compulsory primary education, or the percentage of Roma children who are not included in
compulsory primary education in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Returnee communities (paragraphs 102-106) – Responses:
- With a view to implementing the strategic objectives of the Revised Strategy of BiH for the
Implementation of Annex VII of the Dayton Peace Agreement, of the estimated amount of 21.1
billion BAM for reconstruction of housing and infrastructure, from 2009 to 2015, total funds
have been provided in the amount of about 777 million BAM from loans and donor funds, funds
joined in the BiH Fund for Return and the budgetary resources of the entities and the Brcko
District of BiH.
The implementation of important projects is currently ongoing (Regional Housing Programme,
CEBI, OPEC, SRF project of the Saudi Development Fund, IPA 2012), with goals including
other support measures to sustainable return, on top of renovation and reconstruction of housing
units.
- Projects that are currently implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Regional Housing
Programme and project on Support to Durable Solutions of Annex VII of the Dayton Peace
Agreement) are intended for the most vulnerable families of returnees, internally displaced
persons and refugees from BiH.
The project on ‘Support to durable solutions of Annex VII of the Dayton Peace Agreement’ is
currently implemented in 10 local communities, with support in terms of livelihoods provided to
IDPs and returnees, in addition to housing reconstruction, particularly in support of development
of value chains in agriculture and support in the form of free legal aid. In the course of project
implementation, working groups were formed in local communities for social protection and
inclusion, sustainability and housing, consisting of representatives of associations of returnees
and displaced persons, municipalities and partners who have implemented the project.
- In early 2003, the Strategy of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Implementation of Annex VII of
the Dayton Peace Agreement was adopted, as the first joint, framework document at the level of
Bosnia and Herzegovina which defines the objectives and plans for necessary actions and reforms
towards final implementation of Annex VII of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in
BiH.
The Strategy defines the following strategic objectives:
1. Completion of the process of return of refugees from BiH and displaced persons in BiH;
2. Implementation of property return and tenancy rights;
3. Completion of reconstruction process of housing units for return;
4. Ensuring conditions for sustainable return and reintegration process in BiH.
During the process of implementation of the Strategy, with the aim of reviewing and investing
additional efforts to implement Annex VII of the Dayton Peace Agreement, the Ministry of
Human Rights and Refugees of BiH and UNHCR, together with other key stakeholders, have
initiated the revision of the Strategy for the Implementation of Annex VII of the Dayton Peace
Agreement. In 2010, the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH adopted the Revised Strategy of Bosnia
and Herzegovina for the Implementation of Annex VII of the Dayton Peace Agreement.
12