Ševkija Okerić

 

SARAJEVSKA EKONOMSKA MAKROREGIJA-STANJE I PERSPEKTIVE RAZVOJA

 

DOI: 10.35666/28310438.2008.2.594

UDC: 911.3[353.1:338](497.6Sarajevo)

 

Abstract: Modern economical, political and geographical processes of reform in BiH are in slow progress and they are deffered with large number of delays caused by numerous and different factors (depend of specific activities which are implemented for specific areas). However, results are visible and can be tracked through large number of implemented reforms of reforms which are still in implementation on internal political and economic plan, i.e. through integration processes in EU, as well in NATO and other European and world organisations. During 2003 European comision and OHR have started project of establishment of five economic regions in BiH with aim to organize better and more efficient administrative, economic and geographical system. Sarajevo economic macro region (SMR) is one of them. SMR is unique geographical (historical, natural, social, regional and transport) area, which includes 32 municipalities, 13 from Republic of Srpska, and 19 from Federation of BiH. SMR is middle sized region comparing with other regions in more developed European countries. Six key areas (natural resources-position and current usage, population, social infrastructure, agricultural production, tourism and business development) have been analised in order to see out overal development potentials of the region, as well economic and geographical potencials. Based on results of this analyses – SMR has all economic and geographical parameters that are needed for successive and equable social and spatial development based on its own resorces with intensive and functional cooperation with other BiH regions and neighbour countries and EU.

Keywords: economic and geographic, political and geographic, reform, Bosnia and Herzegovina, European Union, NATO, economic regions, Sarajevo Economic Macro Region, natural resources, population, society infrastructure, agricultural production, tourism, business development.

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