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Representatives of the Foreign Investors Council and the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ GmbH) held a meeting on December 4, 2020 to prepare a new project entitled Modernization of Municipal Services and Local Economic Development in the Western Balkans (WB6). GIZ is currently preparing a new co-operation project for the Western Balkan partner countries (WB6), which implementation should begin in April 2021.

This year, Foreign Investors Council in BiH participated and supported the organization of the Forum of Innovations, Technologies and Entrepreneurship "Sarajevo Unlimited", which was held ONLINE on November 5 and 6, 2020 under the slogan Adaptability in the New Age.

The FBiH Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the RS Chamber of Commerce, upon the initiative of a many BiH companies, has begun the process of harmonizing positions and creating a new BiH Law on Public Procurement.

The new FBiH Law on Safety at Work was published on October 30, 2020, in the "Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina" No. 79/20 and shall enter into force on the eighth day from the day of its publication.

Upon invitation by the Institute for Development Planning of Sarajevo Canton (KS), representatives of the FIC participated in online workshops on defining priorities and measures in the field of economic development and labor market in order to create the Development Strategy of Sarajevo Canton 2021-2027.

The XII. Conference of wood processors entitled "People, Wood, Furniture 2020" was opened at the Banja Luka University of Business Studies on October 30, 2020, organized by the Association of Forestry and Wood Processing INTERFOB from Banja Luka in cooperation with the WOOD Cluster Banja Luka, City Banja Luka, the City Development Agency CIDEA - Banja Luka, and the Institution for Vocational Adult Education WMTA Banja Luka.

As a result of long-term cooperation between the of Foreign Investors Council in BiH and the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ GmbH), from February 2021,  FIC will organize a webinar for its members to present opportunities for development cooperation with the private sector through develoPPP.de program.

The sixth 'Sarajevo Arbitration Days" were held online on October 23, 2020. This year's Sarajevo Arbitration Days were dedicated to arbitration practice during the COVID-19 pandemic and the opportunities that arise despite the challenges.

In October 2020, the EU adopted new rules on foreign direct investment. The reason for the new regulation, according to the European Commission, is in fact concerns about investors from third countries, closely linked to their domestic governments, who take over European companies with key technologies for strategic reasons, and doubts that EU investors often do not enjoy the same investment rights in the investors'''' origin country.

In October, the Executive Director of FIC Sanja Miovčić held a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH, Mr. Staša Košarac. The topic of the meeting was the improvement of the investment climate and the implementation of current investment projects in BiH, as well as ways to strengthen cooperation between the Council of Foreign Investors and the Ministry in areas of interest to foreign investors in the country.