The Deputy Director of FIPA Blaženka Mišković, as a keynote speaker in the panel discussion, "Experience, opportunities and Perspectives of German-BiH Economic Cooperation" took part at Bosnia and Herzegovina-Germany Business Forum "New Ways of Joint Cooperation", held in Berlin on 12 May 2017.
The Deputy
Director pointed out that despite the many challenges faced by BiH, there are
great opportunities for German investors who want to expand their business
activities outside of the EU market. She stressed that foreign investors,
having overcome initial barriers, are successfully operating in Bosnia and
Herzegovina and reinvest their profit. This was also confirmed by the
representatives of German companies that have already operated in Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
Representatives
of the German companies: GS – Machines Factory Travnik, ProCredit Bank AG
Deutschland, Veritas AG, Robotics Center in Tuzla, Hemofarm Group shared on
this occasion their experiences on business conditions in BiH.
According to
representatives of these companies, one of the biggest challenges they face is
the lack of manpower and the emigration of young and educated people from
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The forum was
organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of BiH, Embassy of Bosnia and
Herzegovina in Germany, with the support of the German Ministry of Economy and
Energy in Berlin. It was attended by more than 100 representatives of business,
political and public life of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany and other
countries.