Relationship dossier
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canada
Relationship assessment
Bilateral ties include social security cooperation and Canadian peacekeeping and development support.
Bosnia and Herzegovina toward Canada
+20Bosnia and Herzegovina participates in bilateral social security cooperation with Canada through an agreement that provides a framework for coordination between the two governments.
Canada toward Bosnia and Herzegovina
+35Canada contributed peacekeeping forces during the postwar period and has provided development assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The bilateral social security agreement also provides a framework for cooperation.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship has substantive cooperative features, including bilateral social security coordination and Canada's postwar peacekeeping and development role. The extent of sustained cooperation beyond these areas is unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Canada have cooperated through a bilateral social security agreement. Canada also contributed peacekeeping forces during the postwar period and has supported Bosnia and Herzegovina through development assistance. These are substantive areas of cooperation, though the breadth of current government-to-government engagement is unclear.
Key developments
Canada and Bosnia and Herzegovina concluded a bilateral social security agreement.
Canada contributed peacekeeping forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the postwar period.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the bilateral social security agreement are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of current Canadian development assistance are unclear.