PRESIDENT OF VM BIH KRIŠTO: GROWTH MUST BE BASED ON INNOVATION, DIGITALIZATION AND DECARBONIZATION

SARAJEVO, MARCH 29 (ONASA) – The Chairperson of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Borjana Krišto, spoke today in Sarajevo at the opening of the “Public-Private Dialogue” conference organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Chairperson Krišto said that Bosnia and Herzegovina is a small and open economy on the edge of the European Union, whose recovery and growth are largely conditioned by developments in the regional and European as well as the global economic scene.
She added that our primary and strategic task is to respect the interests of numerous internal and external actors, guided by internal consensus and agreement, to create and achieve a vision of a desirable future and achieve visible progress in the shortest possible time.
She emphasized that it is the responsibility of everyone in Bosnia and Herzegovina, from all levels of government, to work tirelessly and make additional efforts in order to speed up the necessary reform processes that will enable a better quality of life for citizens, because the key to economic success and economic growth depends above all on ourselves. , about our commitment and will to create new values and goods and improve the quality of existing ones.
Chairperson Krišto said that today Bosnia and Herzegovina is again on the right path when it comes to the direction towards the European Union and the implementation of the necessary reform processes.
She emphasized that the obtained candidate status and the stabilization of internal political conditions are positive impulses and the best incentives to create a positive environment in the new reality and decisively take the necessary steps that will contribute to growth.
“Growth that will be based above all on innovation, digitization, decarbonization, a new geopolitical positioning of value chains and the place of Bosnia and Herzegovina. companies in them, as well as the growing opportunities for foreign direct investments,” said chairwoman Krišto.
At the end of the address, Chairperson Krišto informed the audience that last week the BiH Council of Ministers adopted the “Proposal of the economic reform program of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the period 2023 – 2025”, an important strategic document that will contribute to the achievement of sustainable economic growth and stronger social cohesion, and all in order for Bosnia and Herzegovina to achieve inclusive and sustainable development.