The meeting in the Kupres Municipality was held on May 5, 2004 at 12:30. Apart from the Commission members and associates, the meteing was also attended by Dr. Ivica Čičak, chair of the Municipal Council; Goran Dizdar, assistant mayor for general administration; Jure Zrno, assistant mayor for social affairs; Marko Ivić, civil engineering inspector; Dragan Dumančić, agricultural inspector in the Economic Department; Blanka Magaš, secretary of the NGO «Kupreška visoravan» (Kupres plains), Ivica Lovrić, history teacher and municipal councillor; don Dominik Stojanović, Kupres parish priest; Ante Čičak, director of the cultural center Kupres; and Vadim Kuznetsov, deputy High Representative and senior advisor with the OHR. Amra Hadžimuhamedović and Tina Wik did not attend due to a prior engagement in Prusac.

Commission members presented the powers, manner of work and the rules of procedure of the Commission, the way to submit petitions for declaring an asset a national monument and the implementation of decisions. A special emphasis was put on the obligation to observe legal provisions according to which all monuments from the Temporary list of national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina enjoy the highest protection, and according to which the Entity ministries are responsible for issuing approvals for their restoration. There are 777 assets on the Temporary list, drafted by the previous Commission to Preserve National Monuments (1996-2001) under the UNESCO auspices. The meeting was also informed about activities of the Commission regarding national monuments endangered by illegal construction, unprofessional reconstruction, lack of maintenance or other forms of destruction, and that criminal procedure may be initiated for such actions under the existing law. They were also informed about the principle of transparency as it applies to the work of the Commission, and the way in which decisions and other documents of the Commission are published.

Forms and ways for cooperation were also presented. Representatives of the Municipality confirmed that they would cooperate with the Commission members in accordance with the law. It was confirmed that associates from the Secretariat would be provided all necessary data from the municipal cadastre, land registers, archives and the existing physical plans during the preparation of documentation for decisions to designate an asset as a national monument. Municipal authorities would assist associates of the Commission during site investigation in the area of the monument, and find possible additional sources of data on the asset.

All decisions of the Commission would be forwarded to municipal courts that will enter in the land registers all burdens on plots originating from decisions of the Commission. The municipal courts will then forward the necessary data to the municipal cadastre, in order to register in the cadastre the information about the protection regime for each plot. Development plans and other physical plans cannot be applied if they are in contravention of the binding decisions of the Commission.

It was pointed out that the main responsibility of the Commission is to pass decisions designating national monuments and that the Commission did not have funds at disposal to reconstruct national monuments, although it may address responsible state and Entity institutions with recommendations to allocate funds for the protection of the most threatened monuments, as well as approach foreign donors. The Commission has established the List of the most threatened monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina and initiated an international campaign to raise funds for the protection of three national monuments: the bridge of Mehmed-Pasha Sokolović in Višegrad, the fortress in Stolac and the fortress in Jajce.

The responsibilities of the Commission include international cooperation for the protection of cultural historic heritage, including cooperation with the Interpol regarding assets that were illegally taken abroad, proposing monuments to be included on the World Heritage List, or to the WMF list with 100 most threatened monuments in the world, preparation and implementation of international conventions and treaties.

Dubravko Lovrenović pointed out that the new Law on the protection of cultural heritage at the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina should regulate legal allocation of funds for the protection of heritage in municipal budgets, according to their abilities. It is expected that the law would be passed by the end of the year. He mentioned a positive example of the Jajce municipality, which allocated funds for the protection of heritage which made it easier to find strategic partners (such is the case with the project of lighting the catacombs, where the funds were provided by the Municipality and the contractor Philips).

Ljiljana Ševo informed that no assets from the Kupres municipality were on the Temporary list of national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and that no petition had been filed requesting that an asset form this municipality be designated as a national monument.

Blanka Magaš mentioned that in February 2004, a group of Kupres citizens established the non-governmental organization "Kupreška visoravan" that has 37 members and has a program that includes protection of cultural monuments. She said that on the territory of the municipality there are necropolises that are 3500 to 5000 years old (researched by Bešlagić in 1952 and published in a monograph), tumuli (in the middle ages stećak tombstones were placed at the site above the tumuli, and today there exists a Muslim cemetery that is still used), an early Christian basilica in Otinovci (partly restored with the expert assistance of the Archeological Museum in Split), a necropolis at the Ravanjska gate. There is also a large group of necropolises with some 550 stećak stones, but they are in a mined area.

Ivica Čičak informed the meeting that the municipal budget had no allocations for the protection of monuments and that there were no Commission with the Municipal Council responsible for the protection of monuments. It was agreed that a commission would be established at the next session of the Municipal Council. The municipal budget amounts to KM 1,100,000.

