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Youth Self-Employment – From Unemployment to Entrepreneurship
16.03.2009

Youth Self-Employment – From Unemployment to Entrepreneurship

Description: This publication represents the final product of the project “The first/right chance – the first for young people, the right for governments”. The publication presents the problem of youth self-employment, the process of implementation of the project and it’s the most important results at different stages, from organizing implementation of the project through the […]
Map of Good Leadership – It Is Good to Lead Well
03.03.2009

Map of Good Leadership – It Is Good to Lead Well

Description: “Map of Good Leadership – It Is Good to Lead Well” is a practical manual based on experiences of good local government leaders. It is about trying to get those who lead their community to induce themselves to reveal and raise the seminal qualities of good leadership. It is about the map that follows […]
It Is Good to Lead Well – The ABC Book of Good Leadership
17.02.2009

It Is Good to Lead Well – The ABC Book of Good Leadership

Description: “It Is Good to Lead Well – The ABC Book of Good Leadership: Research Stories” contains stories about twelve local leaders from Balkan, mayors from municipalities and cities from B&H, Serbia, Croatia and Macedonia, who achieved results that are well known far from their locations. Each of these stories show, in a unique and […]

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Youth Without Housing
13.02.2009

Youth Without Housing

Description: “Youth Without Housing” is the first of three guidelines for preparation of the policy created within implementation of the project “The First Apartment”. The guidelines present the most important characteristics of the real estate market (height and structure of housing prices, relation between prices and purchasing power, availability of loans and interest rates, etc.), while […]
Youth (Self) Employment – in Quest for the Right Public Policy
08.12.2008

Youth (Self) Employment – in Quest for the Right Public Policy

Description: “Youth (Self) Employment – in Quest for the Right Public Policy” analyzes the possible public policy options for self-employment of the youth: the status quo option, the option of more effective financial support and an option of adjusted financial and non financial support. It is estimated that the only option of compatible financial and […]
It Is Good to Grow Well – IN MY STREET – the Experiences of Local Economic Development
11.10.2008

It Is Good to Grow Well – IN MY STREET – the Experiences of Local Economic Development

Description: “It Is Good to Grow Well – IN MY STREET – the Experiences of Local Economic Development”, is a comparative study of cases that includes practices and solutions in area of local economic development and their effects in BiH and surrounding countries. The publication is available only in local language. Year of release: 2008
Corrections or Remodeling? – It Is Good to Build Well
17.09.2008

Corrections or Remodeling? – It Is Good to Build Well

Description: “Corrections or Remodeling? – It Is Good to Build Well (Analysis of Development Options in Local Self-Governance in the Republic of Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina)” is a study that examines possibilities of transformation in basic models for organization of local self-governance in RS and FBiH through analysis of options of […]

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Youth (Self)Employment – Between Declarative and Real Support
20.05.2008

Youth (Self)Employment – Between Declarative and Real Support

Description: “Youth (Self)Employment – Between Declarative and Real Support” is the study which provides a review of youth employment and unemployment, analysis of the institutional framework, relationship between education and employment, the role of young people and their representative bodies and it provides a brief overview of the support practices of youth (self)employment. At the […]
Entrepreneurship and Marketing
12.06.2007

Entrepreneurship and Marketing

Description: “Entrepreneurship and Marketing” is the first of three manuals that contains practical advices for entrepreneurs. Through analysis of a business case, the most important elements of entrepreneurship and marketing were presented: ideas for businesses and their testing, registration of business, management, capital, human resources, equipment, marketing as a business orientation, market and sales potential, […]
Strategic and Operational Management

Strategic and Operational Management

Description: “Strategic and Operational Management” is the second manual which through analysis of business case provides practical advices to entrepreneurs about: decision-making and problem solving, analysis of the environment, defining the vision, mission, policies and objectives of the company, creating and implementation of strategies, monitoring, auditing, and ways for efficiency improvement. The publication is available […]
Financial and Human Resources Management

Financial and Human Resources Management

Description: “Financial and Human Resources Management” is the third manual that offers practical advices to entrepreneurs in the area of finance – management of working capital, capital liabilities, financial statements, as well as and interpreting and analyzing the most important financial reports. In the second part of the manual the following topics were discussed: the […]
Block by Block – It’s Good to Build Well
09.05.2007

Block by Block – It’s Good to Build Well

Description: „Block by Block – It’s Good to Build Well (Models of Local Self-Governance Organization)” represents the case studies for countries with whom B&H shares same communal past (those countries that are already in the phase of local self-governance transition – Slovenia, Croatia and Macedonia), and for Denmark, key representative of the Scandinavian “welfare” model […]

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Do We Drive “on Idle”?
21.03.2007

Do We Drive “on Idle”?

Description: Do We Drive “on Idle” is a study that offers a range of proactive solutions to fundamentally change the current policies and practices to support local economic development (LED) in BiH. Proposed solutions are based on a comparative analysis of the implementation of the first three serious strategic plans for the LED in Bosnia and […]
Local Self-Governance Development Strategy in B&H
13.10.2006

Local Self-Governance Development Strategy in B&H

Description: „Local Self-Governance Development Strategy in B&H” is a key result of the project Designing Local Self-Governance Strategy in BiH by Key Domestic Actors. It contains SWOT analysis of the Local Self-Governance in BiH, development vision for the period until 2020, strategic goals, objectives and related projects. Year of release: 2006 Author: Zdravko Miovcic (editor) […]

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How to Improve Local Government by CAF Methodology
07.04.2006

How to Improve Local Government by CAF Methodology

Description: “How to Improve Local Government by CAF Methodology” is a manual that can be used as an instrument to start applying this methodological framework for quality management in public administrations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The publication is available only in local language. Year of release: 2006 Author: Aleksandar Draganić