DCF meetings
On 6
October 2009, the Donor Coordination Forum (DCF) held its third meeting during
2009. The event was hosted by the Sector for Coordination of International
Economic Aid of the BiH Ministry of Finance and Treasury (SCIA MOFT). The
meeting was chaired by Ms. Riny Bus, Head of Netherlands Development
Cooperation in BiH. In
her opening remarks Ms. Bus commended on the high attendance by both
international and domestic stakeholders to this event.
Ms. Dusanka Basta, Assistant Minister for the
Co-ordination of International Aid Co-ordination and Richard Moreton, Team
leader of the Aid Coordination and Effectiveness (ACE) Project, made a joint
presentation on planned improvements to aid co-ordination in the coming year. Ms. Basta informed the participants that, following
the endorsement of the Paris Declaration planned to take place at the end of
2009, an assessment will be made of the state of compliance to its principles
in BiH. Ms. Basta pointed out the
different roles and functions played by MoFT and the Directorate of Economic
Integration (DEI) regarding the coordination of international economic
assistance to BiH. Ms. Basta also invited attendees to the planned launch of the Donor Mapping Report
2008-2009.
Ms. Aneta
Raic from the Public Administration Reform Coordinator’s Office (PARCO) presented the
structure of PARCO and the PAR Fund. Ms. Raic underlined that PAR is a priority
on the path to European integration and urged donor agencies to consider
further support to the PAR Fund.
Finally, donors informed attendees about their new
and planned projects as well as about their cooperation with other
stakeholders. The next regular DCF meeting will be held in early 2010 and be chaired
by the EC.
