Bosnia and Herzegovina

COUNTRY HOUSING PROJECT (CHP) BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

LEAD INSTITUTION
MINISTRY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND REFUGEES
OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (BiH)

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNITS:

- FEDERAL MINISTRY OF DISPLACED
PERSONS AND REFUGEES (FBiH)
- MINISTRY FOR REFUGEES AND DISPLACED
PERSONS OF REPUBLIKA SRPSKA (RS)
- THE DEPARTMENT OF BRCKO DISTRICT
GOVERNMENT FOR DISPLACED PERSONS,
REFUGEES AND HOUSING ISSUES

CHP AT A GLANCE
March 2018 Finished building in Prijedor, March 2018.

Number of sub-projects approved

5 BACKGROUND
During the period from 1992 to 1995, 2.2 million persons or more than half of the pre-war population domiciled
Number of housing units concerned in the country fled their homes in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Among them 1.2 million left the country to seek
refugee protection abroad in more than 100 countries world-wide whilst approximately one million persons
2 490 were displaced within the country. Aside from the devastating human impact of the war, nearly 500 000 homes,
or almost half of all housing units in the country, were either partially or completely destroyed. Some 29 000
Grants approved applications for housing assistance in the RHP framework have been received from those wishing to return and
€ 48.6 million those wishing to integrate in the local communities.

Grants disbursed RHP OBJECTIVES IN BiH

€ 21.8 million The Regional Housing Programme (RHP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina is expected to provide durable and
sustainable housing solutions to several categories of vulnerable refugees, internally displaced persons
Total national contribution (IDPs) and returnees either in their places of origin (3 820 families), places of displacement (1 500 families) or

€ 7.6 million*
within institutions of the social welfare system (80 families). In all, as per the original scope, 5 400 households
(or 14 000 individuals) should be assisted.

BENEFICIARY FAMILY
Gordana Vukobat (29) is one of the many internally displaced persons in
Bosnia and Herzegovina who had to move out of her home during the
conflicts in the 1990s. She came to Banja Luka in 1992, together with her
parents and an older sister. She was seven years old at the time, and has a
very vivid memory of their family house, which was built out of the money
her father had earned after working for many years in Slovenia. They stayed
for a while in a collective accommodation in Banja Luka, and then in Gornja
Ljubovia, in army barracks adapted for a temporarily lodging of people who
had lost their homes.
Gordana’s father found a job and they managed to rent an apartment; after
a while, her parents bought a land plot in Prijedor and built a small house.
At that time, Gordana met her husband, also an internally displaced person
from the same town, Sanski Most. They moved into a 130-year-old state-
owned house, one in a row of many, with the railway passing right behind
the house. This old and humid two-room accommodation has been the
home of the four-member family for the past seven years.
The Vukobrat family has been applying for a new apartment for years,
without result. Last year, they heard about the Regional Housing Programme
and the possibility to get an apartment in the new building in Prijedor. They
are getting ready to move into the new apartment in early spring of 2018.
* Official figure as per signed Grant Agreements. The final figure will be known at the completion of each sub-project.

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FINANCIAL STATUS OF SUB-PROJECTS

March 2018

BiH1 BiH2 BiH3 BiH4 BiH5

Provision of building materials Provision of housing solutions to Construction of 512 flats in multi- Reconstruction of 435 family Re/construction of 50 family
to 20 families and turnkey 780 households for return apartment buildings for refugees houses for the return of refugees houses for local integration and
reconstruction assistance and reintegration or local and IDPs in BiH and IDPs and construction re/construction of 500 family
to 150 families integration in BiH of 45 family houses for local houses for return of refugees
integration of IDPs and IDP’s in BiH

