As winter days have arrived, many households across the Western Balkans continue to struggle to keep their homes warm and pay their electricity bills. At the same time, cities throughout the region face some of the highest air-pollution levels in Europe, with serious health and economic consequences. These challenges may appear entrenched, but the infographic…
The Methodological Guide on Counterfactual Evaluation of Youth Employment Policies has been translated into Bosnian by Nermin Oruč, our Director of Research. Originally developed under the Youth Employment PartnerSHIP project, funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway through the EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment, the guide provides a detailed introduction to counterfactual evaluation…
The Western Balkan Economic Think Tanks Network (WEBecon), including CREDI as one of its members, has published the Roadmap for Improving Efficiency, Implementation and Transparency of State Aid Expenditures in the Western Balkans. The document provides a comprehensive and practical framework for strengthening the design, management, and oversight of state aid across the WB6 economies,…
The third community event was successfully held on 2 December 2025 at Hotel Jelena in Banja Luka, bringing together representatives of public institutions, local governments, civil society organisations, the private sector, and experts engaged in renewable energy and energy-transition processes. The event was organised as part of the broader initiative to present and contextualise the…
As part of the Western Balkans State Aid Transparency Initiative, CREDI is pleased to invite representatives of key state aid institutions, ministries, implementing agencies, state aid providers, and other relevant actors in Bosnia and Herzegovina to a regional webinar titled “Alignment of State Aid Legislation with the EU Acquis: Key Challenges & Lessons from the…
The second community event within the process of presenting and contextualising the Framework for Green Industrial Policies in the Western Balkans was held on 19 November 2025 at Hotel Grand Tuzla, gathering representatives of public institutions, civil society, academia, the private sector, and local authorities. The Framework for Green Industrial Policies in the Western Balkans…
The first community event within the initiative to present and discuss the Framework for Green Industrial Policies in the Western Balkans was held on 18 November 2025 at Hotel Holiday Sarajevo, gathering representatives of public institutions, local governments, SMEs, the private sector, the financial sector, and civil society. The Framework for Green Industrial Policies in…
We are announcing that our Head of Data Archive, Amela Kurta, took part in the World Data System (WDS) Forum 2025, held on 18 November 2025. Representing both CREDI and the Social Science Data Archive of Bosnia and Herzegovina (DASS-BiH), she delivered a presentation within the official programme, reinforcing Bosnia and Herzegovina’s visibility in the…
CREDI participated in the Second Macro-Peer Learning Event, organized by the World Bank North Macedonia within the EU Trust Fund for Strengthening Fiscal Governance in the Western Balkans. The event took place in Podgorica on September 29–30, bringing together representatives of ministries of finance, central banks, fiscal councils, and leading think tanks from across the…
CREDI will act as a partner for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a new regional initiative implemented in cooperation with GAP Institute. The project builds on GAP Institute’s Green Industrial Policy (GIP) Framework for the Western Balkans, developed over the past year with the support of Open Society Foundations. The framework shows that addressing climate change…
