Objectives
Fund scope
A middle-income country with a population of 3.5 million, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) continues to face multiple, complex barriers to growth as a result of the 1992-1995 war that wrought severe consequences for human and economic development, post-war reconstruction and social recovery. These challenges have been compounded by transitions to a market economy that require structural reforms and improved governance. Also problematic are the hydrometeorological natural hazards and climate change projections that render residents of BiH increasingly vulnerable to droughts, heat waves, forest fires, heavy precipitation, landslides, and floods. Hazards that affect all sectors, especially agriculture, energy, human health, infrastructure, property and livelihoods.
The 2030 Agenda outlines the need for concerted efforts at the national level to reduce the risk of disasters seen in countries like BiH. To advance 2030 Agenda measures, the United Nations developed a Plan of Action on DRR and resilience and facilitated a number of inter-governmental consultations that culminated in the Sendai Framework for DRR 2015-2030, SDGs and World Humanitarian Summit outcomes.
The second phase of the JP DRR for Sustainable Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina corresponds with all four priority actions of the Sendai Framework, UN reform objectives and related Swiss multilateral cooperation objectives. The overall goal of the joint programme is to reduce the social and economic effects of disasters and climate change for people in risk-prone areas by establishing and maintaining of a robust and preventive disaster risk management system, and improving institutional capacities alongside DRR regulatory frameworks, public services and partnerships.
Outcome 1 is to improve institutional cooperation in multisector DRR mainstreaming by strengthening countrywide DRR regulatory frameworks and platforms, as well as increasing the focus/emphasis on gender equality and social inclusion. Outcome 2 is to scale and reform local responses and systems, and broadly codify priority, measures so people living in risk prone locations are less vulnerable.
The effective coordination of disaster risk reduction from state to local levels relies on an all-of-government and all-of-society approach to manage risk and raise resilience. Using established platforms, joint programme stakeholders support the development of DRR-centred strategic action plans, multi-stakeholder engagement in building resilience, and mainstreaming risk reduction across relevant sector policies, programmes and instruments.
Strategic action and theory of change
The aim of JP DRR for Sustainable Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina is to build on achievements from Phase I, harnessing existing momentum, current support and lessons learned to scale and strengthen multi-sector capacities for better disaster preparedness and risk management.
The theory of change states: IF disaster risk management in BiH is transformed towards a more proactive, integrative, climate-informed system through a multi-sectoral DRR governance framework, THEN vulnerable communities in BiH will be more resilient to the increasing frequency and intensity of climate-induced disasters BECAUSE they will benefit from continuous and effective multi-sectoral disaster risk management, strategic coordination of DRR preventative, preparedness and response actions, improved capacities and integrated multi-sectoral service provision to recognized vulnerable groups.
Stakeholder focus is on strengthening national and local DRR legislative and strategic frameworks, DRR coordination mechanisms and institutional capacities at the highest levels of government to tailor a multi-sectoral DRR approach/model in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Steps taken in Phase II deepen sustainable DRR governance at the local level and vertically integrate DRR models in relevant governance structures and mechanisms at state and Brcko District levels. Interventions will be taken to scale that address protection and rescue, education, social and child protection and agriculture as priorities and engage finance, urban planning, health, water management, forestry and environmental protection in specific DRR activities or platforms.
> $55M 
$55M - $25M
$25M - $5M
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