Background In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), environmental management is an Entity competence. The Ministry of Physical Planning and Environment and the Ministry of Urbanism, Housing, Communal Services, Civil Engineering and Ecology are in charge of this responsibility for the Federation of Bosnia Herzegovina (FBiH) and the Republika Srpska (RS), respectively. The two Entities have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 1998 and established a joint Environmental Steering Committee (ESC) at the national level to remedy the lack of common strategy and policy in environmental management. However, the ESC does not have the capacity and trained personnel to be able to develop inter-entity cooperation and represent BiH on the international scene. Objectives The project's overall objective is to improve the co-operation between the two entities of Bosnia & Herzegovina, the Federation of Bosnia Herzegovina (FBiH) and the Republika Srpska (RS), and develop an integrated and coherent policy for the protection of the environment. The project specifically aims to: · Strengthen the status and role of the Environmental Steering Committee; · Ensure harmonisation of the legal framework between the entities; · Promote and ensure efficient and proactive management of resources allocated to environmental issues; and · Deliver timely, relevant, and reliable information on the environment to policy-makers and the public. Results Not applicable. To be completed once project is finished.