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
