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OSCE Head of Mission visits Central Bosnia Canton
TRAVNIK 19 April 2001
TRAVNIK, 19 April 2001 - The Head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Robert L. Barry, visited the Central Bosnia Canton today to meet with municipal and cantonal officials and community leaders and to announce an OSCE governance and administration assistance programme for the canton.
Ambassador Barry traveled to Fojnica and Busovaca first, where he met with the mayors and other government officials, community and religious leaders, and discussed a wide variety of issues, including privatization, refugee return, property legislation implementation, and the overall economic situation in the respective areas. After visiting Travnik, Barry will proceed to Dobretici before returning to Sarajevo.
He then traveled to Travnik to meet with Deputy Governor Nedzad Hadzic and the newly elected prime minister and deputy prime minister, Zeir Mlivo and Zdenko Antunovic. In Travnik he announced that the OSCE would be offering the government of the Central Bosnia Canton participation in the Cantonal Administration Programme (CAP). This initiative of the OSCE works with the leaders and administration of selected cantons to increase the efficacy, transparency and accountability of cantonal administration by working with administrative and legislative authorities.
"When I visited Travnik earlier this month, I pledged that if the parties would get together and move forward in forming a government, the OSCE was prepared to assist them," said Ambassador Barry following his meeting with the cantonal leaders. "I am here today to make good on that promise, and welcome this canton into the CAP programme."
Some of the other areas the CAP focuses on include human resource management, administrative culture and the division of competencies and revenue streams between the canton and its municipalities. The Central Bosnia Canton joins Zenica-Doboj, Posavina and Tuzla cantons as participants in this programme.
For further information please contact OSCE Spokesperson Luke Zahner at ++387/(0)33 292-449.
The OSCE established its present Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina on 18 December 1995. In accordance with the General Framework Agreement for Peace (GFAP), the OSCE Mission activities are to: promote Democratization and the building of a vibrant civil society, foster the development of professional journalism and monitor the rights of journalists, monitor and advance the Human Rights situation, supervise the conduct of Elections, and encourage Regional Stabilization through arms control and confidence and security-building measures. The OSCE Mission continues to work closely with other international organizations and local institutions to implement the Dayton Peace Accords.
Ambassador Barry traveled to Fojnica and Busovaca first, where he met with the mayors and other government officials, community and religious leaders, and discussed a wide variety of issues, including privatization, refugee return, property legislation implementation, and the overall economic situation in the respective areas. After visiting Travnik, Barry will proceed to Dobretici before returning to Sarajevo.
He then traveled to Travnik to meet with Deputy Governor Nedzad Hadzic and the newly elected prime minister and deputy prime minister, Zeir Mlivo and Zdenko Antunovic. In Travnik he announced that the OSCE would be offering the government of the Central Bosnia Canton participation in the Cantonal Administration Programme (CAP). This initiative of the OSCE works with the leaders and administration of selected cantons to increase the efficacy, transparency and accountability of cantonal administration by working with administrative and legislative authorities.
"When I visited Travnik earlier this month, I pledged that if the parties would get together and move forward in forming a government, the OSCE was prepared to assist them," said Ambassador Barry following his meeting with the cantonal leaders. "I am here today to make good on that promise, and welcome this canton into the CAP programme."
Some of the other areas the CAP focuses on include human resource management, administrative culture and the division of competencies and revenue streams between the canton and its municipalities. The Central Bosnia Canton joins Zenica-Doboj, Posavina and Tuzla cantons as participants in this programme.
For further information please contact OSCE Spokesperson Luke Zahner at ++387/(0)33 292-449.
The OSCE established its present Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina on 18 December 1995. In accordance with the General Framework Agreement for Peace (GFAP), the OSCE Mission activities are to: promote Democratization and the building of a vibrant civil society, foster the development of professional journalism and monitor the rights of journalists, monitor and advance the Human Rights situation, supervise the conduct of Elections, and encourage Regional Stabilization through arms control and confidence and security-building measures. The OSCE Mission continues to work closely with other international organizations and local institutions to implement the Dayton Peace Accords.