The Swedish Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina met with several BiH ministers, the Mayor of Brcko District, Ambassador of the European Union to BiH and Stockholm Environment Institute representatives to discuss the development of environmental policies in BiH.

Discussions about cooperation and possible strategies for environmental policies took place over a working lunch at the Embassy of Sweden in Sarajevo.

SEI is tasked to develop a detailed Project Document and Terms of Reference for the longer-term project of developing of environmental policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This project document will be the basis for Sweden’s decision on financing the project.

“The Ministers acknowledged the need and importance of having environmental sectoral planning strategies and actions plans in place. They expressed genuine readiness to jointly work together on its development with the technical support from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and Sweden.” reports the Sarajevo Times.