Minister Sarovic held a meeting with UNDP Resident Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Mirko Sarovic met today in Sarajevo with the UNDP Resident Representative and UN Resident Coordinator for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Yuri Afanasiev.

Current projects of UNDP and BiH involving the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations were discussed at the meeting. These projects are the following:

 1. Securing Access to Water through Institutional Development and Infrastructure

 2. Mainstreaming Karst Peatlands Conservation Concerns - KARST

 3. BiH Biomass energy for employment and energy security

 4. MDG-F Joint Program

 5. Strategic Planning and Policy Development

 6. Project for Value Chain of Employment (LVZ) and

 7. Strengthening Capacities for Strategic Planning and Policy Development and the GIM project (Growing Inclusive Markets).

The topic of climate change and the upcoming UN conference on sustainable development, "Rio +20", which will be held in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, were also discussed. Minister Sarovic will be attending this conference.

Due to the importance of the issue, Minister Šarović proposed that a round table on climate change should be organized before the conference in Rio de Janeiro. Mr. Afanasiev agreed, especially because it is expected that the Study on climate change will be completed in May, so that the round table would be a good opportunity for its presentation.