The Norwegian development cooperation with Bosnia and Herzegovina can be divided into the following categories: Good governance and institution building, security sector, judicial sector, peace and reconciliation, climate and environment, education and private development sector. A total country report can be downloaded here.
Good Governance and Institution Building
Rikshospitalet HF received grants for continuation of their project Improving Governance and Interethnic Cooperation through eHealth. Rikshospitalet is building a national electronic health portal which will improve transparency in the health sector and facilitate better communication between the public and institutions. The portal is also a tool for further training of personnel in the health sector.
Kommunens Sentralforbund (KS) received support for the project Strengthening citizens participation at local level in Republika Srpska. The project is aiming at strengthening local governance through capacity building in the municipalities as well as the dialogue between citizens and the local politicians. KS also received grants for the project MIC Bosnia and Herzegovina carried out in the three municipalities Mostar, Konjic and Donji Vakuf.
Petrad was granted support for the Pre-project for future petroleum sector management development to analyze and evaluate future possibilities for the petroleum sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
International Management Group and the project Document Management System and System of Integral Protection received support. The purpose of the project is to improve the working and safety conditions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina. A new document management system and a new system for integral protection will be acquired. The role of IMG is to assist and survey the implementation.
Statens Kartverk received support for the project Maps for National Development and European Integration. The purpose of the project is to create, in cooperation with relevant authorities at state and entity levels in Bosnia and Herzegovina, an infrastructure of digital maps and photomaps to serve numerous purposes such as property and land management, census, planning and development.
Council of Europe. The purpose of the project Pre-election action plan is to ensure that the general elections in BiH in October 2010 are organised and conducted according to European standards. The project includes candidates' rights, voter participation and media coverage.
Total support to the Good governance and Institution building sector: NOK 19.665.000
Security Sector
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) was granted support for their reform projects in the intelligence and security sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The project focuses on reform of OSA, and is carried out in cooperation with the OSCE and OHR.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) received grants for the Trust Fund established to support reintegration of Bosnian personnel made redundant during the defence reform process in the period 2010-2012 and for strengthening domestic capacity to meet similar challenges in the future. Norway is one of the lead nations in the Trust Fund together with the Netherlands and Slovenia. The Executing Agent for this project is the International Organization for Migration (IOM) who will, in coordination with the Bosnia and Herzegovina Ministry of Defence. Read more about the NATO Trust fund here.
DIFI- Direktoratet for forvaltning og IKT received support for a pre-project regarding Defence and Security Sector Reform Programme, which includes focus on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.
Total support to the Security Sector: NOK 7.047.000
Judicial Sector
International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP). The purpose of the project is to provide BiH with a sustainable national mechanism to address the issue of persons missing as a result of the conflict in BiH, regardless of their ethnic, religious or national origin. It will also ensure that mass grave sites are protected, catalogued and properly excavated and will ensure that relatives of the missing are able to participate in the work of searching for missing persons. Read more about ICMP on their website.
High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The EU accession process is the main driving force behind judicial reform in BiH and the Norwegian support to the reform process has been harmonized with the short and medium term priorities of the second European Partnership which identifies priorities for action in the justice sector in BiH. This year's funding is a continuation of previous support to the HJPC as the main element of Norwegian support to judicial reforms in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Office of the Registry in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Support to the Registry for War Crimes and Organized Crime of the Court and Prosecutor's Office of BiH. The grant is used to assist the national authorities in developing an effective, independent and efficient judiciary at state level, capable of processing the most complex cases of war crime, organized crime, economic crime and corruption. The Office of the Registry in Bosnia-Herzegovina also received grants for construction of new offices.
The Norwegian Helsinki Committee received support for their project to promote transitional justice in Bosnia and Hercegovina and to implement teaching in transitional justice in existing university programmes. See more on their website.
Total support to the Judicial Sector: NOK 21.252.000
Education
United World Colleges and International Baccalaureate Initiative. The key aim of the project is to provide a strong reference point for educational reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to create a practical demonstration of a model that can lead over time to long term reconciliation. The United World College in Mostar has students from all ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as from the region and abroad. All students live, study and serve the community together creating a unique example of integrated education in post war Bosnia and Herzegovina.
University of Sarajevo received support for the Master programme in gender studies. The Master programme is an interdisciplinary postgraduate programme, which lasts for two years, divided in four semesters. The main aim of the project s is to educate and train the post-graduate students from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region on various aspects necessary to understand gender issues, and to apply this knowledge into practice.
University of Sarajevo. Master programme in religious studies. The primary goal of the program is to provide a central place for academic study of religion and enforcement dialogue and reconciliation both within the state institutions and civil society.
Education for Peace (EFP). The project Ensuring sustainable integration aims at introducing the reconciliation-focused Education for Peace program in the education sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The project seeks to empower young people and their teachers with the skills, knowledge, attitudes and confidence to play an active role in shaping a peaceful society.
