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It is my great pleasure to represent the Office of the High Representative and to support this event. I am particularly pleased to have an opportunity to participate in this discussion about water and ecology because the topic still receives insufficient public attention in this country and in BiH’s neighborhood. Most people in BiH have access to [...]

The metaphor of the bridge is one of the most potent in the political lexicon. It acknowledges the fact of division and partition, whilst simultaneously proposing a means of connection and resolution. Four months ago, at the re-opening of one of the world’s most famous bridges – the Old Bridge that links the two sides of the divided city of Mosta [...]

Thank you very much for the opportunity to address you on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Catholic School Center in Sarajevo. Since my arrival to BiH I have repeatedly stressed the importance of education for the future of this country. A well-managed education system that uses effective, modern teaching methods to prepare a new genera [...]

This conference will be addressed by experts, who will analyse specific problems in areas affecting BiH agriculture and propose possible solutions to the most critical problems facing those working in this sector. Anyone travelling around this country knows that the people in the villages and in rural areas need solutions now. What they need is - a [...]

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There’s always a danger with events like these that people offer sage advice which may be true and valuable in their own theatre, but which is wholly out of placed and misplaced in another. Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and now Iraq have taught us that each situation is different, and requires different solutions. But there are some common themes, [...]

Скоро девет година након Дејтона, Босна и Херцеговина је обезбједила значајан степе

I am very grateful for this opportunity to speak to the Commission as you embark on your assessment of the conformity of the Constitution of BiH with the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and your examination of the role of the so called Bonn Powers. I welcome the fact that the Commission is carrying out this [...]

Richard Branson (CEO of Virgin Airlines), who knows more than a little about how to run a successful organization, has made the illuminating observation that, and I quote: “It all comes down to people, nothing else even comes close.” Yet, as far as the Stability Pact is concerned, it all comes down to systems.

Perhaps the most surprising thing about today’s meeting is the topic itself and the ease with which we think and talk about it. European integration isn’t a distant dream – it now sets the parameters for day-to-day policy in BiH; it provides a coherent structure to the huge reform effort that has noticeably gathered pace in the course of the last [...]