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New initiatives in artistic and curatorial practice in Bosnia and Hercegovina

Sandra Bradvić is an art historian who is working on a PhD thesis at the University of Bern entitled ''Curator Practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1982 to 2011''. Sandra was born in Tuzla, completed her education in Switzerland and has been working on her project since spring 2015.
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Video production in Switzerland and BiH - young artists can succeed

Haris Dubica is a famous Swiss music and commercial spots director, who was awarded the Best Swiss Video Award for the video spot of the year in Switzerland for the third consecutive time. His work is equally related to Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina and he hires actors and artists from BiH for all his projects.
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Swiss Business Lunch in Sarajevo

The last Swiss Business Lunch, organised by the Swiss Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was held on Wednesday, 15th March 2017 in Sarajevo. This event takes place several times a year and is intended for business people, who are active in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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First meetings of the working groups "Economic Fair / Forum" and “Investments”

On Wednesday, 15th March 2017, the first meeting of the expert group "Economic Fair / Forum" was held at the hotel Albana in Weggis. During the first meeting the participants defined the objectives of the Economic Fair and prepared a first draft of the programme.
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New Swiss Cooperation Strategy in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2017 - 2020

The Swiss Cooperation Strategy Bosnia and Herzegovina 2017-2020 is the expression of Switzerland’s renewed commitment to continue its longstanding partnership with Bosnia and Herzegovina with the overall goal to provide more and better economic, social and political opportunities and perspectives to the people of BiH.
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Where do I belong? – Films about identity, sense of belonging and choice

Andrea Štaka, a director from Zurich, whose family comes from the former Yugoslavia, has already won the greatest prizes at international festivals with her first feature film ''Das Fräulein'': the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival and the Golden Heart at the Sarajevo Film Festival (2006).
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First meeting of the expert group for economic development of BiH held in Bern

The first meeting of the expert group focussing on the economic development of Bosnia and Herzegovina was held on Saturday, 18th February 2017 in Bern. More than 30 entrepreneurs as well as interested individuals of the BiH diaspora in Switzerland attended the meeting.
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Economic Forum of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2017 in Sarajevo

The first Economic Forum of Bosnia and Herzegovina was held in Sarajevo, on 9th February 2017. This was the first in a series of events to mark 65 years of existence of the Economic Faculty of the University of Sarajevo (EFSA). Representatives of i-dijaspora also attended the Forum.
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Representatives of the Bern University of Applied Sciences visited the SCU in Travnik

On Thursday, 2nd February 2017, representatives of the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) visited the Centre for lifelong learning SCU in Travnik. The main aim of the meeting was to exchange information, create synergies and discuss the establishment of a cooperation.
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Possibilities for direct democracy in BiH – similarities and differences in comparison to Switzerland

Nenad Stojanović, a 40-year-old political scientist, researcher and assistant professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Lucerne, already has an impressive scientific career in Switzerland, which also includes research projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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