BiH Water and Sanitation Services Modernization Project

The development objective of the Water and Sanitation Services Modernization Project for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is to support BiH to: (i) strengthen the institutional capacity at the Republika Srpska (RS), Federation of BiH (FBiH), and local level for improved water supply and sanitation (WSS) service delivery, (ii) improve access to safely managed WSS services, and (iii) improve the efficiency of WSS service providers in participating local governments. The project comprises of three components. The first component, improving the institutional capacity for sector modernization will finance activities at the entity level to strengthen policy and regulatory frameworks and institutional capacity to advance sector reform and promote sustainable service delivery. It consists of following sub-components: (i) supporting water supply and sewerage sector reforms at entity level; and (ii) project management and coordination of the sector reforms. The second component, supporting improved governance and capacity of the water services sector at the local level targets the strengthening of the local WSS service delivery framework and its alignments with the institutional and regulatory framework that will be set at entity level to maximize the impact of the reform process. The third component, improving access to safely managed WSS services and the efficiency of WSS service providers will finance investments according to the water utilities’ performance level classification and the needs identified in their business plans prepared under component 2.