Strengthening accountability in the management of SOEs in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Donor: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in BiH

Duration: November 2021 - April 2023

Contract amount: 205,145 BAM

Strengthening Accountability in the Management of SOEs in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a project implemented by the Centers for Civic Initiatives (CCI), funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in BiH.

Overall objective: To contribute to a greater degree of transparency, accountability and control in the management of SOEs in BiH in order to reduce the political influence on their business (qtheir work).

Specific objective: Advocate and promote merit-based policy-making regarding the work of SOEs based on defined and publicly available monitoring / monitoring standards.

The project activities aim to reduce the political influence on the work of SOEs according to the applicable laws. The project will contribute to solving the problems in SOEs in BiH, with the expected depoliticization of SOEs as the ultimate goal. This will be done through increased transparency, strengthening accountability and greater control over the operations of SOEs. In a transparent atmosphere in which everyone will be held accountable for their work results, political parties will lose interest in appointing and recruiting incompetent staff to positions of responsibility.

Planned activities include:

1. Monitoring of public policies, practices and results of SOEs in BiH,
2. Advocating for priority recommendations for the improvement of the SOEs sector in BiH and
3. Work with the media and the public.

The responsibility of decision makers and management structures in SOEs for business results and quality of public services is the starting point of the project. The efficiency of SOEs must be measured and based on objective performance indicators and decisions must be made on the basis of them, including decisions on the adoption of annual performance reports.