PROJECT BOSNIAPROJECT BOSNIA

Rule of law/press/democracyRule of law/press/democracysymbiosissymbiosis

LEGALCOMMUNITY

press

THE PEOPLE

PRESS

The Vision:The Vision:Develop an Internet-based legal information infrastructure for

Bosnia, to promote the free flow of information to enhance a rule of law

RationaleRationale Peace requires Rule of Law Rule of Law requires functioning legal institutions Legal institutions must exchange information, but

– no libraries– few printing presses

Compensate by building Internet-based information infrastructure

- strengthen free press

- encourage wide exchange of ideas

- broaden citizen participation

Connection to the World Wide WebConnection to the World Wide Web

Banja Luka

Mostar

Zenica

Tuzla

SarajevoINTERNETINTERNETINTERNET

Bosnian Information Placed Bosnian Information Placed Anywhere is Available EverywhereAnywhere is Available Everywhere

INTERNAL BOSNIAN LEGAL COMMUNITY

INDEPENDENT PRESS

MEDIA

InternetREUTERS

CHICAGO-KENT

VILLANOVA

ASSOCIATED PRESS

INDIVIDUALS

EUROPEANCOMMUNITY

INTERNATIONALNEWS AGENCIES

What’s left to be done?

Internet Service Providers in Internet Service Providers in BosniaBosnia

terminalserver

router

modempool &dial-up lines

Internet Service Provider (ISP)

cellular orterrestrialpublictelephonesystem

Internet

clients account?

Making the vision real Get PCs in the hands of judges, legislators,

lawyers, law students, journalists and NGOs– collect PCs in the U.S.– identify recipients & ship to Bosnia– mobilize other sources, e.g. World Bank, USIS

Connect PCs– get adequate telephone connections– build Internet service providers (ISPs)

Technology is not enough

Making the Vision Real - Phase IMaking the Vision Real - Phase I Collection/Delivery/Connection of PCs

– Collected Collected and shippedshipped 53 computers to legal institutions in the cities of Sarajevo, Tuzla, Zenica and Mostar

– PurchasedPurchased and connectedconnected 10 Pentium computers for Justices of the Constitutional Court and other members of the Bosnian legal community

– InstalledInstalled a Server in Sarajevo with physical dial-up connection

Beyond hardware– ArrangedArranged for and receivedreceived monetary and other

resources from World Bank, US Government, and Soros Foundation for Bosnian legal institutions

– CompletedCompleted training in March 1997; IRIS contract training for 2 dozen

Making the Vision Real - Phase IIMaking the Vision Real - Phase II Establish Press Intranet in Republika

Srpska– Internet Server donated by Sun Microsystems– Found resident location in Banja Luka for

Internet Server– Investigated connections

Complete connections and content in Federation

Establish externships– Spring 97 - 3 Villanova students

– Spring 98 - 3 Chicago-Kent students