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Bih Environmental Transitions
1. BiH Environmental
Transitions
Photo credit: Jurriaan / Unsplash
SITE Development Day 2021:
Environmental policy in Eastern
EuropeDecember 2021
Bernardas Padegimas
Team Lead – Environmental Policy and
Strategy Team
4. www.sei.org
• Independent, international
research and policy institute
• Established by the Swedish
Government in 1989
• Mission of bridging science,
policy and practice &
supporting decision making in
the field of environment &
development
• About 350 staff globally – 7
centres and HQ in Stockholm
Impact areas in the 2020-2024 strategy:
• Reduced climate risk, including
adaptation and disaster risk, industrial
transitions
• Sustainable resource use and resilient
ecosystems, such as water, oceans and
agriculture
• Improved health and wellbeing, such
city planning, finance and social impact
studies
7. Environmental Policy and Strategy Team
The key aims:
• To support regional, national or local
governments to comply with specific
local, regional or international
agendas
• To provide technical assistance in
advancing of environment-related
policy transitions and reforms
• To build capacity associated with such
transitions
Geographic scope:
• Western Balkans
• Eastern Europe and
Caucasus
Photo: Sava river, Brcko, Getty, BalkansCat
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10. PROJECT BACKGROUND
Title: Development of the Environmental Strategy and Action Plan of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Timeline: 32 months (2019 October – 2022 April)
Owners: BiH, FBiH, RS and BD
Implementers: SEI
Partners: EU delegation to BiH, NGOs
Funder: Sweden
Project website: www.esap.ba
11. The main objective:
To support relevant authorities at the BiH, FBiH, RS and BD levels
to develop the BiH ESAP 2030+. The BiH ESAP is a document that
includes environmental strategies and action plans for the FBIH,
RS and BD and BiH level actions (e.g. horizontal issues and follow-
up of BiH ESAP).
Specific objectives:
• To lay the foundation for a synchronised horizontal and
vertical implementation of BiH ESAP 2030+ in BiH
• To improve specific capacities of government authorities
• To assure mainstreaming of Gender Equality, Social Equity and
Poverty Reduction
• To raise awareness of the general public and business
representatives on environmental issues and opportunities in
BiH
• To have effective cooperation with NGO
13. BiH ESAP 2030 is 80% finished
• Finalisation of cost evaluation,
prioritisation and harmonisation
• Strategic Environmental Assessment
• Public Consultations
• Adoption procedures
15. BiH ESAP2030+ Stakeholder Groups
Working Groups
BiH/entity/
BD Policy
Groups
Steering
Board
Steering Board – Minister level, highest decision
making body
BiH/entity/BD Policy Groups
– Assistant Minister level, policy guidance and
active support
Working Groups – expert level, thematic
development
16. WORKING GROUPS
WG1: Water
WG2: Waste
WG3: Biodiversity and nature conservation
WG4: Air quality, climate change and
energy
WG5: Chemicals and safety and noise
WG6: Sustainable resource management
(including forests, fisheries, peat, minerals)
WG7: Environmental management (as
horizontal policy)
25. Strategic Environmental Assessment
• One of the first parallel SEAs in BiH
• SEA based on EU SEA Directive and
best practices
• Full ownership and commitment from
authorities
• Gender, Social equity and Poverty
reduction integrations
26. Participatory approach in strategy making
• Recognition for inclusive approach
• Potential legacy for future policy,
strategy or plan development
• Other development agents were
instructed to use SEI methodology
• Improved inter-authority
cooperation
27. Mainstreaming Gender Equality, Social Equity and Poverty reduction
• Increased awareness of the benefits of
integrating a GESEP lens
• Increased knowledge of interlinkages
between GESEP and environmental
issues
• Incorporation of GESEP institutions and
NGOs in the process
• GESEP-related objectives, targets and
measures in draft BiH ESAP
31. Thank you!
For more information visit project
website: www.esap.ba
Or contact me:
bernardas.padegimas@sei.org
Photo: Landscape in BiH, Adnan Bubalo