The agreement on cooperation between the Institute for Standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Chamber of Commerce of Republic of Srpska was signed on June 29, 2015 in Banja Luka by Mr. Aleksandar Cincar, director of the Institute and Ms. Dragica Ristić, director of the Chamber of Commerce of Republic of Srpska.

The Agreement is signed with aim to strengthen awareness on the importance of the implementation of standards and their influence on the competitiveness of domestic products in the international market. The Agreement provides basis for joint organization of seminars and workshops for businessmen and representatives of the Chamber members on raising competitiveness and standards requirements.

In addition, the agreement foresees participation of representatives of the Chamber members and businessmen in the work of the technical committees of the Institute for Standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The participation of businessmen in the work of technical committees is important because they can work directly on the preparation, adoption and publication of national standards. Through technical committees businessmen can also obtain information on the tendencies and trends that are relevant to their company and products.

By signing this Agreement, the Institute has continued to strengthen its stakeholder engagement practices in order to promote the importance and the effect of the implementation of national standards and related documents, as well as promoting the role and importance of standardization and conformity assessment in the implementation of technical and other regulations, and establishing better regulatory practices.