1. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA NEW MEMBER OF THE PARTIES UNECE CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION AND USE OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATERCOURSES AND INTERNATIONAL LAKES – WATER CONVENTION ENES ALAGIĆ, M.Sc.Civ.Eng.

2. REPUBLIC OF CROATIA REPUBLIC OF SERBIA MONTENEGRO REPUBLIC OF CROATIA ACORDING DAYTON AGREEMENT IN 1995 B&H BECOME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY B&H CONSIST OF TWO ENTITIES Federation of B&H (FBiH) with 10 Cantons Republic of Srpska (RS) AND Brčko District – Independent political unit Municipalities are local administrative units within the entities witch have their own governing bodies 92 Municipalities in FBiH 43 Municipalities in RS

3. SAVA RIVER Watershed (Danube River Basin) ADRIATIC SEA Watershed Krka River Basin Cetina River Basin Neretva and Trebišnjica River Basin

4. Main Watersheds in B&H REPUBLIC OF CROATIA REPUBLIC OF SERBIA MONTENEGRO

5. Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations (MOFTER) BiH Ministry of transport and communications BiH (NAVIGATION) Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management RS Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry FBiH SAVA WATER AGENCY - Bijeljina ADRIATIC SEA WATER AGENCY - Trebinje ADRIATIC SEA WATER AGENCY - Mostar DRINA UNA VRBAS BOSNA TREBIŠNJICA DRINA UNA VRBAS BOSNA CETINA I KRKA NERETVA Regional offices WATER MANAGEMENT IN BiH LAW ON WATER 2006 / 2007 IMPLEMENTATION FROM January 1, 2008 SAVA WATER AGENCY - Sarajevo

6.  B&H IS MEMBER OF ICPDR ORGANISATION SINCE 2004  BARCELONA CONVENTION – CONVENTIONS OF MEDITERANIAN PROTECTION  B&H IS MEMBER OF SAVA COMMISSION (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, B&H) B&H – INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT

7.  SINCE 1996. B&H SIGNED BILELATERAL AGREEMENT WITH REPUBLIC CROATIA ABOUT WATER MANAGEMENT IN TRANSBOUNDARY WATERCOURSES BASED ON HELSINKI CONVENTION  ACCORDING THIS AGREEMENT RESTORED INTERNATIONAL WATER COMMISSION B&H – RC  Task of this Commission is solve problems about transboundary watercourses, water suply and sewage systems, exploatation the river gravel, navigation, flood protection...

8.  IN THIS MOMENT B&H EXIST INITIATIVE THAT OPEN QUESTIONS ABOUT WATER MANAGEMENT ON TRANSBOUNDARY WATERCOURSES WITH SERBIA AND WITH MONTENEGRO BE ABLE SOLVE ON SIMILAR WAY LIKE WITH REPUBLIC CROATIA REPUBLIC OF SERBIA MONTENEGRO

9.  ON 12th AUGUST 2009. THE PRESIDENTSHIP OF B&H RATIFIED UNECE CONVENTION OF THE PROTECTION AND USE OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATERCOURSES AND INTERNATIONAL LAKES-WATER CONVENTION.

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