- country
- BiH (RS)
- date text
- Aug 2018
- actor text
- Milorad Dodik
- campaign id
- BIH-CAMP-003
- 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
- date confidence
- month_year
- 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
- id
- SIG-BIH-026
- incident id
- BIH-026
- normalized date
- 2018-08-01
- observation
- country
- BiH (RS)
- actor primary
- Milorad Dodik
- actor type primary
- Government Official
- campaign id
- BIH-CAMP-003
- campaign phase
- Phase 0: Ambient Seeding
- case id
- BIH-026
- channel primary
- Official/Regulatory
- 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
- consequence category
- Social Trust Erosion
- date confidence
- month_year
- escalation stage
- 0
- event date normalized
- 2018-08-01
- event date raw
- Aug 2018
- harm track
- Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion
- institutional consequence
- Narrative damage
- primary narrative code
- NF-01
- primary narrative label
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- secondary narrative code
- NF-02
- secondary narrative label
- Financial Corruption / Grant Abuse
- signal id
- SIG-BIH-026
- 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
- source type
- Official/Regulatory
- source url
- https://balkancsd.net/monitoring-matrix-country-reports-for-bosnia-herzegovina/
- tactic code
- Official State Authorization
- target
- NGO sector / USAID-funded organizations
- target type
- Sector
- trigger type
- TR-01: External Political Event
- source type
- Official/Regulatory
- source url
- https://balkancsd.net/monitoring-matrix-country-reports-for-bosnia-herzegovina/
- target text
- NGO sector / USAID-funded organizations
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