Rural development policy deals with achieving goals for rural areas and a wide range of socioeconomic activities are included within it. This work intends to connect rural development policies with the occurrence of domestic violence in rural areas. The area of research is the territory of Tuzla Canton, which is, by definition of OECD (less than 150 habitants/km2), a predominantly rural area. Domestic violence is a wide spread form of violence and a discrimination against women. Domestic violence includes all forms of violence occurring in the family, expanding the possibilities that perpetrators of violence and victims of violence may even be persons who do not live in the family but are related to family members, e.g. former partners, relatives, etc. Research results show that victims of domestic violence are in 90% of the cases women (wives, mothers, daughters, sisters, etc.) and that domestic violence is constantly increasing each following year. All forms of violence over women come stem from a principal discrimination towards women which results in coerce or use of force. For that reason, violence over women is a manifestation of a fundamentally unequal position of women and men, and it represents a form of discrimination against women. This paper uses data acquired from Federal Office of Statistics of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and statistical data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tuzla Canton. On the basis of the gathered data, we employed the descriptive method, the method of analysis and synthesis, as well as the comparative method of analysis. The hypothesis of this paper was the assumption that “women in rural areas are more frequently victims of domestic violence than women living in urban areas“.

Nacionalni interes svih zemalja u tranziciji je pridruživanje Europskoj Uniji. Da bi se ostvario taj cilj neophodna je primjena standarda u poljoprivrednoj proizvodnji i ispunjavanje niza zahtjeva za ulazak u Europsku uniju. Od poljoprivrednih proizvođaca i prerađivaca zahtijeva se dodatno i cjeloživotno obrazovanje i pracenje dostignuca u znanosti, tehnici i tehnologiji, te poznavanje zakonodavstva. Namecu se zahtjevi za kontrolom hrane i primjenom standarda poput GLOBALG.A.P. u poljoprivrednoj proizvodnji. Bosna i Hercegovina u suranji s AECD i USAID organizacijama postupno uvodi GLOBALG.A.P. sustav u poljoprivrednu proizvodnju kroz projekte vezane za educiranje poljoprivrednih proizvođaca......National interest of all transitional countries is joining the European Union. In order to accomplish that aim it is necessary to adopt standards in agricultural production and fulfill number of requests for joining the EU. Agricultural producers and processors need additional and lifelong education, they need to follow achievements in science, technics, technology as well as to be familiar with the legislative. At the same time, food control and adoption of standards like GLOBALG.A.P. are suggested. Bosnia and Herzegovina, in collaboration with AECD and USAID organizations, is gradually introducing GLOBALG.A.P. system into the agricultural production via projects related to education of agricultural producers.

The European Union in different ways and through the structural funds, helps countries to develop in the Western Balkans. Decision of the EU, the total amount that will be available in Turkey, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the period since 2007. 2013. is 4 billion. One of the priority measures under the IPA Cros-border coopertion (CBC) programme is the development of tourism. These measures should help and contribute to the development of tourism. How and in what way to access and become a user of these programs can help or helps? Cross-border projects involve regional cooperation and require financial resources in the preparation of the project. Trained staff is needed for this job. Local communities, along with their capacities should take on the preparation of these projects, and as partners include the tourist industry (workers) and encourage and inspire other tourist capacities in their local community.