The 2012 Researchers Report prepared by Deloitte Consulting for the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation looks at the extent to which those prerequisites are already met, since a full understanding of the researcher profession in its complexity is indispensable for sound decision and policy-making. The report (see link below) is accompanied by country fiches - of which we present here the ones prepared for the Western Balkan countries.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is a potential candidate to enter the European Union. The Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU was signed in June 2008 encouraging BiH to develop socio-economic policies which include strengthening the role of science in the country and prospects for national economic growth based on domestic knowledge-intensive businesses. The research system in Bosnia and Herzegovina is decentralised, each entity enjoying decision-making and policy coordination autonomy. The two entities are the Federation of BiH (FBiH) that comprises 10 cantons and the Republika Srpska (RS).