Dijaspora kao potencijal za razvoj
Prema podacima Ministarstva za ljudska prava i izbjeglice Bosne i Hercegovine ustanovljeno je da se približno dva miliona ljudi, privremeno
ili trajno nalazi u iseljeništvu van Bosne i Hercegovine. Posebno je i dalje veoma jaka emocionalna vezanost iseljenika za matičnu zemlju, što također potvrđuje i činjenica da iseljeništvo, ili kako se često koristi izraz dijaspora, godišnje dostavlja oko dvije milijarde američkih dolara za Bosnu i Hercegovinu, pretežno kao privatnu financijsku podršku rodbini i prijateljima. Isti podaci su pokazali da veliki potencijal dijaspore za doprinos razvoju Bosne i Hercegovine nažalost i dalje ostaje neiskorišten, posebno znanje, stečeno iskustvo i profesionalne sposobnosti i mreže
koje je dijaspora stekla u drugim zemljama. Rezultati istraživanja provedenog u Švicarskoj u periodu od 2012. godine pokazuju da u ovoj zemlji živi, radi i obrazuje se više od 60 000 iseljenika iz Bosne i Hercegovine koji su veoma dobro integrisani
u švicarski sistem i društvo, te predstavljaju kvalitetan i nezaobilazan resurs za uspostavljanje i jačanje društvene, privredne, kulturne,
naučne i svih drugih oblika saradnje između Švicarske i Bosne i Hercegovine. Na osnovu gore pomenutog istraživanja došlo se do spoznaje da u Švicarskoj još uvijek nedostaje jedna etnički i konfesionalno nezavisna platforma, koja bi aktivno uključivala i povezivala različite aktere (organizacije i pojedince) zainteresovane da daju svoj doprinos razvoju Bosne i Hercegovine u različitim oblastima. Stoga je Švicarska agencija za razvoj i saradnju (SDC) odlučila podržati projekat uspostavljanja jedne ovakve platforme u Švicarskoj, te je ovaj mandat dodijelila organizaciji i-dijaspora, koja okuplja eksperte iz različitih polja djelovanja, a koji su porijeklom iz Bosne i Hercegovine i već duži niz godina žive i rade u Švicarskoj. i-platforma je zamišljena kao Ured za saradnju i koordinaciju koji će prikupljati, povezivati i promovisati informacije, inicijative i aktere iz obje
zemlje, zainteresirane da u različitim poljima djelovanja doprinesu razvoju
Bosne i Hercegovine.
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The diaspora as development potential
According to data of the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, there are around 2 million people who have temporarily or permanently emigrated from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Emigrants still have a particularly strong emotional bond with their home country, which is also confirmed by the fact that the emigrants, or diaspora, a frequently used term for this group, annually provide around two billion US$ in remittances to Bosnia and Herzegovina, mostly as private financial support to family and friends. A study has shown that the great potential of the diaspora for contributing to the development of Bosnia and Herzegovina unfortunately still remains untapped, especially
the knowledge, experience and professional skills and networks of members of the diaspora acquired in other countries. The findings of research conducted in Switzerland in 2014 demonstrate that there are more than 60,000 emigrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, working and living in this country, who are very well-integrated in the Swiss system and society and constitute a high-quality and indispensable resource for establishing and strengthening social, economic, cultural, scientific and any other form of cooperation between Switzerland and
Bosnia and Herzegovina. The above mentioned research has shown that in Switzerland, there is still no ethnically and religiously independent platform that would actively involve and connect different actors (organisations and individuals) interested in contributing to the development of Bosnia and Herzegovina in different fields. For this reason, the Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development
(SDC) decided to support a project that would establish such a platform
in Switzerland and awarded this mandate to the organisation i-dijaspora, which gathers experts from different fields of expertise who originate from Bosnia and Herzegovina and have been living and working in Switzerland
for a number of years. The i-platform is intended as a cooperation and coordination office that will gather, compile and promote important information, initiatives and actors from both countries interested in contributing to the development of Bosnia and Herzegovina in different areas of activity.
