MDG-F BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

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Title : Mainstreaming environmental governance: linking local and national action in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Country : Bosnia and Herzegovina

Thematic Window : Environment and Development

Participating UN organisations : UNDP, UNESCO, UNEP, FAO

Signing partners : Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations; Council of Ministers

Source of funds : Spanish MDG Achievement Fund

Summary

Designed to address and overcome barriers to delivering environmental services and management at the local level in BiH.

Interventions centre around providing capacity for developing Local Environmental Action Plans for 40 municipalities, providing seed funding for local service delivery priorities, raising the awareness and national level support for environmental action through an environmental innovation fund, and systems for capturing environmental data. The programme will strengthen management of environmental resources and service delivery through improving local environmental governance and developing replicable models for local environmental planning. The knowledge generated will inform and support national planning and policy.

Millenium Development Goals addressed

  • Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
  • Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

Project details

Budget in USD : $ 7,145,864 | UNESCO Budget as UN Participating Organization (amount broken down) : $ 144,000 | Geographic focus : Bosnia and Herzegovina | Started :  December 2009 | Expected end date : December  2012 | Status : Ongoing  | Keywords : Awareness, action, governance, volunteerism

Markers

21 October 2009 : Official Signing Ceremony in Sarajevo | 16 December 2009 : Official Joint Programme start date | 3 June 2010 : Letter of Agreement (LOA) signed between UNESCO and UNDP to subcontract UNESCO to implement UNDP activities

Documents

MDGF-1684: Mainstreaming environmental governance: linking local and national action in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Signed JP Bosnia and Herzegovina Environmental Governance [English, PDF]

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