Study visit with BIHOS project partners to The Hague. 

One of the highlights amongst the many capacity building activities in our BIHOS project was the study visit to The Hague. The visit was organised in the week of 18 November for MPs and staffers from the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, National Assembly of Republika Srpska and the Assembly of the Sarajevo Canton. The study visit included meetings at the ministries of Justice and Security, and Defence and the Dutch Parliament, where the BiH MPs engaged in a lively working session with four members of the Dutch parliamentary Defence Committee. Also, that week, there were insightful presentations and discussions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as with the Netherlands Court of Audit. The visit was concluded with a visit to the Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Netherlands where we were addressed by Ambassador Almir Šahović. Just like our other BIHOS activities, this visit represented an important step in assisting BiH to establish inclusive oversight of the security sector.