In addition to providing support in developing BiH ESAP 2030+, SEI’s role will include assessing the current state of the environment in BiH; supporting the definition of environmental policy in BiH; building the capacity of organizations, institutions, networks and other relevant actors to design, implement and monitor environmental policy measures; and identifying the financial resources and human capacity needed to implement BiH ESAP 2030+.
The environmental strategy and action plan will help BiH to meet commitments under its 2008 Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU. It will also seek to improve BiH’s implementation of other international environmental and sustainability commitments, including the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. BiH applied for EU membership in 2016.
According to a UN Environmental Performance Review of BiH, while progress has been made over the last decade in addressing environmental issues, major environmental challenges facing BiH include air pollution; problems with managing waste and wastewater treatment, deforestation, concerns about the impact of hydropower on water resources and biodiversity; and a need for more protected areas – all issues BiH ESAP 2030+ will likely seek to address.
The work is financially supported by the Swedish Embassy to BiH and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
The new project was launched on Wednesday (6 November) with a tree-planting event in Sarajevo’s Koševo Park. In attendance were Mirko Šarović, Minister for Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH; Edita Djapo, Minister of Environment and Tourism of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Srebrenka Golić, Minister for Spatial Planning, Construction and Ecology of Republika Srpska; Siniša Milić, Mayor of the District of Brčko; the Swedish Embassy in BiH (including the ambassador Johanna Strömquist); Isabella Lövin, Minister for Environment and Climate of Sweden; HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden; Prince Daniel of Sweden; and SEI team members Bernardas Padegimas, project manager and Biljana Macura, scientific adviser.
Source link : https://www.sei.org/about-sei/press-room/bih-developing-new-environmental-strategy/
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Publish date : 2019-11-07 03:00:00
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