Representatives of the Foreign Investors Council and the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency in BiH (FIPA) discussed the possibility of attracting foreign investments in Gorazde with leaders of the municipality and Bosnian-Podrinje Canton (BPK) Gorazde, as well as with businessmen from the area of Gorazde. They were also presented the economic resources of this region.
During the visit to businesses at the industrial zone Vitkovici, investors were assured Gorazde is good example of investment.
“The aim of the visit is to see a very successful business, industrial environment such as Gorazde, to meet with businessmen, government officials and together with colleagues from FIPA promote this Canton and its resources, and exchange information and establish cooperation,” said Sanja Miocevic, executive Director of the Foreign Investors Council.
“We know that this year we go with a favorable credit line of reducing interests in BPK, and in that sense we will have certain funds. We enter the story of creating favorable investment environment, and this is the project that we will work on together with the World Bank. Finally, we need to attract all the relevant actors in this area, to show them everything the Canton has, to show them our possibilities and resources and to continue working intensely on the presentation and attracting new investments,” said Emir Okovic, Prime Minister of BPK Gorazde.
BPK Gorazde was also visited by a representative of one of the biggest foreign investors in BiH, Messer BH Gas / Messer Tehnoplin, which has been here for 20 years already and has invested close to 100 million KM. Their experience of investing in BiH is not the brightest, but as pointed out by Valentin Ilievski, CEO of the company, BiH has areas that are quickly and efficiently solving problems for foreign investors. Ilievski stressed that BiH has a huge growth and market potential, but that it is necessary to improve the existing business procedures and the overall business environment in order to create more favorable conditions.
He pointed out that Gorazde is a good example of foreign investment and that this region can achieve even better results in terms of foreign investment if it fulfills certain conditions.
