Swiss Cooperation Strategy BiH 2013-2016

1. Swiss Cooperation Office Bosnia and Herzegovina Swiss Cooperation Strategy BiH 2013-2016 Domains of Intervention Simone Giger, Deputy Country Director

2. 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

3. Swiss Cooperation Strategy BiH 2013 – 2016 Transversal Themes Gender and Governance Judiciary Migration Partnership Migration and Development Regional Cooperation Title Powerpoint Template • Subtitle • Coof • Name

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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 2013-2016 CHF 4 Mio / 6.5 Mio

8. 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