BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA NEW MEMBER OF THE PARTIES

UNECE

CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION AND USE OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATERCOURSES AND

INTERNATIONAL LAKES – WATER CONVENTION

ENES ALAGIĆ, M.Sc.Civ.Eng.

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REPUBLIC OF CROATIA• ACORDING DAYTON AGREEMENT IN 1995

B&H BECOME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY

• B&H CONSIST OF TWO ENTITIES

• Federation of B&H (FBiH) with 10 Cantons• Republic of Srpska (RS)

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• Brčko District – Independent political unit

• Municipalities are local administrative units within the entities witch have their own governing bodies

• 92 Municipalities in FBiH• 43 Municipalities in RS

SAVA RIVER Watershed

(Danube River Basin)

ADRIATIC SEA Watershed

•Krka River Basin

•Cetina River Basin

•Neretva and Trebišnjica River Basin

Main Watersheds in B&H

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Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations (MOFTER) BiH

Ministry of transport and communications BiH

(NAVIGATION)

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management RS

Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry FBiH

SAVA WATER AGENCY - Bijeljina

ADRIATIC SEA WATER AGENCY - Trebinje

ADRIATIC SEA WATER AGENCY - Mostar

DRINA

UNA

VRBAS

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TREBIŠNJICA

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VRBAS

BOSNA

CETINA I KRKA

NERETVA

Regional offices Regional offices Regional offices

WATER MANAGEMENT IN BiH

LAW ON WATER

2006 / 2007

IMPLEMENTATION FROM January 1, 2008

SAVA WATER AGENCY - Sarajevo

B&H IS MEMBER OF ICPDR ORGANISATION SINCE 2004

BARCELONA CONVENTION – CONVENTIONS OF MEDITERANIAN PROTECTION

B&H IS MEMBER OF SAVA COMMISSION

(Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, B&H)

B&H – INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT

SINCE 1996. B&H SIGNED BILELATERAL AGREEMENT WITH REPUBLIC CROATIA ABOUT WATER MANAGEMENT IN TRANSBOUNDARY WATERCOURSES BASED ON HELSINKI CONVENTION

ACCORDING THIS AGREEMENT RESTORED INTERNATIONAL

WATER COMMISSION B&H – RC

Task of this Commission is solve problems about transboundary watercourses, water suply and sewage systems, exploatation the river gravel, navigation, flood protection ...

IN THIS MOMENT B&H EXIST INITIATIVE THAT OPEN

QUESTIONS ABOUT WATER MANAGEMENT ON TRANSBOUNDARY WATERCOURSES WITH SERBIA AND WITH MONTENEGRO BE ABLE SOLVE ON SIMILAR WAY LIKE WITH REPUBLIC CROATIA

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ON 12th AUGUST 2009. THE PRESIDENTSHIP OF B&H RATIFIED UNECE CONVENTION OF THE PROTECTION AND USE OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATERCOURSES

AND INTERNATIONAL LAKES-WATER CONVENTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !