MDG-F BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Summary

Millenium Development Goals addressed

• Goal 0: Millennium Declaration: an enabling environment (human rights, democracy and good governance)
• Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
• Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
• Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
• Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

Project details

Total Budget in USD : $ 8,000,000 | UNESCO Budget as UN Participating Organization (amount broken down) : $ 1,717,184 | Geographic focus : Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Started : January 2009 |  | End date : June 2012  | Status : Closed | Keywords : Understanding, inclusion, progress, symbols, tolerance

Markers

28 October 2008 : Official Signing Ceremony in Sarajevo | 11 December 2008 : Official Joint Programme start date | August 2009 : inception report finalized and endorsed | July 2010 : MDG-F Secretariat undertakes Midterm evaluation  | 5 July 2011: UNESCO's Culture for Development Indicator Suite for Bosnia and Herzegovina officially presented |1 Oct 2011: Culture management educational trainings for 15 public cultural institutions completed  | 29 March 2012: inauguration of the rehabilitated Spanish Square in Mostar and visit of HRH King of Spain Juan Carlos | 24 April 2012: Cultural Statistics Methodology presented; 30 June 2012: Closing date of JP | 3 July 2012: Final closing event held

Main achievements

• Action Plan for Implementation of Cultural Strategy developed;
• Cultural statistics methodology introduced
• Cross-cultural understanding improved through 30 local sub-projects;
• Improved cross-cultural understanding shown in 84 primary schools.
• Cultural industries recognized as an important and separate industry sector for the first time. New methodology for capturing information about the sector being prepared.
• “Learning to Live Together”, a Resource Material for Interfaith Ethics Education, was translated and published in 3 Local Languages

MDG-F Focus Country Initiative

 Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of nine countries from different regions of the world selected in 2009 to receive additional support for the rigorous implementation of advocacy and communication and monitoring and evaluation strategies at the national level. As a “MDG-F Focus Country”, the UN Resident Coordinator’s office is implementing a 3-year $500,000 programme designed for the development and implementation of innovative and effective initiatives in addressing the MDGs. The rationale behind allocating this extra support is to stimulate creative and innovative interventions related to both Advocacy and M&E that can be highlighted as exemplary cases of collective action and impact on issues of poverty and the MDGs.

Documents

• MDGF-1800 : Improving Cultural Understanding in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Mid-term evaluation, improvement plan and final report

United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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