News - EDA - Development Agency

23.12.2020

Public call for project proposals regarding method accreditation

Within the project “European Small Business Act as a framework of SME strategies and policies in BiH – SBA in BiH”, Eda published a public call for project proposals to support the building of quality infrastructure in BiH by supporting the accreditation of methods used by conformity assessment bodies. The aim of the public call […]

21.12.2020

The first Budget for citizens of the institutions of BiH and international obligations of BiH published

With the goal to increase the transparency of the budget process, the Ministry of Finance and Treasury of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the support of the governments of the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom, within the Program for Strengthening of Public Institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, prepared for the first time the […]

17.12.2020

Findings of the third survey on attitudes of Republika Srpska citizens on NATO and Euro-Atlantic integration published

The third round of the survey showed that the majority of the citizens of Republika Srpska have a positive attitude towards entry of BiH into the European Union, and a negative attitude towards joining NATO. These results are similar to those obtained during the first two rounds of the survey. The most important results of […]

14.12.2020

Creative workshops for the development of women’s entrepreneurship in the Brcko District

Within the project “Development of Women’s Entrepreneurship through Educational and Practical Activities and Individual Approach” in Brcko District, intensive training of women for computer work and business correspondence was conducted for three months, and 16 workshops were held on business plan development and project writing, as well as conducting marketing campaigns and financial management. Art […]

09.12.2020

By targeted support and cooperation towards a larger number of young entrepreneurs and innovative companies

The 3rd annual online conference on supporting the development of SMEs and entrepreneurship in BiH entitled “Entrepreneurship and Innovation” was held yesterday. The conference was organized by Eda – Enterprise Development Agency in cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Mozaik Foundation, to contribute to finding answers to two current questions […]

17.11.2020

Announcement of the 3rd annual online conference “Entrepreneurship and Innovation”

Within the project “European Small Business Act as a Framework for Strategies and Policies for SMEs in BiH – SBA in BiH” funded by Sweden, the 3rd annual online conference “Entrepreneurship and Innovation” is being prepared. The conference will take place on Tuesday, December 8 2020 from 12:00 to 15:00 via the Zoom application. The […]

30.10.2020

The first project of women’s entrepreneurship in the Brcko District within the project SBA in BiH was implemented

The first of a total of three contracted projects for the development of women’s entrepreneurship within the project SBA in BiH, which was implemented by the NGO “Little Prince of the Brcko District”, has been implemented in the Brcko District of BiH. As part of the “Women in Business” project, training was provided to women […]

26.10.2020

Corrigendum/Amendment of the Public call for expressions of interest for support in the introduction of innovations

The corrected / amended Public call can be downloaded from the link: https://bit.ly/2TqjO1B. Changes in the text and the annex of the Public call (in relation to the version published on 20 October 2020) are marked in gray. The NOVALIS project is co-financed by the European Union through the EU4Business project jointly implemented by GIZ, […]

20.10.2020

Public call for expressions of interest for support in the introduction of innovations published

Within the project NOVALIS – Network of Value Adding Local Innovation Structures, a public call for expressions of interest for enterprises to support the introduction of innovations was published. The subject of the public call is the provision of technical (professional) support to interested MSMEs in BiH, to introduce innovations in areas in which MSMEs […]

14.10.2020

Progress in the area of SME policy

Bosnia and Herzegovina Report 2020 published by the European Commission in the Chapter 20 (Enterprise and Industrial Policy, p. 90-92) stated that limited progress was made (only) in the area of SME policy. Ongoing processes of harmonisation of SME strategies and legislation are highlighted: https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/sites/near/files/bosnia_and_herzegovina_report_2020.pdf We see that as an important recognition of work of […]

07.10.2020

Priority technical standards more accessible to companies

In cooperation with the Institute for Standardization of BiH, within the project “Improving the availability of technical standards for SMEs”, the activities of translating 21 standards in the field of wood processing, metal processing, and welding, which were assessed as priorities by SME representatives, were completed. These standards have been reviewed by the Technical Committees […]

23.09.2020

Workshops for the preparation of the Citizens’ Budget held

As part of activities for the preparation of the Citizens’ Budget for the Ministry of Finance and Treasury of BiH, two online workshops were organized on September 24 2020. The aim of the workshop is to gather opinions and views regarding the Methodology for the preparation of the Citizens’ Budget, the content of the Citizens’ […]

08.09.2020

Public call to SMEs from the metal processing sector to apply for participation in the online fair “Match & Innovate 2020”

As part of the activities of the project “Support to the internationalization of SMEs from BiH by organizing online fairs for SMEs in the wood processing and metal processing sector”, the Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina has announced a public call for metal processing companies in B&H to apply for participation in the […]

27.08.2020

Public call to SMEs from the furniture and wood processing sector to apply for participation in the online fair “Match & Furnish 2020”

As part of the activities of the project “Support to the internationalization of SMEs from BiH by organizing online fairs for SMEs in the wood processing and metal processing sector”, the Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina has announced a public call for furniture production and wood processing companies in B&H to apply for […]

25.08.2020

ISO 50001: 2018 standard for energy management implemented in 5 companies and 17 auditors certified

Within the project “Implementation of ISO 50001: 2018 Energy Management Standard in SMEs” implemented by TUVAdria d.o.o. from Sarajevo, the ISO 50001: 2018 standard for energy management has been successfully implemented in 5 companies: Eko toplane Banjaluka d.o.o. from Banja Luka, Optima Power d.o.o. from Modriča, Tehpro CNC d.o.o. from Derventa, Bentoproduct d.o.o. from Šipovo, […]