Local communities in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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A local community (Serbo-Croatian : mjesna zajednica,Cyrillic : мјесна заједница) is an administrative division in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the country's entities, it is the fourth-order division, being below municipalities in the hierarchy. [1] [2] In Brčko District, they act as a second-order division, being below the District itself. [3] [4]

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Government structure

The government of a local community consists of a local community council and its president. [1] Additionally, in Brčko District, a steering board is present, as well. [4]

Formation

The initiative to form a new local community can be submitted by citizens (at least 10% of the citizens residing in the proposed local community in Republika Srpska), an association of citizens (in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina), municipality council (at least one third of the representatives in the council in Republika Srpska) or municipal mayor. [2] [1] In Brčko District, new local communities are formed by the District assembly, with the participation of 50% plus one inhabitants of the local community for it to be formed. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Zakon o lokalnoj samoupravi Republike Srpske - Paragraf Lex BA". www.paragraf.ba. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
  2. 1 2 "Zakon Vlade Federacije BiH za 2006". www.fbihvlada.gov.ba. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
  3. ↑ "Kontakti MZ Brčko distrikta BiH". sap.bdcentral.net (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
  4. 1 2 3 "Zakon - O mjesnim zajednicama u brčko distriktu - Bosne i Hercegovine" [Law - On Local Communities in the Brcko District - Bosnia and Herzegovina](PDF) (in Bosnian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-28.
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