NATO launched yesterday in Sarajevo a perspectives program for Bosnia and Herzegovina, which includes support to personnel discharged from service in the Armed Forces of BiH in the period 2010 – 2012, within the reform of the Armed Forces.

Based on the project, the process of reintegration of ex-military staff in the civil sector includes grants amounting to 3,000 KM.

This amount is intended for potential employers to support the employment of ex-soldiers, as well as procurement of equipment and tools necessary to start their own businesses or to expand already begun business activities.

It is also intended for the cost of tuition if discharged member of the Armed Forces decides to go through retraining.

The program implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Assistance will enable social and economic reintegration of about 3,000 people discharged from AF, that are over 35 years of age limit for professional military service.

In June 2006, NATO Partnership for Peace was founded by NATO in Bosnia and Herzegovina Trust Fund in support of the Ministry of Defense in the management of the department employees who were declared redundant in the process of defense reform.

Based on the financial support of Norway, the Netherlands, Slovenia and other NATO and Partnership for Peace countries, such as Sweden, Luxembourg and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Trust Fund amounted to 3.42 million euro.

Additional money has been secured through agreements between IOM and the Agency for International Development United States (in the amount of 2.11 million dollars) and the United Kingdom in the amount of 100,000 British pounds.