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PROGRAMME BACKGROUND As a consequence of armed conflicts in As a consequence of armed conflicts in the 1990s, over 3 million people were displaced both within and beyond the borders
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the four countries borders
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J OINT R EGIONAL P ROGRAMME ON D URABLE S OLUTIONS FOR R EFUGEES AND D ISPLACED P ERSONS D S R D P P ROGRAMME B ACKGROUND As a consequence of armed conflicts in As a consequence of armed conflicts in the 1990s, over 3 million people were
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REGIONAL COOPERATION AND POLITICAL COMMITMENT OF PARTNER COUNTRIES To resolve this protracted displacement situation, the Partner Countries together with th i t ti l it h l h d the international community, have lunched a regional initiative aimed at ensuring the voluntary return and reintegration or local integration of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in need. R lli th i i l t bli h d i Recalling the principles established in the Sarajevo Declaration of January 31st, 2005 which were further elaborated in the Belgrade Joint Communiqué
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March 25th, 2010 the Ministers
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Foreign Affairs
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the four Partner Countries met again last year in Belgrade on November 7 th and signed a Joint Declaration, committing their Governments to co‐operate in a spirit of Joint Declaration, committing their Governments to co operate in a spirit of good faith to protect and promote the rights of refugees, returnees and IDPs.
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JOINT PROGRAMME GOAL As part of this regional initiative, the Partner Countries have developed a Regional Housing Programme (RHP) a e de e oped a eg o a
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e ( ) which is an integral part of the signed Joint Ministerial Declaration aiming to comprehensively contribute towards completion of the protracted displacement towards completion of the protracted displacement situation in the four countries by providing: durable and sustainable housing solutions with full durable and sustainable housing solutions with full respect for the rights of refugees and internally displaced persons and the mutual obligation to closely cooperate and synchronize activities in order to ensure durable solutions for them, either through voluntary return and reintegration or local integration.
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TARGET BENEFICIARIES IN THE PARTNER COUNTRIES
The Programme targets about 27,000 households or approximately 74,000 refugees and internally displaced persons, who will benefit from the RHP:
- all 1991‐1995 refugees, regardless of their status, who are residents of
collective centers or other forms of collective accommodations, either formal or informal ones formal or informal ones
- all 1991‐1995 vulnerable refugees, accommodated privately and all
former occupancy right holders without a durable solution in their t f i i ti t country of origin or reception country
- all vulnerable returnees to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia and all
vulnerable returnees who have already returned to Croatia but do not have a durable solution whether in the country of origin or in the reception country
- displaced persons accommodated in collective centers and private
- displaced persons accommodated in collective centers and private
accommodations in Croatia
- vulnerable displaced persons outside collective centers in BiH
- vulnerable persons displaced in Montenegro in 1999
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REVIEW OF BENEFICIARY POPULATION BROKEN BY COUNTRIES
35.000 40.000 45.000 45,000 20.000 25.000 30.000
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5.000 10.000 15.000 5,400 16,780 14,000 6,063 8,529
Households Persons BiH Montenegro Croatia
1,177 3,541
Serbia
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SUPPORT TO BENEFICIARIES – PROPOSED DURABLE SOLUTIONS
Refugees and internally displaced persons will be provided with the free choice of either voluntary return and reintegration in their place of origin, or integration in h i l f id
Croatia 13%
25% Return/ Reintegration
25% Return/ Reintegration
their place of current residence.
Montenegro 4% Serbia
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Reintegration B i d 75% Local Integration 63% Bosnia and Herzegovina 20%
The housing solutions to be provided comprise:
- Provision of apartments and houses through building, reconstruction,
renovation or purchase;
- Provision of construction materials;
- Accommodation in social welfare institutions.
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INDICATIVE REGIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMME COSTS BRAKEDOWN
The RHP should be implemented over a five‐year period, beginning in 2012. According to initial estimates, the total investment cost of the Programme should g , g amount to €584 million and be spread over the 5‐year period with the following indicative cost brakedown per countries.
Total Funds
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RHP funds in ('000 €)
('000 €) Bosnia and Herzegovina 101.043 Montenegro 27.696 Croatia 119.703 S bi 335 220
70% 80% 90%
Serbia 335.220 TOTAL REGION 583.662
40% 50% 60% 85.893 23.542 89.777 301.698 20% 30% 40% 29.926 Donors 0% 10% BiH MONTENEGRO CROATIA SERBIA 15.150 4.154 29.926 33.522 Country Contribution
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