SDG Partnership between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Switzerland

1. The institutions in charge of managing processes for achieving the 2030 Agenda in BiH are more effective at fulfilling their mandates.
2. Business actors from BiH and Switzerland establish partnerships leading to more sustainable business practices.
3. The civil society organisations and academic community in both countries are more aware of the value of the 2030 Agenda and actively contribute to implementation of the SDGs.

Principaux résultats attendus:  

The partnership will keep flexible approach without predefined outputs in order to be able to address arising needs and opportunities for cooperation. For example, outputs could include the following:

• Interested municipalities/cities from BiH and from Switzerland jointly work on the SDG implementation, monitoring and reporting
• A new academic programme on sustainable development is initiated in BiH
• Interested CSOs from BiH and Switzerland establish cooperation in the SDG implementation
• Interested businesses from BiH and Switzerland cooperate with a focus on SDGs

Principaux résultats antérieurs:  

Baseline from 2024:

• There are only few municipalities in BiH that actively integrate SDGs in their development planning.
• The citizens in BiH are largely unaware of the importance of sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda.
• There is no digital platform in BiH for monitoring the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
• There are no academic programmes on sustainable development in BiH.
• CSOs do not sufficiently engage in implementation, monitoring and reporting on SDGs.