Conference with social partners and civil society organisations from Bosnia and Herzegovina

This years' meeting of the EESC's Western Balkans Follow-up Committee outside of Brussels took place on 15 October 2024 in the Europe House in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and will include a hearing with the social partners and civil society organisations (CSOs).

The goal of the hearing was to listen to the views on the role of civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as to hear their concerns, and to convey these messages to the political authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of the EU.

The following topics were discussed at the hearing:

• Enabling civic space and freedom of expression in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• The state of social dialogue in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Participation of organised civil society from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the future accession negotiations with the EU and in the implementation of the Reform Agenda and the New growth plan for the Western Balkans

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