Swiss Cooperation Office Bosnia and Herzegovina

Swiss Cooperation Strategy BiH

2013-2016

Domains of Intervention

Simone Giger, Deputy Country Director

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Overall Goal CS 2013 - 2016

Switzerland contributes to the transition of BiH towards a socially inclusive market economy and a

decentralised democratic political system, with the longer-

term perspective of European integration

Committed Budget 2013-2016

CHF 79 Mio / BAM 127 Mio

Swiss Cooperation Strategy BiH 2013 – 2016

Title Powerpoint Template • Subtitle • Coof • NameRegional Cooperation

Migration Partnership

Migration and Development

Economy &

Employment

Youth Employment

Economic Development

Health

Primary HealthCar e

Local Governance &

Municipal Services

Decentralisation & Local Governance

Municipal Infrastructure

Services

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Judiciary

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Local Governance & Municipal Services

Domain Priorities

Promoting inclusive local development by strengthening strategic municipal planning, improving citizen-oriented service provision, and enhancing the pro-activity of citizens in local governments

Fostering a closer linkage between municipal, sub-national and national levels of government (vertical dimension)

Enhancing the organizational capacities of the two entity-based ACMs to enable them to play an active role in promoting functional and fiscal decentralization

Supporting enhanced inter-municipal cooperation (horizontal dimension)

Rehabilitating water and sewage systems and building capacities for efficient utilities’ management

Committed Budget 2013-2016

CHF 35 Mio / BAM 56 Mio

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Economy & Employment

Domain Priorities

Supporting BiH’s government to create favourable conditions for doing business, SME development and the promotion of youth employment

Promoting labour-market oriented skills development in selected economic sectors, especially for young adults (supply side)

Creating new and upgrading existing employment opportunities for young people (demand side)

Improving the outreach of public employment services and strengthening job mediation (matching)

Committed Budget 2013-2016

CHF 20 Mio / BAM 32 Mio

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Health

Domain Priorities

Improving the quality and increasing the scope of primary healthcare (PHC) services, with a focus on the prevention of non-communicable diseases

Supporting capacity development of PHC service providers

Enhancing access to PHC services, particularly for most vulnerable groups

Strengthening the role of service users/patients, enabling them to hold PHC providers to account

Supporting the establishment of an effective and efficient public health system

Committed Budget 2013-2016

CHF 14 Mio / BAM 22.5 Mio

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Migration Partnership

Priorities

Enabling key actors in BiH’s government to manage migration efficiently and according to European norms

Jointly following up matters on returnees in the frame of a regular dialogue between BiH and Switzerland

Systematically unlocking potentials of migration in relevant fields of transition (mainly in socio-economic development) – Migration & Development

Committed Budget 2013-2016

CHF 4 Mio / 6.5 Mio

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Management Measures

Regional Cooperation

Thematic regional networks

Regional projects

Coordination with National and International Agencies

Being active on the national donor coordination platform

Coordination with other agencies in sector groups

Cooperation with OSCE / Swiss chair in 2014

Joint projects

Synergies between all Swiss Actors in BiH and in the Region

One Swiss operation for all actors in BiH / Swiss Embassy

Cooperation between Swiss cooperation partners in the Western Balkans