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Third meeting of the expert group "Economic development" held in Bern

On Saturday, 23th September, 2017, a third meeting of the expert group focused on “economic development” took place in Bern. The meeting was organised by the association i-dijaspora within the initiative "i-platform - Diaspora for development of Bosnia and Herzegovina”.

23 members of the subgroups "Fair" and "Investments attended the meeting, including also the Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Switzerland, Mr. Andjelko Grahovac. 

The third meeting was dedicated to:

1. Presentation of the previous work of expert sub-groups

2. Planning in sub-groups

3. Presentation of already planned events in 2017

After a short welcome speech by Jasmina Opardija-Šušnjar, co-president of the association i-dijaspora, a brief insight into the work of the i-diaspora board was followed. In addition, short presentations were made by the members of the subgroups "Economic Fair" and "Investments", where the goals and results of the previous work were presented.

In the second half of the meetings, work was carried out in subgroups. Participants were divided into subgroups where they tried to find answers to the following questions:

1. What is needed to ensure the realization of projects?

2. What questions did we forget to answer?

3. Define the following steps and the division of roles.

In the last part of the workshop a brief insight into the planning of events organized by the i-Diaspora this year was made.

The next meeting of the expert group “economic development” including all subgroups is scheduled for Saturday, 25th November 2017 in Bern.