In March 2015 Center for Research and Studies GEA published the first edition of its e-newsletter. It will be sent periodically, containing information on the latest activities, analyses and commentaries on current topics.
As is already known, the Government of the Republic of Srpska recently launched an initiative to introduce a differential VAT rate for basic nutrition products – a standard 22% rate and a lower rate of 10%.
The less information our boss has about what we are doing, the more we feel at liberty to do as we please. Or so goes the unwritten rule.
The “Law on changes and amendments to the law on social contributions” to be considered at a special session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska on March 4th 2015.
GEA Center for Research and Studies is proud to present key results and achievements from its Student Entrepreneurship project. Launched in 2012 thanks to financial support from USAID, the basic goal of the project was to encourage youth activism and leadership and to promote entrepreneurship among students in Bosnia and Herzegovina
As public discussions on the 2015 draft budget of the city of Banja Luka are currently underway, we wish to draw attention to a structural problem with the city budget that has persisted for several years, and is worsening. As we all know, it is not the size of the budget that is most important, … Continue reading City of Banja Luka Draft Budget for 2015: Once again the budget is even more administrative and less developmental
The Youth Business Forum was held for the third year as the closing event of the Student Entrepreneurship project implemented by Center for Research and Studies GEA. The project is supported by USAID, in partnership with the University of Sarajevo, University of Banja Luka, and University of Mostar.
In June, upon the recommendation of the Government of Republic of Srpska, the Law on a Special Contribution for Solidarity was adopted. The new law introduces an additional income tax contribution amounting to 3% of the net wage, intended to fund flood damage repairs.
At a conference entitled “The position of women and youth in the Bosnia and Herzegovina labor market,” Ms. Belma Hadzimahmutovic presented findings and recommendations from her co-authored GEA study “Youth unemployment – the EU and B&H share the problem, but can they share solutions?”
The announcement by the Government of the Republic of Srpska about increasing the monthly wages of employees in public institutions to restore their incomes to 2008 levels is not all that it may seem. Here GEA provides some context related to this decision.