The support framework for local

partnerships in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The support framework for local The support framework for local

partnerships in Bosnia and Herzegovinapartnerships in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Renata RadekaRenata Radeka

UNDP Project ManagerUNDP Project Manager

Trento, 10Trento, 10--12 November12 November

UNDP UNDP –– SUTRASUTRA PLODPLOD

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LeaderLeader

National Framework:National Framework:

Guidance;Guidance;

Training;Training;

Financing;Financing;

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LAG LAG in in ““SUTRASUTRA””

BiH ContextBiH Context

National context

• The new national planning process was officially initiated in September 2007 by the BiH Coordination Board for Economic Development and EU Integration, which includes the Chairperson of the Council of Ministers BiH, the two Entity Prime Ministers, State and Entity Finance Ministers and representatives of the State Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations (MOFTER), the DEP and Directorate of European Integrations (DEI).

• two development strategies for BiH –the Country Development Strategy (CDS) and

• the Social Inclusion Strategy (SIS) –both of which will cover the period 2008-13.

• Whereas the MTDS 2004-2007 was developed on the basis of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund methodologies addressing poverty reduction issues, the new BiH strategies will follow the EU methodology reflecting the country’s aspiration to become an EU member state.

• In line with this goal, the CDS and SIS will serve as the basis for preparation, later, of the National Development Plan and Joint Inclusion Memorandum (3-year period).

• They are mandatory prerequisites for EU membership once the country receives the status of candidate country.

Regional Development AgenciesRegional Development AgenciesRegional Development AgenciesRegional Development Agencies have

been created to serve as intermediary

agent in regional development policy.

RDA boundaries are not corresponding to

administrative boundaries and

consequently are encountering problems

of financing and ‘political’ leverage.

LLocalocal Action Groups within Action Groups within

SUTRA ProjectSUTRA Project

LLAG AG is a tool for implementation of projects at the local level is a tool for implementation of projects at the local level with the following attributes: multiwith the following attributes: multi--sectoralsectoral; operational; ; operational; flexible and established for project flexible and established for project –– purpose. It can operate purpose. It can operate under the PPP cooperation modality. under the PPP cooperation modality.

RepresentativeRepresentative of of municipalitymunicipality (delegated by mayor)(delegated by mayor)

Representative of Representative of business sectorbusiness sector (delegated by the (delegated by the Regional Development Agency (RDA)Regional Development Agency (RDA)

Representative of the Representative of the Civil Society Sector Civil Society Sector (delegated by (delegated by local community in the selflocal community in the self--selection process)selection process)

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Municipal AdministrationMunicipal Administration

Business Business

associations/associations/

RDAsRDAs

Local Action Local Action

GroupGroup

-- Development of local communityDevelopment of local community-- Local Economic DevelopmentLocal Economic Development

Civil Civil

SocietySociety

-- Identification of Identification of activities for business activities for business sectorsector

-- Local Community AssessmentLocal Community Assessment-- Support to reintegration of the Local Support to reintegration of the Local CommunityCommunity

Roles and Responsibilities in Roles and Responsibilities in LAGsLAGs

•• Overall process coordinationOverall process coordination•• Implementation of proper procedures,Implementation of proper procedures,rules and regulationsrules and regulations•• Support to CSO sector in decision Support to CSO sector in decision making processesmaking processesCapacity development and networkingCapacity development and networkingWith external partnersWith external partners

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LAG

LAGLAG

New forms of partnerships

are:

• Registered (formal partnerships)

• Mayors of two and more municipalities in the management board

• Co-financing project proposals

• Need to rely on higher–level policy

Local partnerships are tasked to:

1. the use of new know-how and new technologies to make the products and services of rural areas more competitive,

2. improving the quality of life in rural areas,

3. adding value to local products, in particular by facilitating access to markets for small production units via collective actions,

4. making the best use of natural and cultural resources.

