2021 – Page 4 – BIH ESAP 2030+

A vicious circle: air pollution, energy poverty and inequality in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Environmental issues are deeply intertwined with gender equality, social equity, and poverty. This is highly relevant regarding air pollution in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where energy poverty has worsened inequalities. Air...

May 4, 2021

Call for tenders within the ESAP project

Stockholm Environment Institute, SEI, is launching a call for tenders within the "Development of the Environmental Strategy and Action Plan of Bosnia and Herzegovina" project. The purpose of this call...

April 29, 2021

Noise pollution – an often overlooked environmental problem

Noise pollution is a growing problem across Europe and one which many people may not be aware of the impacts. To improve the well-being and quality of life of our...

April 28, 2021

Improving the environment requires improving social equity

In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as in the rest of Europe and beyond, environmental issues are deeply connected with issues of gender (in)equality, social (in)equity and poverty (GESEP). In this...

April 27, 2021

Round 3 of Working Group meetings completed – Meet members from the groups

Developing the environmental strategy and action plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH ESAP 2030+) is a long and complex process involving many stakeholders. Who are they and how do they...

April 22, 2021

How can we sustainably manage forests in Bosnia and Herzegovina?

Bosnia and Herzegovina is developing its Environmental Strategy and Action Plan (the BiH ESAP 2030+ project), with the goal to improve the environment in BiH and help the progress of...

April 22, 2021

ESAP webinar: How can a social equity lens improve environmental policy?

ESAP webinar introduced the main relationships between environmental and social equity issues in BiH. Building on relevant examples from the European context the webinar explored the benefits of integrating social...

April 8, 2021

Video: How can you get involved in developing the ESAP?

To ensure the ESAP development process is participatory and inclusive we invite stakeholders to provide expertise and knowledge about environmental problems and their solutions. Participatory approaches are widely used in...

April 6, 2021

Environmental issues in Europe – sharing lessons learnt

“Don’t make the same mistakes as us; learn from us, and progress even further than we have.” That was the main message from the ministry representatives, NGOs, researchers, environment agencies...

March 17, 2021

BiH ESAP 2030+ aims at improving the waste management system in BiH

Bosnia and Herzegovina faces many challenges, among them, disposing of waste on illegal landfills, the lack of an organised waste collection, the absence of a viable waste separation and recycling...

March 2, 2021