The Brčko National School for Public Administration Brčko Regional Office
MoU SIGNED IN 2006 - Brčko Inauguration Following the establishment of the EPLO Brčko centre, the EPLO and Brčko District signed in 2006, a Memorandum of Understanding, aiming to train mainly but not exclusively, members of local and regional public administration and Judges dealing with administrative law issues in the District, in, national, comparative and international administrative law. In December 2015, the MoU between the EPLO and the Brčko District was extended for an additional of ten years.
The Brčko National School for Public Administration An old building in the Brčko District was renovated and furnished with the financial contribution of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs Aid, the Brčko District and the Italian Embassy to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and has since then housed the EPLO Brčko Centre. Currently the ground floor of the building is being used as a covid -19 state report centre, EPLO being particularly happy to contribute in this way to the fight of Bosnia and Herzegovina and particularly the Brcko district with the pandemic.
The EPLO established the Brčko Centre back in 2000 and is present in the district since then, working closely with the Brčko District Authorities. The common goal was initially to assist the process of unification of the Judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as to contribute to the institution building of the Brčko District Assembly.
Furthermore the EPLO is engaged in supporting Bosnia and Herzegovina, and especially the Brčko District of BiH, in the process of the accession to the European Union. It is well known that one of the key issues that BiH faces in the every-day discussions with the European Union officials, in the perspective to become a full EU member, is the reform of public administration.
The Brçko National School for Public Administration
The EPLO, with the support of the Office of the High Representative and the Brčko District institutions initiated the Brčko National School for Public Administration with the aim to assist Bosnia and Herzegovina, and particularly the Brčko District in the public administration reform process.
EPLO’s vision is to gradually transform the School into an academic institution par excellence in the Western Balkans and beyond. A true Regional European Institute for Public Administration, a regional “European meeting hub” for students, scholars, professors, civil servants and officials from all the Balkan countries and beyond.
In this context, the Brčko National School for Public Administration is committed to closely cooperate with the Brčko Authorities.
The Brcko National School for Public Administration aims to offer:
- Continuous training to the civil servants of the District, on various subjects in the wider area of public administration and governance, with a specific attention to European Union policies
- Special training to the elected personnel of the Brčko District after elections, to understand public policies and to be introduced to the knowledge which is necessary for the new challenges they are going to face