The members of the FIC Working Group for Education and Employment, on October 7, 2020, held a meeting on the preliminary draft of the new Law on Employees' Council of FBiH. At the meeting, FIC members had the opportunity to submit their comments on the proposed text of the Law, which were subsequently submitted to the FBiH Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, which is the proposer of this law.
Violeta and representatives of 8 safe houses in BiH signed donation agreement Representatives of the United Nations (UN), the British Embassy in BiH and Violeta organized a ceremonial signing of a donation agreement with representatives of eight safe houses in Sarajevo. The signing ceremony was magnified by speeches of Ingrid Macdonald, UN Resident Coordinator in...
The project "100 largest in BiH" which is traditionally organized by Poslovne novine in co-organization with the Foreign Trade Chamber of BiH and the credit rating agency LRC Sarajevo, and the general sponsor EuroExpress d.o.o. Banja Luka, aims to show that BiH has a very successful companies that are recognized in both domestic and international markets, and among which were many FIC members. The award ceremony for the most successful companies according to the business results in 2019 was held on September 29, 2020 in Sarajevo.
This year, Kakanj Cement Factory (HeidelbergCement Group) had the honor of receiving the Platinum Creditworthiness Certificate of Excellence, as a first company in Bosnia and Herzegovina who received this award. Analytical credit rating agency Bisnode, every year organizes the awarding ceremony of international recognitions for the quality of business to the best companies in BiH.
On September 23, the company ArcelorMittal Zenica officially announced the completion of two very important environmental protection projects at the plants of the agglomeration and steel, with a total value of more than 15 million KM. The environmental protection project in Zenica included the construction of a second hybrid filter on the SM-6 in the agglomeration and secondary dedusting at the convector Steelworks, which will give the citizens of Zenica a better environment, and the company ArcelorMittal Zenica met the requirements of the environmental permit.
(preliminary data for 2019 and 2020 and official data for 2018)
Official data of the Central Bank of BiH (CBBH) on the state and flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in BiH on an annual basis are published eight months after the end of the reporting year. During the year, provisional, quarterly data are published within FDI and balance of payments flows (with the estimated amount of retained earnings). In addition to the publication of official annual data, previously published data for previous years are revised.
Following approval by the Capital Markets Board (CMB), shareholders also approved the merger of all operations under a single entity by ĹžiĹźecam Group, a global player in all core areas of the glass industry and in the field of chemicals comprising soda and chromium compounds.
Due to a property dispute between two companies from Sarajevo, more than 80 workers were physically prevented from accessing their jobs for contempt of court, raising the issue of legal certainty and the rule of law in the context of attracting foreign investors.
This year as part of the project "100 largest in BiH €ť, organized by Poslovne novine from Sarajevo in co-organization of the Foreign Trade Chamber of BiH and LRC, with the general sponsor Euroexpress Express Mail, was realized the third regional panel conference entitled €ťThe export challenge - We have to move forward €ť. Given the current situation regarding the coronavirus-caused pandemic, this year's conference was held online, on September 2 at 14:00 via the Zoom application and gathered about 150 participants from BiH and the region.
At the end of the summer, FIC Executive office started activities on the preparation of a new report of the Foreign Investors Council in BiH, titled "Business Barometer 2020".
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