{"id":"SIG-BIH-026","country":"BiH (RS)","excerpt":"RS President Dodik publicly attacks USAID and NGO sector over Framework Agreement on fighting crime and corruption in BiH (August 2018). Labels USAID funding as 'hidden underground activity' outside BiH's legal and fiscal framework, claims goal is election interference and fighting Russian influence. Threatens to 'come after everyone in RS who uses these funds.' Framing: USAID projects as cover for political interference; NGOs as instruments of American foreign policy against RS. US Embassy reje","date_text":"Aug 2018","actor_text":"Milorad Dodik","source_url":"https://balkancsd.net/monitoring-matrix-country-reports-for-bosnia-herzegovina/","campaign_id":"BIH-CAMP-003","incident_id":"BIH-026","observation":{"target":"NGO sector / USAID-funded organizations","case_id":"BIH-026","country":"BiH (RS)","signal_id":"SIG-BIH-026","harm_track":"Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion","source_url":"https://balkancsd.net/monitoring-matrix-country-reports-for-bosnia-herzegovina/","campaign_id":"BIH-CAMP-003","source_type":"Official/Regulatory","tactic_code":"Official State Authorization","target_type":"Sector","trigger_type":"TR-01: External Political Event","actor_primary":"Milorad Dodik","campaign_phase":"Phase 0: Ambient Seeding","event_date_raw":"Aug 2018","channel_primary":"Official/Regulatory","date_confidence":"month_year","confidence_notes":"EARLIEST DOCUMENTED RS CASE in database — establishes that BIH-CAMP-003 predates 2021 start date. Campaign start date should be revised to 2018 or earlier. Pre-election timing confirmed by civil society: Dodik uses NGO attacks to deflect from accountability. Direct continuity with 2015 draft law. NF","escalation_stage":"0","actor_type_primary":"Government Official","source_text_excerpt":"RS President Dodik publicly attacks USAID and NGO sector over Framework Agreement on fighting crime and corruption in BiH (August 2018). Labels USAID funding as 'hidden underground activity' outside BiH's legal and fiscal framework, claims goal is election interference and fighting Russian influence. Threatens to 'come after everyone in RS who uses these funds.' Framing: USAID projects as cover for political interference; NGOs as instruments of American foreign policy against RS. US Embassy reje","consequence_category":"Social Trust Erosion","secondary_source_url":"","event_date_normalized":"2018-08-01","primary_narrative_code":"NF-01","primary_narrative_label":"Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence","secondary_narrative_code":"NF-02","institutional_consequence":"Narrative damage","secondary_narrative_label":"Financial Corruption / Grant Abuse"},"response_id":null,"source_type":"Official/Regulatory","target_text":"NGO sector / USAID-funded organizations","date_confidence":"month_year","normalized_date":"2018-08-01","confidence_notes":"EARLIEST DOCUMENTED RS CASE in database — establishes that BIH-CAMP-003 predates 2021 start date. Campaign start date should be revised to 2018 or earlier. Pre-election timing confirmed by civil society: Dodik uses NGO attacks to deflect from accountability. Direct continuity with 2015 draft law. NF","secondary_source_url":""}