Thirty journalists and lecturers from the region attended the conference “Economy in Media – Media on Economy” organized on March 31 and April 1 on Jahorina Mountain. The conference was organized by Center for Research and Studies GEA in cooperation with the Journalists’ Club Banja Luka and Friedrich Ebert Foundation. It joined renowned experts and … Continue reading Conference: “Economy in Media – Media on Economy”
2016 City budget was adopted on December 15 in the total of 128.270.000 BAM. Review of the budget and the drafting process reveals that two groups of problems GEA has been warning about for several years will be present in the next period as well and that no serious progress has been made on their … Continue reading The City of Banja Luka passes 2016 budget – old problems remain
Center for Research and Studies GEA completed an analysis “Growth of labor productivity – the precondition for the increase of wages and stable economic development”.
Report “Creating a more favorable business environment for decreasing informal (grey) economy in the Republic of Srpska” reveals what employers in the Republic of Srpska see as main causes of grey economy and where we stand on these matters in comparison with Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia and Austria.
In cooperation with the association “BH novinari”, Center for Research and Studies GEA organized two panel discussions on the topic “Reporting on economy by media in the Republic of Srpska and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina”.
Civil society of the Western Balkan countries argues for a new kind of dialogue with decision makers from the region and EU.
On June 4-5, 2015, Center for Research and Studies GEA attended the 10th international conference on employment and development, organized by the World Bank and Institute for the Studies of Labor (IZA) in Bonn (Germany).
In Tirana (Albania), on May 6-8, 2015, GEA participated in the workshop “Creation of jobs and prosperity”, which convened representatives of civil sector from the Western Balkan countries.
The aim of this analysis is to provide information for public discussion on the initiative by the Government of the Republic of Srpska for a labor taxation decrease by 1.4% of the gross wage.
The conference, which took place on March 24, 2015, in Brussels, was also attended by representatives of Center for Research and Studies GEA.