Save the Children Norway. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has continued its support to Save the Children Norway`s work in BiH. Their project Inclusive Quality Education through Better Local Governance is aimed at promoting the methodology of indices for inclusion and enhancing the involvement of the local government in the educational process. Read more about Save the Children here.
Kommunenes Sentralforbund (KS). Social Dialogue in the Education Sector is promoting increased quality in the education sector in BiH. The project is carried out in co-operation with the Union of Education (Utdanningsforbundet) in Norway and local stakeholders.
Total support to the Education Sector: NOK 7.046.000
Peace and Reconciliation
Norwegian Football Federation received support for The Open Fun Football Schools Programme. The purpose of the project is to stimulate reconciliation and tolerance through football camps for children across Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN). BIRN 's overall goal is to increase understanding of and support for the work of the war crimes trials in BiH and the region and to contribute to the establishment of truth and reconciliation by offering objective information on the process of war crimes trials and other pillars of transitional justice. Read more about BIRN here.
Nansen Dialogue Centre Sarajevo. The Nansen Dialogue Centre is working to increase interethnic communication and cooperation in Srebrenica, Bratunac, Zvornik and Jajce through local dialogue projects related to local authorities and directed towards local schools. Read more about NDC here.
Nansen Dialogue Centre Mostar. The purpose of the project is to work for an integrated and inclusive education in Stolac high school, and through this contribute to enhance relations between ethnic groups in Stolac community. Special target groups are teachers, students and parents connected to the school. Learn more about their work here.
Nansen Dialogue Network (Prijedor). The purpose of the project is to improve interethnic and cross entity communication and cooperation in the Prijedor region, through the establishment of resources and capacities for interethnic cooperation.
Medica Zenica. Sustainable responses to combating violence against women and children.
Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide Sarajevo was granted support for the project Be the Change – Make a Difference – Education on Civil Courage. The purpose of the project is to assist youth and other citizens to reconsider and reshape their approach towards political and civil society sphere and to actively contribute to the development of a resillient, healthy, vibrant, inclusive and democratic civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
UN Development Program (UNDP). Project for electrification of areas of accomplished return, in accordance with Bosnia and Herzegovina’s strategy for return of refugees. See UNDP`s website for more information.
Total support to the Peace and reconciliation Sector: NOK 10.739.000
Climate and Environment
World Wildlife Fund. Support for the projects Living Neretva. Towards EU-standards in the Neretva river basin and Europe's Living Heart: Preserving BiH's natural heritage using EU-tools.
Norsk Energi. Project aimed at introducing the Clean Development Mechanism in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Support to capacity building and establishment of a National Designated Authority.
Norsk Institutt for Vannforskning (NIVA). Project on water pollution and implementing the Stockholm Convention.
Total support to the Climate and Environmental Sector: NOK 6.216.000
Private Development Sector
Athene Project Management has received funding for the Innovation Centre in Banja Luka. The first of its kind for development of innovative business ideas in this part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Innovation Centre opened in Banja Luka on 16 June 2010. The purpose of the centre is to encourage entrepreneurial ideas and economic growth in the country.
Education Development Center. The Excellence in Innovation project aims at establishing two e-biz centres within the machine tools and agriculture sectors. The agricultural center will offer high impact ICT to small and medium sized enterprises within the agricultural sector.
Stiftelsen Sandnes-Dubrovnik. Project focusing on capacity building, education and business development in the agricultural sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina, based upon cooperation with the Agricultural Schools in Derventa and Modrica as well as local authorities.
Business Innovation Programs (BIP) is a non-profit foundation whose objective is to contribute to the establishment of jobs and facilitate the development of expertise in the field of economic development as an effective means of building or rebuilding countries. The project Student Enterprises and Young Entrepreneurship aims at establishing student enterprises and entrepreneurship training in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Norwegian Accreditation. Capacity building of BATA and accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories in Bosnia and Herzegovina. BATA is the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Institute for Accreditation. Read more here.The Industrial Development Corporation of Norway (SIVA) received grants for their study on revitalizing the Mostar region`s pre-war industry.
LESPnet- Association of Business Consultants in BiH. The purpose of the project BiH Benchmarking System is to establish and implement the system for benchmarking index in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Benchmarking index is a tool for identifying weakness and opportunities for improvement should help Bosnian-Herzegovinian small and mediumsized enterprisess to take actions toward its development and improvement of the competitiveness.
Total support to the Private Development Sector: NOK 20.135.000
Other
Norwegian People`s Aid received funding for their mine action programme in Bosnia-Herzegovina. NPA has been an important part of the Norwegian support to the region since 1996, and more information about the programme can be found here.
LO Norway. The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) is the largest worker`s organisation in Norway. Their goal is to strengthen the role and structure of Trade Unions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to establish a national confederation of Trade Unions built upon strong, democratic worker`s organisations.
Total support to the sector: NOK 16.662.000