On 16 November 2016, a working consultative meeting was held with practitioners who deal with the strategic and operational planning in the local government units and the cantons as well as with representatives of international institutions (UNDP and USAID/Strengthening Governing Institutions and Processes Project in BiH). The working meeting was led by Dinka Bujas, expert in strategic planning from the Republic of Croatia.
The meeting presented the concepts of new methodologies for planning and reporting of all authorities in the FBiH by harmonized methodology, as well as the concept of the methodology for the evaluation of strategic documents. The key issue that was discussed was how to ensure that the strategic documents, once brought, are implemented in practice, and how to provide better links between strategic planning and budget planning as well as planning of public investment. The meeting brought out a number of useful comments and suggestions that will be used in further work on the preparation of the above methodologies.