The leader house provides

substantial motivation for

creation of partnerships:

Single Rural Development FundSingle Rural Development Fund

Rural DevelopmentRural Development

20072007--20132013

‘‘Leader AxisLeader Axis’’

Axis IAxis I

CompetitCompetit

ivenessiveness

Axis II Axis II

Environment Environment

+ Land + Land

ManagementManagement

Axis III Axis III

Economic Economic

diversity +diversity +

Quality of Quality of

LifeLife

Single set of programming, financing, Single set of programming, financing,

monitoring and auditing rulesmonitoring and auditing rules

Financing modalities

Previous assistance in EU

CARDSCARDS (2000 – 2006)

Democratic stabilisation 92,88 mil.

Institutional Capacity building 57,50 mil.

Socio-economic development 60,19 mil.

Environment and natural resources 18,00 mil.

Justice and internal affairs 40,26 mil.

Integrated border management 33,00 mil.

Other 3,30 mil.

TOTAL 305.13 mil.

Future Assistance: IPA 2007

1.Transition Assistance and Institution Building

• 2. Cross-Border and Regional Co-operation

• 3. Regional Development Component 4. Human Resources Development Component

• 5. Rural Development Component

Budgetary resources?

• Different institutions are aware of the need to diversify implementation modalities and absorb local level (whether this is municipality alone or local partnership)

Under IPA, currently

• Potential Candidate Countries – Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina – are eligible for the first two components of IPA, which concentrate on institution building, in particular to strengthen the Copenhagen political criteria, enhance administrative and judicial capacity and encourage some alignment with the acquis.

stronger orientation toward instituion building and absorption capacities.

Guidance

• State Ministries have their sectoralstrategies, for example:

• Return and Reintegration Strategy (Annex VII of DPA)

• Rural Development Strategy

• Cultural Development Strategy (Annex VIII of DPA)

• Entity-level ministries have their sectoral/entity/based strategies that ideally should feed into state strategies.

Sector for Agriculture and Rural Sector for Agriculture and Rural

Development at the State level 6 Development at the State level 6

Priority Areas :Priority Areas :

N6: Diversify Rural Activities and N6: Diversify Rural Activities and

improve the quality of life in rural improve the quality of life in rural

areas areas –– what matters is what matters is coordinationcoordination

Federation Ministryfor Agriculture Coordination

MOFTER

RS Ministry of Agriculture

MunicipalitiesŠŠalterialteri

LAGsCantons

Trainings

Currently most trainings are delivered by international organisations.

Leader modalities: UNDP

Local development Strategies: UNDP (comprehensive

LDS, OSCE (municipal working groups), USAID,

bilateral donors etc.

Rural development strategy: entity-level ministries

(although the strategy is being created in

participatory manner the trainings have not been yet

provided to the local level)

Required for partnerships under RD:Required for partnerships under RD:Required for partnerships under RD:Required for partnerships under RD:

action 1action 1action 1action 1:::: support for integrated territorial rural

development strategies of a pilot nature based on the

bottom-up approach and horizontal partnerships,

. . . . action 2action 2action 2action 2: support for inter-territorial and

transnational cooperation,

. action 3action 3action 3action 3:::: the networking of all rural areas in the

Community, whether or not beneficiaries under

Leader+, and all rural development actors.

Required networking principles:

• regroup national networks, organisations and administrations active in the field of rural development at Community level.The aims of the Network will be to:

• Collect, analyse and disseminate information on Community rural development measures.

• Collect, disseminate and consolidate at Community level• good rural development practice.• Provide information on developments in the Community‘s• rural areas and in third countries.• Organise meetings and seminars at Community level for• those actively involved in rural development.• Set up and run expert networks with a view to facilitating an exchange

of expertise and supporting implementation and evaluation of the rural development policy.

• Support the national networks and trans-national cooperationinitiatives.

Development strategies must:

be integrated, in the sense that it adopts a global approach based on the interaction between actors, sectors and projects,

built around a strong theme typical of the identity and/or resources and/or specific know-how of the territory, and uniting all the actors and projects inthe various fields contributing to the development strategy.

• The need for intermediary agents (agencies and/or networks for local partnerships or similar) will become a necessity in order to support the process of ‘verticalisaton’ between national stakeholders and local partnerships.

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