Bosnia and Herzegovina: Improving Cultural Understanding in Bosnia and Herzegovina
JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS
Total Budget $8,000,000
Delivery Rate
Participating Agencies UNESCO, UNDP, UNICEF
Main Achievements
- A number of cultural policy documents developed and awaiting adoption: Action Plan for Implementation of Cultural Strategy; Monitoring Manual; Action Plan for Monitoring of Educational System; Ethics Code. Cultural statistics methodology introduced. Administrative mapping database completed and introduced.
- Cross-cultural understanding improved through 30 local sub-projects. Improved cross-cultural understanding shown in 84 primary schools.
- Cultural industries recognized as an important and separate industry sector for the first time. New methodology for capturing information about the sector being prepared. Numerous activities undertaken to improve tolerance towards diversity.
Contact Renata Radeka, JP Coordinator,
rradeka@undp.ba
rradeka@undp.ba
The joint programme, Improving Cultural Understanding in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is designed to improve cross-cultural understanding in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and promote the country’s unique multicultural identity.
In support of this overall objective, areas of focus include the policy/legal framework in the cultural and educational sectors, community-based interventions to increase cross-cultural understanding, promotion of the Cultural Industry Sector, and promoting BiH’s unique multicultural identity. Using a participatory approach to guide interventions at policy and municipal levels, the joint programme maximizes the economic and social benefits of cultural development and makes a contribution to the reconciliation process. The relevant Millennium Development Goals that are being targeted are MDG’s 1, 2, 3, and 8. The agencies involved in the programme are UNDP, UNICEF, and UNESCO.