Association of Municipalities and Cities of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

About Association of Municipalities and Towns of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Association of municipalities and towns of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (in further text: Association) is independent organization of voluntarily associated municipalities and towns in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina established with the purpose of local government development and improvement and protection of the local government units interests. The Association of municipalities and towns of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as non-governmental and non-for profit organization has been established on the First Assembly held on 29 May 2002 in Mostar. The document about the establishment of the Association has been signed by 54 members. They have also adopted the Statute of the newly established Association. The Association of municipalities and towns of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a legal successor of the Community of municipalities and towns of the Socialistic Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina established in 1972 with the aim to improve and develop the system of the local self-government, protects interests if local communities and develops cooperation between the cities and international cooperation. The second Assembly of the Association of municipalities and towns of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been held in Gradacac on 22 March 2007. At this Assembly the new Statute was adopted and new governing bodies elected. At this Assembly 29 municipalities have joined to the Association. Next year one more municipality joined the Association, so therefore as of 2008 there were 79 municipalities on board out of 80 local government units in total (five municipalities have ceased to legally exist: Mostar Old Town, Mostar North, Mostar South, Mostar West and Mostar South-West). At the VII Assembly of the Association of municipalities and towns of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, held on 6th and 7th of February 2013 in Fojnica, one more municipality, municipality of Kresevo, has joined to the Association of municipalities and towns of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.