Central
The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations is responsible for:
- Defining policy general principles;
- Coordinating activities and harmonizing plans of the Entity authorities and institutions at the international level;
Responsible ministries/bodies
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations
Regional
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The federal Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry is responsible for:
- Energy policy (including inter-cantonal distribution matters and the supply and maintenance of their infrastructures);
- Implementation of enacted policy and enforcement of the laws;
- Administrative supervision of implementation of laws and other regulations;
Republika Srpska
The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining is responsible for:
- Power management policy;
- Planning and management of electrical energy strategy;
- Development and construction of power facilities;
- Promotion and management of energy efficiency and renewable energy;
- Producing and promoting the use of biofuels;
- Transportation of gas;
- Long-term planning;
- Monitoring of safety and quality of electric energy;
- Development of the internal electric energy market;
- Exploitation of resources for electric energy production;
- Development and construction of power facilities;
- Concessions for exploration, construction and exploitation of energy facilities, promotion and management of energy efficiency;
- Promotion of renewable sources of energy;
- Participation in activities in the areas of energy and use of natural resources at the international level;
- Production and processing oil, natural gas and biofuel;
- Safe pipeline transportation of gas;
- Supply of oil and gas;
- Medium- and long-term strategy for energy (oil, gas and biofuels).
Intermediate
Cantons (FBiH)
- Regulation and local energy production facilities.
Responsible ministries/bodies
Federal Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry
Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining (RS)
Local
FBiH’s Municipalities
Republika Srpska’s Municipalities
- Management of natural resources in the local government unit.
Sources:
Council of Ministers of BiH portal, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations
FBiH portal, Federal Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry
RS Government portal, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining.
Constitution of Republika Srpska, Official Gazette of Republika Srpska, 6/92, 8/92, 15/92, 19/91, 21/92, 28/94, 8/96, 13/96, 15/96, 16/96 and 21/96.
Zakon o republickoj upravi [Law on Republic administration- unofficial translation], Official Gazette of Republika Srpska 118/08
Council of Ministers of BiH, Climate Change Adaptation and Low Emission Development Strategy for BiH, adopted in 2013.
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY ACTION PLAN OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, Sarajevo 2016
