The Director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of BiH (FIPA) Gordan Milinić and his associates received representatives of 14 media from the EU countries who were introduced to the Bosnia and Herzegovina’s economic sectors which could attract foreign investment.
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First of all, the Director Milinić thanked
journalists for their visit, pointing out that they visited the main address in
the country to obtain information on investment opportunities in BiH.
He briefly presented the Agency’s activities in
the field of attracting foreign investment and promoting BiH as a good location
for investments, including cooperation that FIPA has with existing foreign
investors in BiH.
An overview of foreign investments in BiH was
given on this occasion, with a focus on the most significant investors; reasons
for which BiH is favourable destination for investing were pointed out, and then
were presented the sectors of tourism, energy, agriculture, metal and textile
sector, ICT, industry of auto parts and wood sector with basic information on
each sector, resources and projects that could attract investments.
Journalists were addressed by Mr. Branimir
Muidža, General Manager of HeidelbergCement Group for BiH and Croatia and President
of the Council of Foreign Investors of BiH. Mr. Muidža talked about the
business environment in BiH, and his experience in business, as well as about advantages
and difficulties faced by foreign investors in BiH.
Guests were also addressed by Mr. Valentin
Ilievski, CEO of Messer BH Gas and Messer Tehnoplin BiH and Member of the Board
of the Council of Foreign Investors, presenting positive examples from running business
and his experience as one of the most successful investors in our country.
The visit of the media representatives to BiH
was organized within a project of the Directorate of the European Commission
for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations with the aim to better
inform the public in the EU about the situation in the candidate countries and
potential candidates for EU membership, as well as about opportunities for
investing in those countries.
Media representatives, who visited FIPA, were:
Wiener Zeitung -Austria, WirtschaftBlatt-Austria, Deutsche Welle-Germany,
Népszabadság-Hungary, La Stampa-Italy, East Journal-Italy, Information-Denmark,
Iltalehti-Finland, YLE Radio-Finland, ERT Greek Radio-Television Greece, Gazeta
Wyborcza-Poland, Evenimentul Zilei-Romania, La Razon-Spain-and Tageblatt-Luxembourg.
The meeting was attended also by
representatives of the Directorate of the European Commission for Neighbourhood
Policy and Enlargement Negotiations.
At the end of the meeting, journalists were
distributed promotional materials of FIPA and the Council of Foreign Investors
of BiH (FIC).