10.03.2004

Article by the Principal Deputy High Representative, Donald Hays:”Making Municipalities Work – How They Succeeded in Gradacac”

Not long ago I visited Gradacac, a small town in Tuzla Canton. Gradacac was badly damaged during the war and has had to come to terms with the human and physical costs that are a consequence of that. It is situated in a part of the country with economic potential but with few very obvious advantages. Yet, the people of Gradacac have changed their o [...]
26.01.2004

Article by the Principal Deputy High Representative, Donald Hays:”Privatising Companies, Creating New Jobs – What Has to Be Done Now”

At the end of last year we brought all of the organizations responsible for privatizing BiH companies – ministries, privatization agencies, international organizations – together in one room. The idea was to find out what has gone wrong with the privatization programme and seek ways to fix it.
We discovered a number of things, some, frankly, [...]
24.10.2003

Article by the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown: “Bosnia Turns a Chapter”

Alija Izetbegovic, the wartime president of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was buried on Wednesday on a hillside overlooking this city. An estimated 150,000 people attended Mr. Izetbegovic's funeral, thronging the center of the Bosnian capital on a cold rainy day. His death marks the end of an era. The crucial question for the people of Bosnia and Herzego [...]
13.10.2003

Article by the Principal Deputy High Representative, Donald Hays

Transition to a prosperous market economy involves more than changing regulations and laws – it requires a change of mindset. And the indignant reaction from some quarters to the Special Auditor’s reports on public utilities companies shows that certain people haven’t yet made this mindset transition.
The free market works on a very simple p [...]