Members of the Initiative held meeting with the EU Delegation in BiH and Embassies
Members of the Initiative have expressed concern that reforms will be only declarative obligation for the responsible stakeholders.
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Women in governments: myth or reality?
The absence of women in governments, who in the political system of Bosnia and Herzegovina have significant (if not the most significant) influence on decision-making processes, has been quite an issue for years, and nonetheless, mechanisms for improving the situation have not been established yet.
The Initiative warns: Blocking IPA funds does not punish those responsible for political obstruction
Adopting the Strategy was supposed to enable BiH to access the IPA fund set up to help reduce the number of unsolved war crimes cases.
Gordan Bosanac – Civil Society and EU Accession: The Croatian Experience
CSOs took advantage of the accession process to a greater or lesser extent, in accordance with their capacity and advocacy skills, with key emphasis on the contribution of CSOs to European Commission’s reports on RC’s progress in the negotiation process, reports that came to be read with greater understanding and seriousness.
What does the European Union expect of Bosnia and Herzegovina regarding the curtailment of discrimination?
Representatives and delegates at the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina most likely would not have adopted the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination had there not been for EU conditionality.
There are no alternatives to European integrations – they must be a priority
We ask for transparency in the process of planning and implementing reforms on all levels and in all areas, and we condemn any attempt to block the reform process.
BUKA: Infographic: in the process of forming the Government of Republika Srpska, half of the citizens were ignored!
Civil society organizations will again consider the possibility of initiating collective complaints against the state and the entity to this violation of the law.
The role of Structured Dialogue on Justice and other issues of the rule of law
Structured dialogue should help Bosnia and Herzegovina in establishing an independent, efficient, unbiased and responsible justice system on the entire territory of the country that would benefit all its citizens.
Coordination mechanism as one of the conditions for starting negotiations!
It is necessary to strengthen the coordinating role of the state in order to implement laws and adopt unified policies on the highest level.
How Croatia became a member country of the EU
The Parliament used special legislative procedures, skipping the customary two readings of bills in Parliament. More than 80% of laws per year were passed in this way. As for the way in which the negotiation process affected the everyday lives of citizens, it was mostly evidently in better human rights protection.
Completing the EU Enlargement to the Balkans: Dancing the European Kolo. A step to the side or a step forward
The aim of this Brief is to consider the latest developments related to the EU enlargement
to the Western Balkans, namely the election of the new European Commission, the new initiative for the restart of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s accession, the announcement of new bilateral conditions, and the on-going deterioration of regional cooperation.
In forming the new Government of Republika Srpska half of BiH citizens were ignored!
We call all institutions that are responsible for the implementation of the Law on Gender Equality – the Agency for Gender Equality, Gender Centre FBiH and RS Gender Centre – to publicly respond to this breach and to do everything so this will not happen again in the forming of the Government of the Federation and the Council of Ministers.