IBHI-BiH
The Independent Bureau for Humanitarian Issues IBHI began its activities in Bosnia in 1995. Through series of projects, IBHI-BiH focused its activities towards fulfilling the following aims:
Strengthening and capacity building of institutions
within the
governmental and non-governmental sector;
Supporting municipalities in capacity building for planning and policy development, in particular in the field of social policy.
Capacity building of local NGO’s with aims to improve their sustainability, including advisory services and technical support to local authorities and NGO sector regarding to policy development issues;
Improvement of the return process;
Producing studies, analyses and reports in the field of human development, NGO sector, social policy and gender.
Research of the problems occuring within the transition of social protection at all levels and creating conditions for its self-sustainability, as well as development of and support to creating a sustainable gender mainstreaming system in BiH, holds a special place in IBHI-BiH activities.
IBHI-BiH has published more than 30 publications related to human rights, the United Nations (UN) system and the UN organisations, voluntary work, local NGO sector, social protection system and gender issues.
IBHI-BiH cooperates in its activities with UN Agencies such as UNDP, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNOPS, the World Bank, OHCHR, as well as the Governments of Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom; multilateral and bilateral governmental organisations such as DFID, OHR, OSCE, SDC; international NGOs - CARE, ICVA, IRC, OXFAM, Quaker Peace and Social Witness, World Vision, Save the Children UK; consultancy firms such as Birks-Sinclair & Associates Ltd (UK) and KEK-CDC Consultants from Zurich, Switzerland. IBHI-BiH is a partner to national institutions in BiH, and co-operates closely with Central BiH ministries, as well as Entity and Cantonal ministries and local authorities, BiH Universities and other independent research institutions and companies. IBHI-BiH cooperates successfully with a number of national NGOs and community-based organisations.
The
IBHI-BiH main office is in Sarajevo, and IBHI-BiH has its
field offices in Banja Luka (main
office for the RS) and Travnik. IBHI-BiH Director is dr Žarko Papić, Lejla Somun is his Deputy
and Ranka Nin
IBHI-BiH projects and
activities
Independent Bureau for Humanitarian Issues - IBHI (Background)