About Groundwork

The Bosnia team you don’t need to build.

Groundwork runs in-country operations for European NGOs that need work handled in Bosnia without opening a permanent country office.

Execution is where programs go off plan.

A sound program can still lose months between approval and delivery. A supplier disappears with the deposit. A permit sits in the wrong office. A routine purchase arrives with a foreigner premium. An intermediary creates more work than they remove. Organisations with a country office have people who catch these problems early. Smaller NGOs face the same risks with less budget and less room for delay. Groundwork provides an in-country operations team they can hire as needed instead of building one.

What we take off your team’s desk.

We handle customs, procurement, permits, supplier checks, Bosnian-language contracts, and day-to-day contact with ministries and municipalities. Your team keeps ownership of the program. We run the work that requires local language, presence, and judgment. The useful knowledge is rarely written down: which supplier delivers, which office has authority, which delay is normal, and which intermediary is worth avoiding. That judgment is what clients are buying—not another assessment deck. The result is a program that can operate in Bosnia without your organisation carrying the fixed cost of a permanent office here.

Start with the problem

Bring us the part that is stuck.

Tell us what needs to happen in Bosnia, what has already been tried, and what the delay is costing. We’ll tell you whether Groundwork should take it on and what a sensible first step looks like.

Discuss your program