PROJECT BOSNIA

Rule of law/press/democracy symbiosis LEGAL COMMUNITY 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

Rationale F Peace requires Rule of Law F Rule of Law requires functioning legal institutions F Legal institutions must exchange information, but – no libraries – few printing presses F Compensate by building Internet-based information infrastructure - strengthen free press - encourage wide exchange of ideas - broaden citizen participation

Connection to the World Wide Web Banja Luka Mostar Zenica Tuzla Sarajevo INTERNETINTERNET

Bosnian Information Placed Anywhere is Available Everywhere INTERNAL BOSNIAN LEGAL COMMUNITY INDEPENDENT PRESS MEDIA Internet REUTERS CHICAGO-KENT VILLANOVA ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIVIDUALS EUROPEAN COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGENCIES

What’s left to be done?

Internet Service Providers in Bosnia terminal server router modem pool & dial-up lines Internet Service Provider (ISP) cellular or terrestrial public telephone system Internet clients account?

Making the vision real F 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 F Connect PCs –get adequate telephone connections –build Internet service providers (ISPs) F Technology is not enough

Making the Vision Real - Phase I F Collection/Delivery/Connection of PCs –Collected shipped –Collected and shipped 53 computers to legal institutions in the cities of Sarajevo, Tuzla, Zenica and Mostar –Purchasedconnected –Purchased and connected 10 Pentium computers for Justices of the Constitutional Court and other members of the Bosnian legal community –Installed –Installed a Server in Sarajevo with physical dial-up connection F Beyond hardware –Arrangedreceived –Arranged for and received monetary and other resources from World Bank, US Government, and Soros Foundation for Bosnian legal institutions –Completed –Completed training in March 1997; IRIS contract training for 2 dozen

Making the Vision Real - Phase II u Establish Press Intranet in Republika Srpska –Internet Server donated by Sun Microsystems –Found resident location in Banja Luka for Internet Server –Investigated connections uComplete connections and content in Federation uEstablish externships –Spring Villanova students –Spring Chicago-Kent students