In May 2014, catastrophic floods hit Bosnia and Herzegovina, resulting in several dozens of casualties and causing the destruction of public and private infrastructures, as well as hitting hundreds of thousands of households, leaving many of them, mostly vulnerable groups, without proper shelter.
In order to establish an integrated water management system in the country that will ensure the reduction of (potential) flood-related damage to human health, environment, cultural heritage and economic activity in the entire country, Bosnia and Herzegovina's authorities have sought financial support from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Union.
This WBIF technical assistance grant has covered two components - Component 1 has financed the preparation of flood hazard and flood risk maps, as a key precondition for the development of sustainable plans for Flood Risk Management, while Component 2 provided necessary support to the established Project Management Unit (PMU). Flood mapping was a necessary step to identify priority investments to manage the risks and reduce the damages of floods, thus contributing to the climate change adaptation in BiH.
