This paper investigates if and how the media system in Bosnia and Herzegovina was influenced by the two decades of international media assistance programs.

The paper is a part of the comparative research project that studies the results of, and the challenges to the international media assistance efforts in the Western Balkan countries.  The paper first provides a brief overview of the political and media system in BiH and democratization efforts to date. Focus then shifts to media assistance, with particular attention given to the four case studies: Public Service Broadcasting (PSB), the Communication Regulatory Agency (CRA), the Open Broadcast Network (OBN), and the Press Council.

Jusić, Tarik and Ahmetašević, Nidžara, Media Reforms through Intervention: International Media Assistance in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Analitika – Center for Social Research, 2013.