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UK Assistance to BiH: past, present and future

UK Assistance to BiH: past, present and future. Donor Coordination Forum, 7 June 2010. UK in BiH. Single HMG presence; Country Business Plan for all; Joined up working. History of DFID in BiH. Versatile programme in BiH since early 1990s, total budget of over

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UK Assistance to BiH: past, present and future

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  1. UK Assistance to BiH:past, present and future Donor Coordination Forum, 7 June 2010

  2. UK in BiH • Single HMG presence; • Country Business Plan for all; • Joined up working.

  3. History of DFID in BiH Versatile programme in BiH since early 1990s, total budget of over 80 million GBP (excluding multilateral contributions): • Emergency aid; • Reconstruction of main infrastructure (power networks); • Technical assistance (since 1999). Since 2008 the DFID programme in BiH concentrated on: • Ensuring that programmes developed focused on areas where DFID has a comparative advantage (public administration, public finance, statistics and national planning) and provide longer term sustainability for the UK in BiH; • Accelerate our efforts towards a more coherent joint UK agenda for BiH; • Communicating the change in development relationship between the UK and BiH to government partners; • Learning lessons for future use by DFID elsewhere and partners in BiH.

  4. Graduation Objectives • Responsible exit; • Transparent process and inclusion of staff and partners; • Capture good examples where DFID made the difference; • What have we learnt ourselves? • Keep the pace on programme and partnership responsibilities throughout the process; • Promote the ‘UK brand’.

  5. DFID’s programme • Since 2008 projects designed with exit in mind; • In practice this means: • Project end dates reflect closing date; • “Exit” output included in TOR and the logframe; • Thorough and continual risk analysis; • Evidence; • Flexibility in project design and implementation. • Enhanced consultation at all stages with partner governments, as well as IC partners

  6. BiH graduation at a glance • Graduation date announced in late 2007, preparations started in mid 2008, intensified in early 2009; • Graduation strategy in place since September 2009; • Quarterly progress reviews with the DFID London (incl. peer review) and with the Embassy; • Light touch monthly reviews; • Closing events commencing in June 2010 ending in mid December; • DFID Office formally closes 11 February 2011.

  7. The UK remains fully engaged in BiH • FCO Programming including: • Conflict Prevention Pool(with DFID and MoD) • Strategic Programme Fund • Public Diplomacy/Communications funding • Small Bilateral Programme • UK Secondments to EUPM, EUFOR and State Prosecutors Office

  8. UK Conflict Prevention Pool in BiH • Focussed on Justice and Security Sector Reform including: • Justice Sector Reform Strategy Implementation • Defence Reform and support to the BiH Ministry of Security • Civil Society Engagement in both Justice and Security Sectors.

  9. Strategic Programme Fund: Reuniting Europe: • Supporting EU Accession related reforms related to: • Political transparency and good governance • Justice and Home affairs • Public administration Reform

  10. UK in BiH: the future • The UK remains engaged: • Bilateral Political and Programme support to deliver policy reform • Working effectively with BiH and international partners through DCF, MS Coordination meetings and other international/domestic fora; • joined up UK Government effort in BiH within the Embassy (FCO, UKTI, MoD)

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