The First Conference “Security of Historic Cities-Sarajevo as the best tourist destination for 2025” ended on 8 May 2025. The conference was organized by the International Police Association (IPA) in cooperation with the Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of BiH and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Sarajevo Canton and with the support of the Tourist Board of Sarajevo Canton.
Director Enes Karić addressed the attendees during the opening of the conference and emphasized that this significant event provides a unique opportunity for the exchange of knowledge and experiences among experts and key stakeholders in the field of security and tourism. He also emphasized the importance of connecting local communities and security institutions in order to create a safe environment for citizens and tourists and emphasized the importance and role of the work of Directorate in the field of security and coordination with various institutions.
Special accent was placed on the role of regional and international cooperation, where guests from Great Britain, Germany, Croatia, Montenegro, with the support of the Faculty of Criminalistics, Criminology and Security Studies and the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Sarajevo exchanged their experiences that indicates the importance of joint action, especially in the field of cyber security and operational coordination.
A security equipment fair was also held as part of the conference, where exhibitors such as the German company AARONIA AG and Shot from Zenica presented advanced technological solutions from all spheres of security.
On the first day the conference participants attended a tactical and demonstration exercise of police officers from the Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of BiH, i.e. the Sector for Security of VIP Persons and Facilities on the topic 'Protection of VIP Persons' and on that occasion, tactics for dealing with attacks on a protected person were demonstrated.
On the second day of the conference, panel discussions and expert lectures were held with a focus on security challenges and solutions in the context of urban tourism and increasing the level of security, both for tourists and for all citizens.
The aim of the conference was to analyze contemporary security challenges with a special focus on Sarajevo, which was declared by National Geographic as the best tourist destination in 2025. Experts in the field of security held a series of lectures that can improve the security of citizens, both in Sarajevo as the capital and in other cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.