Strengthening Emergency Preparedness and Response Project

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The Project will support an assessment of core capacity for emergency preparedness and response in Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, drawing on stakeholder consultations and a desk review of recent assessments. In addition, both entities will identify, cost, and implement prioritized multisectoral actions to increase preparedness to respond to future emergencies.The 2016-2020 Country Partnership Framework centers on three key focus areas: increasing public sector efficiency and effectiveness, creating conditions for accelerated private sector growth, and building resilience to natural shocks. Combined, these areas are critical for helping the country address ongoing structural reform issues, strengthening competitiveness in the private sector, and enhancing the resilience of the country in the face of a changing climate. This activity contributes to building resilience to natural shocks that could derail the country's development agenda, by facilitating investments in systems and policies that shield the most vulnerable. The Project includes three components: Component 1: Developing multi-sectoral entity-level action plans for health security (US$ 400,000)Sub-component 1.1 Developing a multi-sectoral action plan for health security in Republika Srpska (US$ 200,000)Sub-component 1.2 Developing a multi-sectoral action plan for health security in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (US$ 200,000)This component will support the conduct of workshops and desk-based research to assess each entity's capacity for emergency preparedness and response, identify critical gaps in their response systems, prioritize actions for enhanced preparedness and response, and engage with current and prospective partners and donors to effectively target resources. The main deliverable in each entity will be a multi-sectoral action plan for health security derived from the assessment. The plans will consider the following capacities: legislation and financing, coordination, food safety, laboratory capacity, surveillance, human resources, national health emergency framework, health service provision, risk communication, points of entry, chemical events, and radiation emergencies.Component 2: Implementing multi-sectoral entity-level action plans for health security (US$ 1,300,000)Sub-component 2.1:  Implementing multi-sectoral entity-level action plans for health security in Republika Srpska (US$ 650,000)Sub-component 2.2:  Implementing multi-sectoral entity-level action plans for health security in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (US$ 650,000)This component will support the implementation of prioritized and costed actions identified in the entity-level action plans. Investment opportunities will be prioritized by considering their potential implications for emergency preparedness, responsibility for design and implementation residing in the entity-level administration or involving existing coordination mechanisms, consensus for implementation among key stakeholders, and feasibility for implementation within the available budget and human resource capacity in the implementing agencies. Component 3: Project management (US$ 75,000)This component will support project administration in each entity, including procurement, financial, environmental, and social management, and monitoring and evaluation of project results. Existing capacity in the entity-level ministries of health and project implementation units will support project management, with optional recruitment of external consultants as needed.