From 5 to 6 December 2013, in Milan, the Workshop about “Adoption of Eurocodes in the Balkan region” was held, organized by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) - together with the European Commission.

The workshop was attended by the representatives of the countries of the Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia and Turkey.

Bosnia and Herzegovina was represented by: the Director of the Institute for Standardization Cincar Aleksandar, Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Sarajevo PhD Mustafa Hrasnica , Assist. Prof. Dr.  Sanin Dzidic from the International BURCH University, Stojan Vujatovic from the AD project company and Nihada Kulenovic - expert associate from the Institute for Standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina .

The workshop was focused on the progress and specific needs for adoption and implementation of the Eurocodes and related EN standards in the Balkan region and was organized in three parts:

• Lectures given by experts from JRC and DG ENTR of European Commission, CEN/CENELEC and EU member states;
• National presentations of non-EU countries about adoption of the Eurocodes (standards and legislation); specific problems and needs, training and guidelines;
• Roundtable discussions regarding adoption of the Eurocodes in the Balkan region - conclusions and recommendations.

Assist. Prof . Dr . Sanin Dzidic held a presentation on behalf of the delegation of Bosnia and Herzegovina about “National Report - The current situation on adoption of Eurocodes in Bosnia and Herzegovina”.
More information about this workshop, working materials as well as all events related to Eurocodes you can find at:

http://eurocodes.jrc.ec.europa.eu/showpage.php?id=2013_12_WS_Balkan#Contact