Restart operates as a business embassy for diaspora and other foreign companies by facilitating their investments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a local partner organization on USAID’s Harnessing Bosnia and Herzegovina Diaspora for Economic Development Activity (Diaspora Invest), for which a five-year contract was signed in 2017.
The project has three key components:
- Leveraging diaspora input into the development of an institutional policy framework for diaspora investment
- Expanding diaspora direct investment by providing technical assistance and grants to eligible, early-stage SMEs and startups
- Developing a sustainable local platform to provide business services and investment facilitation to diaspora
Until 2022, Restart will provide support to Diaspora Invest – with the implementation of various components of this project, with an emphasis on designing and implementing technical services related to establishing a diaspora online business network and conducting diaspora outreach, networking and business-to-business activities.
We hope this project will create new job opportunities across a range of sectors through increased diaspora investment, with an emphasis on providing capital to viable, but underfunded, small- and medium-sized firms and startups.
Diaspora Stories
DiasporaInvest Officially Launched!
In the premises of the Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an official launch was held for presentation of...
Diaspora Saves the Country from Financial Collapse
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Bosnia and Herzegovina – a good emerging market for investment?
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New legal expert joined the Restart Project
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Looking for Investors? Apply with the project!
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Namik Hrle – One of the Most Innovative Experts at IBM
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Diaspora sends 35 billion BAM to Bosnia and Herzegovina over 17 years
Bosnians around the world together with their families and friends have sent about 35 billion BAM to their home country...
Networking Event: Bosnia and Herzegovina & Diaspora
Restart organizes a big networking event for everyone interested in contributing to a better Bosnia and Herzegovina, either to grow...