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Country activities of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Direct support for the ratification of Aarhus
Convention through national consultations as a process, organizing
workshops targeted for high level officials and other stakeholders that
promote and prepare the ratification of AC acceptance and implementation.
Preparation of a gap analysis on horizontal legislation and
a work plan that would target and support the steps to be taken
in this regard.
- Strengthening the capacities of public authorities
which act on local level by organizing training seminar to
enable them to provide environmental information in passive and active
way and in a format and style proper for the public perception. The
participants for the capacity building seminar will be selected from
the responsible persons for relations with the public, on municipal
level. Besides the issues related to information provision, the public
involvement aspects in local level environmental decision making will
be also added on the agenda and will be presented through concrete cases
so that participants would gain practical knowledge and get familiarized
with easy at hand mechanisms.
- Assessment study on PRTR will be
prepared which would show directions for further activities in order
to provide structures, scope of the work and the analysis of the competent
bodies to be involved in PRTR Protocol implementation. It would be followed
by a round table discussion that would conclude in establishing the
main ideas of the steps needed for establishment of the register as
structure and agreement upon a work plan to be followed.
- Assist the process of development of cooperative
attitude between local authorities and NGOs as well as other local partnership
between authorities and NGOs, as well as other stakeholders that have
a local interest. Roundtable discussion and networking activities
will be conducted among the targeted groups using also the Aarhus Convention
provisions.
- Multi-stakeholder dialogue (including representatives
of the business sector) through roundtable discussions and seminars
will be held with the main purpose to inform the wider public on their
rights to access information on environmental status and pollution,
the opportunities to participate in decision making process and the
benefits of their input in such a process. The dialogue will contribute
to an easier communication and information exchange within 3 communities
which will be selected. Findings, lessons learned and recommendations
will be disseminated.
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Country
Products:
Manual
for the Authorities on Access to Information and Public Participation
(Bosnian)
(PDF - 631KB)
Assessment
of the ratification of the Aarhus Convention in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(English) (PDF - 242 KB)
Overview
of the ratification of the Aarhus Convention (Bosnian)
(PDF - 137 KB)
Country
Needs Assessment on PRTR (Bosnian)
(PDF - 127 KB)
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