Transcript Bosnia and Herzegovina Ministry of Civil Affairs Sector for Health COMMUNITY AGENCIES: PARTNERS IN ACCESSION The point of view of a potential candidate country Prim.dr Draženka Malićbegović Assistant.

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ministry of Civil Affairs
Sector for Health
COMMUNITY AGENCIES:
PARTNERS IN ACCESSION
The point of view of a potential
candidate country
Prim.dr Draženka Malićbegović
Assistant Minister
Lisbon, 25-27 November 2009
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B&H Country profile
Dayton Peace Agreement
(December 1995) set up
B&H as a sovereign state
consisting of two entities:
 Federation of B&H
 Republika Srpska
and latter, in March 2000
 Brčko District
 Population 3,84 mil.
Lisbon, 25-27 November 2009
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Structure of Health Sector in BiH
Health sector in B&H is consisted of:
 Ministry of Civil Affairs of B&H (MoCA)
 Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Republika Srpska
 Federal Ministry of Health and Cantonal Ministries of Health
 Department for Health and Other Services of Brcko District
 Public Health Institutes and Health Insurance Funds at entity,
cantonal/regional and BD level
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Entity and cantonal health institutions are responsible for
organisation, financing and health care service delivery.
MoCA B&H Department for Health has responsibilities in
health sector as follows: “Establishing basic principles of
cooperation and co-ordination activities, plans and policies of
entities and other levels of government and representing BiH
at international level in the field of health”.
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B&H and Stabilisation and
Association Agreement
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Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA)
between the European Communities and their
Member States, on one part, and Bosnia and
Herzegovina, on the other, was signed in
Luxembourg on 16 June 2008
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Interim period: 6 years
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B&H obligations according SAA
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Approximation of legislation to acquis
communautaire;
Reform Process Monitoring;
Transposition and implementation of Technical
Directives;
European Partnership;
Programs of EU assistance.
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SAA and Health
Only three chapters of the SAA refer to the Health
sector directly:
Chapter
III: Regional co-operation (Article 15 and 16)
Chapter
V: Movement of workers, establishment,
supply of services, movement of capital (Articles
47,48,49)
Chapter
VIII: Cooperation policies (Article 88, 99,
100)
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Approximation of legislation
(further steps)
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Drafting the State Plan for adoption of acquis
communautaire
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Establishing the Working Group for approximation
of B&H health legislation to acquis
communautaire (out of 35 ac Chapters , two are
directly relevant to the health sector)
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Previous EU assistance to B&H
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From 1995 B&H was recipient of EU assistance
through programs PHARE,CARDS…
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Since 2003 priority was given to institutional
building and support to B&H to be able to
acomplish priorities set out in European Partnership
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Present EU assistance to B&H
Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
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Beneficiaries – candidate and potential candidate countries
Period 2007-2013
First component -Transition Assistance and Institutional
Building
MIPD (Multi-annual Indicative Planning Document), prepared
by the EC and beneficiary country
Second component- Crossborder cooperation
Multibeneficiary projects – Nuclear Safety and Ionization
Protection and in other fields (transportation, environment..)
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Other available instruments of EU
assistance
 TAIEX - assistance refers to thematic seminars on specific EU
law issues and its implementation, focused study tours to EU
institutions and EU member countries, seminars and
workshops organization, etc.
 Twinning Programme –useful for B&H in the development of
modern and efficient administrations, with the human
resources and management skills needed to implement the
acquis communautaire to the same standards as Member
States.
Lisboa,Novemer 25-27.2009.
Experience of Health Sector in B&H in
cooperation with Community
Agencies
So far the MoCA had a limited experience in regard to
co-operation with following Community Agencies:
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug
Addiction (EMCDDA)
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and
Control (ECDC)
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Co-operation with EMCDDA
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Project “Assessment of the Capacity Western Balkan
Countries to Establish a Drug Information System Compatible
with European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug
Addiction “ –implemented from February 2008 to November
2009 with support of EU country members
Project’s contributions:
Infrastructural system in drug area strengthened
Problems related to drugs and drug addiction identified
Data resources in drug area identified
Protocols on data sharing between institutions defined and
institutional organization improved
Process of creation of information system in drug area
initiated
Established co-operation between countries in the Region
Lisboa,Novemer 25-27.2009.
Co-operation with ECDC
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In July 2009 ECDC mission was taken to BiH within
a joint project with EC DG Enlargement to integrate
BiH into ECDC work;
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MoCA is currently coordinating process of
consultation with responsible entity MoHs on
signing a Memorandum of Understanding with
ECDC that will create a framework for work in the
area of public health/ communicable diseases
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Future co-operation between B&H
and Community Agencies
One of documents that will be frame for future cooperation B&H
with Community Agencies :
“Thessaloniki
Agenda for the Western Balkans: Moving towards
European Integration”, endorsed at the European Council on 20
June 2003
Involving
new-established agencies( Agency for drugs and
medical devices and Agency for food safety) in Community
programe following good cooperation with EMCDDA and ECDC
in the field of health.
Thank you for your attention!
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