At the meeting it was proposed a work plan of the Cooperation Network in 2017, and it was summarized the implementation results of the Post-Investment Support to Existing Investors in BiH in 2016. Proposals of reforms for improving the business environment were also proposed in order to overcome investment barriers identified in BiH through visits to companies and talk with investors.

The Post-Investment Support to Investors, through the Cooperation Network, is a key component of the investments promotion and one of the way to capitalize efforts of all levels of governments to attract domestic and foreign investment in order to stimulate local economic development in BiH.

The Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of BiH (FIPA) in cooperation with 19 municipalities and cities, 7 cantons, Brčko District of BiH, the Government of FBiH and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been implementing successfully for fourth years the Program of Post-Investment Support to Existing Investors based on the Cooperation Network. Institutions at all levels of governments cooperate in resolving outstanding issues faced by investors in their business. The World Bank Group, with financial support from the Government of the United Kingdom, within the projects of "Improvement of the Investment Climate and Access to Markets - ICAM" and "Attracting Investments and Improving the Business Environment at the Local Level in BiH - LIFE", provides technical assistance to the Cooperation Network, which will continue in 2017.

Teams composed of institutions from different levels of governments visited so far in 2016 38 companies, including small, medium and large companies, which have so far invested 243.6 million BAM and employed 4.373 workers, out of which 23% is related to the workers taken over through acquisitions and privatization, while 77% or 3.368 are relating to new jobs. Among 38 visited companies, 30 of them or 79% are production-oriented companies from sectors of the textile and leather, metal, food, electrical, chemical, wood, auto and energy, while the rest is related to companies from the service sector, trade , ICT and tourism, in total, 21%.

81.6% of visited investors are planning new investments amounting to over 49.9 million of EUR, which is 20% more compared to invested resources so far, which will result in creation of 1.694 new jobs. This represent an increase of 39 % compared to the currently employed workers.

In the coming months, FIPA will prepare the Report on the results of the Post-Investment Support Programme in 2016 proposing reforms to improve the business environment in BiH. It will submit this Report to the Council of Ministers of BiH for adoption and forwarding to the entities’ governments and Brčko District for implementation.

In the 2017, the Cooperation Network will expand its activities through involving new municipalities, cities and cantons, increasing the number of companies which will be supported under the Programme. They will be expanded through continuation of mutual intensive cooperation between all levels of governments on resolving outstanding issues for investors, with the aim to retain existing investors and to support their reinvestment, as well as attracting new investors.