Swiss Cooperation Office Bosnia and Herzegovina Swiss Cooperation Strategy BiH 2013-2016 Domains of Intervention Simone Giger, Deputy Country Director
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
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Local Governance &
Municipal Services
Decentralisation & Local Governance
Municipal Infrastructure
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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 2013-2016CHF 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