Europe and Eurasia regional project 180-0019 · 1994–2000 · good governance · Chemonics International Inc.

USAID authorized a team to travel to Bosnia-Hercegovina to assess the needs and capacities to receive and implement public administration assistance for the Federation of Bosnia-Hercegovina, the City of Sarajevo, and Municipalities within Central Bosnia-Hercegovina. The team visited the cities of Sarajevo, Tuzla, Mostar, Zenica, Gornyi Vakuf, and Novi Travnik. At the federation level, the team found that, aside from the existence of a constitution that does lay a foundation for a coherent federal system, the government has minimal organizational structure, administrative processes, and operational systems, including inter-governmental (federal-local) systems. Accordingly, public administration is needed in virtually every aspect of the institutional, policy, and administrative arenas. At the local level, the team found that municipalities require assistance primarily in mediation and conflict resolution, and secondarily in technical areas, given that administrative structures do exist, but largely in the form of dual governments. Advisory assistance would thus be most beneficial if linked to the USAID Municipal Rehabilitation Fund grant monies that are to be distributed by U.S

Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABK-758 (1995). The source's own text.