Within the scope of the continuous EU support to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s the Rule of Law sector, the European Union officially launches the new project ‘EU4Justice: Support to the Fight against Organised Crime and Corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)’ in the amount of EUR 2.2 million.
The project is implemented in partnership with the GIP Justice International Cooperation (JCI) from France and aims at enhancing efficiency of investigation and prosecution of serious corruption and organised crime cases through intensified cooperation along the criminal justice chain.
The project will be presented in the media conference to take place on Thursday, 16 May 2019 at 10:45 hrs in the premises of the EU Info Centre, Skenderija 3a, Sarajevo.
Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to BiH Mr. Khaldoun Sinno, Ambassador of the Republic of France to BiH H.E. Guillaume Rousson and Team Leader of the EU4Justice project and French prosecutor specialised in serious crime Ms. Isabelle Arnal will address media on this occasion.
Media representatives are kindly requested to arrive 15 minutes earlier.
About the project: “The EU4Justice: Support to the Fight against Organised Crime and Corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, is a two-year project (2019-2021), with the budget of 2,2 million Euro, funded by the European Union and implemented by GIP Justice Coopération Internationale (JCI). Judiciary institutions throughout BiH will be involved in the implementation, the High Judicial Prosecutorial Council, Prosecutors’ Offices, Courts, Ministries of Justice, Law Enforcement Agencies and APIK. The project aims to enhance the effectiveness, integrity and professionalism of the institutions in the Rule of Law sector in BiH. It will help to improve the cooperation between prosecution and law enforcement agencies (LEAs) to increase the efficiency of investigations in organised crime and corruption cases. It will also strengthen capacities regarding human resources and performance management as well as disciplinary frameworks and procedures.
For more information, please contact: Mr. Asim Šahinpašić, Key Expert for Reporting, Communications and Visibility, via e-mail: asim.sahinpasic@gip-jci-justice.fr or cell phone: +387 (0) 65 182 873.
