Environmental
Protection
Donor
Activities in 2007
The
donors to this sector include Italy/IC, Norway, Spain/AECID,
Switzerland/SDC/SECO, Sweden/SIDA, the EC, UNDP, and the World Bank. Together,
they contributed € 6.59 million. UN
Environmental Programme (UNEP), not a DCF member, is also active in this sector.
Sector
Strategies
There
is no state-level, comprehensive environmental strategy. Both the FBiH and the
RS have prepared drafts of Environmental Protection Strategies, which will
attempt to incorporate Environmental Protection into other sectoral strategies
and recommend changes and enhancements for existing measures. The documents
will outline ways in which environmental goals can be achieved.
A
National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) was adopted in both Entities in 2003.
Although the NEAP has led to numerous project proposals, it has not performed
as a proper action plan, as no one institution is designated responsible for
its implementation.
Donor
Coordination
There
are currently cordial relations among international agencies and some ad hoc
gatherings. However, donors agree that there is a need for better cooperation.
To this end, they suggest that coordination meetings should be regularly
organized and be co-chaired by the BiH authorities. International agencies are
concerned that MoFTER does not currently have the capacity to lead donor
coordination efforts, but they will continue to work with the Ministry in order
to address this issue.
For
a complete overview of donor support to the Environmental Protection sector,
click
here.