Grant approval and grant Grant approval and grant Grant approval and grant Grant approval and grant Grant approval and grant
agreement signature agreement signature agreement signature agreement signature agreement signature
08/04/2013 - 16/07/2014 11/10/2013 - 10/03/2015; 20/11/2014 - 26/11/2015; 26/03/2015 - 03/02/2016 26/06/2017
Extension: Extension: – signature pending
01/12/2016 - 11/12/2017 01/12/2016 - 20/07/2017

Total estimated cost Total estimated cost Total estimated cost Total estimated cost Total estimated cost
€ 2 668 500 € 15 634 324 € 17 397 433 € 9 620 371 € 10 958 262

Grant amount approved Grant amount approved Grant amount approved Grant amount approved Grant amount approved
€ 2 387 500 € 13 634 032 € 13 843 875 € 8 569 651 € 10 197 423

National contribution* National contribution* National contribution* National contribution* National contribution*
€ 281 000 € 2 000 292 € 3 553 558 € 1 050 720 € 760 839
Grant amount disbursed Grant amount disbursed Grant amount disbursed Grant amount disbursed Grant amount disbursed
€ 2 126 182 € 10 323 613 € 7 030 867 € 2 311 200 -

Bos.
Kostajnica
Velika
Kladuša Kozarska
Dubica Odžak
Brod
Gradiška Orašje
Bužim Srbac Vukosavlje
Novi Šamac
Grad Donji Žabar
Cazin
Prijedor Derventa Modriča
Oštra Pelagićevo
Laktaši
Luka Prnjavor Gradačac
Bosanska Brčko District
Krupa Doboj Bijeljina
Bihać Gračanica
Sanski Most Banja Luka
Čelinac Jug Srebrenik Ćelić
Usora Ugljevik
Petrovo Lopare
Kotor Tešanj
Bosanski Varoš Tuzla
Petrovac Teslić Lukovac Sapna
Ključ Maglaj
Kneževo Kalesija Zvornik
Petrovac
Mrkonjić Žepče Banovići Živinice Osmaci
Grad Zavidovići
Dobretići
Drvar Jajce Šekovići
Travnik Kladanj
Zenica
Bratunac
Vlasenica
Šipovo Donji Milići
Vareš Olovo
Bosansko Vakuf Novi Vitrez Kakanj
Grahovo Travnik Srebrenica
Glamoč Han Pijesak
Busovača
Ilijaš
Bugojno Visoko Breza
Sokoloac
Kiseljak
Gornji Fojnica
Kupres Vogošća
Vakuf
Kreševo Rogatica
Livno Sarajevo Višegrad
Pale
Prozor Hadžići
Trnovo
Novo
Goražde Goražde Rudo
Trnovo F
Tomislavgrad Jablanica Foča F
Konjic Čajniče

Posušje
Mostar Foča
Istočni Kalinovik
Široki Mostar
Brijeg
Grude
Nevesinje
Čitluk Gacko
Ljubuški

Čapljina Berkovići
Stolac

Bileća
Neum Ljubinje

Ravno

Trebinje

Finished building in Pale Prace, December 2017

Sub-project BiH1 Sub-project BiH4

Provision of building materials to 20 families and turnkey Reconstruction of 435 family houses for the return of refugees
reconstruction assistance to 150 families and IDPs and construction of 45 family houses for local integration
of IDPs in BiH
Sub-project BiH2
Provision of housing solutions to 780 households for return Sub-project BiH5
and reintegration or local integration in BiH Re/construction of 50 family houses for local integration
and re/construction of 500 family houses for return of refugees
Sub-project BiH3 and IDPs in BiH
Construction of 512 flats in multi-apartment buildings for
local integration of refugees and IDPs

* Official figure as per the signed Grant Agreement. The final amount will be known at the completion of each sub-project.

