Sarajevo, 12 July 2013 - Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina has marked today the full implementation of the Agreement on the setting up of the system of electronic data exchange from the records of law enforcement agencies and prosecutors' offices. A ceremony, which was organised on this occasion, was attended by Mr Renzo Daviddi, the Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr Fahrudin Radončić, the Minister of Security, Mr Radislav Jovičić, Minister of Interior of Republika Srpska, Mr Predrag Kurteš, the Minister of Interior of Federation of B&H, as well as ministers and police commissioners of cantonal ministries of interior and representatives of the other agreement signatories.
In his address, Mr Renzo Daviddi pointed out the importance of data availability, their exchange and that success of the police investigations depends on cooperation between police authorities and cooperation with prosecutors' offices. Mr Radončić, Mr Jovičić and Mr Kurteš also addressed to the gathering, emphasizing the importance of the activities carried out in the establishment of the system, and how this system of electronic data exchange is important for the work of police agencies.
It has been concluded that setting up and implementation of the system was not an easy task. Director of the Directorate, Mr Himzo Selimović, emphasized that today's version of the system is not a final one. It will be necessary to continue to work on the improvement of the system in order to meet the needs of users in real time.