Support to the European Endowment for Democracy (EED) engagement in Bosnia and Herzegovina


Implementation period: 2025-2026
Amount: 10 mil. DKK (1.3 mil. EUR)
Objective (key results): 

  • The main strategic goal is to promote sustainable democratic development, advocacy, and respect for human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • Rapid and flexible support for smaller civil society actors and media with limited capacity
  • Special focus on supporting youth- and/or women-led initiatives
    Partner: European Endowment for Democracy (EED) - with the responsible unit being EUNABO
    Relevant SDG: Partnership for Goals

 

Bridges of Trust - Improving social cohesion and resilience in Bosnia and Herzegovina (SCORE)


Implementation period: July 2025 - December 2026
Amount: 10 Mil. DKK (1.3 mil. EUR)
Objective (key results): 
    

  • Robust research framework and publicly accessible datasets on social cohesion, resilience, and inclusive participation are established and used to inform policy decisions and development programming in BiH
  • Targeted oversampling and analysis at the local level, in communities prone to heightened social tensions, to generate in-depth local insights that inform tailored policy responses and address context-specific challenges to social cohesion and gender inclusion
  • Enhanced local mechanism and multi-stakeholder platforms in place across BiH to foster intergroup trust, counter divisive narratives, and support inclusive participation of underrepresented groups, particularly women and youth in public decision-making

Partner: UNDP - with the responsible unit being EUNABO
Relevant SDG: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

 

Core support Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH)

Implementation period: 2025-2026
Amount: 6 mil. DKK for 2025 (803.679,00 EUR)
Objective (Key results):
BIH ranks the lowest in the region and second worst in Europe when it comes to the state of corruption in the country, and is at a historic low. Key results of the project are therefore:

  • Protection of public resources
  • Secure integrity in politics
  • Enforce laws and sanctions
  • Defend civil society and promote integrity

Partner: Transparency international Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) - with the responsible unit being EUNABO
Relevant SDG: Partnership for Goals

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina Gender Equality Accelerator (GEA)

Implementation period: July 2025 – December 2026
Amount: 24 mil. DKK (3.2 mil. EUR)
Objective (key results):

  • Gender and social norms and attitudes are improved to prevent GBV and discrimination;
  • Expert CSO service-providers receive more sustainable and flexible financing;
  • Strengthened policy frameworks for a more gender-responsive care economy;
  • Strengthened institutional knowledge and skills, coupled with enhanced prevention of gender stereotypes, violence and discrimination) Policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and gender-responsive governance.

Partner: UN Women (UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA) - with the responsible unit being EUNABO
Relevant SDG: Gender Equality

 

Support to Election Integrity in BiH - Pod Lupom

Implementation period: June 2026 – Mar 2027

Amount: 3 mil. DKK (401,313.00 EUR)

Objective (key results):

·       Increased citizen oversight of the election process actively contributes to the integrity of elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).

·       Civil oversight of elections in BiH is strengthened through significant citizen engagement in election monitoring processes.

·       Election integrity in BiH is increased by the improved rules and procedures applied in practice and by properly addressing evidence-based election violations.

·       Long-term election observation conducted with network of 40 CSO member organizations and 50 long-term observers (LTOs) – recruiters/trainers, investigators, lawyers and journalists

·       Short-term election observation conducted with deployment of 1,000 election day observers (STOs) in up to 1,000 polling stations across the country

·       Up to 300 reports on election irregularities sent to competent institutions, 300.000 BAM sanctions imposed

Partner: Association of CSO(s) led by The Centers for Civic Initiatives (CCI)