a) Purpose The purpose of this project is to strengthen national capacities to integrate environmental and energy concerns into development plans at all levels and systems for effective implementation of the sectoral priorities. This will be achieved through assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina in preparation and submission of its Third National Communication (TNC) to the CoP of the UNFCCC and enhancement of national capacities in field of climate change though the process. The TNC will be prepared and submitted to the UNFCCC in accordance with its commitments as a non-Annex 1 Party to the Convention (as mandated by Articles 4 and 12 of the UNFCCC). The project will also result in increased capacity to produce subsequent communications that meet all guidelines established by the CoP and that can serve as a source of information for national policies and measures in climate change and in key economic and social sectors. b) Objective The 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and subsequent international agreements have recognized that education is an essential element for mounting an adequate global response to climate change. Education is critical in helping populations understand and address the impacts of climate change, and in encouraging the changes in attitudes and behavior needed to help them address the causes of climate change, adopt more sustainable lifestyles and develop skills that support different modules of economies, as well as to adapt to the impact of climate change.
In particular, education can enhance the resilience of vulnerable groups and communities, especially in developing countries, who will be disproportionately affected by these changing conditions. Climate change is increasingly recognized as an emerging crisis requiring radical and immediate action.
The changes needed range from the local to the global: from the daily activities of individuals, to economic and social development and new forms of global governance. While progress towards putting global frameworks into place has been slow, there is increased political commitment to confront climate change at the national level and make use of education to address climate change. The overall objective of this assignment is to provide an analyses of climate changes contents presence in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina university curricula and possibility of integration into education system of FB&H and B&H as a whole, including: - Analysis of climate change contents presence in FB&H university curricula;
- Analysis of the need to incorporate climate change into curricula;
- Evaluation of the ability to integrate climate change in curricula for I, II and III cycle of studies;
- Analysis of the target group (programs) in which it is possible to integrate climate change topics;
- Make final recommendations and integrate results into a final report for B&H (in close cooperation with the consultant to be engaged on the identical task for the entity of Republic of Srpska).
c) Background Information
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) became a member of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on December 6, 2000, and the Kyoto Protocol was ratified on April 22, 2008. The Initial National Communication (INC) of BiH to the UNFCCC was submitted in 2010.
The SNC was completed in June 2013. The SNC has advanced the state of climate modeling, impacts assessment, and policy analysis in Bosnia and Herzegovina and it has also established a measurement baseline for public awareness and outlined key capacity needs. Furthermore, work on the SNC has enhanced the individual capacity of climate researchers in Bosnia and Herzegovina in government, academia, and NGOs, and it has strengthened the organizational capacity of the UNFCCC focal institution in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ministry of Spatial Planning, Civil Engineering and Ecology of RS. Finally, the INC and the SNC have served as an important source of information for the country’s Climate Change Adaptation and Low Emission Development Strategy.
This Project will not only support the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina in meeting its above specified obligations as a UNFCCC signatory but will also serve as a significant strategic document for sustainable development. The cross-cutting nature of the TNC process will foster relationships across entities and economic sectors, by establishing linkages between environment and other sectors. The report compiled by the consultant will make an integral part of the Third National Communication to the UNFCCC.
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