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SIG-BIH-038

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country
BiH
date text
03/10/2023
actor text
Fondacija Mozaik; USAID BiH
campaign id
BIH-CAMP-003
confidence notes
Exact date October 3 2023 — primary source news report. Counter-narrative — partial victory only.
date confidence
exact
excerpt
Oct 3 2023: first food donation exempt from VAT under amended law. Fondacija Mozaik/"Niko gladan. Niko sam" campaign with USAID. USAID Director Chubb: "Before changes, cheaper for companies to destroy food than donate it." Partial counter-narrative — food VAT fixed; grants-as-services grey zone remains.
id
SIG-BIH-038
normalized date
2023-10-03
observation
country
BiH
actor primary
Fondacija Mozaik; USAID BiH
actor type primary
CSO
campaign id
BIH-CAMP-003
campaign phase
Counter-narrative
case id
BIH-038
channel primary
Official/Regulatory
confidence notes
Exact date October 3 2023 — primary source news report. Counter-narrative — partial victory only.
consequence category
Social Trust Erosion
date confidence
exact
escalation stage
99
event date normalized
2023-10-03
event date raw
03/10/2023
harm track
Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion
institutional consequence
Food donation VAT exemption enacted
primary narrative code
NF-00
primary narrative label
Counter-narrative
secondary narrative code
NF-03
secondary narrative label
Regulatory / AML Framing
signal id
SIG-BIH-038
source text excerpt
Oct 3 2023: first food donation exempt from VAT under amended law. Fondacija Mozaik/"Niko gladan. Niko sam" campaign with USAID. USAID Director Chubb: "Before changes, cheaper for companies to destroy food than donate it." Partial counter-narrative — food VAT fixed; grants-as-services grey zone remains.
source type
Official/Regulatory
source url
https://balkancsd.net/monitoring-matrix-country-reports-for-bosnia-herzegovina/
tactic code
Successful legislative advocacy reversing specific VAT provision
target
Civil society sector; food donation framework
target type
Sector
trigger type
TR-02: Civic Mobilization
response id
BIH-038
source type
Official/Regulatory
source url
https://balkancsd.net/monitoring-matrix-country-reports-for-bosnia-herzegovina/
target text
Civil society sector; food donation framework

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