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The project REAL ESTATE REGISTRATION PROJECT has changed to Active

2012-11-06T05:00:00.000Z

The project REAL ESTATE REGISTRATION PROJECT has changed to Active. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objective of the Real Estate Registration Project for Bosnia and Herzegovina is to support development of a sustainable real estate registration system with harmonized land register and cadastre records in urban areas of both the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBH) and the Republika Srpska (RS). The project has three components. (1) Real estate registration data development component will support land register and cadastre data harmonization on land, buildings and rights based on the actual situation in the field. (2) Real estate registration infrastructure development component will continue Land Registration Project (LRP) work in improving working conditions and infrastructure in the cadastre offices across the country and in those few land registration offices in the FBH that were not targeted by LRP through: office renovations and purchases; creation of digital archives; and provision of furniture and equipment. The office purchases planned in RS have to be approved by the Land Committee of the World Bank. Policy and institutional development, and project management component will support policy and legal development in support of reaching the project development objective. The objective is to enhance sustainability of the real estate registration. The component will have a strong focus on institutional development and capacity building, addressing the long term challenges of sustainability and governance of real estate registers and emphasizing financial sustainability, quality of service and client orientation and social vulnerabilities.

The project Bosnia PE DPL2 has changed to Dropped

2012-09-27T04:00:00.000Z

The project Bosnia PE DPL2 has changed to Dropped. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY PROJECT has changed to Closed

2012-07-02T04:00:00.000Z

The project ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY PROJECT has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objectives of the Road Infrastructure and Safety Project for Bosnia and Herzegovina are to reduce user costs on the priority sections of the trunk and regional road networks, to improve the institutional framework for road safety, and to modernize road maintenance practices. There is significant progress with the development of the institutional framework for road safety, with the approval of entity level road safety strategies, and the establishment in the Republika Srpska of a road safety agency. Modernization of road maintenance practices is progressing more slowly, with a pilot output and performance based maintenance contract signed in March 2010 in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The requested reallocation is required to finance the remaining road sections under the rehabilitation of roads component of the project. Rehabilitation costs have been higher than estimated during project preparation, and the additional funds will serve to complete the program of 241 km of road rehabilitation.

The project Energy Community of South East Europe (ECSEE) APL3-Bosnia and Herzegovina Project has changed to Closed

2012-07-02T04:00:00.000Z

The project Energy Community of South East Europe (ECSEE) APL3-Bosnia and Herzegovina Project has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objective of the project is to facilitate Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH's) participation in Energy Community of South East Europe (ECSEE) through investments to: 1) improve dam safety; 2) reduce adverse environmental impacts at thermal power stations; 3) replace ageing existing facilities and equipment at hydropower and thermal power stations; 4) rehabilitate distribution systems and introduce distribution Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems; 5) establish a market operation system; and 6) provide hardware and software to improve the financial management information systems of the elektroprivredas. These changes have become necessary for two reasons. Firstly to extend the closing date since the credit effectiveness and fulfilling the conditions of disbursement by the recipient was delayed by 27 months and secondly to ensure availability of adequate financing for all the planned activities and investments. With procurement representing about 93 percent of the credit amount having been completed, more accurate information is now available for various components and disbursement categories. Contract values of some components have turned out to be higher, while for some others lower, than the cost estimates prepared almost five years ago, requiring reallocation among disbursement categories.

The project Land Registration has changed to Closed

2012-07-02T04:00:00.000Z

The project Land Registration has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objective of the Land Registration Project for Bosnia and Herzegovina is to facilitate the orderly development of transparent land markets, through the registration of real estate rights, and complementary policies that enable transactions to be made with security and efficiency. This paper a restructuring of the outcome indicators of this project in order to reflect the lessons of experience and a more realistic scope. Specifically, three factors necessitate some adjustment of indicators: i) the unanticipated complexity of reconciliation of cadastral information and registry folders; ii) a recently determined interpretation of the law governing apartment registration; and iii) a careful re-evaluation of the registry office spaces. In addition, these paper a one-year extension of the credit to make up for time lost between the Board date and effectiveness, as well as to continue work until the anticipated commencement of a subsequent project.

The project REAL ESTATE REGISTRATION PROJECT is now in the pipeline.

2012-06-01T04:00:00.000Z

The project REAL ESTATE REGISTRATION PROJECT is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Bosnia and Herzegovina Small and Medium Enterprises ACCESS TO FINANCE Additional Finance has changed to Active

2012-05-22T04:00:00.000Z

The project Bosnia and Herzegovina Small and Medium Enterprises ACCESS TO FINANCE Additional Finance has changed to Active. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objective of the Additional Financing for the Enhancing Access to Finance for Small and Medium Enterprises (EAFSME) Project for Bosnia and Herzegovina is to enhance access to finance for small and medium enterprises in the borrowers territory in the context of the global financial crisis. The additional finance project will have one component - a credit nine component comprising a credit line to be extended through PFIs to creditworthy private enterprises for viable projects. The proposed additional loan will help finance the scaling up of the project, which is being successfully implemented. Importantly, the additional financing will enable banks to continue extending credit to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in an environment of constrained funding due to the impact of the Eurozone crisis on the financial sector. The additional financing loan will enable further expansion of the sectors covered and broaden the coverage of the project thus enhancing the impact by improving access to finance for SMEs.