Vadim Kuznetsov pointed out that the international community and the OHR appreciated what the Commission was doing and offered their full support for it as one of the first state institutions established under Annex 8 of the Dayton Agreement. OHR continues to monitor the process of establishing and strengthening state-level institutions, and it was important at this moment to enable the Commission to have more powers and better instruments at its disposal for the implementation of its decisions. OHR particularly stressed the importance of close cooperation of municipalities and local authorities with the Commission.

Dominik Stojanović mentioned the most important sites in the territory of the Municipality (necropolis with stećak tombstones Ravanjska gate, tumuli by the Kupres – Livno road, and the site Đerzelez where a Roman fortress once stood).

Ante Čičak stressed the importance of establishing the Commission to Preserve Monuments as a body of the Municipal Council. He said that at the site of the early Christian basilica there is possibly also the apse of god Mitras.

After the meeting there was a visit to the early Christian basilica in Otinovci and to the tumuli.

The meeting in the Municipality Tomislavgrad was held on May 5, 2004 at 16:30. Besides the Commission members and associates, the meeting was attended by Bože Kovačević, Assistant Mayor for general adiministration and social affairs; Nedžad Nuhić, Assistant Mayor for reconstructiona and development; Grgo Radoš, Assistant Mayor for property-legal relations and real estate cadastre; Ivan Radoš, expert associate in the civil engineering department; Janja Krstanović, land registry officer; and Vadim Kuznetsov, deputy High Representative and senior OHR advisor. Amra Hadžimuhamedović and Tina Wik did not attend due to a prior engagement in Prusac.

Ljiljana Ševo informed the meeting that the following monuments from the territory of the Municipality Tomislavgrad were on the Temporary List of National Monumnets of Bosnia and Herzegovina: St. Nicola's Church and the parish house, St. Mihovil's Church, Franciscan Monastery, and John the Baptist Church in Raško Polje. The Commission has received petitions to designate Džudža Džaferova (Čaršijska) mosque, Stipanići mosque, Oplećan mosque, the mosque in Šuica and the mosque in Omerovići, as national monuments. She said that considering that the Commission received many petitions, even for such assets that do not have many elements of national monuments, the Commission made a decision to extend the legal one-year deadline in which petitions are to be decided on. She pointed out that in accordance with the harmonized set of laws regarding the implementation of Commission's decisions from 2002, all properties on the Provisional List enjoy the status of national monuments until such time as the final decision is reached, for which there is no deadline.

Dubravko Lovrenović pointed out that the new Law for the Protection of Cultural Heritage at the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina should ensure legal allocation of funds for the protection of heritage in municipal budgets, expansion of the Commission's mandate and the establishment of the Commision's budget for the implementation of its decisions.

Vadim Kuznetsov pointed out that the international community and the OHR appreciated the work of the Commission and offered their full support to it as one of the first state institutions established under Annex 8 of the Dayton Agreement. OHR continues to monitor the process of establishing and strengthening state-level institutions, and it was important at this moment to enable the Commission to have more powers and better instruments at its disposal for the implementation of its decisions. Drafting of the Law for the Protection of Cultural Heritage at the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina was ongoing, and the new law would expand the authority of the Commission with regard to the implementation of its decisions. OHR particularly stressed the importance of close cooperation of municipalities and local authorities with the Commission.

Ivan Radoš said that the physical plan of the Municipality protected a significant number of cultural and historic monuments. There are monuments from the Ilyrian period (ruins of a hill-fort), the Roman period (Roman forum and bridge), the Turkish period (the oldest is Džudža Džaferova mosque), and from the Austro-Hungarian period (Orthodox St. Nicola's Church, St. Mihovil's Church, vocational high school, the building of the old hotel, waterworks facility "Hazma"), the period before the Second World War (basilica, religious buildings built with local home-chiseled stone). Apart from that, there are tumuli, a large number of necropolises with stećak tombstones, towers from the Middle Ages, the area of Blidinje lakes. During the war there was no destruction of monuments, and the Municipality managed to preserve the Orthodox Church of St. Nicola with its movable property. It is important to legally prevent inadequate interventions and the usage of inadequate materials for the restoration of monuments (in the 1970's, the former Republic Institute ruined a Roman mosaic by using cement).

Bože Kovačević pointed out the importance of the visit by the Commission members for the protection of complete cultural and historic heritage in the area of the town and municipality. There were local initiatives for the protection of monuments, but there were no funds to perform excavations at the site of the Roman forum. The municipal budget amounts to  KM 2,600,000, but it does not include allocations for the protection of heritage.

Before the meeting there was a visit to the mosque in Šuica, and after the meeting there was a visit to the Franciscan monastery, Roman forum, Orthodox Church of St. Mihovil and Džudža Džaferova mosque.

The meeting in the Municipality Livno was held on May 06, 2004 at 09:45. Beside the Commission members and associates, the meeting was attended by Stipe Barun, Mayor; Josip Gelo, chair of the Municipal Council Livno; Damir Tadić, head of social affairs department; and Vadim Kuznetsov, deputy High Representative and senior advisor with the OHR.