EcoR.E.S. Eco-friendly, inclusive and fair economic growth in Bosnia and Herzegovina

About this project

The initiative promoted by 26 partners, including public and private bodies, companies and local and Italian CSOs, has the objective of encouraging, according to an intersectional approach, long-lasting, fair, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full employment, productive and decent work in Bosnia and Herzegovina (henceforth BiH), in line with EU compliance requests. The initiative aims to combat the unemployment rate, through its three results: training; job creation; removal of obstacles to the inclusion of women, ensuring gender equality, and of disabled people, to revitalize the labor market and the development of trade, contributing to the mitigation of climate change, the protection of biodiversity, developing participation in democratic life. Characteristics of the initiative are the intersectional approach, which indicates an economic growth that cannot be understood as separate from environmental protection, gender equality, principles of equity and ethics, represented here by Fondazione Finanza Etica, and a high rate of systemic social innovation, applied to training, business startups, taking in charge all vulnerabilities. The effectiveness of the training is also determined by research conducted by the North East Development Agency on the misalignment between the skills possessed by workers and the real needs of local businesses (cause of the weakening of the labor market), facilitating a concrete employment opportunity. The initiative involves the creati…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 4Quality Education
• 5Gender Equality
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land

Published by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development · Government

Countries

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Sectors

Vocational trainingHuman rightsWomen's rights organisations and movements, and government institutionsEmployment creation

Focus

Gender equality · Main focusDisability inclusion · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesGood governance · Main focusBiodiversity · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributes

Funded by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Implemented by

GRUPPO UMANA SOLIDARIETÀ ONLUS

Accountable

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Published by AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 6 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-6-4-013244-11-5.

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