March 2018
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IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF SUB-PROJECTS

March 2018

BiH1 BiH1.C1 BiH1.C2

Provision of building materials Provision of building material to Reconstruction of damaged
to 20 families and turnkey 20 refugee families from Croatia houses for 100 returnee families
reconstruction assistance and re/construction of 50 damaged (from the countries of the region)
to 150 families houses for IDPs in BiH

Beneficiary selection Completed Completed

Start of project March 2015 March 2016
Completion 2nd half of 2017 2nd half of 2018

BiH2 BiH2.C1 BiH2.C2

Provision of housing solutions Re/construction of 30 family Reconstruction of 750 housing
to 780 households for return and houses for local integration of units (428 in FBiH and 322 in RS)
reintegration or local integration refugees from Croatia in BiH (RS)
in BiH

Beneficiary selection Completed Completed

Start of project January 2016 October 2016
Completion July 2017 2nd half of 2018

BiH3 BiH3.C1 BiH3.C2 BiH3.C3

Construction of 512 flats in Construction of 16 flats (Brčko Construction of 212 flats (FBiH) Construction of 284 flats (RS)
multi-apartment buildings for local District)
integration of refugees
and IDPs in BiH

Beneficiary selection Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing

Start of project December 2016 December 2016 November 2016
Expected completion 1st half of 2019 1st half of 2019 1st half of 2019

BiH4 BiH4.C1 BiH4.C2 BiH4.C3 BiH4.C4

Reconstruction of 435 family
houses for the return of refugees
and IDPs and construction of
45 family houses for local
integration of IDPs in BiH
Reconstruction of 250 housing Reconstruction of 170 housing Reconstruction of 15 housing units Construction of 45 housing units
units for refugee returnees (FBiH units for IDP returnees (FBiH for refugees and IDP returnees for local integration of IDPs (RS)
and RS) and RS) (Brcko district)

Beneficiary selection Ongoing Completed Ongoing Ongoing

Start of project 1 half of 2017
st
1 half of 2017
st
1 half of 2017
st
1st half of 2017
Expected completion 2 half of 2019
nd
2 half of 2019
nd
2 half of 2019
nd
2nd half of 2019

BiH5 BiH5.C1 BiH5.C2

Re/construction of 50 family Re/construction of 50 family Re/construction of 500 family
houses for local integration and re/ houses for local integration (RS) houses for returnees and IDPs
construction of 500 family houses for (180 in FBiH and 320 in RS)
return of refugees and IDP’s in BiH

Beneficiary selection - -
Start of project Awaiting Grant Agreement signature Awaiting Grant Agreement signature

Expected completion 2nd half of 2020 2nd half of 2020

Deliveries by Housing Modality

769 437 2

438 Housing units delivered

2018* 1 208
Total scope: 2 490 254 40
2019* 294
Provision of building material
Construction of apartments 550
Reconstruction of houses 2020* 550
* Estimate

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CONTACT DETAILS
LEAD INSTITUTION

MINISTRY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND REFUGEES OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Trg Bosne i Hercegovine 1, 71 000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phone: +387 33 703 907
kabmin@mhrr.gov.ba
www.mhrr.gov.ba

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNITS

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES

Alipasina br. 41, 71 000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phone: +387 33 265 322
kabinet@fmroi.gov.ba
www.fmroi.gov.ba

MINISTRY OF REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS OF REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

Trg Republike Srpske 1, 78 000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phone: +387 51 338 642
mirl@mirl.vladars.net
www.vladars.net

THE DEPARTMENT OF BRCKO DISTRICT GOVERNMENT FOR DISPLACED PERSONS,

REFUGEES AND HOUSING ISSUES
Bulevar mira 1, 76 100 Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phone: +387 49 240 600
www.bdcentral.net

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The Regional Housing Programme is financed and supported by the international community.

The Regional Housing Programme (RHP) was set up to provide durable housing solutions to vulnerable refugees and displaced persons
following the 1991-1995 conflicts on the territory of former Yugoslavia. The RHP is implemented by Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,
Montenegro and Serbia and mostly financed by the international donor community. The main donor is the European Union.
The other donors are the United States of America, Germany, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Turkey, Luxembourg, Cyprus,
the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and the Slovak Republic.