BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Within the Aftercare Program for 2013, the representative of FIPA Nina Pobrić, the Mayor of the Municipality of Srebrenik Sanel Buljubasic with his advisor for investment and monitoring Halid Kovac, and representatives of the Ministry of Development and Entrepreneurship of Tuzla Canton Mirela Omerovic and Erna Sulejmanovic visited on 12th April the company Zaharex ltd Srebrenik.
On 11th April 2013, FIPA representatives Nina Pobric and Tanja Bojovic-Simic visited the company BH PREVENT within the Aftercare Program activities. The meeting was held with the Director of the company and President of the Administration Car Upholstery Division Mr Almir JAZVIN and Mrs Aida Salkic from corporate communications.
Representatives of the Ministry of Development and Entrepreneurship of Tuzla Canton and the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of BIH (FIPA) visited on 8th April 2013 the company Prerada i promet mlijeka (PPM) d.d. Tuzla (processing and sale of milk) Tuzla.
Under the Aftercare Program of post-investment support for 2013 through a network of cooperation for work and post-investment support to foreign investors, the representative of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of BIH (FIPA) Tanja Bojovic-Simic, together with the Mayor of the Municipality of Vitez Advan Akeljic and the Head of Department for entrepreneurship and local development of the Municipality of Vitez Muhamed Ribihic had on 9th April a meeting with the Director of the company Bogner Edelstahl Ltd. Vitez Jozo Miskic.
As part of the implementation of planned activities under the Agreement on Cooperation in the areas of regulatory reform, investment policy and agricultural trade logistics, signed between the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Council of Ministers of BIH, on 8th April 2013, the representatives of FIPA Drago Vucic and Sandra Markovic with Samra Cehajic from the Development Agency of the Una-Sana Canton, visited the renowned company in the agriculture and food industry, at 100% foreign owned by "Meggle Ltd." Bihac and met with the Director Mr Kemal Hrnjic.
Within the 16th International Economic Fair in Mostar, on 10th April 2013, the Director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA), Jelica Grujic, participated in the workshop "Implication of Croatia’s Accession for Bosnia and Herzegovina".
A FIPA representative attended a round table entitled "Institutional support to domestic production" held at the Chamber of Commerce Federation BIH on 2nd April 2013.
The Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA) and USAID organized a conference of "Foreign Investors and Justice Sector - Creating a Better Business Environment through the Removal of Barriers in the Justice Sector" on 3rd April 2013 at the Hotel Bristol in Sarajevo.
On 28th March 2013 Nina Pobrić, Department Promotion Head, had a presentation on energy projects and investment opportunities in Bosnia and Herzegovina within Construction Industry Fair in Sarajevo SAGRA that took place in the period 27-29 March 2013 in Skenderija Centre. The focus of this year's fair was the energy efficiency in buildings.
The Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of B&H (FIPA) considers as significant the activities of the Municipality of Srebrenik on introduction of the electronic registry for all necessary administrative procedures, which contributes to the improvement of business environment at the local level, and thus leads to a further reduction of unnecessary administrative procedures that are plaguing the economic activities.