{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Milorad Dodik series}} The '''Prud Agreement''' or '''Prud Process''' was an agreement that pertained to state property, census, constitutional changes, reconstructing the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and solving the legal status of Brčko District. It was created by the leaders of the three most important 'nationalist' political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sulejman Tihić (SDA), Dragan Čović (HDZ BiH) and Milorad Dodik (SNSD) in the village of Prud on 8 November 2008.<ref name="auto">[http://www.sda.ba/files/file/ZAJEDNICKAIZJAVA.pdf Zajednicka Izjava] sda.ba {{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=01&dd=19&nav_id=56532 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-01-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607175208/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=01&dd=19&nav_id=56532 |archive-date=7 June 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BiH main parties announce new decentralisation agreement |url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2009/01/27/feature-01 |work=SE Times |date=27 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112152818/http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2009/01/27/feature-01 |archive-date=12 November 2010}}</ref>
In relation to constitutional reform discussions in Prud and subsequent talks cover four key areas: Harmonisation of Bosnia's constitution with the European Convention on Human Rights; State level competences; Functional common institutions; Territorial organisation, specifically of the middle level of government.<ref name="auto" />
The reforms promised by the agreement would "build the ability of the State to meet the requirements of the EU integration process".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ohr.int/ohr-dept/presso/pressr/default.asp?content_id=42806 |title=To Continue in the Spirit of Prud Agreement |accessdate=2008-12-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218204732/http://www.ohr.int/ohr-dept/presso/pressr/default.asp?content_id=42806 |archivedate=18 December 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
At a subsequent meeting in Banja Luka on 26 January 2009, the party leaders set out a plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina as a decentralized country with three levels of government. The middle level of government was anticipated to be made up by four territorial units with legislative, executive and judicial branches of government.<ref name="auto1">Katana, G. 2009. 'Prudski trojac u Banjoj Luci podijelo BiH na četiri regije' (Prud troika divide BiH into four regions in Banja Luka), ''Oslobođenje'' 27 January 2009.</ref>
Controversy surrounded the creation of a third entity, Republika Srpska’s territorial integrity, and the division of Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=228272 |title=503 Service Unavailable |accessdate=2009-01-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20090421025505/http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=228272 |archivedate=21 April 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=01&dd=27&nav_id=56714 |title=B92 - News - Region - New division in Bosnia? |accessdate=2009-01-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202083145/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=01&dd=27&nav_id=56714 |archivedate=2 February 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In an article rejecting the suggestion that the division of Bosnia's middle level of government into four entities would remove Republika Srpska from the map, the SNSD gave a clear statement:
<blockquote> Republika Srpska is a constitutional-territorial category which is not up for discussion and around which there is no bargaining<ref>(Original: Republika Srpska je ustavno-teritorijalna kategorija o kojoj se ne može razgovarati i oko koje nema pogodbe) {{cite web |url=http://www.snsd.org/dnn/Default.aspx?language=de-DE&PageContentID=774&tabid=56 |title=Портал - Савез независних социјалдемократа |accessdate=2009-02-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716175339/http://www.snsd.org/dnn/Default.aspx?language=de-DE&PageContentID=774&tabid=56 |archivedate=16 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> </blockquote>
A further meeting was held in Mostar on 23 February 2009, hosted by Čović.<ref name="auto1" />
On 20 July 2009, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Valentin Inzko suggested that the process between the three 'nationalist' parties had effectively ended. Instead it had changed into a process involving many more political parties. Inzko believed that minor level constitutional reform can be delivered through the meetings.<ref>[http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/setimes/newsbriefs/2009/07/20/nb-06 SETimes] 20 July 2009</ref>
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Category:Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:2008 in Bosnia and Herzegovina