CIAO DATE: 07/04

Bosnia: Reshaping the International Machinery

Abstract

After six years and billions of dollars spent, peace implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina remains far from complete. Reshaping ('recalibrating', in local jargon) the international community (IC) presence is vital if the peace process is to have a successful outcome.

This presence is the result of ad hoc expansion since the Dayton Agreement was signed in December 1995. It is beset by five main problems: lack of a shared strategic vision; uncoordinated leadership; duplication and lack of communication; personality clashes and cross- cutting institutional interests; and ineffectual management of economic reform.

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