At the session held today in Mostar, the Joint Management Board of the Public Administration Reform Fund, among other things, has approved the decisions on award of contracts for two projects: "Training of the Public Relations Officers" and "Gender Responsive Budgeting."
It is about the projects from the reform areas Institutional Communication and Public Finance, whose realization contributes to implementation of measures and activities from the Revised Action Plan 1 of the Strategy for Public Administration Reform in BiH.
For the first time, through implementation of the project "Gender Responsive Budgeting" the principle of gender equality will be introduced in the budgets of all governments in BiH. Gender responsive budgeting consolidates policies, budgeting and gender equality with the purpose of more transparent spending funds by the gender.
Introduction of the principle of gender equality in the legal, institutional and policy framework in BiH has been based on obligations arising from international documents, membership in international associations and principles of protection of fundamental human rights preserved in the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The project is an upgrade of the BMIS system which was previously introduced in the ministries of finance at the level of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Srpska and the Brčko District of BiH.
The second phase of the project "Training of the Public Relations Officers" is directed to building capacities for effective institutional and strategic communication and public relations in the civil service structures in BiH. The project, among other things, envisions training for public relations officers at four administration levels in BiH.
The project was initiated by members of the Supervisory team from the area of Institutional Communication, aware that in recent years the role of officers, or persons who are dealing with communication and public relations in public administration, changes and that they become not only communicators who distribute information, but they receive the role of communication managers.
Both projects are directed to building more professional, transparent and efficient public administration in BiH.
Members of the Joint Management Board of the Fund have also agreed to initiate procurement procedure for the project "Establishment and/or Strengthening the Capacity of Institution/s for Controlling Regulations and Establishment of the System for Reduction of Administrative Barriers".
Several project proposals and terms of reference with focus on projects from the area of E-government have been adopted as well.
Members of the Joint Management Board have also adopted the Report of the Public Administration Reform Fund for 2013.