA) Gordan Milinić talked with the President of the Board of the Chamber of Commerce of Sweden in Bosnia and Herzegovina Adnan Hadžić about cooperation to increase Swedish investment in BiH, as well as about the existing Swedish companies running business at the market of Bosnia and Herzegovina and problems faced by them here.
The Chamber currently has 67 companies operating
in the field of IT, agriculture, metal and wood sector, and some of the most
successful Swedish companies in BiH are: Zinkteknik, Natural Food, Maguba, etc.
Mr Hadžić pointed out the lack of IT engineers
in Bosnia and Herzegovina as one of the obstacles to a stronger participation
of Swedish companies in the IT sector, political instability which urges
investors from Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the negative perception of
the country as an investment destination.
It was agreed that FIPA participate in the event
of "Days of foreign markets" in August 2017 where the Chamber of
Commerce will bring together companies in eastern Sweden in order to present
investment opportunities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a focus on the IT
sector. It is also working on idea for establishing a Business Fund of the BiH
Diaspora in Sweden for investing in BiH.
FIPA closely cooperates with the Chamber, and
will provide all necessary support for the significant participation of Swedish
companies in our country.