Organization of the Ministry

The basic organizational units of the Ministry are:

• Sector for Economic-Financial Affairs and Investment;

• Sector for Energy, Water Management, Entrepreneurship and Catering;

• Sector for Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine and Forestry;

Internal organizational units within the Sector for Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine and Forestry are:

• Department of Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine and Forestry;

• Department for Agricultural Expertises;

Within the Ministry are also:

• Forestry Directorate;

• Directorate for Tourism;

Sector for Economic - Financial Affairs and Investment

The Sector for Economic- Financial Affairs and Investment carries out tasks related to the budget preparation, budget rebalance and Budget Framework Document (DOB-BHD) from the Ministry's scope of activity, execution and monitoring of the budget, conducting administrative procedures and solving administrative matters in the first instance administrative procedure, conducting administrative procedures and solving administrative matters in the second instance, promoting investment potentials and competitive advantages of the Sarajevo Canton, coordinating the Canton's economic forum, developing and implementing the Ministry's projects, developing analysis and programs in the field of finance, coordination with the Ministry's sectors, budget beneficiaries within the Ministry and with the Ministry of Finance of the Sarajevo Canton, processing invoices and making payment orders, making quarterly financial reports, monitoring regulatory legislation in the area of finance, participating in drafting legal acts and regulations in the field of finance, administrative technical tasks, and tasks deriving from laws and subordinate acts and other professional matters related to the competences of the Ministry in this area.

Sector for Energy, Water Management, Entrepreneurship and Catering

Sector for Energy, Water Management, Entrepreneurship and Catering performs administrative and other professional tasks related to the conditions of business and economic position of companies; directing financial resources and their resources to start production; property-organizational structure analysis; privatization and monitoring the effects of privatization; monitoring the program's restructuring of the economy and proposing measures for its improvement, taking into account the specificities in the Sarajevo Canton; proposing directions, priorities and dynamics of investment in order to make faster economic development; monitoring and enforcement of federal and cantonal regulations in the sector; drafting laws, other regulations and general acts; drafting of contracts and other acts, analysis, studies, information, reports and other materials; monitoring of system solutions regulated by laws in the field of entrepreneurship and private initiatives; monitoring and routing of independent businessmen (craftsmen) in the field of commodity production and in the field of service activities; establishes programs for starting entrepreneurship and crafts; monitoring and directing the work of self-employed businessmen (craftsmen) in the field of commodity production and service activities; monitoring and analyzing ownership and organizational restructuring of the economy and proposing measures for their improvement; proposing directions, priorities and dynamics of investment in order to make faster economic development; participation in the preparation of the annual total energy balance and monitoring of the realization; proposing distribution of energy and energy sources; monitoring the use of natural resources at the Sarajevo Canton level; participation in the design and establishment of geological research programs with the respective ministries; participation in the preparation of the program of reconstruction and development of mineral and natural resources; water regime regulation; protection of water and waterways from pollution, monitoring the effects of financial investment; proposing the water development direction; conducting administrative proceedings and solving administrative matters in the first instance administrative procedure, conducting administrative proceedings and solving administrative matters in the second instance, performing administrative and other expert tasks related to providing conditions for the development and improvement of market and economic relations in order to ensure free movement of goods capital, internal trade in the Canton and economic relations with other cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, trade in goods and services within the Canton, balancing and monitoring of cantonal supply, monitoring and analysis of exports and imports of goods and services in the Canton; participation in the creation of import and export policy in order to protect domestic production; control of prices of products and services; concluding, monitoring and executing economic agreements of the Sarajevo Canton with other cantons; monitoring the work of manufacturing and service companies in the field of trade and catering; monitoring and analyzing consumption and effects trends in catering; Monitoring the investment of foreigners in domestic entities; monitoring the work of public companies from the sector's competence; certification of trade books and other activities within the sector's competence.

Sector for Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine and Forestry

The Department for Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine and Forestry performs administrative and other professional tasks related to the development and promotion of agriculture; use and protection of agricultural land; development and promotion of livestock breeding; proposing development of livestock breeding; drafting regulations in the field of livestock farming; taking measures for the implementation of animal health care; control of animal health and the suppression of contagious diseases; development and promotion of veterinary medicine; monitoring the situation in the field of forestry and hunting; breeding and protection of forests; afforestation of degraded forests and ridges; development and improvement of forestry; development and promotion of hunting; proposing measures to prevent damage of venison; proposes measures for the venison protection; planning the investment of financial resources and investment in agriculture, livestock, veterinary and forestry; drafting regulations, contracts, analyzes, reports and information from the sectoral authority; monitoring and analyzing regulations in the sector; conducting administrative proceedings and solving administrative matters in first instance administrative proceedings; monitoring the work of public enterprises within the sectoral competence.

 

Department of Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine and Forestry

Performs administrative and professional affairs in the field of agriculture, veterinary medicine and forestry and other activities determined by law and other regulations; monitors and evaluates the situation in the field of agriculture, veterinary medicine and forestry; plans and proposes directions and measures for the development and improvement of agriculture, veterinary medicine and forestry; monitors the effects of investment and prepares reports and analyzes in the field of agriculture, veterinary medicine and forestry.

 

Department for Agricultural and Expert Tasks

Conducts agricultural expert tasks in the field of plant production, livestock and other tasks which are determined by law and other legislation; conducts measures for the protection and improvement of plant production and livestock; determines the right to obtain incentives in primary agricultural production with a direct insight on the field; conducts administrative procedure and resolves administrative matters in a first instance administrative procedure; manages the register for the collected data; provides consulting services in the field; works on the improvement of primary agricultural production and implementation of scientific achievements in these fields.

ORGANIZATION OF THE FORESTRY DIRECTORATE

The Forestry Directorate conducts administrative and other expert tasks relating to data collection and managing the database on the forest condition and development; manages the forest and forest land cadastre in the Canton area; prepares the Cantonal forest development plan; follows the dynamic of tasks relating to the creation of forest management regions and their realization; keeps record of objects for the forest seed processing and production and of manufacturers of forest and ornamental trees and bushes; does report tasks and monitors the status and level of forest damage; provides direct protection of forests with its guard control; it gives tasks to Cantonal forestry company regarding state owned forest and forest land management and it monitors the implementation of contractual obligations; monitors the realization of the program for the integral forest protection; monitors the economic condition of forestry in the area of the Canton; participates in the creation of expert opinions for the creation and revision of forest management regions; creates plans for the construction and maintenance of forest roads and protection of water sources and water courses within forest resources; monitors the conduction of the implementation of the single price of forestry products; makes the annual work plan; financial plan and annual report; does other expert tasks from the jurisdiction of the Forestry Directorate, according to the Law on Forests.

Basic organizational units of the Directorate are:

  • Department for legal, economic-financial affairs and expert tasks

  • Department West (areas of Hadžići, Ilidža, Novo Sarajevo, Novi Grad and Trnovo municipalities),

  • Department North (areas of Ilijaš, Vogošća, Stari Grad and Centar municipalities),

Department for legal, economic-financial affairs and expert tasks conducts legal, economic and financial affairs and expert tasks in the field of forestry, relating to legal and economic and financial affairs and planning and analysis in the field of forestry, cultivation and forest protection, that are not within jurisdiction of the Department West and Department North. It conducts other tasks according to the law or if ordered by Directorate.

Department West and Department North conducts expert tasks concerning tree marks, planning of forest-cultivation works, guarding and protection of forests, keeping record on completed works and conducted measures planed in forest management plans, conducts other tasks according to law and ordered by the Directorate.