Relationship dossier
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Switzerland
Relationship assessment
Sustained cooperation through Swiss development assistance and bilateral migration work
Bosnia and Herzegovina toward Switzerland
+35Bosnia and Herzegovina has cooperated with Switzerland through bilateral migration arrangements, including a migration partnership that provides a framework for joint work on migration-related matters.
Switzerland toward Bosnia and Herzegovina
+40Switzerland has maintained development cooperation in Bosnia and Herzegovina since the post-war period, supporting governance, economic development and other areas through bilateral programmes. Switzerland has also engaged the Bosnian government through a bilateral migration partnership.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship is underpinned by sustained Swiss development cooperation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and a bilateral framework for migration-related work. These are substantive, continuing areas of government cooperation, without indicating an unusually close strategic alignment.
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 Switzerland have a sustained cooperative relationship, including Swiss development cooperation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and bilateral work on migration. Swiss assistance has supported areas such as governance and economic development, while the two governments have also cooperated through a migration partnership. The relationship is constructive, though the scale and scope of cooperation are more limited than a close strategic partnership.
Key developments
Switzerland began development cooperation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, supporting post-war recovery and later programmes in areas including governance and economic development.
Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina established a bilateral migration partnership to provide a framework for cooperation on migration matters.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of bilateral migration cooperation are unclear.
- The extent of recent Swiss development cooperation and its results are unclear.