Author: Inela Hadžić

Alternative Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Progress on Its Path to European Union Membership for the Period August 2024 to October 2025

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s European integration process has been marked by prolonged stagnation despite occasional formal steps forward. Since the submission of the application for membership in 2016 and the granting of candidate status in 2022, the key Cluster 1 – Fundamentals1 remains the area in which BiH demonstrates the least reform momentum. The European Commission’s annual … Continued

Reform Agenda: What Stands in the Way of BiH’s Access to Additional EU Funds?

Original source: Transparentno.ba While neighboring countries are already withdrawing their first multimillion-euro tranches from the Growth Plan for the Western Balkans, Bosnia and Herzegovina remains the only country that, due to the failure to adopt its reform program, still has no access to this European Union mechanism. BiH representatives attended the EU–Western Balkans Summit, dedicated … Continued

Analysis of Data Protection Regulations and Institutional Framework in B&H – Overview of Current Solutions and Comparison with the EU General Data Protection Regulation

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a legally binding instrument of the European Union (EU) that replaced the Data Protection Directive (the Directive). The Law on the Protection of Personal Data in Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Law) is not harmonised with the GDPR since the legislator followed the Directive when enacting the law. Certain … Continued

Students from Germany briefed on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s EU integration process

As part of the academic exchange programme between the University of Leipzig (Germany) and the University of Sarajevo, students from the University of Leipzig visited Sarajevo Open Centre. Through a two-hour lecture and Q&A session with Alen Gudalo, Programme Coordinator of the Initiative for Monitoring the EU integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the students had … Continued

Adopted laws in the Republika Srpska are in direct collision with the process of European integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Initiative for monitoring the EU integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina condemns the adoption of the Draft Law on the Special Register and Publicity of Non-Profit Organizations, known as the Foreign Agents Law, by the Government of the Republika Srpska entity. The Republika Srpska Government is ignoring the voices of non-governmental organizations that have clearly … Continued

The first training within the project CEI to DATA ROL: Data Protection and the Rule of Law in BiH organized for the Initiative members

The Initiative for Monitoring the EU integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina successfully completed the first activity within the project CEI to DATA ROL, which, on April 15 and 16, brought together representatives of organizations that are members of the Initiative. With the support of the Central European Initiative, the knowledge about General Data Protection Regulation … Continued

Press Statement of the Initiative for Monitoring the European Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina: “We welcome the decision to open negotiations between B&H and the EU – it’s time for a substantial step forward in fulfilling reforms on the path to B&H’s EU membership”

The Initiative for Monitoring the EU Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as the only coalition of non-governmental organizations in the country that has been monitoring the integration process, welcomes the decision to open negotiations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union. After the formal opening of negotiations, it is time for B&H institutions to … Continued

Strategic planning of the Initiative

The Initiative for Monitoring the EU Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina held a strategic planning session in Konjic on March 6th and 7th, bringing together 25 Initiative members. This event was crucial for defining the Initiative’s long-term strategy in monitoring and supporting the country’s EU integration process. During the two-day meeting, the Initiative members had … Continued