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WHY BANJA LUKA?
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BUSINESS DIASPORA
ABOUT CITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Development Agency “Cidea” was founded in 2004 with the aim of helping small and medium enterprises in the preparation and implementation of business plans and thus create new jobs.
By changing the organization of work and thanks to our colleagues, associates and employees, we managed to realize numerous projects that were of great importance for the city of Banja Luka.
The City Development Agency is a member of TERIS and EURADA.

NEWS
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2020
IPA II CBC
Intereg IPA cross-border cooperation program Croatia-Bosnia and Herzegovina-Montenegro is implemented in the financial period 2014-2020 within the IPA 2. Namely, bilateral IPA programs Bosnia and Herzegovina-Croatia and Croatia-Montenegro established for the period 2007-2013 .
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29
2020
Program Horizon 2020
Program Horizon 2020 is the largest researching and innovation program in EU so far. It will contribute to solving problems related to economic crisis, investing in future jobs and development, general security and environment, as
Dec
29
2020
Creative Europe
Creative Europe is the European Commission’s framework programme for support to the culture and audiovisual sectors. Desk Creative Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina (CED BiH) is a coordination body for the programme Creative Europe. Creative Europe is the
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29
2020
Road traffic
The most common type of transport in the territory of Banja Luka is road transport. There are main roads M4 (Novi Grad — Doboj) and M16 (Gradiška — Crna Rijeka (Jajce)), as well as
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29
2020
Railway transport
Railway network in the Republic of Srpska is 425 kilometres long. The Republic of Srpska is connected via railway network on two main railway routes: 1. Route east-west, which connects east with the western
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29
2020
Air traffic
International airport Banja Luka is located 23 km north from the City, in the town of Mahovljani which is part of the Municipality of Laktaši. Airport has got favourable meteorological characteristics, thus meeting all
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CITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY BROCHURE
CITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY RESULTS
- We have realized about 20 projects where we procured equipment for high schools and colleges to conduct practical classes in classrooms.
- We have prepared over 60 projects in the last 3 years.
- In cooperation with the Union of Employers' Associations of the Republic of Srpska, we have launched an initiative to form a Council for Education and Employment.
- Every year we also organize the Employment Fair, which has so far offered 1,700 jobs.
- We work very closely with the Tourist Organization of the City of Banja Luka as well as the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, and our joint project is the Tourist and Recreation Center "Manjača", which we are implementing in phases, in accordance with available domestic and foreign funds.
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