CFAs: Building an Efficient and Transparent Public Finance System in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2025

Objectives

• As part of this public call, local governments will have at their disposal:
  • Technical support in establishing a system for efficient public asset management;
  • Support to optimize public spending and increase investment in capital investments, improve internal control, and practices and procedures for green and gender-responsive public procurement.

Goals

• This goal is planned to be achieved through two interconnected and complementary results:
  • Local government units (LGUs) have developed internal acts and a regulatory framework for public finance management, which includes sustainability principles.
  • Local governments have adopted and are implementing public financial management policies, practices and procedures.

Eligibility Criteria

• Basic (eliminatory) criteria:
  • The local government has a valid local development strategy;
  • Motivation of local governments to continuously support good local governance and responsible management of public finances;
  • The latest audit report received a positive or qualified opinion.
• Additional criteria:
  • The local government has a property register with unit values;
  • The local government has internal regulations (Decisions) and/or rulebooks that regulate property management;
  • The local government has a systematized position/positions for asset management;
  • The local government has mapped business processes and associated risk registers;
  • The local government has adopted the Regulation on Public Procurement;
• Specific criteria:
  • After evaluating the submitted applications according to the basic and additional criteria, specific criteria will be applied to ensure that the project implementation:
    • the representation of local governments from both entities will not be less than 40%;
    • planned participation of 60% of medium-developed local governments in the total number of newly elected partner local governments;
    • planned participation of 10% of underdeveloped local governments in the total number of newly elected partner local governments;
    • complementarity/avoidance of overlapping activities with similar interventions in local government;
    • preference in selecting local governments that did not participate in the Project for Improving the Efficiency of Local Services (PIPLS) in BiH, for the sake of wider territorial coverage;
    • potential grouping of LGUs into geographic clusters to enable faster interaction and mutual learning, and ensure cost-effectiveness in providing Project support

Application Requirements

• Local governments applying for the call should submit the following documentation:
  • Completed, signed and certified Letter of Intent;
  • Completed, signed and certified Application Form;
  • A copy of the current local development strategy or a signed statement from the mayor that the development of the Strategy is underway;
  • A copy of the latest audit report;
  • A copy of documentation proving that the local government has a property register;
  • A copy of documentation proving that the local government has internal documents for asset management;
  • A copy of the Rulebook on job classification and/or job descriptions;
  • A copy of documentation proving that the local government has mapped business processes and associated risk registers;
  • A copy of the Public Procurement Regulations.

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