Since 2008 DFID has been working in BiH within the context of a Country Business Plan of the British Embassy and under the umbrella of HMG’s overall priorities for BiH.

Our fundamental aim for the 2008-11 period is to help make BiH a country more fit for eventual EU and NATO membership. Our work involves helping BiH both to avoid slipping backwards, and to move forwards. This means embedding and pursuing reforms to improve BiH’s functionality and reduce the risks of future conflict. Our work is transformational by changing BiH, focussing on domestic policies which impact on our interests, while, at the sametime, mitigating the destabilising effects of global and regional issues on BiH.

 
DFID current projects are briefly described below. For further information please visit DFID projects database or contact DFID office in Sarajevo.
 

Strengthening Public Expenditure Management (SPEM) in BiH, 2009 – 2011

DFID provides technical assistance (pdf, 60 KB) to the State, Entity and Cantonal Governments to further institutionalise and deepen the budget planning process and link that process to the policy making process across all levels of government. This assistance also includes enhancing the role of parliament and civil society in the budget process. Read the latest SPEM newsletter (pdf, 1 MB).

Aid Coordination and Effectiveness project in BiH, 2009-2011

DFID’s assistance is helping create and adopt functional aid coordination architecture to facilitate development and improvement of process of planning, programming and management of external funds in line with BiH development priorities and the Paris Declaration.

Public Administration Reform Fund, 2008-2011

Together with EC, Sida and the Netherlands, DFID established the PAR Fund. Total value of the Fund is 5,5 million Euros for a period of three years. The purpose of the Fund is to support the implementation of PAR Strategy and Action Plan 1 for implementation of the Strategy.

Strategic Impact Facility (SIF) - 2008-2010

This assistance is aimed at supporting modest collaborative initiatives involving BiH institutions, civil society organisations, EC and other relevant stakeholders.

Support to National Planning in BiH, 2009-2010

DFID will be supporting the Directorate for Economic Planning until December 2010. The purpose of the programme is to help provide an integrated planning mechanism to strengthen BiH planning institutions in their delivery of a National Plan in line with future EU requirements. We will provide an additional technical resource for DEP to support the production and coordination of the Country Development Strategy and Social Inclusion Strategy in close coordination with the EC and like minded donors.

Social Protection and Inclusion System (SPIS) for children in BiH, 2008-2010

The SPIS focus is on mapping the policy, normative and strategic documents developed by Ministry of Civil Affairs in three sectors (health, education and social protection) using the JIM format and structure and the EU Social Charter.

Support to EU Info Centres in BIH 2009 – 2010

The aim of this support is to contribute to the “EU awareness II” EC project fiche (IPA 2008) with main beneficiary being the Directorate for European Integration. The IPA 2008 fiche will aim to strengthen the communication capacities of the Directorate for European Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Up Dated Sample Framework. – 2008 - 2010

The aim of this support is to obtain a listing of household data in selected areas for the up coming four year period (2009 – 2013).

Sub-national Competitiveness Project in BiH, 2008-2011

Together with other donors and channelled through the FIAS/IFC Western Balkans Trust Fund DFID provides support to improve competitiveness and increase private investment in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This will entail promotion of systemic change at selected localities which will reduce administrative and regulatory barriers for private sector development.