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Status: EU potential candidate
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The Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) came into force on 1 June 2015. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) submitted its application to join the EU on 15 February 2016 and is now a potential candidate for membership.On 29 May 2019, the Commission adopted its Opinion on the EU membership application of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Opinion is a milestone in EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina relations, confirming that the EU is committed to guide and support the country in undertaking the necessary reforms on its path towards European integration.The Commission Opinion identifies 14 key priorities for the country to fulfil in order to be recommended for the opening of EU accession negotiations; it provides a comprehensive roadmap for incremental reforms. The key priorities cover the areas of democracy/functionality; rule of law; fundamental rights; and public administration reform – the fundamentals of the EU accession process.SIGMA is supporting the public administration reform efforts of BiH and is currently working with:
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Monitoring Report 2021 / Executive Summary / All 2021 ReportsThe Principles of Public Administration for EU candidate countries and potential candidatesEnlargement strategy and reportsPublications in Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian (BSC)More publications |
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Marian LemkeCountry manager
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Héloïse Lagny DelatourProject Co-ordinator
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