Databases operated by governmental institutions

There are no databases as a database itself in which BiH authorities are responsible for their maintenance.

www.mpr.gov.ba
BiH Ministry of Justice is responsible for the maintenance of the Register of Associations and Foundations of BiH, Foreign and International Associations and Foundations and Other Non-Profit Organizations, that provide the information on registered organizations at the BiH level.

The Register of Associations and Foundations of BiH, Foreign and International Associations and Foundations and Other Non-Profit Organizations is a public document, but unfortunately, it is not placed on the Web site. This Register is not linked to other registers at lower levels, and that is the problem for defining total number of CSOs working in BiH.

info@mpr.gov.ba

Databases operated by CSO service organisations

There are several active CSOs databases in BiH, available at Web sites which are operational and provide relevant information on CSOs in BiH.

www.civilnodrustvo.ba
CSPC Resource Center has two CSOs databases, an internal and public one. The public database set up on the Resource Centre web page is easily accessible and gives various information. The database was updated three months ago, and currently contains information about 1226 organizations active in BiH. The database has the possibility of searching results by name of organizations, acronyms, specific field of activity, (foundations, citizens’ associations), category, cities, and other. The database also gives the opportunity for data entry by the organization itself, within the process of on-line registration by fulfilling simple application form. Internal database is being used for organization’s internal needs, and is at disposal for all Center’s employees.

www.ngobase.ndi.ba
Other on-line CSO database is NDI and this one is very simple and it gives the possibility to export data in word or excel document. In this database 290 organizations and 120 projects have been registered. Data searching is very simple, by entering the name of organization, sector, contact persons, address, phone, fax, e-mail etc.  

www.mladi.info
Along with on-line CSO databases, there are some other smaller databases which provide information to the organizations from a specific sector, like OIA (Youth Informative Agency) . It has a web portal for young people, which makes it well-known in Western Balkans region. This base encompasses 329 youth organizations, but this database hasn’t been updated in awhile. Data searching is done according to type of organization, its field of scope, its headquarter and according to interesting criteria- if organization has Web site or not, as well as if the organization performs peer education. 

www.bihngocouncil.ba
www.icva-bh.org
Along with databases, there are some sites which have no databases as a database itself, but has a directory of organizations with basic information: name, contact person, and address. Some of them are: NGO Council and ICVA.