BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
On 5th February 2013 in Sarajevo, the Director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of B&H (FIPA) Jelica Grujic with her associates had a meeting with representatives of the Ministries of FB&H, representatives of seven municipalities and cantons in order to discuss joint cooperation in supporting existing investors in B&H and joint identification of projects that could attract foreign investors.
The representatives of the Municipality of Maglaj Ferhat Bradaric, Head of Local Development, Business and Entrepreneurship Department, and Nermin Beslagic, associate, visited the Agency FIPA on 31st January 2013 where they met with the Director Assistant Maida Becirovic.
The FIPA representative Nina Pobric had a meeting on 28th January 2013 with Giovanni Canditone consultant of Confindutria in B&H and Selma Popovac, assistant for business relations.
On 24th January 2013, the FIPA representatives visited the Foreign Investors Council (FIC) office in Sarajevo and had a meeting with Ms. Bojana Skrobic-Omerovic, Executive Director and Ms. Tea Kajan.
FIPA representatives visited the BIGMEV office in Sarajevo and had a meeting with Mr Almir Mukaca on 18th January 2013.
On 23rd January 2013, the Director of FIPA Jelica Grujic with her associates had a meeting with the Executive Director of Developing Markets Associates (DMA) Atam Sadihu and his associate Deanne Linthorn.
Maida Becirovic, Assistant of the FIPA Director, had a meeting on 17th January with the representative of the FINPRO organization, Mr Atilla Debreczeni.
The Director of FIPA Jelica Grujic together with her associates met on 10th January 2013 with the representatives of the EU Support to Establishment and Strengthening Business Infrastructure Project for improving the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises, Mr Wiliam P. Lewis, Team Leader, and Elizabeth Lenkiewicz, Expert for Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
As part of activities to improve cooperation with the municipalities in B&H, the representatives of FIPA had a meeting on 27th December, with Dzenan Sarkinovic Advisor of Mayor for Cooperation with Non-Governmental and Governmental Institutions and Cross Border Cooperation of the Municipality of Novi Grad Sarajevo.
The FIPA Directress Jelica Grujic had on 3rd January a meeting with the Ambassador of Pakistan to B&H HE. Mr Syed Khalid Amir Jaffery.