The project Irrigation Development Project has changed to Active

2012-05-09T04:00:00.000Z

The project Irrigation Development Project has changed to Active. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The development objective of the Irrigation Development Project for Bosnia and Herzegovina is to improve the performance of the irrigation systems and the irrigation institutions to support agricultural producers in the project areas. There are three components to the project. The first component is infrastructure investment. This component will finance the implementation of irrigation and drainage infrastructure rehabilitation of about 12 Subprojects (SPs), of which 6 each located in Republika Srpska (RS) and Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina (FBiH). The SPs are selected from the long-lists of potential sub-projects that were prepared by the two ministries. In FBiH this was based notably on proposals submitted by the cantons. The SPs are all located in existing agricultural land that in the past has been supplied with irrigation. In some of the SPs, the first priority will be on restoring or improving drainage. The main activities include rehabilitation with some construction, reconstruction, upgrading and modernization (only for the public/main and semi-public/secondary parts of the irrigation system, hence not on-farm), and also the introduction of new technologies that promote water use efficiency such as drip irrigation and low-pressure sprinklers. The second component is irrigation modernization. This component will support the capacity strengthening of the Ministries and Water Agencies in RS and FBiH, and participating municipalities and cantons in addressing: the new sector policies, and establishing and strengthening Water User Associations (WUAs). It will assist in developing Operations and Maintenance (O and M) arrangements for the introduced infrastructure/facilities, the fee determination, fee collection and management, and related water resources and irrigation management. The third component is project implementation support. This will cover costs of project management including Monitoring and Evaluation (M and E), safeguards, audits, Management Information System (MIS), the baseline and (final) impact assessment surveys, procurement and Financial Management (FM) training, and office and mobile equipment.

The project Bosnia and Herzegovina Small and Medium Enterprises ACCESS TO FINANCE Additional Finance is now in the pipeline.

2012-04-12T04:00:00.000Z

The project Bosnia and Herzegovina Small and Medium Enterprises ACCESS TO FINANCE Additional Finance is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project SEEC Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility APL3 (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is now in the pipeline.

2012-01-09T05:00:00.000Z

The project SEEC Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility APL3 (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Improving Quality Infrastructure and Investment Climate is now in the pipeline.

2011-12-01T05:00:00.000Z

The project Improving Quality Infrastructure and Investment Climate is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Avian Influenza Preparedness Project has changed to Closed

2011-07-02T04:00:00.000Z

The project Avian Influenza Preparedness Project has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objective of the Avian Influenza Preparedness Project for Bosnia and Herzegovina is to minimize the threat posed to humans and the poultry industry by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) infection and other zoonoses, by enhancing animal and human health infectious disease response and control capacities. The changes are: (a) to reallocate the funds originally allocated to the Poultry Compensation Funds (PCF), i.e. SDR200, 000 per entity, for the purposes of influenza prevention, preparedness, and planning. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) has requested to reallocate the funds to purchase respirators for intensive care units (ICU), and the Republika Srpska to improve animal disease tracking systems, and purchase personal protection equipment and seasonal vaccines; and (b) to extend the closing date by six months, to provide additional time to carry out civil works for the Sarajevo Veterinary Faculty Avian Influenza National Reference Laboratory (Stup) and the Sarajevo Hospital's Kosevo Clinical Center Viral Laboratory (Kosevo). This will be the first extension of the closing date.

The project Urban Infrastructure & Service Delivery Project has changed to Closed

2011-07-02T04:00:00.000Z

The project Urban Infrastructure & Service Delivery Project has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objectives of the Additional Financing for the Urban Infrastructure and Service Delivery Project are threefold is to: a) improve the availability, quality and reliability of basic municipal services and in particular, water supply and sanitation; b) strengthen the ability of cantonal and municipal governments to improve management and institutional capacity for infrastructure development through urban management development plans; and c) where possible, foster deeper social cohesion through improvements in overall living conditions. The project has experienced some delays and required an extension of closing date, overall project implementation is progressing well and the project remains on track to achieve impacts prescribed in the project development objective. The reallocation requested by the Ministry of Finance and Treasury of Bosnia and Herzegovina on December 12, 2010 is necessary to allow the borrower to address the increased amount required for works and goods, which became necessary because of priority investments in mostar identified recently under the urban management plan; and to reflect the decreased amount required for consultants' services, because audits carried out by local auditors are financed by the utilities' budgets. This will be the project's second reallocation of proceeds. The first reallocation of proceeds was done earlier to allocate the unallocated funds under the initial credit.

The project Urban Infrastructure Additional Financing has changed to Closed

2011-07-02T04:00:00.000Z

The project Urban Infrastructure Additional Financing has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Bosnia PE DPL2 is now in the pipeline.

2011-06-17T04:00:00.000Z

The project Bosnia PE DPL2 is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Health Sector Enhancement Project Additional Financing is now in the pipeline.

