Concrete steps for further collaboration: meeting with the Municipality of Bihac

On 15 March 2022 ALDA colleagues Katica Janeva – Skopje Office Coordinator – and Ivana Velkova – Project Manager – had a meeting with the Mayor of City of Bihac (BiH) Mr. Šuhret Fazlic and representatives from the Municipality.

ALDA has been engaged in the region since many years, and therefore it has great interest in further collaborate with local municipality, communities and citizens. Hence, this mission has to be understood within a broader context: the commitment of the Association in the Western Balkan.

Specifically, 15 March represented the first study visit and a possibility to personally meet the Mayor and its staff after previous exchanges and online meetings. More in depth, the objective of the visit was to assess and to see possible future cooperation especially in the field of migrants and local development.

Representatives from Bihac expressed their interested and openness for further development of our collaboration

Exchange on different topics and on the international cooperation developed by the Municipality have been among the key aspects fruitfully discussed during the meeting. Thus, representatives from Bihac expressed their interested and openness for further development of our collaboration.

Finally, in the framework of ALDA’s strategic plan for 2021-2024 and of the European Support for Local Democracy, ALDA’s Western Balkans Department seeks to consolidate its support to civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina also by potentially developing a cooperation with the City of Bihać.