Govori

First, let me say thank you to our host, the Tropic Holding Company. I am looking forward to hearing in some detail about the steps that were taken in order to create an effective management structure for this company of more than 400 employees. This is an unusual gathering – at least in BiH – because we are here to talk about a subject that is s [...]

We are gathered here in the cold of a Bosnian winter to bid farewell to our friend and colleague, Sven Frederiksen. Sven’s warmth as a human being was one of his foremost qualities. We could have done with that warmth today. Sarajevo has seen more than its fair share of sadness as a city. Sven devoted so much of his professional life to reliev [...]

Gospodine predsjedniče, gospodine gradonačelniče, zastupnici, predstavnici Vlade Distrikta i sudstva, uvaženi gosti: Prošlog ljeta mi je ponuđeno da preuzmem poziciju supervizora za Brčko. Što sam više saznavala o tome, o Konačnoj odluci i značajnim stvarima koje se ovdje dešavaju, time sam postajala više zainteresirana za ovu poziciju. Sada mi je [...]

Transformation means different things to different people. It depends a good deal on one’s vantage point. Southeast Europe has different contours when viewed from Brussels than from say Skopje, or for that matter, from Sofia or from Sarajevo. Today I want to provide a perspective on Balkan transition from an insider point of view. When you see it [...]

Ova zemlja sada mora poduzeti žurne korake da osigura povećanje broja radnih mjesta i ekonomski rast. To ne mogu učiniti vlasti same, svako - međunarodna zajednica, načelnici općina i sami građani moraju uraditi svoj dio posla. Ali mi je jasno da se to može učiniti jer već postoje područja ekonomskog prosperiteta koja se razvijaju širom zemlje a u [...]

Godina 2003. označila je prekretnicu za budućnost Bosne i Hercegovine. U 2004. godini riskiramo da se ponovno vratimo u prošlost. Većina međunarodnih promatrača, te mnogi u samoj Bosni i Hercegovini, nisu vjerovali da možemo ostvariti ono što smo ostvarili u 2003. godini. Ali, kao rezultat reformi provedenih ove godine sada ulazimo u novu godinu [...]

The International Community has been engaged in the returns process for eight years and is now transferring responsibility into the hands of the BiH authorities. Setting up the regional centres in Banja Luka, Sarajevo, Tuzla and Mostar, to coordinate return efforts in the field and monitor reconstruction carried out by the MHRR with the support [...]

Posljednjih mjeseci imao sam prigodu sresti se s načelnicima općina iz cijele zemlje, s čelnim ljudima i najvećih i najmanjih općina. Spoznao sam da vam je poznato što treba uraditi i kako treba uraditi. Prema tomu, danas je ovdje pred nama prava skupinaa ljudi ukoliko želimo iznaći praktične, učinkovite načine kako da BiH funkcionira bolje. [...]

In Brussels last week the political directors of the Peace Implementation Council noted with approval that the BiH Development Strategy, approved by all three prime ministers in early December, has been drawn up through a process of exhaustive consultation with citizens. This is a Made-in-BiH document; it encompasses the main elements of the near- [...]

Rebuilding a country is like rebuilding a house. You have to put a huge amount of effort into things that are necessary but won’t show when the work is over. Solid foundations, naturally. Wiring and plumbing: also essential – and to put these in, you have to take other things out, like walls and windows. There will be weeks of plastering and lay [...]