On 10 March 2015, the mayor of Lukavica Rijeka invited representatives of the Armed Forces of BiH, EUFOR and UNDP for the official opening ceremony of a bridge in this village near Doboj.
The bridge – a result of common engagement
The material for the bridge construction was funded by the EU Floods Recovery Program and managed by the United Nations Development Program. EUFOR training teams, of engineering specialists from Hungary, mentored the Armed Forces BiH engineers who built it
Dual use of forces is of special value
Engineering, in particular bridge building, is one of the skills that is of importance for assisting the population in disaster relief, international crisis management or in peace support operations. EUFOR, through its Capacity Building and Training Program for the Armed Forces of BiH, supports this development. The dual use of forces is the most economical way to run a military force.