The First Semi-annual Report "Monitoring of the BiH European integration process" was presented on 22 July 2009 at the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Report was prepared by the Foreign Policy Initiative of BiH as a part of the project "Monitoring of the European Integration process of Bosnia and Herzegovina".

On 6th July, the Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) held its Founding Assembly in Skopje, Macedonia. After 8 years since being initiated as a pilot project and over 5 years of its transformation to a network.

As part of the component "The media and communication," specifically the initiative "Local is primary" of the OSCE Mission in B&H, Vesta Radio will produce four radio programmes which will be based on real-life examples of ordinary people. The programmes will give a short description of the problem, then focus on the citizens' achievements and the benefits citizens gain from taking action in their communities, in cooperation with other communities or municipalities.

The project of Association Vesta, which is financially supported by the Tuzla Municipality, strives to strengthen the organizational capacities of 11 associations of agricultural producers in the Tuzla Municipality, so that during 2010 the associations would have clear strategic guidelines for action based on EU postulates of rural development, developed procedures for member management and increased incomes from the grant plans of local and international donators.

The project of Association Vesta, which was financially supported by the Tuzla Municipality, is a contribution towards the implementation of the policy of energy efficiency in accordance with EU standards, and other obligations that the state must fulfill on its road to the EU, and is specifically directed on supporting entrepreneurs through training and awareness-raising.

The Delegations of the European Commission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, in cooperation with the Directorate for European Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ministry for European Integration of Montenegro, as the Operating structures for implementation of the IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme between these two countries, are inviting potential applicants to submit project proposals within the framework of the programme priority and measures.

Within the framework of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) - Component II (Cross-border Cooperation), the Delegations of the European Commission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, in cooperation with the Directorate for European Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina (DEI) and Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Serbia, as the operating structures for implementation of the IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme between these two countries, are inviting potential applicants to submit project proposals within the framework of the programme priority and measures.