NERETVA AND TREBISNJICA MANAGEMENT PROJECT

The project will be implemented during FY 2009-2014

Component GEF GoBiH GoC Beneficiaries

Total Project Costs

Other donors

Total Project Costs and Parallel

Financing

I. Improved Transboundary Water Resource Management*

2.01 0.50 0.14 0.00 2.65 3.50 6.15

II. Improved Management and Use of Wetlands Ecosystems and Biodiversity

2.25 0.21 0.43 0.20 3.09 0.10 3.19

III. High Priority Investments for Water Pollution Control

2.46 2.95 3.25 0.30 8.96 0.33 9.29

IV. Public Participation and Management of Project Implementation**

1.28 0.74 0.50 0.00 2.52 0.00 2. 52

Total including physical and price contingencies

8.00 4.40 4.32 0.50 17.22 3.93 21.15

In percent 38% 21% 20% 2% 81% 19% 100%

Table 1: Project Costs (in US$ millions)

CroatiaInter-State Water

ComiteeBosnia and Herzegovina

Coordination Committee

TA

TA

Ministry of Regional

Development, Forestry and

Water Management HV

PITRep.of MRDFWM

Rep.of MOERep.of MOC

Financial Management

Procurement

-MAFWM-MRDFWM-MOE-PMT /PIU Director-PIT

MOFTER

PMT(Financial Management

& Procurement)

MAFWMFBiH

MAFWMRepubika

Srpska sSSSsssss

sssSSSSrpskaS

Srpska

Agency for Water Shed of Adriatic

SeaMostar

PIT

RS Water Directorate

Bijeljina/Trebinje

PIT

MAFWM MOET Municipalities

MAFWM MEPP Municipalities

Reporting Relation

Working Relation

Component 1 Components 2&3

Component 4

Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina District

Brčko

Ministry of Security

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

BH GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE

Ministry of Foreign

Trade and Economic Relations

Ministry of Civil Affairs

Ministry of Finance and

Treasury

Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Transport and Comunication

Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economical Relation is responsible for Environmental Activities at the State Level with competencies for:

International relationsInternational relations Definition of policy, Definition of policy, Base principles Base principles Coordination of activities and harmonisation of plans of entities andCoordination of activities and harmonisation of plans of entities and

Ministry for Justice

Ministry for Human

Rights and Refugee

B & H

City / Municipality

F BH RS

1,2... 10

City / Municipality

I – State level

II – Entities

III – Cantons

IV – Local level `

BiH Government Structure

ISWC and CC• On the transboundary level, the existing ISWC and a Coordination Committee (CC) to be established

by effectiveness– will be responsible for coordinating and monitoring the joint work under the project including preparation of water

management plan, and for giving guidance on solving common problems.

• The CC will consist of 8 members from BiH (2 representatives of MAFWRM, MOE and Project Implementation Team (PIT) from each entity and the Project Coordinator and Deputy from MOFTER)

• and 5 members from Croatia (1representatives of MRDAFWM, MOC, MEPPC MFRD and the Director of the Project Implementation Team (PIT)).

• The CC will report to the ISWC regularly on the progress of implementation of the project joint activities and seek the ISWC guidance on any issue that may arise during implentation of the joint project activities.

• The CC will be chaired alternatively by a representative from each country every six months.

• CC will be supported with Technical Advisory Group which will consist of experts from the two countries in water, environment, agriculture, and energy sectors; HPP authorities; municipal representatives; and NGOs. The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) shall be established upon request of CC on a temporary basis to deal with thematic questions, when the need arise.

PMTFor implementation of Component 1 - “Improved Transboundary Water

Management” –

Responsibility of the BiH State level Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations (MoFTER) and PMT will:

• coordinate the activities of the implementing agencies across sectors and entities • serve as the liaison with Croatia and the World Bank for the activities financed under

this component. • be responsible for all fiduciary arrangements related to Component 1, part of sub-

component 2.3 and part of sub-components 4.3 (management of project implementation for component 1)

A Project Management Team (PMT) established within the MOFTER includes four specialists: Project Coordinator, Project Coordinator Assistant, Financial Manager, and Procurement Manager.

The main task of the PMT is to prepare and carry out financial management, supervision, reporting, and evaluation during the project implementation period related to the above component/sub-components.

PIT’s• In order to ensure that proper attention is given to project implementation,

• Project Implementation Teams (PIT’s) will be established within two existing water management institutions:

– the Agency for Watershed of Adriatic Sea (Agencija za Vodno područje slivova Jadranskog mora) in Mostar, FBiH,

– RS Water Directorate in Bijeljina (Direkcija za vode Bijeljina, RS). and

– The PITs in each of these institutions will include representatives of relevant Entity Ministries responsible for water, environment and representatives of municipalities.

– The PITs will be responsible for implementation of project components 2, 3 and 4,

They will also be responsible for all fiduciary arrangements related to components 2 and 3, and their share of component 4, including: the preparation of the technical part of tender documents, technical specifications for goods and services, ToRs for consultants, etc