US - BALKANS BUSINESS SUMMIT was held from 23rd to 24th March 2011 in Maryland, Baltimore.

The overall purpose of the US – Balkans Business Summit was to help reinforce broad-based and effective cooperation among the countries in the Western Balkans, strengthen economic and commercial ties between the United States and the Region, and assist in the mainstreaming of all the Western Balkan countries into Europe.

Through various panel discussions and workshops the summit assisted in developing a dialogue to further increase trade and investment between the Western Balkans and the United States.

Almost 400 representatives of U.S. companies and firms from the Region, as well as political leaders, took part at the summit.

The official delegation of Bosnia and Herzegovina including the FIPA representatives was led by Bakir Izetbegovic, the BiH Presidency member.

The FIPA representatives also took an active part at the summit through presentation of several BH investment projects from different domains to potential investors.