Division of powers : multi-level governance structures in Bosnia and Herzegovina

This study is an extended version of the case study included in the study on Multi-level governance structures in the EU enlargement countries. It presents a complete overview of the institutional decentralisation levels in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with tasks attributed at all levels of governance to the administrative bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, the Brčko District, 10 cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the municipalities. The distribution of competencies at each level of governance is presented in the following policy areas of mandatory consultation of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR): transport; employment; social issues; education; vocational training; youth and sports; culture; public health; Trans-European networks; economic, social and territorial cohesion; environment and the fight against climate change, and energy, as well as those in the fields of particular interest for Local and Regional Authorities (LRAs): agriculture; fisheries; immigration and asylum; tourism; and civil protection.