Systematic financing of elite sports in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Today, the newly elected Minister of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dubravka Bošnjak, received on working visit the delegation of the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina (NOC BIH), Vice President Dr. Sci. Izet Rađo and Marijan Kvesić, member of the Executive Committee of the NOC BIH Ivan Brkić, Secretary General doc. dr Said Fazlagić.

During the meeting, NOC BIH representatives introduced the Minister to the current state of Bosnia and Herzegovina's sports and the sports system, the successes but also the difficulties encountered by our best athletes, and the needs of sports federations and the NOC BIH in the system of positioning and financing.

The focus of the discussion was on the nine conclusions of the "Round Table", which require the introduction of 1% of all budgets towards sports, as well as a change in the criteria for the distribution of grants from the Ministry of Civil Affairs of BIH, which would allocate finance only to the Olympic and Paralympic Committee of BiH and National Sports Federations of BIH, and other issues from this document.

Minister expressed a great understanding, interest, and readiness for partnership cooperation, and said that the Ministry will do everything in accordance with its capabilities and authorities to support and adopt the conclusions of the Round Table of the NOC BIH.