The Regional Office of FIPA in Mostar organized, on this occasion, meetings with representatives of executive authorities at the local and regional level.

The company "Ferretti, Ippolito & Partners" provides legal and consulting services to the Balkan and Italian companies interested in investing and in running business at national and international scene. The company has four residences in Rome, Tirana, Taranto and Belgrade.

The first day of visit, the meeting was held with the Minister of Economy of Hercegovina-Neretva Canton Mr. Amer Zagorcic and with the Advisor of the Federal Minister of Entrepreneurship, Development and Trade Mr. Ismet Kameric.

It was focused on investment opportunities, economic potentials of the Herzegovina Region, business environment and legislation, with particular emphasis on energy, agriculture and food and tourism sector.

The second day of visit, they met with the Mayor of the Municipality of Citluk, Mr. Ivo Jerkić, the Investment Advisor for Municipal Entrepreneurship Mr. Predrag Smolyan, and Assistant Head for Finance Pavo Zovko.

The most significant potential of the Municipality were presented to the representatives of the Italian firm, such as the shrine of Medjugorje, the strongest brand of the B&H religious tourism, and growing grapes and producing of the world famous local wines of Žilavka and Blatina.

The guests from Italy visited then together with the representative of FIPA and the Municipality Business Zone “Tromeda – Medjugorje”.

After visiting the business zone, meetings were held with directors of the existing Italian companies which have invested capital in B&H ''Presal Extrusion Široki Brijeg'' and ''Granmir Medjugorje”, who presented their experiences in previous business activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In Sarajevo, the representatives of the Italian company, accompanied by the FIPA representative Tanja Bojovic-Simic, visited the companies of "Simeco Systems" and "Luxor Furniture" which are Italians investments.