UN BiH

MDG-F DEG

Democratic Economic Governance of Water Access is a programme supported through the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund funded by the Spanish government as a contribution to enhance the National ownership of the MDGs achievement, under the UN Reform framework.

The Programme is jointly implemented by UNDP and UNICEF in partnership with the BiH Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, BiH Ministry of Civil Affairs, the FBiH and RS Ministries of Agriculture, Forestry, and Water Management, the participating municipalities and their associated water utility companies, and civil society organisations. The Programme duration is 3 years, with an estimated budget of US$ 4.95 million.

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The specific Joint Programme objectives are to contribute to the:

Strengthening inclusion of citizens in the participative municipal governance of water access;
Improve economic governance in water utility companies for better services to citizens in targeted municipalities;
Strengthening capacity of government for evidence-based policy making and resource planning for equitable water related service provision.

Why programme was created?

Programme Financing

MDG Fund:
4,450,000.00 USD

Other sources (cca):

SIDA: 150,000.00 USD ("GOAL WASH" Component).

Coca-Cola Company: 60,00.00 USD ("Clean Vrbas" projekat)

Local Administrations Co-financing in 2011: cca. 290,000.00 USD

Total:
4,950,000.00 US

The programme is aiming to address insufficient economic governance and poor infrastructure in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Water Sector. These issues are precluding duty-bearers and service providers from delivering water services to rights holders in a satisfactory manner. Also lack of quality participation of citizens in the decision-making processes for water sector is deeply affecting local communities and local development.

The modalities in implementation will address these issues focusing on:

to give citizens a forum through which they can directly influence decisions that affect their communities and their lives,

to provide valuable information to duty-bearers and service providers regarding the needs and priorities of the rights-holders, and thereby enable the increased efficiency and efficacy of Water Sector interventions, and

to provide a forum through which duty-bearers and service providers can deliver important information to citizens.

The programme started in November 2009.

Contact:

Telephone: +387 33 563 600

Fax: +387 33 552 330

e-mail: registry@undp.ba

Marsala Tita Street 28

71000 Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina