The Centre for Investment and Development of Entrepreneurship (CIRP) Mostar, in cooperation with the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of BiH (FIPA), organized the conference "Investment potential of Herzegovina" within the International Fair of Economy Mostar in 2018.
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The aim of the conference was to present the
investment opportunities and potentials of the Herzegovina region to domestic
and foreign investors and to promote Herzegovina as an investment destination.
The conference was opened by the mayor of Mostar
Ljubo Bešlić, who pointed out that Aluminij is the largest producer in Mostar,
while the main holders of the economic activities are agriculture, small and
medium-sized enterprises, and tourism with a constant growth trend, especially
in the field of agro and ecological tourism.
The Deputy Director of the Foreign Investment
Promotion Agency (FIPA) in BiH, Damirka Mioč, said that the main objective is
to present the natural, material and human potentials of the Herzegovina
region, assessing that this region abounds with significant energy, tourism and
agricultural capacities that could be improved by such conferences where are connected
foreign and domestic businesspeople.
Amir Kazić, Regional Representative of FIPA in Mostar, had a presentation
on the topic "Why invest in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Herzegovina as an
attractive destination for investments.
For the Mayor of the Municipality of Čapljina,
Smiljan Vidić, the main problem is that very often competencies overlap, and it
doesn’t know who is managing a facility, which makes difficult the realization
of the business idea.
The Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to
BiH, HE Ivan Del Vechio, said that not only the potentials of Herzegovina, but of
the entire BiH, are interesting for Croatia, emphasizing that it is about several
key areas such as road and communication infrastructure, energy infrastructure,
transport, agriculture and tourism.
The conference brought together a large number
of businesspeople and government representatives from Herzegovina, investors
and foreign guests from India, China, Jordan, Switzerland, Turkey, and its
sponsors were the City of Mostar, the West Herzegovina Canton and Feal d.o.o.