FRJU Project – 7

Overall objective

Improve the process of harmonisation of domestic legislation with the EU legislation, which would facilitate the process of association of BiH with the European Union and contribute to association of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the common European administrative space.

Purpose of the project

Improve knowledge and skills of civil servants involved in legislative activities in the area of transposing EU legislation into domestic legal framework taking into account the wider context of transposition of legislation. Through workshops, seminars, courses and immediate training at work, provide for civil servants to adopt necessary knowledge and to gain necessary skills to be able to respond to the requirements of the process of transposing legislation in the range from translating legislation to formulating policies and “fitting” certain legal solutions in the most optimal framework.

Project Description

Terms of Reference relates to provision of training services to employees in the civil service/administration bodies working on legislative activities. The intention is to present the relevant knowledge and skills in order to achieve full understanding of the acquis and its proper transposition in the BiH legal system with the goal of full harmonization of domestic legislation with the EU legislation. Participants of the training will be classified into several groups according to time and territorial plan of implementation of the training, which will be determined by the implementer in agreement with the Directorate for European Integration.

1.Civil servants involved in legislation activities in:

Institutions at the state level;

Institutions at the level of the Federation of BiH;

Institutions at the level of the Republic of Srpska;

Institutions of the Government of the Brčko District.

2.Members of the workgroups for European integration

Detailed lists of attendees of the training and groups of attendees will be established in cooperation with the Directorate for European Integration, for the level of institutions of BiH, and with the civil service agencies (the FBiH and the RS) and the Subdivision for the Brčko District, based on applications of beneficiaries from the bodies of administration, in accordance with beforehand defined plan and programme of implementation of training and established ratio of trainings for every level of authority in this Terms of Reference.

December 08, 2010 – October 08, 2011 (10 months)

Duration of the project was extended for 4 months to 07.02.2012 (2X2)

2013