The Roadmap for the development of a Country Training Plan for the implementation of the Law on Public Procurement in Bosnia and Herzegovina was presented, as part of the Project “Training in Public Procurement in the Western Balkans and Turkey” funded from the European Union IPA Multi-Beneficiary programmes.

Welcome speeches were given by Mrs Djinita Foco, Director of the Public Procurement Agency of BiH and Mr Severin Strohal, Head of Operations Section for Justice and Home Affairs and Public Administration Reform in the Delegation of the European Union to BiH. He stressed the importance of passing a new law on Public Procurement, Bosnia and Herzegovina being the only country in the region which has not yet transposed some of the EU Directives in this area. He underlined the EU’s readiness to support the country in its implementation.
The Roadmap was presented by Mr George Jadoun, Project Leader on behalf of the International Training Centre (ITC-ILO) that is implementing the project in the countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey.

The presentation was attended by 25 representatives of government institutions (State, Entity and Brcko government), Supreme Audit Offices (State and Entity), Civil Service Agencies (State and FBiH), BiH Procurement Review Body and consulting companies and providers of public procurement related trainings.

According to the Roadmap, five priority trainings are to be held in Banja Luka, Mostar and Sarajevo until 20 June 2013.