This policy paper provides an overview of the problems that Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing and contains policy recommendations for national and international actors.
From 15th to 20th of October 2021, a group of young experts from the region in cooperation with a team of the Austria-based think tanks – International Institute for Peace, the Karl-Renner-Institut and the Austrian Institute for International Affairs – went on a study trip to Sarajevo, Jajce and Mostar. The group met with diplomats, politicians, representatives of the EU, the OHR, and civil society to discuss alternative horizons which ultimately could pave a way for BiH to become more prosperous and more democratic and to provide a perspective for the people to stay in the country instead of leaving it for good. With all the difficulties and challenges BiH is facing, it is important not to give up hope and to look for alternatives.