The Assistant Director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of BiH (FIPA) Slavica Korica and her associates received a delegation of Italian businessmen, led by Pasquale Bauleo, CEO of Consorzio Technology 2000. The company was founded in 1994 and operates in the whole world, and despite Italy, has offices in France, Norway and Greece.

The delegation included Alfonso Gallo, Director of the Geko company, the largest electricity producer in Italy with an annual output of 7,000 MW.

The visit of the delegation was organized with the aim to present them opportunities for investing in BiH, with a focus on projects and energy, especially renewable energy sources, and road infrastructure projects.

Investors were familiarized with the activities that FIPA provides to foreign investors in BiH, foreign companies operating in BiH, the status of foreign investors, and investment sectors.

It was pointed out that Italy is in the 8^th position on the list of foreign investors with 308 million EUR invested so far. The most important Italian companies in BiH are: Dubicotton Kozarska Dubica, Sportek Kotor Varoš, RS Invest Plus Banja Luka, Olip-Bosna Travnik, etc. These companies are production oriented, especially in the textile and footwear sector, the wood sector and metal processing.