Reforming legislation to de-politicize public sector

Today’s conference with a title, “Public Administration Reform: Meritocracy Instead of Partitocracy,” was organized by the Centers for Civic Initiatives (CCI) as a part of the campaign Competent but not Eligible with a goal to contribute to depoliticize and partification of the public sector in BiH...

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Innovation performance compared: How innovative is your country?

The main findings are that EU innovation is catching up with Japan and the US, Sweden is once again the innovation leader, and Latvia has become ...

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Adult learning and partnership of institutions, business sector and CSOs create sustainable models of development and employment

Focus of the conference was the importance of the partnership between institutions, business sector and non-governmental...

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DG NEAR Director for Western Balkans Genoveva Ruiz Calavera stock taking mission to BiH

Director Calavera welcomed the consolidated draft of the Law on BiH Courts prepared by the Working Group chaired by BiH Deputy Minister of Justic...

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Completing the reform of the Common European Asylum System: towards an efficient, fair and humane asylum policy

The European Commission is today presenting proposals to complete the reform of the Common European Asylum System in order to move towards a fully efficient, fair and humane asylum policy – one which can function effectively both in times of normal and in times of high migratory pressure. To this end, and learning from experience, a more efficient and coherent asylum system requires a common and harmonised set of rules at EU level.

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EU/UNDP project forges partnerships between local authorities and civil society

The project was funded by the European Union in total amount of EUR 7 million, and implemented by UNDP BiH, in partnership with BiH Ministry of J...

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Press statement on the 1st SAA Subcommittee on trade, industry, customs and taxation

Representatives from the European Commission (Commission) and from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) met in Brussels on 8 July 2016 to discuss the level of implementation of the SAA and of approximation of the country legislation to the EU acquis in the field of trade, industry, customs and taxation.

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Information session – Entrustment of the implementation of the foreseen IPA 2016 assistance: “Competitiveness and Innovation: local development strategies”

The envisaged Action is worth indicatively 15 million EUR and would aim at strengthening BiH's capacity for generating g...

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European Commission launches EU-U.S. Privacy Shield: stronger protection for transatlantic data flows

This new framework protects the fundamental rights of anyone in the EU whose personal data is transferred to the United States as well as bringing legal clarity for businesses relying on transatlantic data transfers.

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Joint statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini and Commissioner Johannes Hahn on the Anniversary Commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide

Twenty one years after this tragedy, last victims still need to be buried with dignity. There is pain still to be healed...

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