The Director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FIPA) Marko Kubatlija participated at the Business Forum of the Brčko Diaspora on the panel on establishing successful and long-term cooperation with diaspora.

Director Kubatlija pointed out that through his previous work he had the opportunity to meet many of our people in high positions who have success in economic, cultural and other processes in the countries where they live.

He believes that the organization of such forums that will connect the diaspora in the fields of economy, is very useful.

Successful people from the diaspora have capacities and can contribute by transferring knowledge, skills and technologies.

In its database, FIPA offers 280 investment projects for the realization of which the owners are looking for foreign partners, as well as more than 420 greenfield and brownfield locations for investment in economic and industrial zones. Projects from the metal-processing, wood-processing, tourism, eco and energy sectors are particularly attractive.

The forum was organized with the support of the USAID mission, which works on exploiting the potential of the diaspora, and so far, in these and similar activities, it has provided support for 200 start-up companies, which has provided 2,800 jobs in 74 local governments in BiH.