2011-06-15T04:00:00.000Z

The project Health Sector Enhancement Project Additional Financing is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objective of the Additional Financing for the Health Sector Enhancement Project for Bosnia and Herzegovina is to enhance health system efficiency by: (i) expanding and enhancing the family medicine model of primary health care; (ii) building management capacity in the sector; and (iii) strengthening the policy making process through the development and implementation of a system for monitoring and evaluating sector performance and addressing inefficiencies of the sector. In addition to the additional financing, the main changes which are proposed to be introduced to the project through this project paper are as follows: (a) simplify the project development objective and revise the results framework, so as to adjust the key performance indicators (KPIs) towards outcomes that are measurable and more closely aligned with project activities, which reflect intermediate outcomes associated with new activities and include targets up to the project revised closing date; (b) modify the project description to include a number of new activities aimed at further enhancing the achievement of project objectives; (c) extend the original credit closing date from June 30, 2011 to December 31, 2011; (d) reallocate the original credit proceeds taking into account changes during implementation; (e) change the environmental safeguards category from C to B; and (f) update the referenced procurement and other fiduciary guidelines.

The project Irrigation Development Project is now in the pipeline.

2011-06-15T04:00:00.000Z

The project Irrigation Development Project is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Public Expenditure Crisis Development Policy Loan is now in the pipeline.

2010-04-13T04:00:00.000Z

The project Public Expenditure Crisis Development Policy Loan is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objectives of the First Programmatic Public Expenditure Development Policy Loan (DPL) Program for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) are: (i) to increase social assistance to the poor, while reducing the fiscal deficit and creating fiscal space for poverty-reducing growth; (ii) to improve the structure and efficiency of public expenditures; and (iii) to reduce social contribution rates and pressures on private sector wages from faster wage growth in the public sector, thereby enhancing private sector competitiveness. The program supports the authorities' public expenditure reform efforts, with blended loans and credits. The first loan and credit will be for an amount equivalent to US$111 million, of which US$66 million is International Development Association (IDA) credit and US$45 million is International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) loan. The IDA credit and IBRD loan will be on-lent by the Ministry of Finance and Treasury of BH to each entity by way of subsidiary loan agreements (for the IBRD loan) and subsidiary financing agreements (for the IDA credit) and the signing of which will constitute additional effectiveness conditions. The DPL supports the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) including the goals of: a) reducing the burden of Government on the economy and strengthening fiscal coordination; and b) improving the targeting of social benefits, both of which have taken on greater importance in the context of the unfolding global economic crisis.

The project Enhancing SME Access to Finance is now in the pipeline.

2009-12-19T05:00:00.000Z

The project Enhancing SME Access to Finance is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The development objective of the Enhancing Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Access to Finance Project is to enhance access to finance for small and medium enterprises in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the context of the global financial crisis. The project became effective in August 2010 in the amount of EUR47.8 million (US$70 million). Out of this amount, EUR28.68 million is allocated to the FBiH (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) and EUR 19.12 million to the RS. OdRaz (Foundation in the Federation) in FBiH and RSIDB (Republika Srpska Investment - Development Bank) in the RS are the PIUs (Project Implementation Units) responsible for overall project implementation. As of September 10, 2012, 99.37 percent of total project funds (EUR47.5 million out of EUR47.8 million) have been disbursed to the special account. Additional financing for the original loan in the amount of EUR90.1 million (US$120 million equivalent) was approved by Board on May 17, 2012. Overall progress in project implementation has been moderate and inconsistent between the entities. The reallocation is required to finance necessary operational expenditures by reallocating funds as was discussed by team during negotiations for the additional financing.

The project Social Safety Nets & Employment Support Project is now in the pipeline.

2009-06-13T04:00:00.000Z

The project Social Safety Nets & Employment Support Project is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objectives of the Social Safety Nets and Employment Support Project for Bosnia and Herzegovina are: (i) to support non-insurance cash transfers in reaching the eligible poor and disabled; (ii) to improve the efficiency and transparency of benefit administration; and (iii) to support job brokerage services for those active job seekers who become ineligible to receive cash transfers or who are vulnerable (e.g., poor, disabled but able to work, hard-to-serve, demobilized soldiers, etc.). There are five components to the project, the first component being enhancing safety net design (eligibility processes). This component will improve the transparency and effectiveness of non-insurance cash transfers to reach eligible poor, disabled; and vulnerable through introduction of improved targeting mechanisms. The second component is the strengthening benefits administration and oversight. This component will improve transparency and efficiency of benefits administration through development and improvement of functional registries, capacity building, oversight and controls, and monitoring of benefits. The third component is the job brokerage and employment support. This component will support job brokerage services for those active job seekers who become ineligible to receive cash transfers or who are vulnerable (e.g., poor, disabled but able work, hard-to-serve, demobilized soldiers, etc.). The fourth component is the communication strategy. This component will support transparency, public awareness, and a Government communication strategy to foster understanding of the need for improved benefits targeting and other safety net reforms. Finally, the fifth component is the project management and implementation.