Swiss Cooperation Office Bosnia and Herzegovina Swiss Cooperation Strategy BiH Domains of Intervention Simone Giger, Deputy Country Director

2 Overall Goal CS 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 CHF 79 Mio / BAM 127 Mio

Title Powerpoint Template Subtitle Coof Name Regional Cooperation Migration Partnership Migration and Development Migration Partnership Migration and Development Economy & Employment Youth Employment Economic Development Health Primary Health Car e Local Governance & Municipal Services Decentralisation & Local Governance Municipal Infrastructure Services Transversal Themes Gender and Governance Transversal Themes Gender and Governance Judiciary

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 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 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 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 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